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thoSECTIONAL FELLOWSHIPi ngodi*I15 •no rc-or-u 11e-.It o II.i ll«l erhrinii*-•n.itliep.|t.THE MISSISSIPPI fcPITOHS VISIT A BUFFALO THRATBB, AND A!P3 OHSSIt-£D Bf 111E ADDIENCB.tlU* sight hi.*. I.* sji.-.-i In • it» u*.t -..-I*. « and. d ii- with bra-*** hands. cl**. i.*v- had just a id- ndid nineI l»i* Indie* {i ioi Iin nl-Broiher Stackhouse Addresses the Multitude in a Strata os Patriotic Cheeriuliieas.We h;ol iiWays | 11itvo smiled i||h»ii ii dial the men h.ivo'goiu* to the extent m2 asking ii*- io inko a drink. That last i- the lt;aj-!i»lte to the eliiunx -I I*.* c Ma ilmtioii. (Hear. Hear.\ Thetrue road t« a Missi-ij*|.i editor'-lt; ’••uHi’r-.ri'iii i'jil.]When tho Miis.ssippi editorial ONciirniotii^t'* arrive.} at Buffalo. 0 uVIcck, Friday evening, August -I. a party of s;x, in their trail aft. r ’ I the elephant, vveiulod their wav to. I • -tho Varieties Theatre,lieart i; in invito loin take adrink will* you. Ii that don't liar-Iwniiat* 1» t in - if that d oil capture-:! that ad at* I*:it I• rin.lohimlb* land at* I -axe idlt;* eouuiry, nothing else on earth will.sE« Tins At. AMHiriOV,I’he perlnr- The people id every section Lavmuncc* were ucmdv O'er w lien *« *m i*!. tdcmcni lt;»ltit nein l. . , , which they ixi.dlall oilier-;, lintsI hose hix were coiiipicuotiMv and • , .: \ o.l oil tills Mile Ol the in.vv iMt.rOnihily seated in I no !»anpn*tU\ Whenleie lineoi.ee drawn I v Ma . iti andthe In-t curtain |V||, the manager Dixon can heat its on h is!) p*»t itlt;.*?*hethivsitll»i-tag.stepped to the It out of the and Mti«l:I.ltUKS AXP t.ENTI K.MKX —'You are, perhaps. n«»L aware that we have in our midst n nutnbar of distinguish- lhed visitors. I lie exponent* ot public (|,,» {'sentiment in a sister S.ate—the cd- j , ‘ , ..ttorial fraternity ot Mississippihut we ran get you iiuwn on lt;’• ion. Furthermore. * every pr.de*;-! sion has a pai lieuhu* hero w'cun j the rest can look tip to. For ex-j ample, we hnv»* with us in thia ex- j ursinn the chain pit hi hecr drinker nion. We are proud of him and wo brag on him We are ;, r , - . . , not at raid to put him against nnv,;v,-.nl ;.f . K-m have J.jnor-lt;l us t..;!I| |!u. x'r|Il Kwith lb.-..- prewnw i» 11..=* i5..-«.uv; , ,.lst»g»r-ntsethirliey»or,10isjellrs•ato-night, and are now among the auditors. I hope you will aii heartily join me i:i response t*» the t«*u-t : •• Throe cheers for tho Mississippi editors.”Then followed such a clapping oi hands among the ladies and siieh stentorian exercise ol masculine lungs as was never before wiiue-s-ed in that theatre.Who would respond to tl»i.« spontaneous and handsome nianilcs-tation ? Somebody ha 1 t*. do i;. I: was one ol those oceanic us when a speech must he made. There w» re only six ol them. Tito reputation of Mississippi journalism was at stake. The situation was painfully critical to the ad vent nous six. At length one of them said sotto voce, “ Siackliouse, you haven't rnr.de a speech since you left home—not even to the girls. You haven’t spoken three words on the entire trip. You have drunk in more than your share of pleasure, and you have not contributed your share to the common fund of enjoyment.Now is your chnnue for redemption, i know it is in you. Speak ! 'Slow! and majestically Mr. S. II. Stackhouse, of the Uu/.l^hurst l*c»-piahan, rose to his feet, and when ho had finished straightening himself up, he looked a foot taiicr than usual. And thus lie spoke :Mr. Manager and Lad tea and tiun-ilemcn ol ButTalo—“Take the stage! Take themom herof our party, nnd now openly defies the world and all !ulchdom it: the matter of beer. The mayor of . ( inCinnati had the tcme: ity to tack-, Ic him. hut that during otlicial fell , on the filtv-seventh charge, leaving •!