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fTY. MISS, SEPTEMBER 11, J87-5,==r |»HO 3 iitBROTHER STACKHOUSE MAKES A SPEECH.From Courier-lournal.] Wlien the Mississippi edi-j tonal excursionists arrived atBuffalo, 9 o’clock,Friday eve- irrcpressibility. Bat now,since we have traversed a considerable scope of your grand domain, we are likemug, August 21, a party of six, in their trail after the el-ephajntj wcndqd their way toJ the Varieties Theatre. The j performances wore nearly i over when these six were con-i spicuoualy and cosily seated j in their parquette. When j the lastcurtain fell, thoman-; agor stepped to the front of me Mugc and said:LLases Gentlem en■f^-Vou -re. perhaps, not a-i ware that we have in our ! | midst a number of distinguished visitors, the exponents ' of pnlAic sentiment in a sia-I tor Stato—the editorial fra-I \ternitp of Mississippi. Several of them have honored us with their presence in this theatre to-nignt, and aYenow among the auditors. I hone yon will all heartily join me i in response to the toast:—We have heard a great deal champion beer drinker of the lt;about yoo. We have road Union. We are proud ofhiin j t much concerning you in your and we brag on him. We 1 big newspapers,of your thrift, are not afraid to pit him a- f your push, your genious, en- j gainst any man m the Nort)rj^ terprise, wealth, progress and ! or South. He has floored the *the Queen of Sheba, forced to acknowledge that half has not been told us.PEACEABLE INTENTIONS.Fellow-citizens of tintlalo, we assure you that this invasion of ours is altogether harmless in its object. We are not spying out the land with any hostile intent. No, we are much obliged to the few bloody-sliirt gentlemenwho, for somelast male member of oar par- *■ ty, and now openly defies the 11 world and all Dntchdom in 1the matter of beer. The mayor of Cincinnati had the temerity to tackle him, but that daring official fell on the fifty-seventh charge, leaving our knight calm and serene, sober as a judge and still thirsty.[Voices in- the crowd—“Whore is he?” “Is he here?” “Trot, -him ont!” “Let himrise!” “We want to se6 him!”]“I am sorry—exceedingly' sorry,” resumed Mr. Stack-aniong von, ...... .inscrutable purpose Provi- !™,se’ ile 18 ot I|CT?” deuce may hnro in -view,'are Whenever be goes to a cityallowed to live and delay theyear of jubilee in this American family, but we have had enough of war—rather too much of if. Our voice is for peace. (Applause.) We are like tho little dare devil boyUThree cheers for the Missis- , iivho played around the heehsippi editors.”Then followed such a clapping of hands among the ladies and such stentorian exercise lt;f maseular lungs aswas nrvo* before witnessed in ! that theatre.Who would respond to this spontaneous and handsome manifestation? Somebody had to do it. It was one of those iccasioits wh* a speech must bo made. ^lere Was only six of them. I'lio reputation of Mississ pi was at stake. The situation was painfully critical 'i the adventurous six. At iciigth one of them said softo voce, “Stackhouse, you haven’t made a speech since you left home- not even to the girls. [I You haven't spoken three i : words on the entire .‘rip.— - You have drunk in more i than your share oi pleasure, and you have not contribu-ted vour share to the. com-*nion fund of enjoyment.—Now is vour chance for re-*demption. I know it is in you. Speak!”Slowly and majestically Mr. tS. H. Stackhouse, of the Hazleliurs! Copiahau, rose to his feet, and when he had finished. straightening himself up, he looked a foot taller than usual. And thus ho spoke:Mr. Manager and Ladies and Gentlemen of Buffalo— “Take the stage! Take the stage!” was the refrain which echoed and re echoed thro’-ont the vast auditorium.— The orator ascended the stage, and advancing to the footlights, he resumed: Ladicx and Gentlemen, and Fellow-citizens of Buffalo— our surprise is equalled only by our gratification at Miisex-traordinary and unexpected demonstration. We are struck dumb, and words are nowhere in an emergency like this. You have absolutely silenced us with kindness, and I will not attempt the impossible task of clothing feelings in language. There was a pause here as if the speaker meant to give it up, but cries of “go ahead! go ahead! Tell us ill you know!” brought him back to his mutton.MR. 8TACKHOUBE’s ADDRESS.of a innle, got badly kicked and his fate frightfully mangled. He asked his father if the stars would ever disappear from his face again.— “No, sonny,” replied the sire, “you will never he pretty again, but then you will have a damn sight more sense.”