The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-07-25
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by A G. Ross. OF LaaeeEiists ~ sF,s
(;yayiey of Jane sfh. fs-3. 10 Csc Of q
xerses OF artiles on s-Tbe Boys 81
fss5 Judge sherwood. Of D1rkirk.
n. ", gives the following origin u tsss
song
s.sfhe CREST Whig campaign u $50
began aa early ss February On FEB
ruAry ~ tseinuskus w&s hgied with n
mighty throng 81 people. The rain
came darn In tgrrents, ts3s Streets
were one vast sheet Of mud, ksst the
people paid no attention b. the eis-
meats. A full risgr<i ship oa Wheels
carried log cabins, With Inmates feast
ing on eern pssnes ard hard cider.
Miniature forts. flags, banners, drums
and iifes. ssassfis 81 nnfinsr, live coofs,
rooxsere eFDplfsr, and shoSsfing men BY
The tens os thousands, made a scene
of attraction CONFUSION and excite
meft such a. has never feen esiusllet.
Stands we're creefes! and orators vent
~ work ltinsrant speaker fDeslated
storeboxes and biszed away. II Nas
made knosn that the delegation from
Cleveland. on their route - the city 4.
bad had the wheels staleu fFuHs some
of their Wagons ty loeaf9cos, and we're
compelled 10 continue their journey
on food. 9ne OK these enforced food
passengers var something II q poet
and wrote a song descriptive ~ " lp
Salt Kiver, and was enc8red over ard
over again On the spur 81 the mo-
meni many soHEs we're written and
snng; the g.ent up enthusiasm had
found vent, bat the seng Of f.te cam
psign had not yes t~eca written On
the feGaYn Of eur delegation - Laies-
vile. TigrFecAHDe cinh MS formed!
and a giles einh organized 81 whieli
Ross was one. The eiab guset,aFs
were opened and closed BY singing by
the gise eiub. Biiiy Me kibison wrote
.'Amos Pessfiiiag fekes, 10 lse sung
10 the tune 81 Zip tai lal. which
proved 10 be very popular lie also
conipo4ea Hard Tilne-H and Mar
tins Lament Tho.e wito iigartsi tn
that dag viii remember the chorus
ss8h dear what Will he1atas 81 gac
Ost. dsms What shall / do
aia certainly Doomed - be beassn
BY lie heroes OF iippssaHos
This was veil received bat scensssi
something lacking Wild outltarsis Of
feeling demanded by the meetings had
not ycf beer provided Tor. Tom Laun.
der suggested 81 isaas that The tune of
Little Pigs woniii furnish a chorus
Just adapted Tor the meetings Koss
scixed upon The suggestion and Oh the
succeeding ssin&aY. While he was sing
ing AZ a msenit,es Of tbs church choir,
his head Mas full Of Little Pigs and
efforts To make a song fitting The tune
aud the circumstances. oltliyi0as 10
all else he had before the sermen was
finished. blocked cat the song OF Tip
pecanec and Tyler, Too. The line
a. originally composed by him uf
'sNas, vau, yange nice little maa.
did not suit him. ard when Saturday
night came around he was eadgciing
his brain 20 amend Il. lie was absent
from the meeting. and was sent for
He came and informed the glre club
that he had new song to sing, bat
there Vas one line ia it he did not
like. aud that his delay was oeeasioned
hy the desire - correct H. Let me
hear the tine. said Cnlbertson Ross
repeated Il Is him.
aThandeF. said he. make it,
Vans a usesi-up man and then and
there the sang was completed.
The meeting the court hoaSe was a
monster. The old senate chamber was
crowded full 10 hear Mekibhan's new
song. Martins Lament, which was
loudly applanded and cncored, When
the FIRST speech was over Ross lead oil
with "Tippeeanoe and Tyler. Too,
having furnished each ncfnbcr Of the
gloe club with the chorus. That was
the song AZ last. Cheers. ye!ls and
cncsres greeted il. The next day men
and boys we're singing the chorus 10
the streets, - the workshops and az
the table ulcpt White came near
starting y hymn % The tune Ia the
Radical church on South street. What
the Marselilai-e hymn was "a French
men Nfipperaaoe and Tyler, Too was
Ia the Whigs OF $50
In September Hg Ross went 10 New
York 10 purchase gocds lie attend.
cd a saeetlHs IN Lafayette hail Prem.
tiss u Mississippi Talmage of Nes
York art sasis 81 Ma saehuselts vert
90 reak. Ross found the hall luil 81
enthusiastic people and was compelled
b. stand naaT the entrance. The
speakers hsd not arrived and several
soags West aig g. Keep the crowd to-
gcthsr, The siock Of songs vas soon
exhausted aad the chairman, Charlie
pelaysa, arose and requested any one
present who could sing 30 come for
ward ana do 50. Ross said, eli
could get on the stand / w8ald stag a
song" and hardly we're the words out
before he found hlmsclf passing over
The heads ol the crowd To 10 lanaed on
The platform Qutaiiops ii who arc
you What's stnr name came
from every hand ain a buckeye
from the hsekeyc state. was the an,
swer- Three cheers for the buckeye
state = erse3 nat the president snd
they were giyen with a eiM Rass re-
Qucsted the meeting 10 keep quiet Gil
he had sung three az fOur verses and
IL did. Bot the enthusias sNciied ~
u an rneustTo.iable pitch, ana az lasi
The Whole meeting joined Ia the che.
rus With q vifa and ytrut Undesirable
The song Was enelred snd sung asain
and again, bus the same verses Vcrt
not repeated, A. he had many ia mind
asld could make them suit The 0cca
sion. While be was singing in re-
Spouse t. the third encore. lhe speak
ers, ptis and faltuadcr. arrived AMI
Ross lnirSosisei
wen sow stop sinaias k,r Tsimaze /.
here, hers. hegc.
Aud utss. leo,
Nrii have 4 sfascca frofa each 81 ftstm
fNg Ei1srsesisec aai fyiVs. saa
He took his seat amid laundering A..
plause Ani thrgc tmes three Toe ths
Buckcse state. After the Hectipg wa.
over tbs sroa&s ia ;he streets. ia th,
saloons. eYeTE where, acre sinsiug
. TipPecafsos assl Tyler. Toe II
tFaycfsnd Tie Inioa and Wts the nazi
popular song 81 that sonr-siueins
calnpse7a
q. what hes esasJ.i is.s gress eeana.ian
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ses The tose. standard igsser.ue sosserspS
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ot IsnfseeAstse aud fSlcr, ttzs. ctr
TIE BAy Ssaie hoys TURNED o,si &c thousand,
theaszasss. thousands
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Ana A. Raakcf lGiu taey sci their sczis
Per FtpFeszsisss and fSies. toe. CSC.
Now yea hear shs vangocks taking. sAlk
iag, talking,
fhtaes isssA qnsto blue.
fcf az the sasia sscEns taralae zseaaG
fSF isppeesaee aud FYlef. too. etc.
Let shssa talk sssus hard cider. cider.