The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-09-22
poets that band to meet him at the
denot when he comes home ?"

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''Bein 1 hold the posishun do, "
answered the squar, "being I'm re-
ferred to as the leadin man in Jericho,
if the band wanted to go down and
see me off or wanted to be there to
welcome me home I don't reckon any,
body would find fault
"But I'd want the same thing"
said Ebenzer Scott. ''I amt no JUS
tice of the peace, but my dairy is
milkin 28 cows this summer, and /
feel I'm as big as anybody. I go
over to Dobb's Ferry once in two
weeks, and 1 should want that band
to toot me off and toot me home
ag'in."
"There may be a pint" said the
deacon as he scratched his ear, "but
1 don't skarsly see it. Maybe the
squar wants to say suthin further
about liberty and Bunker Hill !"
"I'm sayin.' replied the squar as
he heaved long sigh, THAT patriot
ism and love of country seems to be
deader'n doormat in these United
States. Mebbe there's man in this
crowd aside from me who'd be willin
to shed his blood that Our glorious
republic might be saved from ruin
and desolashun, but if thar be I can't
name him. You might as we'll dis
perse to your homes and tell your
wives and children that Jericho is
doomed"
"By John, but what p'int-what
a pint |" whispered the deacon.
Before we bust up and go to ruin,
however, I'd like to hear from Reu-
ben White. Reuben's bin as far west
as Detroit, and he ought to know
what influence brass band has on a
town.
"The influence of brass band is
accordin to the leader, said Reuben.
"I've seen 'em where they jumped a
town right to the front in four weeks,
and I've seen 'em where they killed
things dead in two. The leader
wants to be a pecoolier sort of man.
He wants to be born fur the place,
same as Washington was. He wants
to be ready to die at two minits' no.
tice or to live fur hundred years"
"And mebbe you think you re that
man 7" queried the squar as he
pounded on the counter with his fist.
81 do. / know I am. I'm the
only man in Jericho as kin lead a
band to success and make the town
hump herself. I'm a self sacrifcin
critter, as you all know, and if this
meetin thinks best"
But the meetin shouted him down,
and it was FIVE minits before Deacon
Spooner could make his voice heard,
and then he said
"There's more p'ints bobbin up
here than you kin shake stick at.
Dur we might as well ncv Que 1InoIS.
S5zposiaa me hear from Lish Pit1ings..
He's the only man in Jericho who kin
play on an accordion. What d'you
say, Lish = 49,
"There's mighty little to be said
and nuthin to bust up the country, "
answered Lish. "Do any of you sons
of Bunker Hill know how much wind
it takes to blow brass horn 7"
Nobody did, and hush fell upon
the crowd.
tIt takes ten pounds, reckoned by
lung tester" said Lish, "and you'd
want an extra pound fur walkin up
hill. There was lung tester man
in town two weeks ago, and every
son of us handed over nickel and
took blow. We blowed and strain
ed and blowed, and little Willie was
one of 'em who blowed a sole off his
boot, and yit no man reached seven
pounds. Whar you goin to git your
wind to blow them horns?"
There was a painful silence while
you could count hundred, and then
Deacon Spooner said
"By John, but I'm goin home and
tell the old woman that I don't know
beans when the bags united, and the
rest of you'd better do the same
thing. I'M. Quad.
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