■I stage !” was the retrain which echoed and re-echoed throughout the vast auditorium. The orator ascended the stage, and advancing to the footlights, ho resumed :Indies and •y nUcMen, and fillaic-citizens of Buffalo—our surprise is equalled only by our gratification at this extraordinary and unexpected demonstration. We are struck dumb, and wor Is arc nowhere in an emergency like this. A lt;u have absolutely idlenrod us with kind-nes-*, and’ I will not atteinj»t the impossible task id clothing our feeling-; i:i lungtnige.There v.:ts a pause here, a^ it the speaker meant to give it up, but crijsof •* go ahead ! go ahead ! Tell«i-i all you know !” brought him *Lack to his mutton.MR. sP-Ktnnrsr/s .ton R “ When tho ljucca of Sheba.” re sum**d Mr. Stackhouse ‘‘visited old man Solomon’s dominions m the ancient time, flow over hishili-: and dale* in his lightning railroad trains, sailed over his great lake*, in J his big steamers, rowed upon h;* keel boats as they plowed his canals, examined critically his farms and machine sbot4, she finally made* her way to ids head-pianers, and formally’ Interviewed the thrifty1our knight calm ami soiene, sober as a judge and *iiil tliirsty.[Voices in the crowd—“Where is her ‘ Is he here ! “Tn-t him out!” **I.'*i him rise !” “We want j 'to sec him !”]“I am sorry—exceedingly sorry,” j u resumed Mr. »S’!:ici;1ioum», “that he. is not here.” Whenever in g»»cs top* a city for the first ft mo* In* consid or-i i'. his duty to make the grand roand of tho heor so toons, and to tako a drink at each. lie is nowengaged in tho performanceof that patriotic duty. I: he should ever vi*it your 1*113* again he will hr known where tho best beer i-s kept, ami that man who keeps the I»est beer is to hi in t he cleverest man and the greatest patriot. It 3*ou want to see him, go out to a beer saloon—nnv one of turn—a.ud sit down and wait, lie will be Certain to come if you will only give bin) a reotonablo tim* to get around.He is u large-hearted man full ofjdiilanthropy, In-er i»u*i f -.triotism.brcaii. jolly and 'vise, iliuslrating the truth of the old English philosopher. Policy* Weller'.- axiom, that “vidLh and risdoiu go together.0 A POINTED DEiKREVCX TO ANCIENTms roar.Fellow-citixens of lluTuio, pcr-haps I have been digressing. Hetme conm back to tlie point. It wasSaru-ho Punza who once exclaimed:*• Blessed i« the man who inventedsleep.” Hut there is an openingnow for a greater genius t*» rise upin the land. There is a bigger ikingthan this invention of sleep to beworked out : and I sav thrice bless-*cd is the man who invents a tunc that will blend tho h irmonic* of Dixie with tho harmonics of Yankee Doodle, and give us one grand nuti 01x11 livmn *»t' Yankee Doodlo-Dixie. And furthermore, fcllow-lt;*itizcns of Bnflal . I :rv emidiati :• ally, in reference \it tljc old flag, with its star-; an 1 stripes, *• Long rn:;y it wave, over the land of the free and home of the brave.” From this day forth I am a ree**Detracted ii.dividual. I bcd:« v«- ai utnson and fiaitrriiipv, in tie: nxfivervij Yankee nation and in the eternal fltneus cd things, fiod b»ca.« 31m.The uioipiort! speaker retired under a sliower of bou juots and astorm of applau-c*.IIF.List received, all ilic styles ni d novellioa in men’s fur hat*, such us the front hem, Madison IBtb*, Can-old autocrat of all the Jews ; and in l*ni Fno end Uool: and Ladderthat interview candor const rained ••oft'ptinios, hue. her lo acknowledge that although | l«1,r I’^d store, she had heard of hi-j greatness and magnificence, 3*et the half had n -tnot been told her. So it L fellow-citizens of BuflVdu, in reference to thi.s troraciidoiiu country you have got. Wo have heard u great deal about you. We have read much concerning you in your big news papers ot your thrift, 3*oor push,3*our genius, enterprise, wealth, progress and irreprcdbibility. But now since we have ti*arci*sc*.l a considerable scope ol your grand domain, we are like the Queen of frlio-mcii's fur bats ni V. L. 0 ao.is.! Yen Will findAt f»winner’, a lilt** ;ei tv.-.!, and of re-rent tv!* -, I^ulii s* r rciicli Kid and Pebble ifO.il iside U(V, Ilix-Ux tiioes uf the In ; t make oiul mu-t approved patterns. ;ih«» Mca mid Boy** (Ailf Imperfcd Pon-gr»'.sa and Ah:.\I Te .lt;• Tiny are giving the slim.