Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-16
of beauty, but both would be beaten by
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compass p lntS.
'tSilas has made purity good speech
and a purity good pint" says the dea-
con, and I'm sorter lettin go of the
rooster and leanin to his side. Though
I've lived in Jericho fur % years.
can't make out yit whether my pigpen
is on the north CT west side of the
house. I'm understandin that Elisha
Taylor has sunthin to spring on this
meetin, and we are ready to hear it.
Elisha was ready. He had bin
watchin the growth of the town hall
fur six long years, and he had had his
eye on the tower day and night He
had looked at it at MONDAY and
squinted at it at midnight and had
come to one unalterable conclusion
he wanted the fgger of gilt angel to
finish off that tower. and he wanted
that angel to be p'intin upwards, same
as on a gravestone he saw in Buffalo.
The angel would signify the goodness
of Jericho, and strangers would no lon
ger stop and raise a row because they
couldn't git glass Of beer or find any
body to take a hand at Poker. Her
pintin upward would be an object les
son to the Sunday school children. and
the sight Of her would calm the feelin's
OF q man about to lick his wife
There was howl Of derision as Eli
sha sot down, and the deacon said
thai no pint had bin made He was
deacon of the church and a good man,
but he'd never consent to hist a gilt
angel pint upwards or downwards or
any other way, but angels didn't be-
long on towers. He called upon Bever-
jumped up and declared himself in fav-
vor of the American eagle II rooster
signified grit and independence, an
eagle signifled all that and a dozen
things more. An eagle stood fur lib
erty, freedom and equal rights. 1t was
the emblem OF glorious republic. It's
wings sheltered the helpless as well as
the strong, and its soft cooin lulled the
infant to sleep, while It's scream sent
the father to the field of battle to fight
fur the grandest principles of man
kind. 1t was a rattlin speech, full of
redhot patriotism, and Deacon Spooner
said that Daniel Webster never ap-
preached it in his palmiest days. It
didn't affect the other factions, how
ever. They stuck out fur the gilt ball.
the rooster, the compass p'ints and the
angel, and each one declared he'd fight
to the bitter end
As compromise, Jim ShoreIy, who
didn't care what they put up, moved
fur gilt goat, and Abraham Scott,
who was goin' to move away and had
lost all interest. moved fur monkey,
but they was hooted down and every
body began to jam his elbows around
and call everybody else a hog There
was every sign that the meetin would
break up in free fight, when there
comes a fash and an awful clap OF
thunder, and at the same time Lish
Billings walked in to git out of the
storm. Deacon Spooner appealed to
him to save the honor of Jericho by
bringing about harmony, and Lish
looked around and replied:
'tAs l understand it, this crowd is
divided as to what shall ornament the
top Of the city tower?"
That's it," yells everybody.
"And you've bin jawin and speechi-
fyin fur the last three hours without
settlin on anything? WAL, | don't see
no use of any more bein said"
But what's your idea, Lish?" asks
the deacon.
"My idea is that the fust thunderbolt
knocked your blamed old tower into
a Continental cooked hat. and that you
kin save your breath TO pick up the
slivers fur kindlin wood
And the crowd rushed out and found
that Lish was k'rect-
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