The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-21

barl wuz set runnin, and the mite wus given over
to sich rejoicin ez seldom falls to the lot man.
About 5 in the evenin, wuz pulled out Nv my
chare and stood up whisky bari for speech
| he'd skasely commenst when l wuz roOdly
pulled down 1t was that feend, Joe Bigler, who
remarkt that he felt very much like maxim
speech hisself and wheE in the mood Of dis
chargin hisself he didn't want no interrupshen.
MY friends" he eommenst, II am with 700
to mite to re IOice with 700 the glorious re-
suits Nv the eleckshun"
''Yoo rejoice with us!r eggsclamed the sup
prised meetin. why, you are a black Repub-
hcanl"
''Troo" he replied, ''too troo but still I re-
joiee. confess that havin family 1 hedn't
the nerve to vote fur Cleveland, but neverthe-
less | rejoice that he is eleetid.'
"Give us yer reason" shouted the eggeited
multitood.
II hev a reason and it is a good one. can git
along under any sort NV q government; but gen
tlemen | hev children. / hev bin mitily con-
cerned ez to wat will become Nv them when l
am gone, and consistently / want to see how
much a straine government kin bare and
survive The reason why am glad Cleveland
is electid is that ef this government kin stand
four yeers SIGH man, and them which will be
behind him, it will endoor forever, for certainly
we kin never possibly git anything wuss. Eff
tho people want man which Good rite that
letter to Mrs. Beecher, and be ruther proud Nv
it, Their amt no danger Nv ther ever bein' any
thing but a republic on this continent LEI 1t
stands that strane it will stand anything
II rejoice beeoz it is the carryin out, in one
sense. NV our system 1t is our proud boast
that any one may aspire to the presidency. The
eleckshun Toosdy shows that that is vane
boast. Anybody, say anybody, after this may
aspire to the presidency EFF SIGH a man ez Cleye-
land kin git there
II rejoice over the eleckshun Nv Cleveland be
coz it wuz to be eggspected that sumtime in the
histry NV the Repubhk SIGH man shood, by
some inscrutable decree Nv Divine Providence,
the calamity would happen while am alive to
endoor it, then to hev 1t fall upon my innosent
children l kin stand it, for hev knowd greet.
hev seen SIGH men ez Pierce and Bookannon
President, and l know what to expect But
with my innosent children it is different and /
want this calamity to come while 1 am alive and
kin sort o. comfort and sheeld en- Gentlemen,
| am Sick but this feerful disgrace he'd to come
some time. l am glad it hez come now"
Then Josef stawked out Nv the room, and we
resoomed our rejoein- Baseom's one bari didn't
last long. Inezmuch ez it wuz a certain thing
that the federal offises wood soon be ours he
felt it safe to extend credit to SIGH wood mater
ally fill them places, and we ordered recklisly.
/ amt shoor how much / am in, nor is Bascom,
for he hadn't the next morning time to fgger up
the books, but think l must hev ordered at
leest $50 wuth myself. The credit system is
dangerous, for it is so easy to order when VOC
don't hev to pull the money out Nv yer pokkit
and pay.
1 don't keer, however. The post offs is mine,
and when am drorin my salery kin pay him
OFF by installmence.
The festivities wuz KEEP up till day lite and
the heft Nv the Corners sep on his floor, wat lit
tie sleep they got It wus agloriOus celebrashen
Nv glorious event Half the toasts that wus
drunk wuz to the Prohibishnists Nv Moo York
whose zeel for ST John enshoord the eleekshun
NV Cleveland. and struck q deth blow at the
Tempranse fanaticism which seriously threat
ened us even in Kentucky Out NV the five barls
Nv whisky eonsoomed, three NV EN- wus to our
Prohibishn friends The Prohibshnists and the
rum mills NV Noo-York did the biznis.
NY heart is overaowin. 1t is the furst gleen
Nv sunshine l hev seen for twenty five years.
Halleloojy PETROLEUM v. Massey. Full