Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-05-07
- sr1roKLAND.
,hsNY. Commsreial Advertiser.
r0,gN EAST, 9th March, 1886.

n.or Sr.-Sargeht DOWNING nag o.oi u
..d 10 cypherin and dunn es'ry
d. 80, 6aers there to Washington, that
tha. w hardly talk without usein tigers
49, Iadesd, says he, Squire Stncs-
o. g. been there III Congress so long.
h,,rd Col. Benton and them ARE
- - slks talk 50 much, that its a nost
...v for me tu.aIk high congress, as il
m ey'y day talk, and what with
w 80 of them DDS, which the college
us -" ~ cn'aI because nc wanted college
,,a;.-snd Shieh he and ! use between
-. 80, av 9th their help, the Gin'ral and
r. - anost understand Latin.
Oas Day the Gin'rai and / had J'st come
-. sast-roonl to 90 to snokin-we'd
~. mn io'the. room TO eat some oithat
80 $3.50 srest cheese, that Col. Msacham
-. IL government. Or rather, | r1igat
- I'd been INTO the cheose itself to
=, n we'd in fact, got q sort Of corduroy
~ INTO il out Of sight, and while ives
80 ve heard a contouuded chipperin
- .onealin, as If there was whole de-
.,,tmsut oftats, somewhere in the cheese,
IA - avs I, "Gul'ral, sha'nt | break IN
-. that ng:Se il. aud see what the
,l.ue's.o pay no~l" "Sarialn," says
rs-.f,he plaguey Federal rats have got
!, asrs. eaten up OUT cheese, I'll tuck 'en
aaIvjll.n s. broke through--It was a
,,eA;n operation, and We came spat right
u,ou whole nest Of post Office clerks
Svs I, awl,at you DUN here, you black
kiuosrs you, you underground niusquash-
n.--.Duin9r says they, Were franklin
ne Of this cheese. Mr.. kIndie told ns
= might frank all the Gin'raFs things.
Ivu mad enough to'ye nock'd 'em all
down with their own Jaw bones, but the
C5p,fai, who inclined to marcy that tune,
Md % I,oy ned see Mr. kindle about it,
Mr. Kindls would doubtless make it all
night. So az r. sayin before, the gov
ernmen, and ] had Just got into tho East
room and %. down, aud the Gin'ral had
only isl, said, Sargent Downing, ls'pose
folks think don't know as much as that
Mr. Levy Phiilipy knows, and | don't
kaaw's do, but guess and Mr.. Van
BWeaput together knows more than Dir.
Levy PhiIlipy and bis hired man put to-
ge.her;r and had jist time 10 tell the Gin
ri, says |, Gir-ral, guess we'd better not
deprecate ourselves very much, other folks
III doeaouph of thatr---when vino should
come in but sir Var Buren,.
Now. Mr.. Van Buren, never knocks
when he comes in where the government
u, tho he's mighty nice man and civil.
and comes in 40 careful and softly az Il
he's coneln into room where sick folks
Is, and lie hadn't nnre'a got up to US atore
rap and borze, in comes Col. Benton,
isadn that ara Ffenchman. Well, as Is
ssyin, in comes the Colonel; now, he
stuz knocks to DO sare, but he never
waits 10 hear s.walk M but bouZes along
you'd think a insteoric stone was a comm
into yoar door, clean from the moon Well,
the Colonel went right up TO the Gn'ral
and said .how'd We du" loud enough fra
whole eSInsn. TO hear, trainin day, aud
lie shook The Gn'ral's hand SO hard IL
afraid he'd shake every p,ultlso Oft his arm
and says he "Gnral, you look morn seven-
y years younger than you ought-thln
than you u,'d tn, that's fact" Upon
that The government; smiled and said Col.
Benton YOU nra qnito complimentary to-
day" but the Gin'ral while he said this to
the Colonel, looked toward the French
man, and that FrenChnan no. uaderstan-
din our language, exactly, s'posed the
government said ii him, "Mr. French you'd
ought 10 compliment Colonel Bcnton," 81
upon tlni,he Frcnchman was ready in
m'net, for be. q spokesman, and he stepad
on little Ways in the floor and stretched
Out bus arm, SAYS he sab Monsieur le big
osnlonv, You one whole eczaine Of great
min-you Aries, Taurus, CAMS Minor ct
ora Malor,-ah Monsieur lie Colonel.
,oa one whole live thundlir; You Jamp
'on PIC TO PIC like = eagle, when you
Pur ou' ~ great torrent Ufyour e,.qu
"msSe one great gully; YOU roar. You slss,
'oa scaitair We senate like one great prai-
He hrs scatter &c pos-ome AMI one ground
nce-ah Monsieur YOU one live Colonel
: Nons'eur Taurus me know by you,
!, .aefe b. da; big bull what jump over ze
"aeash--ah Monsieur - live Colonel.
~ enc whole democrat partie all by
rv''seli.' When he said that, Dir. Van
"d!en stepped foT'ard about the quickest,
\ nz r'ghtuP and m, IN. Says |, "Ns. Z
'snch' what you say IS very Judicious and
but Il won't du here,-vou
-! call Colonel Benton q part If one
sue democrat. If YOU'RE mind tn. or
~ nav call him the child of the demo
Nae party in welcome. for think il like
- 4.agn he may y. all things considered.
~ 70 cal him the waole democratic par
"oat du, for he ha'nt morn half OF IL
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