Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-11-28
Elder Tssts On the sItsatlsa,
PURE AIR, Mo, Nov. 40, 1884

opportunity tnis morning, ana ieelln
somewhat enthused over the results Nv
the election, thot it wood be appro-
pirate to send you a few emenations
frum my prolific and inspired pen.
In my last Communication to you
pre- dicted the result which hes been SO
gloiiously achieved. felt konvinced
at that time that with the aid Nv the
tfily great men named at that time,
viz. Carl Shirts, Mr.. Kurtis, Thos
Nastiness, Harpers Weekly, Spoony
Butler, and others that we would be
vicktorlous. But it seems thet we he'd
other truly good and loyal men thet I
he'd not kounted On come to our ade
in M York at the last moment thet
made assurance doubly shure. There
wus St. John, Jay Guild, with his little
mite to kontribute, and old Unkle
Billy Vanderbilt with his little $15o,
600 to asst the Klaus, and Mr.. Konk-
lin and one worthy minister Nv the
gospel thet pitched in with his wonder.
full three big Rs. These small favurs
were all thankfully received, fur with
out them II wuld hev been purity
tight skweze fur US TO come in.
We were quite respondent fur sew
eral days after the fourth Nv this
month, fur our minds were in great
dout as 10 the results, the republicans
claimin thet we he'd been defeated as
usual, but few mites ago we heard
the firin Nv heavy guns all around us
and we kood see the lite wv bond fires
illuminatln the heavins all around US
and l wus konvinced tibet the victery
was ourn, for new if it wus the Re-
publikens victery tina wood not be in
such a hurry to enthuse. But when
the mail KUN in and the papers were
| filled with the glad tidens Nv victery,
the JOY amung the dlmekrats knew no
bounds.
One paper asserted thet Kleveland
!; he'd karried NJ York by the over
whelmin majority Nv III, and gave
: this timely and friendly warnin to the
Republicans: No more 76 or we will
t hev blud. We will shoulder our bay
onets and eskort our president to the
white house and sete him in spite Nv
: all the demons in hades or outen it.
) THIS maxim it shure to our minds
thet victery wus ourn, we koncluded
to hev grand blow out and give vent
, to our long pent up feelins.
l Immediately sent a dispatch by
gravevine to our naborin city, Sloans
r Pint fur them to send up their splendid
Phillip Harmoniack band fur the oc-
a kasion. The band arrived that eve.
l ming by special train. II konsisted Nv
y kows horn, an OK bell, hoss fiddle
! and dlmijohn. The musicians were
u all finely uniformed and wore Maria
|. Halpin hats. They were as fine {
:. body Nv young men as lever seed, ane
e diskoursed some Nv the most sole sterir
s. strains ever hearn. One wv tht
IT tavorlte renderins wus Away dowI
i. south il Dixie, another one wus thu
E. bonnie blew flag, another one the star
: and bars. The song that gave th'
:. greatest pleasure to the krowd WI
sung by the glee klub, as follows:
Oh, Grover bein weary
He hung down his head,
He kalled fur handle
To light him to bed;
. To light him to bed
IS As he used fur to do,
ne At the koncluslon of this song tn
u enthusiasm wus unkontrolable. TIL
10 old men in the krowd were 81 full u
IL JOY and bug juice thet they were un
w able to rise fTum their seats, and sa
'e that and let the kopious streams c
r iu bliss run down their furrowed cheek:
~ The young men were a jumpin owe
er the chairs and a yelpin like youn
a kamanchies. Sum Nv them wus
iy paintin their dude hats red and yelli
.. ~ Keveland or bind. Several wv ther
s. thet he'd an eye to bizness were circu
is latin petitions fur the post-oftices, an
nt others Nv them were asken fur klerk
S. ships. The young ladies were a way
d in their handkerchiefs and screami
II with delite.
in Finely one Nv them proposed to kis
IL the pictur Nv Kleveland tibet hung o
the wall. At this they all made rus
~ fur the plctur, each one trying to &c
al thar fust and sich a scramblin / neve
es seed in all my time. Finely they a
It got mad and the way the har flew wa
% % a site. AT this juncture / riz to m
ar feet and called the house to order an
after some time l got order once NOR
Id restored.
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