The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-09-27


could hear Il wasn't listening,' was
the prompt reply, Applause followed
50 deceptive age appearances at times,
The Eauto passed i'll review mothers
/ lullahies. fathers songs to the lad on
| his kliec; those of the young folks,
both sentimental and patriotic, and
/ those OF queer folks sung in the Dale
/ th.rty t. forty years ago. sunday school,
pieces. characteristic hymns sung by
the church fathers-anl reached its
elimination in the treatment of the
Dale singing school. conducted in the
old times by Prof \ bden keene. with
Geo. F. Randall, the Earl of Carriers
burg, as the star singer Manner,
mlen, clear and strong tenor voice and
powerful emotion eXemplified in the
singing of the old time ''Village Bells -
was here reproduced, so that when
Warren pointed with a stare,
Where Georges tenor split the air,
the applause was tumultuous.
After the exercises there being many
worthy guests present. the names of
several were proposed for honorary
membership Among them was that
of Rev. Mr.. Dinslow, the Dale pastor.
He didn't seem quite sure of his moor
ings; hence his caution prompted him
innocent man. to ask some questions
"W hat was the Dale organization?
W hat were its requirements: What
was it like Then he let go little
shaft OF sarcasm at the seeming cen
trallzation of power in our peculiar
compact, quoting the old adage. cone
is enough: two are too many: three are
enough to kill the old Harry" Then
he resorted to tigurative representation
of hog-skin with red Indian inside
of it. Seeming to casually make the
Indian stand for the party to be admit
ted to membership, but impressing the
obtuse minds of us old-timers with the
idea that he would liken the existing
membership to hog-skin stuffed with
red mana huge bologna sausage, so to
speak. The president felt called upon
to reply to all this; and it was his duty,
of course, to explain.
To the question as to what the Dale
organization was like, he assured the
good reverend that it had no approx
mate likeness in all the world, and, in
deed, wanted none but preferred to re-
main strictly sui generis. That on it's
face it passed for democracy, pure and
simple, but that it's inner workings were
i'll charge of the titled gentry, who, if
necessary, would line up toe to toe,
with their toes in blood" to keep down
and put back into its becoming place of
quiescence the contentious brood of
plebeans. Then he took up the mixed
politico-theologic proposition of the
numbers one, two and three, stating
that from his own personal and official
standpoint one was ample, but that
Duke Conner had wanted to serve as
vice, and he had consented, though
vice, once stranger in this sweet little
Dale, was now too much in evidence;that
Marquis Knowles wanted to serve as
scribe, and that was necessary, for
there was a vast amount of scribing
down to do-winding up this phase of
the contention grandiloquently with
the assertion that this proud trio had
come to the conclusion that the times
were not ripe for killing the old Harry,
but that he is yet needed as primitive
and disciplinary agent. He could, how.
ever, leave no doubt in the minds OF
those present that the trio felt com
petent to kill and would kill uno-the
old Harry, when the status of the com
| munity should seem to warrant it. As
to the stuffed hog skin, he said that il
it was meant to illustrate the Dale
organization, the reverend would fine
by puncturing the hide that he had
walked up white man.
From this point, although the night
was hot, the company did not seem in
clined to break up and 60 home, but 9
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