Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-11-06

INDEPENDENCE.
peaEln well Of the town. If he didn't,
e'd set the folks down as vicious and
desperate and drive on to Tarrytown
II Dobbs Ferry. The squar' wanted
hat ball as big as a pumpkin, and he
vantel real gold leaf fur gildln, and
e closed his speech with an appeal to
he people to continue TO be Innocent
md happy. Deacon Spooner was chair
nan of the meetln, as usual, and when
he squar' sot down the deacon said
led made pint. Enos Williams was
hen called upon. He headed the fac
ion who wanted rooster. Enos didn't
70 as fur back us the squar. He has
lsthma and is short of breath. and so
lie started out with Columbus to dis
liver America. He had bin readln up
IN ROSTERS. He couldn't find that roos-
ers was an emblem Of innocence, but
he didn't want no innocence on court
iouse tower. The stranger would find
innocence when he come to play check
us or trade hosses with Jerichoian.
rhe rooster was an emblem of grit and
Independence. He was bird who
vent to bed at sundown. got up before
mprise and was hustlln around all day
rooster on top of that tower would
iignify that Jericho could take care of
besself and didn't bow down to any
pther town In the state lie was out
,f breath and had busted n suspender
when he sot down. and Deacon Spoon
en- raped with u cane and said:
I... a.,t. A ,.l.
equal to anything Henry Clay ever got
off, but he's made a thunderln big
pint In favor of the roosterites. | was
bg'!n the rooster when | come here, but
I've almost changed my mind. Ler us
hear from Silas Bebee,"
Silas was one who wanted the p'ipts
Of the compass put up. He was born
In Jericho when the town had but three
houses and had been turned around fur
80 years. The only way he could tell
north from south or east from west
was TO make black spot on Uncle Jim
Green's barn door, and he never went
10 the back end of his own corndeld
without gittin lost and hevin to whistle
To his wife. His speech wns up 10
date. He didn't go back over six
months. He said that what had allus
allied Jericho and what would nllus
keep her down was the want OF KNOWN
the compass p'ints. He wasn't the
only one who was turned around. Half
the folks In town couldn't go buckle
berryin without gittin lost and wander
IN around all night Hogs aud dogs
walked around In a circle because they
was confused. and every time there
was lawsuit most OF the witnesses
said west fur east. An emblem of In
nocence would be all right, and roost-
er would be thing OF beauty, but both
would be beaten by compass p'ints,
"Silas has made purity good speech
and purity good pint" says the dea-
con, "and I'm sorter lettin 20 OF the
rooster aud leanin to his side. Though
I've lived In Jericho fur % years, |
can't make out yit whether my pigpen
Is on the north or west side OF the
house. I'm understandln that Elisha
Taylor has sunthin to spring on this
meetIn, and we are ready to hear It."
Elisha was ready. He had bin watch
IN the growth of the town hall fur six
long years, and he hnd had his eye on
the tower day and night. He had look
cd at Il from the street and from the
roof OF his barn. He had looked at Il
at MONDAY and squlnted at It at mid
night and had come 10 one unalterabi,
conclusion he wanted the figger Of {
gilt angel TO finish off that tower. ant
he wanted that angel to be p'intin up
wards. same as on gravestoue he saw
IN Buffalo. The angel would signif.
the goodness Of Jericho. and stronger
would no longer stop and raise u row
because they couldn't git glass o
beer or find anybody to take hand n
poker. Her pintin upward would b,
an object lesson to the Sunday schoo
children, and the sight of her woul,
calm the feelin's of man about t
lick his wife.
There was howl Of derlsion as El
sha sot down, and the deacon said tina
no pint bad bin made. He was dea
con Of the church and o good man. bu