The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-17
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They may 1lng Of old Kentucky. where the
meadow grass Is blue,
OF the gften helds OF VirEinia-lndlana
c0Fnheids, too.
,ll{,a tune 20 aEectfat asl-se tis eaAFth'
But he riIIS and hills Of west virginia
Every time Tor me.
inc lakelands and the gniflands, the lands
Of the east and west,
Are beautiful and glorihed. but ] love my
own the best;
| Grand and worthy arc the others and very
But he rilis ana His OF West Virginia
every time Ter me.
The hills that CLEAN and gladden.. the rilis
that ribbon on IN song
A sight to cheer the toiler and 70 gem his
way alons-
| Their greenneSS and thelr grandeur thelr
pictured melody.
every time for me.
IN sunshine or in srowtime. by the twi-
| q light or by dawn,
! Always sweet and fair those hills and
Fills to dream and dote upon;
Let them sing Of all their homel0nds by
But The rilis aad hlIls Of West virginia
every time for me. J. w.
AS was meet, there was large turn
out Of the fraternity in answer to the
cali Of the Good Thing Club at its
meeting last night, to organize for the
campaign and to devise ways and
means for enjoying the fruits thereof.
From the outskirts Of the city they
came, eager, earnest and thirsty, and
with the hope that springs eternal In
the human breast. The little hall had
held many dance gathering, but its
four grimy walls pressed in close on
the clans, whose motto is, ";rouch the
Candidate Early and Often and at any
Hour Of the Night"
When the noise Of the shutting feet
had died away and there was sem
blance Of order Jim" serelent was
unanimously voted to the chair, on
which account there was grumble
from "one- Eyed Pete" who was thus
forced to vacate the nearest approach
to chair, the same being box that
did service for the plano thumper when
the merry Jolllers" or 1.-THE Pair Of
Elves" gave select hops in this gay
and rapid auditorium. Chairman sere-
leaf rumbled forth in husky tones that
this yer meetln' is now come to order
and II there's to be any spoutin' now's
the time fer yer say"
The silence that followed was due
more to inexperlence in public speak
ing than to any degree of absence Of
nerve, for Of this asserttve quality there
was abundance in It's peculiar, distress
ing way to the ofIice-seker. Little Abe
Gumlow. who couldn't hold a job in the
mills owing to his being such strong
union man, to hear him explain 1t, al
though his Woodworking father saw
otherwlse,-Llttle Abe. he finally set
things going with an advance of few
steps though the push to within sight
of Chairman sereleaf, and a speech
that hit the nail in the centre.
"As / understand the business" said
Little Abe, taking additional courage
from the attention bestowed, we're
here to see what we kin jerk out of the !.
candidates. There's no use to put 1t
in finer language. cause we can't and
we wouldn't bother about 1t II we
could. speakln' plain. we want beer,
and the more kegs, the better" At
this effective shot, there was wild APP
plause. as the reporter would put It.
Fright you are, Abe" and good boy,
Abe" were the compliments handed to
the orator.
Resuming, with a nip at his last
stogie-end regretfully, and change of
position that he might find suficIent
floor space to accommodate his expecto-
ratlons, Abe said; zone thing we want
here tonight is unity. In unity there
is strength, as there is in market house
you needn't laugh, Skinny,
you've had enough Of that brand O.
booze
"whoop 'er up, Abe" came in chorus
from the squad in the rear of the hall,
indignant at skInny's interruption.
"well, boys, to resume. the best way
is to resume, said a feller heard a
few years ago at the big meetin' in the
op'ra house. What want to get at is
unity. We must have 1t, else we'll be
runnln' around with our tongues out
beggin' this candidate and that one to
give us an order on the buery, and him
putin us OF with promises, or Just
THROWN out his hooks with measly
half kag or q dime. say. let's quit
goln after them in twos and threes and
chase 'em oil together"
"Hooray; let's co." yelled an enthus-
last from the rear. who was already
three sheets in the wind. and he start i
ed down the stairs with bunch of
similar spirits crowdIng him. ]
Hold on, you dubs." came in Chair
man serelsaf's husky tones. Let Lit
tie Abe finish his say"
"Soon's git another chew. captain"
replied the abbreviated orator. Who's
got eny scrap2" The response was
slow, but "one-eyed Pete" charmed by
Little Abe's eloquenee had forgotten
his displeasure over having been de-
posed from his wooden throne to make
way for the chairman. and he flshed
out a remnant of a package that afford
I'd Abe the fodder he coveted.
"Now, let's hear from you, Abe" re-