National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-04-20
KALAMAZOO KINKS,
Democratic BurIesques-A Religious Dead
Lock-Firemen-Mis &c.

L0ck-Ffremen-Misce &c
| Special Correspondence Of The Republican.
KALAMAZOO, April 17.-If you could get
| a fife and drum and collect a few of the surplus
Bourbons which cumber the ground about Wash
ington and ship them on here by fast freight you
would confer a blessing untold on both the
Republican and Democratic factions in this
enterprisiDg burg. They have had charter
election here, and as the Democracy is too
weak to make even a credtable showing in
fact, they have taken to burlesquing themselves
in rather novel fashion. They put no regular
ticket into the field, but provided themselves with
pockets full of the following interesting docu-
| ment: Charter election-De regular ticket-For
president, Brother Gardner; for trustees, Give A.
Dam Jones, Way Down Beebe, Sam Shin, Kalama-
zoo Bancroft" As there was q general throwing
| out of Lime Kiln" tickets, iftynine of which
| found their way into the ballot-box, Brother
Gardner has signifed his intention to make things
interesting by calling the officials to account. One
| of the evening papers prints lengthy letter of
| protest
The affair has created no little amusement about
| town. Democracy isn't even respectable here. In
the election for district judge the Republicans put
| two candidates into the field and elected one of
| them without any difficulty in of the adjoin-
ing townships one single Democratic vote was cast
where years before they had quite comfortable
| showing.
| They are having a sort of religious dead lock
here to offset your great political excitement Kali
amazoo is nothing if not enterprising, and, when
| a preacher had courage to stand i'll an orthodox
pulpit and declare his entire disbelief in material
hell and scout the idea as absurd the quiet of the
relgio-social element here was shaken to its pro-
foundest depths. Seventy two members of the con-
gregation voted to call the man at once to the
vacant pulpit, and three voted against the call But
| Mill ,a;r
examples in the Senate, the majority don't rule.
! Through the kindness of some friends we were
treated the other day to little bit of fremen's
| parade. There are no engines here, the Holly sys-
| tenn Of water works giving force enough TO put
| out all of the conflagrations which one town can
| indulge in. The hose company has sent out
challenge to the world on time of hitching up. We
were snugly slowed away behind little railing in
some easy chairs. listening in sort of breath
| less fashion for the signal "Whr-r-r-r," went
| the bell, and in seconds time the doors few
| open and two magnificent brown horses dashed
| into their places, man sprang to the seat,
| another hooked the straps into place, and
| before we had time to take a second
| breath the boys were ready for the fray. Chicago
| has failed to beat the time of this company, and
| Captain Healys challenge still stands and the
Kalamazoo boys wear the honor of being able to
"get out" in less time than any of their fellows
ence, and the sleeping room, with its half dozen
beds, each with dainty pillow sham" bearing
the initial of the owners name in embroidery, is
as neat and orderly as any ladys chamber"
An invitation has been sent to Hon. J. G. Bur-
rows member of Congress of this district to de-
liver the Decoration Day Grafton at Gettysburg. 1t
is said that he has accepted, and as there are few
better orators in the country, rare treat may be
expected.
| One of the familiar faces here is that of Judge
Wells, so favorably known to your citizens from
| his connection with the Alabama Claims CON-
| mission"
| Lets talk about the weather." as the pretty
girls in The Pirates say. We had another snow
storm to-day, and it still looks like more The
/ farmers report wheat in fair condition and fruit
much better than was at first feared The peach
trees in the fruit belt along Lake Michigan are in
excellent condition. and the buds uninjured. The
frost is not yet out of the ground and snow banks
several feet in depth lie all about town.