The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-11-27
Politics in 0rsenyille Centre.
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FL = LEADING i4U;AL SMALL BOY.
GsEESyILLE CENraK, November 8, 1884.
We have had q great deal Of politics in
town lately. Politics Is brass band. and
atofehlight procession, and lot of fire.
works. It's 4 good deal like Fourth Of
July. only it lasts longer. and happens
only at night
have been a Cleveland man. Most all
the boys are Blaine men, and so is my sis
ter, hut supported Cleveland because he
has been an in-corruptible Governor all his
life. while Blaine went and wrote history.
know what history is. for have to study
it in school, and any man who is mean
enough to write history can't be sup-
ported by me.
When you support a man you walk in a
procession and yell. Sometimes you carry
torch, and sometimes you carry trans
parency, which is box made of white
cloth, with pictures of candidates outside
and candle inside.
had u Cleveland Transparency, and Mr.
Thompson. who lives next door to me,
made no end Of fun Of it. didnt::care
much about that, but wassurprised when
he said that he was going to support Blaine
with Blaine transparency. One night
when there was going to be Blaine pro-
cession Mr.. Thompson brought out his
transparency and left it on his piazza. The
procession was TO walk past his house, and
he expected to join it aud support Blaine
all the evening.
While Mr.. Thompson was in the house,
took his Transparency and put mine in its
place. Yon couldn't tell the difference
between them when the candles we're not
lit. and I felt q little angry at Mr.. Thomp-
son because he had made fun of my trans
parency and my torch and the rest of my
! political principles. OF course if I had
known what was going to happen, / would
not have done it. Tor I did not want to
have my transparency spoiled.
Well, the procession camt along about
eight O'Clock, and Mr. Thomson came out
III great hurry. seized the transparency,
aud lit the candle. and rushed out to join
the procession.
In about two minutes there was tre-
saw Mr.. Thompson carrying a transpar-
ency in their procession, with a picture
Of Cleveland on one side and of Hendricks
ON the other side, they made things lively.
One man snatched the transparency and
stuashed it over Mr.. Thompson IS head, so
that il hung around his neck with the
handle In front like Il pig-y0ke. Then
most all the procession got hold OF him
and rolled him around in the mud, and
after while they threw him over the
fence into his front yard and marched
of.
He was all broke up when bis folks and
| picked him up and helped him into the
house. took about an hour to get the
mud scraped off him so that he could
talk.
I am glad to say that he wasn't hurt
much, only his clothes. AS soon as /
g found that out, and he began to ask what
In the world was the reason those abomi-
nable wretches had treated him so, went
home. After while be found out what
was the matter, but he didn It seem to be
at all angry with me. He was awfully an
CRY with the Blaine men, however, and
said that he was convinced that Mr..
Blaine conduct had been bad, and that
he should not support him any more.
Father didn't say much to me about it, for
he is q Democrat, which is kind of
Cleveland man, only he wouldn't support
Cleveland because he said he was too old
to march through the streets. and that all
he would do would be to vote for Cleve-
land. However, father did say that it was
nonsense for that boy to be marching all
over town and getting his clothes covered
with grease. There was little grease on
my clothes, I admit, for it will drop off
the torches. And that reminds me that
torches are nothing but kerosene lamps,
and all those pictures that pretend to rep
resent sayages in Central Africa and other
places carrying torches made Of wood are
all wrong. A torch must be made Of tin
and filled with kerosene oil and fastened
on the en- Of stick, and how fellow
can help getting grease on his coat I'd
hike to X now.
as was saying, father lobjected to my
supporting anybody, and told me to give
my transparency away, and spend myeven-
ings at home. Wehad politics in our town
almost every night after that, but / couldn t
support Cleveland any more. ] think
father might have let me support Blaine a
few times with the rest of the boys. How
ever, father knows best, for two OF the
boys got awful colds supporting Blaine one
cold night, and have been in bed ever since.
As It is getting late must close.
HARRY C. WILSON,
Late President Of the Greenvale Centre
Boys Cleveland oad Hendricks and Base
ho0 Glib.