The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-11-17
WHOLE NO. 1882.

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day broke the little birds in th
woods Joined with us in songs @
JOY and peace in honor Of Presidcn
Garfield aud Vice President Arthur
During Wednesday the clerks il
the different departments had ,
great deal of private business dOwI
street, and scores OF them kept run
ming to and from Republican head
( iquarters on T street, where the HOl
Edward Mcpherson dispensed th
good news to those who felt On
last shakv as to the result How
has the 18th district of Penusylv0
MIA eonc2' saws /. Gone, my boy.
Yes. "Well, old Jake has GO
CoFrotb by q thousand majority.
"G0oducss gracious. i too lcayer,
amt YOU mistaken No sir, figure
won't lie. Here are the dots from
John Cessna. and sure enough the
. figures were there. / went back
several time during the day to sec
after Our Alec, but it was no good
Gone to meet CIymer, Atkins.
Hurd. Mcmahon and other lesser
lights of the extra session.
MostOf the government employee,
who went home to vote have return
ell. and are now busy at their sever
al duties in the departments.
Where YOU saw a trown q month
. ago now You observe q smile. tn,
Democrats take their Waterloo good
naturedly and put the blame entire.
~ on poor John Kelley in New
York. Samuel Cox puts the hlam,
ON Barnum.
Those who have returned ron
Indiana, say that the Democracy OF
that State Is The worst dlm0raiized
organization the sun ever shonC
upon. There are curses loud and
deep. and Mr.. English gets the most
of them. Il Is predicted that the
Indiana Democracy VIII over its
quarrels and chickering's about the
way things went in the State split
all to pieces.
For twelve wears past the Me;ho-
dists have taken care of the Presi-
dental conscience. Vow it is the
Diciples' turn, as General Garfield
his wife and aged mother have al
ways worshi1ed I'm the littl. "ij
wooden church on-Nermant avenue
long before it was put on rollers
and rolled from the old -iIc ON NJ
street to its present location. In
this old church on Sunday morn
ing YOU can Away tiHi Somerset
faces. / 20 there occasionally and
that Is why -Pickc, knows.
lean 20 that congregation. and now
! lead harder than ever since
Brother Garfield Is Press IT. Vow
that we have the Presto G 5ll
the good old Camphei.i.e- nin I'm
giving him q good send od' at the
Inauguration without regard To- poll
tics. Initiatory steps are already
being taken bv the -Chri>tiIn de
nomination throughout the great
Wcs. who propose ID send Gele-a-
tions to the Inauguration. Tie
ladies are discussing the matter in
Illinois. Indiana, Ohio and West
cru Pennsylvania should have her
put in this matter. 1t Is not known
whether there VIII be a ball as usual
on the 4th of March or uol, that
subject having been passed over for
future consideration. This thing
should be carefully canvassed among
the sisters. and therefore ! thought
/ would suggest it as q subject
worthy O. discussion ct night while
your husbands are out at Lodge
Anyway, ball or no ball, YOU Som
crset folks must be represented. No
time should be lost in getting ready
to come TO Washington. In the
language of General Grant. push
things" Vermont avenue church
viii give YOU q warm reception If It
Is small. We VIII probably meyer
get another President and wcshOUld
make the best Of it. The Nctho-
dists have had their big guns, now
we are going to have ours. We viii
show v0u q big church in a couple
Of wears. Crowds of strangers viii
come To the old frame 10 see PreSi-
dent Garfield and his dear old
mother every Sunday morning, and
the dollars viii fall into the contri-
button box Ike rain drops. Girls,
won't it be glorious. We vii have
q new organ, new choir, some opera
singers and other appendagcs like
the other big churches when we get
fairly started. Now don't stand
back. but organize. There IS nothing
that succeeds ike success, and we
are going TO make @ success of this
Inauguration. We want old Somcs-
set TO have her delegation here in
good time. 30 to start the boom
I guess I'll have o. name q COM
mittec Of ladies to attend % this mat
ter. Remember there is no politics
in this thing. So here goes. No ]
won't. It might be a breach Of eti-
que.te to print their names. for |
know the ladies don't Ike to be
paradcd before the public.
Since General Gariield's connec-
ton with this denomination began
10 be generally known. the member
ship Of the church has been b.set
by inquirCrs rs 10 their creed, Gc.,
and TO answer their questions many
copies Of pamphlet entitled Our
Position" bv Rev. /. Errett, editor
Of the Christian Standard have been
distributed. Rev. F. D. Power. the
present pastor, is about 80 years Of
age. 4 thoroughly educated minis
ter, and was a Professor in Bethany
College, West Virginia, when called
70 the pastorate. He is able. elo-
quent and brilliant-0ne OF the
finest pulpit orators in the city.
The country may be sure that the
court church of the next four years
viii have as able preaching rs can
be listened to in any pulpit in
Washington.
The President and the heads Of
the several departments Of the Gov
ernment having returned from their
various voting precincts and having
received the congratulations Of their
friends, and talked over the great