Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1903-09-24
EAGLES MERE.

requested member to take the
chair, and delivered himself as fol-
lows: "Mr. Protematory President.
The summer is past and we are about
to face long, cold winter and plunge
into the election of new president
of this August-rather should say
September,-body, and ! feel called
upon to deliver valley-dictum. 1
haven't give one sence left college,
for my life has been strenuous one
and my book larning hain't done
much work, but the atherleticks
taught, which you know lis more
than half college education, hain't
been entirely forgot, for by..sassafras,
1 kin skin old cat or jump up and
knock my heals together as often as
George Smith or any man in this
crowd.
1t has been hinted that the rail-
road gave me pass, and l have suf-
fered under this accusation in cold
dead silence. Brothers it is lie, a
blue-bottled lie, and can bald-head
any man any man who dare stand
up and contradict me! pause for a
reply! AS l don't see nothin, stand
ding, will wave the subject and go
on with my valley-dictum.
The railroad haint no use to give
feller like me, who knows blamed
little about taxes, and has no intiu-
ence with the County Commission
ers, pass. No-sir-ree-dum. l amt
the sort to be treated that way and
it is excruciating shame to so be-
smirch my lilley-white character,
but let it pass its too triflin.
Tie w of this Club under my
supervision has been great glorious
uplifting one, and has put many a
thoughtless one a thinking, and we
have never called any mans pol
icy bad who didn't Immediately
go to wor'. and by his action prove
our assertion true. We may have
blundered in one or two of our res
olutions, but no one acted upon them
so no harm has resulted. The mat
ter of not taking action on the death
of that fine horse that rather drown
than look at that dilapidated ice
house on the Reserve belonging to
the public, can hardly be called a
blunder. Its sheer neglect, and if
we fear to take the matter up let's
invite those interested in the house
to do as we do, and then let's all ego
down and follow the example of that
noble steed. There should be a
monument for that old horse. Some
thing will just have to be done to
placate his spirit, or much of the en-
ljoyment of a moonlight row will be
lost; for they do say that between
10 and 12 O'Clock at night his ghost
ly form appears, takes look at the
ice house and then ducks under
again. Those who are up in spook-
craft say he will be appearing the
whole length of the Rererve-first
thing we know. They have even
now got the rumor agoin' that the
other night he came up near the foot
of Clay Avenue and seeing the coal
shanty and some other things, gave
that unearthly snort and sank to the
bottom. Brothers something has
got to be done with that horse ghost
or we won't dare maintain shabby
old shed anywhere along the along
the border of the Lake. would
suggest that we get permission to
move the ice house for say, day OF
two at least, and then maybe the
poor ghost will git up and out and SC
go down to his old home where he
belongs.
Well, brothers, l am not through
} with my valley-dictum and will
take it up again, but l hear Dar
a jiggering his peanuts in the roast
er, and see you are paying more
attention to him than me, so let's
quit and go over and see if we cam
induce Dan to set 'em up.