New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-06
A CELEBRATION INCIDENT.

The Hon Joshua Jones is prominent citi-
zen OF Tremplcrhurg Penn. His fame has
not perhaps. as yet extended much beyond the
boundaries ~ HIS state. II. indeed. IL has filled
that though he \ member ~ the last
PENNSYLVANIA Legislature. and his blil 10
Amend Section XXNII. Chapter III. General
raws and For other Purposes. attracted not
a little attention The records show that he
twice moved that We DO Now Adjourn. and
that he voted four times for an increase In
salary and mileage. still I'm the prime Of life
md fired with "A high ambition. there are those
who predict that he Will yet cut n large figure
I'm National politics.
put none Of these details need detain us. since
II Is our present business To speak OF "A serious
misadyeniurr which bcfcll him AZ the celebra-
tion Of the Fourth I'm Tremperburg. MT Jones
was the orator of the day. hut first back
wa Ri plance IS necessary. For ten years Josh"
Jones' as he Is arectlonately called by his
friends. has been the idol Of his county. That
f. I'D 10 his return from the last Legislature.
since then there have been murmurings. lie
has been accused OF aristocratic tendencies.
II was noticed that he spoke OF having been
.ill'' when from the context OF his remarks II
was gathered he meant that he had been SICK
He WAS heard to he term had driven
when he seemed To mean simply that he had
drove IL was proved that twice during din
ner he had the table dSinantleu ana ne"
generation OF food brought II WAS charged
that he had locked the tails OF his horses.
though he disproved this. and. through the col
umns OF THE Tremplcrburg Lever" cramined
the base lie down the black throats OF the ones
that had uttered IT, But The Tremperburg
Crowbnr' kept up the attack. 'On what grub
.hath this our Josh Jones fed that he hath
"arown 80 great?" asked The Crowbar" But
ne remained secure In the affections OF the peo-
ple TIL II was charged and proved that he had
a dress suit. Then his constituents began to
ask themselves. Are we secure In his hands
L. he 10 be trusted with our liberties? Can
We look TO him I'm case the ship OF state strikes
a rock? Many still believed in him. however.
refusing TO credit the story OF the dress suit
week ago Mr. Jones found II necessary to
discharge his hired man. The fellow came
home drunk for the NTH time and slept In the
horse trough. Mr.. Jones told him to 20. lie
went after treacherously trying to induce the
hired gIr To leave too. In the midst or the
Washing with the white clothes on the line
and the colored ones In the boiler To the
permanent credit Of the sex be 1t said that ne
failed In his inhuman design.
As we have already said. the Hon. Joshua
Jones was selected as speaker for the Fourth
OF July celebration at Tremperburg. 1t was
n mere coincidence that the discharged hired
man was made chairman OF the Committee on
Salute We fancy It may have been done with
the fond hope that he might blow himself up
since he Is a general nuisance. But. however II
was intended. the man took II as compli-
-, mcnt and spent two days polishing up the
ancient brass cannon with which the town
Is provided. To a man who spoke with him on
Wednesday evening as he was loading his can
non he remarked cheerfully that he'd Ike to
"shove old Josh Jones into this year cannon
"and blow him out" from which II VIII be seen
that the man Is OF a Arm. decided nature. well
suited to be a hathouse janitor.
Promptly at midnight this individual began
the salute and kept II UP till morning. The
man appeared to DO firing enc gun for each