— [Laughter and applause.]NO MORE WAR FOR US.We are not going into any more war with you fellows. If we had known how confounded numerous vou were*—what vast resources vou%had—what a nation of “git up and gitters you are—we should ne^cr have bcengnil-tv of the absurdity of trying to whip you in the first place. Now that we have seen forourselves, and gotten somesort of an idea of the magnitude of the job of cleaning you out, we consider that another on our side would be preposterous and rediculous and we arc for peace.Yes, fellow-citizens of Buffalo, we are here in the interest ot peace — Godlike peace. In the glowing language of the inspired psalm ist, “Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war.” We believe in peace. We are quite ready to he harmonized. And I am glad tohe able tosavthat everywhere we have been in the North and West we have metA CORDIAL WELCOMEf“When the Qncon of Sheba,” resumed JVIr. Stackhouse, “visited old man Solomon’s dominions in the ancient time, flew over his hills dales in his lightning »d trains, sailed over his Jakes in his bigeteame^V' I10 !‘iskeolbbats aTWf J,Plo'v'd I1,'8 canals, exam»ed, .c . ri lit. farms andi), ? Pf’Aide her wav toske finally 111/ * YVbis beadqu? 8.’ „and ^ • a * Viewed the thrift?and kindly greeting. Nobody has made faces at us. We have felr.O. K. all the time. The railroads have deadheaded us and given us tho finest drawing-room cars to sleep in. The hotels reduced their rates, and some of them didn’t have the heart to charge us at all. We have been well fed at all your eating institutions where we havestopped. In some places they wined us, rode us out in carriages and showed ns tho sights, made speeches to us, serenaded us with brass bands, etc., etc. We have had just a splendid time of it. The ladies (God uless’cm always) have smiled upon ns, and the men havo sometimes gone to the extont of asking ns to take a drink. That last is tho capstone to the climax of reconciliation. (Hear,Hear.) Tho true road to a Mississippi editor’s heart is to invite him to take a drink with yon. If that don’t harmonize him —if that don’t capture him —if that don’t bring peace to the land and save theooon try, nothing else on earth will.SECTIONAL AMBITION.ixally intei old and in that constrained edge that a hAuThe people of every section have some pet element of .greatness in which they excel all others. Thus you on thi3 side of the now obsolete line once drawn by Messrs. Mason ami Dixon can boat ns on Irish potatoes, but we can get you down on cotton. Furthermore every profession has a particular hero whom the rest can look np enee to this to. For examplo, we havea ve Sot-, with ns in this excursion theall the Jews; rview candor to acknowl-mgh she bad of his greatness ce, yet the n told her.— w-citizens offor the first time ho considers it his duty to make the grand round of the hcer saloons, and to take a drink at each. He is now engaged in the performance of that patriotic duty. If he should ever visit your city again he will be known where the best heei is kept, and that man who keeps the best beer is to him the cleverest man and the greatest patriot, II you want to see him go outto a beer saloon—any one of%them—and sit down and wait. He will he certain *ocome if you will give him a reasonable time to getaro’nd. He is a largo hearted man full of philanthropy, beer and patriotism, broad, jolly and wise, illustrating the truth of the old English philosopher, Poney Weller's axiom, that “vidt.li and wisdom go together.”A POINTED REFERENCE TO• ANCIENT HISTORY.Fellow-citizens of Buffalo, perhaps 1 have been digressing. Let me come hack to the point. It was Saticlio Panza who once exclaimed: “Blessed is the man who invented sheep.” But there is an opening now fora greater genius to rise up in the land. There is a bigger thing thanthis invention of sheep to be worked out; and 1 say thrice blessed is the man who invents a tune that will blend the harmonies of Dixie with the harmonies of Yankee Doodle,and give us onegrand national hymn of Yankee Doodlc-Dixio. And furthermore, fellow-citizens of Buffalo, I say emphatically, 'in reference to the old flag, with its stars and stripes, “Long may it wave, over the land of the free and homo of tho brave.” From this day forth I aru a reconstructed individual. I bclicvein uni-sou and fraternity, in the universal Yankee nation and in the eternal fitness of things. God bless vou.The eloquent speaker retired under a shower of bouquets and a storm of applause.Loin of Veal.- This is best larded. Have every joint thoroughly cut, and between each lay a slice of salt poik; roast a fine brown, and so that the upper sides of the pork will be crisp; haste often. Season with pepper;the pork will mako it sufficiently salt.Coffee Cake.— One and a half enp of sugar, one cup of molasses, one cap of batter, one cup ofstroirg coffee,three eggs, one teaspoonful of soda, five and a half cups of flour, rasins, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. The rasins to lie sto nod and rnbbed in a little of the flour before being added to the mixture.Vegetables should never be washed until immediatelybefore prepared for the table.Lettuce is made alm^pt worth less in flavor by dipping in water some hours betore it is served. Potatoes suffer even more than other vegetables through the^vashingprocess. They should not be pnt in water till jnst ready for boiling.‘The Southern X at Jones A Co’S drug store, Crystal. 2G
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