Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-11-26
DEMOCRATIC OK ROAST
J U B / L L Z Z!

lshed desire. The OK was IV
weight LOCO pound steer, that Wn
Banks brough from Pittsburg. job
Howe slaughtered and dressed tn
steer in Solomon Sieber's slaughte
house, in Fermanagh township. an,
brought it to town on a spring wae
on about / O'Clock on Wednesda,
afternoon. and hauled ii to a ticlt
on tie North farm. directly south 0
town, where a pan and spit and GOV
sr. that Dick Duncan had brough
from Lancaster, had been put il
place to receive the dead OK for tbs
roasting process. Rain and SNOW
had fallen at intervals during The
entire day. and the unterrifed were
absclC ely tsrriied at The unpropiti-
Gus weather. Henry Sulof'had hauled
a cord Of vocd to the roasting place,
and David jcty had hauled load oi
boards so tl.t the OK, pan and cover
might be put under shelter from the
falling rain and snow. Itdidnot take
enthusiastic carpenters long to put
the defunct beast and those who de-
sired 10 prepare it for the feast IN
der a shed. Those in immediate at
tendance seemed to 6e happy after
thev Lad been covered from the wet
and with faith that was not daunt-
ed by the inclement weather, they
went to work turning, turning the
OK: darkness came, bat with the fire
under the steer, and by the light OF
torches. the scene WAS kept as bright
as dav during tie whole night. DR..
Iucian Banks. Dick Duncan, Wm.
Keiser. Wm. Mccoy. John Kaufman,
Joe Paunebaker, and John Panne-
baker. ran the spit and roasted the
bsast, while the hosts OF the Demo
rracy were sleeping far away from
the seen. OF the vigils Of the seven
men lust named. What the Demo
cratic adre ;nistTation viii do can os-
" be guessed at. If they do not re
peal the pension laws, OF if they en-
large The list Of pensioners, how far
ont OF the way would it be to pen
sion Banks. Duncan, Keiser, Mccoy
Kaufman, and the two Pannebakers Z?
The roasting of The OK was the hard
est work. and the greatest sight, and
all that lie Democratic multitude
missed. The roasted animal was
brought to town or Thursday morn
ing. laid on table near the Court
House fence along the south side Of
the ward. and cut up into thin slices,
The slices were sandwiched between
bread and piled en- the table for the
hungry multitude. About 5 o'clock
p. IL. q procession was formed Of
foorlnen. men or horses and mules
and men ana women in wagons, and
with several bands the town was
traversed IN a gleeful style, after
which the procession broke ranks,
and gathered on the outside Of The
fence aid received each a piece OF
bread aud OK Coffee was served in
tin cups from large kettle that was
kept at a boil over q Ere by the Jail
wall in the rear OF the Court House,
Several thousand people psrtook Of
the lest. In the evening a torch
Ecat procession was INDUCED IN.
There were two hundred and thirty
torches in line not counting the band
torches. The houses of Democrats
were Illuminated. 4 great deal of
liquor VIZ. sold during the day and
ovenin-, and large number Of men
took toe much Of the poison and got
drunk. t Was enc of the events
that VIII be talked about so years
hence. for many 10 and II year old
children from the different valleys of
the county We're present. No speech
as we're delivered, which was TIE
cause of some remark, for the fact
Is well known that there are num-
Der Of able Democratic speakers IN
town, that have ever been ready
TO speak for the smallest of demon
strations. Did the speakers feel the
barrenness of their position, did their
knees shake with trembling at the
mere suggestion OF speech under
the changed circumstances of the po
lii;cal situation? How changed to
them the situation. Was it because
they could not adapt themselves to
tie change that no speaking was in
dulged in? What a change. A new
and different quality of administration
has come in to posses the govern
ment after the revolution and sx-
tinction of slavery, and they have Just
down from a position of IL
responsibility, they were nothing but
faul5 faders, their speeches were
nothing but a jargon of fault find
ING. It was fault with the pension
laws, it was fault with the currency, it
was fault with the niger, it was fault
with The tariff, it was fault with the
corporation. it was fault with the
surplus IN the treasury, it was fault