Connecticut western news., 1891-03-04
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 ~ ALDINsvILLE, INJ1AN-
 NY, Sep. the onct.
 18&59.-l was sum-
 mund home from A Cinsinnaty quite sud
 din by lettur from the Supervisors of ~A Baldinsvile. sayin as how grate things was on the Tappis in that air town in refferunse to sellebratin :he compleshun of the Sub-Mershine Telegraph & axin me to be Pressunt. Lochn up my Kangaroo and wax wurks in seizure stile took my departer for Baldinsville own, my native lan,' which gut intwo at early kandle litin on the follerin night 6 just as the seller brashun and illumernashun ware com mensin
 Baldinsville was trooly in blaze of glory The Tavern was lit up with tai Ter handles all over & a grate bon fire was burnin in frunt thareof. A Trans pirancy was tied onto the sine post with the follerin wurds-"Giv us Liberty or Deth.' Old Tompkinsis grosery was ilumernated with tin lantuns and the follerin Transparency was in the winder -.'The Sub Mershine Telegraph & the Baldinsville and Stone6eld Plank Road the 3 grate eventz of the 18th centerry may intestines strife never mar their grandJure. Simpkinsis shoe shop was all ablaze with handles and lantuns.
 A American Eagle was painted onto . flag in winder-also these words, viz -"The Constitooshun must be Pre- sarved." The Skool house was lited up in grate stile and the winders was filld with notices amung which notised the follerin-"Trooth smashed to erth shall rise agin-YoU CAN'T STOP HER." "The Boy stood on the Burnin Deck whense awl but him had Fled" .Prokrastina- shun is the theaf of Time" Be vir- toous & you will be Happy" "Intem- perunse has cawsed heap of .trubble- shun the Bole," an the follerin sentiment written by the skool master, who gradu- ated at Hudson Kollige: "Baldinsville sends greetin to Her Magisty the Queen. & hopes all hard feelins which has here- tofore previs bin felt between the Super vizers of Baldinsville and the British Parlimunt, if such there has been, may now be forever wiped frum our Escut~ chens. Baldinsville this night rejoises over the glorious event which sementz means of elecktric wire under the roar in billers of the Nasty Deep. QUosQUE TANTRUM, A BUTTER. CATERL1NY, PATENT NOsTRUM!'
 Squire Smiths house was ited up re- gardis of expense. His little sun Will fam Henry stood upon the roof firin orf crackers. The old Squire hisself was dressed up in soljer clothes and stood on his door step. pintin his sword sollumly to American flag which was suspendid on top of pole in frunt of his house. Frequently he wood take orf his cooked hat & wave it round in impressive stile. His oldest darter Miss Isabeller Smith. who has just cum home from the Perkinsville Female Instertoot, appeared at the frunt winder in the West room as the goddis of liberty, & sung II see them on their windin way" Booteus 1, sed to myself, you air angil & nothin shorter. N Boneparte Smith, the 'Squire's oldest sun, drest hisself up as Venus the God of Wars and red the Declaration of Inderpendunse from the left chambir winder
 The 'Squire's wife didn't jine in tho festiverties She sed it was the tarnu- lest nonsense she ever seed Sed she to the Squire, Cum into the house and go to bed you old fool, you Tomorrer you'll be goin round half-ded with the ru1nertis1n & won't gin US nlinit's ti <lo Betsy. you little appresiate the inn portance of the event which this night commemorate" Sez she, ''Commemo- rate cats tail-cum into the house this instant, you pesky old critter.' Betsy" sez the Squire. wavin his sword. Ire tire" This made her just as mad as she could stick She retired, but cum out agin putty quick with a painful of Bilin hot water which she throwed all over the Squire, & Surs, you wood have split your sides larin to see tho old man jump up and holler & run into the house
 Doctor Hutchinsis offiss was likewise lited up and Transparency on which was painted the Queen in the act of ,lrinkin sum of ''Hutchinsis invigorater," was stuck into one of the winders The Baldinsville Bugle of Liberty newspaper offiss was also illumernated, & the fol- ierin notices stuck out-"The Press is the Arkermejian leaver which moves the world" Vote Early" Buckle on your Armer." "Now is the time to Subscribe" Franklin, Morse & Field" Terms $1.50 a year-iberal reducshuns to clubs" In short the villige of Baldins- vile was in perfect fewroar never seed so many peple thar befour in my born days. He not attemp to describe the seess of that grate night. Wurds wood fale mo ef I shood try to do it. l shall stop here few periods and enjoy my "Oatem cum dig the tates," as our skool master observes, in the buzzum of my famerly, 6 shall then resume the show bisnis, which I've bin into twenty two (22) years and six (6) months.
 AMONG THE SPIRITS.
 My naburs is mourn harf crazy on the new-fangled idear about Sperrets. Sper- retooul Sircles is held nitely 6 or 5 long hared fellers has settled here and gone into the Sperret biznis exclusively. A atemt was made to git Mrs. A. Ward to embark into the Sperret biznis but the atemt failed. 1 of the long hared fellers told her she was ethereal creeter & wood make sweet mejium, whare- upon she attact him with mop handle and drove him out of the house. will hear obsarve that Mrs. Ward is inval- erable womun-the partner of my goys & the shairer of my sorrers. In my ab- sunse she watchis my interests & things with a Eagle Eye & when return she