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


pcaEin well of the town. II he didn't,
ie'd set the folks down as vicious and
desperate and drive on to Tarrytown
# Dobbs Ferry. The squar' wanted
hat ball as big as a pumpkin, and he
vantel real gold leaf fur gildn, and
le closed his speech with an appeal to
he people TO continue to be Innocent
md happy. Deacon Spooner was chair
nan of the meetin. 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 a rooster. Enos didn't
70 as fur back us the squnr. He has
lsthma and Is short of breath, and SO
10 started out with Columbus to dis
liver America. He had bin readin up
IN ROSTERS He couldn't find that roos-
ers was an emblem Of innocence, but
he didn't want no Innocence on a court
iouse tower. The stranger would lind
innocence when he come to play check
Ms or trade hosses with Jericholan.
fhe rooster was an emblem of grit and
Independence. He was bird who
went to bed mt sundown. got up before
Tnrlse and was hustlln around all day.
A rooster on top Of that tower would
signify that Jericho could take care of
neBself and didn't bow down to any
Dther town In the state. lie was out
,f breath and had busted a suspender
when he sot down. and Deacon Spoon
sr raped with cane and said:
"Enos has not only made speech
equal to anything Henry Clay ever got
off, but he's made n thunderin big
plat IN favor Of the roosterItes. was
hg'in the rooster when come here, but
I've almost changed my mind. Let us
hear from Silas Belize"
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. rhe 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
to the back end Of his own cornaeld
without gittin lost and hevln to whistle
To his wife. His speech wns up to
date. He didn't so back over six
months. He said that what had allus
allied Jericho and what would allus
keep her down was the want OF KNOWN
the compass pints. He wasn't the
only one who was turned around. Half
the folks In town couldn't go buckle
berryln without gittin lost and wander
IN around all night Hogs and dogs
walked around IN circle because they
was confused, and every time there
was n lawsuit most of the witnesses
said west fur east An emblem OF In.
nocence would be all right, and a roost-
er would be thing OF beauty, but both
would be beaten by compass p'ints.
"Silas has made a 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 22 years,
can't make out yit whether my pigpen
Is on the north or west side OF the
house. I'm understandin that Elisha
Taylor has sunthn 10 spring on this
meetIn. and we nre ready to hear It."
Elisha was ready. lie had bin watch
In the growth Of the town hall fur six
long years. and he had had his eye on
the tower day and night He had look.
cd at II from the street and from the
roof OF his barn. he had looked at II
at MONDAY and squinted at II at mid
night and had come TO one unalterable
conclusion--he wanted the figger OF q
gilt angel 10 finish Off that tower. and
he wanted that angel to be p'intin up
wards. same as on gravestone he saw
In Buffalo. The angel would signify
the goodness Of Jericho, and str'ngers
would no longer stop and raise row
because they couldn't git a glass OF
beer or find anybody to take hand al
poker. Her p'intln upward would b,
an object lesson to the Sunday schoo
children, and the sight of her woult
calm the feelin's Of man about h
lick his wife.
There was a howl Of derlsion as Eli
sha sot down, and the deacon said tha
no pint bad bin made. He was dea
eQp Of the church and o good man. bu