The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-11-07
A Good Deal of Activity.

Grandfather Smallweed, erstwhile Of
| London, with q terribly wicked friend
in 1.-THE city," who did all the hard
grinding upon the needy borrowers, is
now domiciled at q place called Grey
stone, near Yonkers on the Hudson.
This amiable old gentleman is familiar
to readers of BLEAK House, and they
know all his pleasant ways. He has al
ways been emaciated and feeble, and at
times unable to sit upright in his chair;
but he Is subject to seasons of wonder
ful intellectual vigor, during which he
will cry out: "Brimstone idiot!r and
''Fraudr' and call the usury that he is
wont to exact by the pleasing name of
''usufruct-
Mr.. Hoadly. of Ohio, who has prob
ably been accustomed to regard the
elder Mr.. Smallweed as only lacking the
ceremony of funeral to qualify him as
the subject of Latin inscription upon
marble monument, must have been a
good deal surprised day or two ago
when he received the following te1e-
gram:
you on your brilliant triumph.
S. ]. TrLDEN.
This is indeed considerate of Grand
father Smallweed, and it is probably a
result of the healthful shaking-up that
Judy-Watterson of the CouTier-Journal
gave him last summer. 1t now remains
for Mr.. Dana of the San to take the
porter's chair in the other chimney
corner and agitate the grandfather by
shouting Fraud and declaring that
Mr.. Smallweed can never run for office
again, until that worthy throws the
cushion at his visitors head and goes
into collapse. -
This is not the first time Grandfather
Smallweed has shown good deal of
activity on occasion, and especially
when his wicked friend has got him
into close quarters. 1t was nearly sew
en- years ago that the wicked friend
the same one who prosecuted Mr..
George in the story - devised
q quantity of cipher dispatches,
some of which made mention
of money to be paid for corrupt pur-
poses. The wicked friend-whose
usual name was Nephew Pelton-was
caught and exposed, but all that could
be established in reference to Grand
father Smallweed was the fact that his
coat-tails were seen just going around
the corner whenever any deviltry was
going on.
1nls sudden epparltlon or Grandfath-
er Smallweed naturally causes the Dem
ocrats some anxiety. If there is any
one man in the country whose death
has been verified by Democratic cor
oner's jury, that man is the sage who
rattles his bones at Greystone. 1t is all
very well to talk about .-fraudn and
tell how the sage was counted out: but
when he rises up like re-animated
spook, Just as soon as there is a success
anywhere that can be made to do serv-
ice as an indication of Democratic vic
tory in 1884, the unterrified begin to
quake. Mr.. Tilden's congratulations
are all very we'll, but they would be
more welcome at a time when they did
not signify that Mr.. Smallweed wished
to be shaken up again by the Democrat
ic party in the character of Presiden-
tial candidate. His telegram to MIR.
Hoadly will not please Mr.. Thurman,
or Governor Cleveland, or Mr.. Bayard,
or any of the statesmen of Indiana, or
the favorite sons of other States. They
are all afraid of this particular ghost.
Grandfather Smallweed should subside
for good and cease from troubling his
nervous compatriots. Detroit Post and
Tribune