Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-07-31

uarrab. hurrah hurrAh. .hurrAhi
IN al The state. M door stands -tier.
iIurrah. hurrah. hurrAhi
ToAsk you m o. drink hari cider.
IluuAh. hurrAh. rlrrahi
N, any man hat. given % grabbin'
Nssr can sutsr his ioE cAiin,
IInrAh. hurTAh. hurrah. hurrahi
- herr's thrrs cher. for hooes, TIP,
Ilurah. hurrAh. hurrahi
we'v. got The tocns on the hip,
HufrAh. hurrah. hurrahi
Wen roe them All FAR up salt river.
There b ~ them shAke AMI shaver.
llurrAh. hurrAh. hurAh, hurAhl"
Al, there SMILES the gcci oil face % Gov.
srnor vanoe, who founded the town of Find
lay, and who's plonscr father huilt tho Orr;
l0g cabin at urtanA lie stands az Tho helm
% a crowded ganhoat
II IL now n O'Clock. Tho convention as
senbles In The op-n air. anil the rain AMI
doafening nolss u hands. horns and artillery.
Listsni A voic, from the platform spcAks'
"By acclamation Thomas Corwin has ben
nominated caniliats for governor q tba
state q Ohio- To tho hoavens soar ths
pl~adits q the delighted crowd Nov n lull.
AMI Gen. Charles Anthony, % Springfield,
VIC. prrsi,isnt - the convention, rises AMI
slcTienily speaks d corwtns early life ou
tho frontier
Hear him. "Whcn tho brave Harrison and
his gallant army wcrs etpo-s,l o. tho danger,
AMI har,ishlps % tho northwestern frontier,
sstapioi fr1m tho Interior. on which they
dct.ndsi for their supplies, by The brush'
wori AMI svamIs q ~ MArys country,
a. ..INaN NJ FsualN Narli
each wagonsr hal b make bis way wherever
b. coali ini IAs-able plaoc, having traoc-
and ruutss which are still visible Tor space
a ssysral day. iuurney, there was n team
driven BY liiiie, dark completionei. hardy
boxing lad. who was famillATly callci Tom
Corvin.' Through all u that service hs
pruysi himself = good whip and an excellent
rrlnsmAn. And IN the situation which 40
aro about D. plAcs him hs will bs found
equally skillful"
To the air aru flung new tanners and mot
toss proclalming thu merits % The famous
statesman. ''Tom Corwin, the WAgonsr Boy.
Immediately IN the train % the national
campsign, tho cAnvAss for governor was Wig
orously openel wilson shannon, then sery'
Ing his frst term AZ governor, was again the
choice u tho Dcnocratic party. Goycrnor
shannon vas an able man anil popular With
his pArty. AMI In the conflict whish ensuei u
was regarded a. a m-otlns ot "Orck with
Oruek-
To clear the path % victory. ne early In.
cideuts - Corwin. life, as In tho ca~s u
Gen Harrison, became the peoples watch
worL In gr,ai armies eloquent statesmen,
enthusiasts whlgs, male their way In los
cabins, over wTvtchci ruais and THROUGH
dcnss tracts q forest, into every town AMI
hAmiei In The state
Thruugh the long summer months the cam.
palgn was pushSi with undated enthusiasm.
and finally eliminated In tho fall In .
famous victory for tho nation anil the s,aia
Prom this eventful Tsrici sprung many
nAIims AMI phra-s. which have slncs -
como the traditions q our history. To one
% Ohio's latter day governors was fastened
nickname which clung ~ him o. his
latest days In the national political s,rug'
gls - ~ William Allen stated, AZ a apolltioal
meeting AZ Columbus, that AZ the clo-e of the
war % ~, when the hdic. ot Chillicotbs
votei Mai Organ sword, they prc-ent"i
Gen. Harrison with T-tticuat as a reward
INI MS llllAltAIN IIWNNeL AAAs -
revived In ~, and IA Whigs, In their In
dignation, hAd many spirited Tits with thu
erraiic young statesman In tho papers q
the day this card aPpoarcdi:
To Mai Allen:
sm-i publish you = liar and .counirel,
for having stated AZ public assembly In
Columbus, on the sth u June, iSd, that the
ladis- % ChillicOths voted Gen. Harrison q
~ o. INa military
80 NJ. n MURPnr.
The Democrats, for proof ot their charge,
rclerrci the eIasp.raiei Wings 90 Mrs
CriSand, who they claimed hai quilted the
psitIcoat but the whigs finally destroyed
this prof by securing the sccussd vomAn.
death boi afihlAvit, IN which she stated that
no Tsiticoai had been quiltei by her. The
charge was thus silenoed. but not the name,
for ever after the young statesman was
known a. "Pctticoat Allen
To the American nation, with IT, charac-
terisiic haste. the English vocabulary owes
the greater part % IT, abbreviated terms
During thess times of which I have bccn
telling. the governor % Pennsylvania wrote
20 an OLD German, living N remote distric,
of that state. 10 know how the elSr,ion was
progressing. The German, with foreigners
love % the phonetic methei - spelling,
replied "Every thing is oil korect.'- This
letter was copied by the pnss of the country,
and everything that met APPRECIATION was
immsiiately signed %. X What symbol IL
now more eloquentlY used In commercial
lifei hut when the Democrats were finally
defeated o. X. took another meaning-"ou,
kounte,i" With pointed political signif-
cance the newspapers % the day bscame
foo.issi with the old Germans invention.
q. X. K.-"orful krnshei konsplracy;7 X.
K.-"kant komit,- X. X. X n K--"Kin.
derhook kAndSiate kant koms kquite."
G. G. T.-"coter. cecond thought-spoke
volumes q our grandfaiherx"
In Indiana the campaign was even mOre
exciting. II possible, than in Ohio There
was a grand rally. with harbecuc and
otter rural pleasures, at the Tippecanos hat
tie ground, which eclipsad any gathering
previously known In the west Men came In
canoes from the very head % the Wabash
and from all sections. by river, stage and
farm wagon. The state recalled the fact
that nearly all her territory was acquired
from the Miamies by Gen Harrison, and
that be was her chief helper In her early days,
AMI gave him an enormous majority.
But thess two states were Only tho begin
ners Of a wonderful campaign all the others
followed. and. II possible, Ouiih their er-
emplarx In New York the popular excite
ment was wonderful A log cabin stood Tor
weeks In one of her most public squarss; log
cabins and miniature ships Of war were
hauled In every public provision; dozens al
mesial, were struck representing scenes In the
life of the old hero. and many % thoss may
stili be found in the cabinets Of coin collect
ors. Journals were published with orna.
mental borders OF cabins and coonskins, and
every Wing voter proudly wore the emblem'
OF ''Tip. and Tyler" The staid Yankee
was even more enthusiastic than the west
erner and southerner, and In every section oi
the country Il was year long 10 bs remem'
berei
Again the spirit OF 1910 IL abroad Let
the ds~cendants Of 0hios and Indianas
pioneers, who know the valor and virtues oI
the grandson, -ee that the red bandanna 4
outwavcd by the American hag and victory
secured 10 young Tippecanos and Morton
too -