* trade i -prr;;d at'enlion. and l heir goods will eniuhlne-lylc with dum-hllfty. II tve also received a lin*; of men, Iks and cliildren's H it- lor the Fall, ol latest stvletf. scjitWtIce ( noajK i (Uuu E¥«*! vriiole-ba, forced to acknowledge that half' sale U cto. uud retail 2 cw. jki* pound.i*i;n:.s*n.::Y.has not been told iwPEACE.V BI.F. I XT EXT IONS.Fotlow-cilisens of Buffalo, we as- at NiadcUcrV sure 3*ou that this invasion of ours is altogether harmless in its object.Sorgo itl Itfillsaml ICvapomtorsWo nro not spying out tho land ar Siadcker's. with any hostile intent. No, weSorgiim itfilhand Evaporatorsare inueh obliged to the fow bloody-1 frabscribe t*« tho (UNION Mail, shirt gentlemen among you, who, .00 fur the campaign.for some inscrutable purpose Providence 11133* bftvo in view, are allowed to live and dcl3’ the year of jubilee in thi American family, butwo have had enough ol war—rather too much oh it. Our voice is for peace. [AppIausc.J We are liko the Jiltio dnro devil boy who pl:iy-ed around the heels of u mule, got badly kicked and his fa o frighlfiil-I3* mangled, llo naked his lather il tho scars would over disappear from his face again. “No sonny,” replied the sire, “3*011 will never be pretty again, but then you will have a darn sight more sense.” [Laughter and applause.]NO MOUK WAR FOR I 8.Letter, note and bill-heads, visiting and business cards, circulars, punters, dodger?, in fact, everything from n visiting card !» a full sheet punier, executed with neatness and dispatch at the Mail nIXiec.Fruil Bows inr sUe l»yJ;u»h s Pi'hvtsry ii Co.Wo are not going into any more war with 3*011 fellows. 11 we had j known how confounded numerous |f*ou wore—what v:vi resources you iad—what a nation of “git up :.nd giticm” 3 *»u are—we should never bnvo been guilty ot tho absurdity of trying to whip you in the first place. Now 1 hat w.j have seen for ourselves, and gotten »ome «: i of IThe Sixth Annual Se*ion of Hie Coi-lifgiuttt frehi«ul will Iw-gnx Moililii), JkjsteinlH-r Utli. Parents arc rujuestod to imte fhnf pupils, jih li«*t»-tnfon-. will nor In* received for u shorter term than live luouiie.P. M. \V vrTKICSON,Principal.Try ilit* EIcrli-.i-Tapor Ratlis,fixrni.-iit'd I*v* Dr. II. Cngr !•» lli'wc fii!’-ft-riia: with I'liciiiiixiUsin. Neuralgia, «»r any cuian«*ous di-eaM*. Pailis given IVi»iii IS l»» 51 oVJock. I*. M. But FiB* • 11 liatli.- $*T».(H).icGtaIbath £1.75. 7-17-tf.(Jet your job printing done at tho1an idea of the magnitude lt;d the ioh ** v,!* •*»,“ *’* pitsscs. now andot cleaning you .nit, wcon*!Icr f:whn*nitllo t3*p0aiul complctostockthat Miother on our aide would he of stationery, (’all mid see samples prcpost. ro.is mol ridiculous, and wo worI[ K1|)1 J(I-arc for peaceYen, lellow-citiz'-iis of Buffal*., we an* lusru in the inlor.-**t of pea* ** — Godlike peace. In the glowing language of tins inspired psalmist. “ Puato hath In i* vieiorioa no Ic.ss runowned than war. Wo blt;-licvc 1 in peace. We arc *juitu ready t-» ' | lie harm nirsed. And I am gl:i*l I j t•» !*•• abb* t«» ay that nverywhcie • .vo h.iku been 111 1 he North and W0.1l wv huvo motecs.—lt; —5lt;»nr fruil by u-inx Kniit dxirs, with pinec-!? i 4.May•••:**? Ul.1lain Ibu 1 top For sah* hv 7 U-tf. tV. J. IHiidiy Aw Co.Ju-1 i.m‘« :lt;1 lli»*ir j: o * r o it s:,» prtlr- *..- the celebrate I Fatili nuide h»H— •fii'riely new -1 v*S• Inrca^li. Kve--, j«*ir •*att'o»hd. I'kifil lit#**-, r ..iIp |»vI I Ii;111* •-Aid» • M. WELCO.MK.and kindly l'rodiBfj. N b*«Iy ba* made hires :U n.w. \\ r lu*.ve f• sIf « ».I l\. all the lime. Th«» railnra Is Imvu •lead head*'.i 11- and 151 v ti 111 the ftncit dmv in^ r*.mi ears '.• -I* ;•D-LOO f.»i L*. Int.•I'MI :.eiA.ui.in.TIreduced t hi •‘in didii'l 11.'lit.i*l*-,llll 1 Ithai \* urn lonr 11:it ill, V.and Mimi «*|1 heart i*» cJimbeen u i |l t'd si1 :«!! 3'»»ur eal . iliiiitiont wh*‘»'t wi* have t«• fn - .me phiee tln*3* *vi n 1 i|s j u.- oiu in tari iitgca un i -h.#^• i ;i . •VC the11*.\ it 3r ;s-pii»me.illg gout I-p«.••I t »•»•••* |V» 'I *1 More.I.rrIvefor •'.1 AI ..I. I
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The Canton Mail
Canton, Mississippi, US
Sat, Sep 11, 1875
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