Oberlin College - Hi-O-Hi Yearbook (Oberlin, OH)

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, I ' f, ' ' 1 I ' 5 .jf ' . 1. hge'-, I-' . ' ' ' , 7 Q. , , ..,,.,-y.. . . .,.. , .. ,. . , , A - .,.e.... ,. . ,.. .-1 -A. . '. sir, that feller had a stick, big-yes twice 's big-as that one old school-master Harmon used t' keep behin' th' door. Well, sir, he made a corkin' good speech an ended 'er by nominatin' President Roosevelt fer th.e next election. They like ter a done it too, but that feller at th' desk he looked at th' sleepy feller at th' other desk an' then said somethin' about 'it's bein' out o' order.' Couldn't see how th' feller who had jest talked was out o' order, he was goin' on in first rate order 's fer 's I couldsee. 5 Then they had somethin' t' eat. Only trouble was they didn't pass any peanuts to us. An' I couldn't get it through my head but what We was t' th' circus, an' I kep' wonderin' Where them fellers was what sells 'tickets t' th' concert.' - 5' Then they begins again. Laws, I can't begin t' tell ye all they done an' said. They had some sort o' scrap-one o' th' fellers was a long skinny feller, but he could more 'n talk-'bout who should have seats. I couldn't see what they was scrappin' about, 28 I'

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T H E H I - O - H I 1 9 1 O Come! Why, sir, from the way th.ey kep' a comin' I reckon'd Wa'n't goin' t' be room fer half 0' 'em. That hul blamed tent was jest filled with chairs, an' then them circus seats put up all 'round the sides. But, sir, when they all got in an' was standin' up there,-- an' mother an' me wonderin' how th.em that hadn't no seats was a goin' tl get along,-they set down, an' would ye believe it, them fellers what had planned th' thing knew what they was 'bout fer there was a Seat fer every one o' them fellers an' gals-but I donlt believe there was a one ter spare. An' then th' fun begun! f' Some little feller--had a awful loud vest on too--got up an' hammered on th' table ,til I most feared he'd bust it. But they kin' o' quieted down in time an' he didn't have t' bust anythin'. They all stood up an' sung My Country 'Tis Of Thee, an' I tell ye I never knew that was so blamed pretty before. Then some sleepy- lookin' feller read some sort o' Call 0' th' Convention -guess it was somethin' they had t' get rid o' somehowg an Cousin Albert says it was jest like th' thing th.ey read t' th' Chica- go doin's. They did some sort o' votin' ' ' , an' brought up Mister Treadway, him what was jest elected Lieutenant Gov- ernor, good man he was too. He gave j a speech, 'soundin' th' key note' I think he called it. Guess it must a bin on the key too, fer it sounded mighty nice-like when th.ey say th' choir up t' church hits th' key. OV Some feller come t' th' stand-had a regu1'r political meetin' stand even to them gents what always sits on it-an', l L W N , l I 27

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T H E H I - O - H I 1 9 1 0 fer far's I could see everybody had seats, 'cept that bald-headed feller an' th' bub with the howler o' a vest-they kep' runnin' 'round mosto' th' time, must 'a had some o' th' work to do. 5 Some guy read th' platform. It sounded all right t' me, but they sure did go into it. Some feller wanted t' put in a temper- ance board, 'r plank, 'r what ever ye call itg made a wonderful talk -they ought t' a got him out when they tried t' put this here coun- try dry. Some gal got up an' talked about women's votin' an' I'm blamed if she didn't most convince me. Some little feller give a speech on Soch.-a-lismg an' they treated him mighty mean, but 'twas fun t' hear th' way he'd go fer 'em when they broke in on him. Then one o' them white-haired Dutchmen I was tellin' ye about gets up an' tries t' make us believe free trade was th' thing. 5' Mother an' I didn't think when they charged us hfty cents th' first night that we could come back the next night. I didn't want ter. But, sir, mother jest made me hitch up in a thunder storm an' drive . t clean t' town jest t' see that second night's fun. ' X 5' The rain didn't seem to make any difference with the crowd, no more 'n it had with mother an' me. They sung The Star Spangled Banner an' then they elected a new feller t' hold th' stick fer that night. L. E. Ebright from down to Akron, an' some politician I guess he was from th' way he took a hold o' th' thing an' kep her goin'. 5' Some little feller-awful lot o' 29 5