Thought 'steve' A General

The fo'.kiw.'na' appearpd in the D troit Tribune recentlv: The demócrata of Adrián indulged im. a "grand" ratiification meeting last Saturday niuht, aml like the olI colored man wilio preferred to eaé 'lik-ken to-day and eat tlie whole o ir. preserving none for to-morrow, ilie.v blew in all the money they could rake and scrape on firewnrks. leaviog tlwix 5'ricnds -voll camrvassed and very nea.rly cleamed nut of email cliange ttf dri w on later. rJ'hie ratiifií-atton was 1 success. taken om tliie spur of the me ment, Imt the aftermatli has been aT lrarvest 'of tares .tik! wild straw. Hoi arable I. H. Saisbury was the principal speaker. He is tfoe flagship of democratie oratorieal navy iii tlvis end of the state, and oie of the most priineely oif good fellowü. Salsbutry li'as boon looked upon as autliorifty beyond questiom on evorytliinir that he a.siserts a.s fact. He was a' nave soldlier, amd carne taime from tlH' with M'vci-al bad wounds. linlfis tJie ilol ol the "old boys." Xow iwha-1 dW .Satebury do? He ittempted tto eulogjze Steveneon, tfce' democratie Tiee-p resident nomineo. Hero Is a section of hts speech: "And wh.it (kilad of a man is oiir candidato or rice-p resident ? I have the pleaL i.re of a pensomal acquaimtance wilt ;on. ;Si('V('iisiiii. I visircd at hiï'ome ilu Illinois, was invited to mate ny (Iieadquai-tcrs at liils offlce, anj njoy all tlie prSviileges it afforded LE ib i::' most popular man in 111;iiois. (He went iiito fchie service oí tfoe [ "-íLOii ojimy as a prívate, worked tlirouuii Pts A.-u-ious scorching battles, Uri'asK'd thc oucmic's guns, and rame orno wiltli tlic wcll-varnril si!,r star 'OÏ the major-g-eiieral adornling lia epaulets. Tliat ís tlie kiimd of a man ■ouir icaandidate for vice-president Ís.' Imnicaise iapplaiis?.) Tt tüok about twenty-four hourö or that thjmg to react. The nex Kiiniim's issiic oí thle Detroit Tribuna o ld t story of tbc "greaf leaderS vivws; l,ov, Ai-tcmus Wai-,1 e was wíUisog to sacrlfice all hls viíe'a relatives tor ttoe gwd oí Hie omfederate cause. It ivas a boomo amg .oí The Largest calibro, and tlie iitted -.ora tw wfflj never hiear tlie lásü f 'it - Tlie iwxt iiomday. gallimg un■r i he frettiiiifí ivniarks that liad meÉ' iiin at every inma all day Suaday, lie wi-ote :a oaixl" to a local paper ulíitttog itluat 1h liad made a mistako, nd -swallowod hfe pill whole. ID ïll Tolloiw Irini all tbirough thls camaign. Hte "Geneiral" Stvensos lecoh vriííl play tag with hün whercverlh jyoes. If Homorable Lestor H atebuiry b-ier comes before a Leiia -ee couinty potiitlcal gatihering thiá ear, iiifs pateret "General" manufacTiriing anetlw)Kl will etlck out biggor íanany argument or oratorical moii1 rocWy to wMch lie cao, give birtli.