Connecticut western news., 1891-05-13
FOURTH OF JULY ORATION.


 Delivered on the Fourth of July at Weathers
 field, Conn.,, 1859]
 delivered the follerin, about two years ago, to a large and discriminating awjince. 1 was 96 minits passin a given pint. I have revised tho orashun, and added sum things which makes 1t approposser to the times than it otherwise would be. have also corrected the grammers and punktooated it. do my own punktooatin now days The Printers in VANITY FAIR offs can't punktooate worth cent.
 TELLER CITIZENS: I've bin honored with invite to norate before you today; and when say that I skurcely feel ekal to the task, I'm sure you will believe me.
 Weathersfeld is justly celebrated for her onyins and patritism, the world over, and to be axed to paws and address you on this my fust perfeshernal tower threw New Englan, causes me to feel to feel-I may say it causes me to feel. (Grate applaws. They thought this was one of my eccentricities, while the fact is I was stuck. This between you and I.)
 I'm plane man. don't know nothin about no ded languages and am little shaky on Twin ones. There4, expect no flowry talk from me. What shall say will be to the pint, right strate out.
 I'm for the Union as she air, and with cred be the arm of every ornery cuss who attempts to bust her up. That's me. I have sed! Tt was very sweaty day, and at this pint of the orashun man fell down with sunstroke. told the awjince that considerin the large number of putty gals present was moro afraid of a DAw- TER STROKE. This was impromptoo, aud seemed to amoose them very much.
 I>~S S~S% %o notis the growth of Ameriky from the time when the Mayfowers cum over in the Pilgrim and brawt Plymmuth Rock with them, but every skool boy nose our kareer has bin tremenjis. You will ex- cuse me if don't prase the erly settlers of the Kolonies. Peple which hung id iotic old wimin for witches, burnt holes in Quakers' tongues and consined their feller critters to the tredmin and pi1lery on the slitest provocashun may hay bin very nice folks in their way, but l must confess don't admire their stile, and will pass them by. I spose they ment well, and so, in the novel and techin langwidge of the nusepapers, 'peas to their ashis." Thare was no diskount, however, on them brave men who fit, bled and died in the American Revolu- shun. We needn't be afraid of setting 'em up two steep. Llk~ my show, they will stand any amount of prase. G. Washington was abowt the best man this world ever sot eyes on. He was a clear-heded, warm-harted, and stiddy goin man. He never slopt over! The prevailin weakness of most public men is to SLOP OVERT Put them words in large letters-A. WI
 They git filled up and slop. They Rush Things. They travel too much or the high presher principle. Washington never slopt over. That wasn't George's stile. He luved his country dearly. Ht 1 wasn't after the spiles. He was human angl in kornered hat and knet britches, and we shan't see his like right away. My trends, we can't all be Wash ingtons, but we kin all be patrits & be have ourselves in human and Chris tian manner. When we see brother goin down hill to Ruin let us not give him push, but let us seeze rite hold ol l his coat-tails and draw him back t Morality.