The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-10-14
HUCKLEBERRY, Tuesday,
Just after daybreak, Sept. %.
To the Editor of the Maine Farmer:

~ StC N"ANS ~ S"N ~NN'S
Deer Sar 1t is with the utmost leman-
choly feelins that l take up my pen tn rite.
Huckleberry has agin, for the third time,
made no choice Of Representative tn the
Lcrislatur! Hucklcbcrrians hev agin proved
r|ecreant tn the great cause Of body polytics !
Hnckleberrians hev agin divided and subdi~
ded ald divided agin and unless they berry
the tomahawk and jine in on the regular NOM
nations, they'll never 'lect a Representative
till the COWS cum home and they won't hev
no Representative in the next Legislator {;
and that would be a purity kettle OF fish |
should think! But must let you into the
secret Of Huckleberry polytics at this time,
that you and the country and the hull nation
may larn the cause why there is no choice in
this strong Wing settlement. There are if
teen Wings and 10 Dimicrats and ? Liberty
men in this settlement, and yet the Wings
can't 'lect their man. Now for the secret.
The trouble is the parties are all split tn
smash. There are tce candidates for Roper
sentitive Squire John jerks he is the reg
lar Wing candidate,an Squire Jason Jones
he is the reg'lar Dimicratic candidate, and
Leftenant Ezra Snobbs he is the regular Lib
erty candidate. That makes three reg'lars-
all of whom 90 in for the great principles Of
body polytics-which in my humble opinion,
is all right and proper.
Now for the irregular candidates. Col.
Timothy Dodds is the candidate ola purity
strong party, which has sprung mp lately, and
which goes deth agin the law forbidden chich-
ems to hev the gapes.
The fifth and last candidate is Deacon
Lemuel Goss, who is nominated by a new
party called the Hucklebery Grist Mill party,
or the party that looks out for the interests
of the settlement.
Well, yesterday was a very eXcitin time at
the yellow ~school'us, where lection day was
held, it bein the third time, and no choice
agin was the result. The polls was opened
at one o'clock, and every Huckleberrian was
at his post. Squire Simon Blake, fust select
man, SEES, ses he, 'IIuckleberrians, bring in
your votes for Representative and du try an
'lect somebody, duP
Then up jumps Sargent Morse and ses, SEES
he, EHucklebcrrians remembar and vote for
Col. Dodds, who is the only candidate that is
sound on the great question! He does deth
agin the law crampin the genius and treddin
under foot the liberty of chickens, which are
born free and equal-a law which is worthy
only of the dark agescand, finally, a law
which forbids chickens tn have the gapes
| Hasn't chickens a right to hev the gapes, ct
they want to? That's the question. They
I hevP
Then up jumps Bill Brooks, and scs, SEES
he, The law forbidden chickens havin the
gapes is a sallytary one, and orterremain on
the statues. Afore it went into operation
some of my reckless and unthinkin chickens
used to 90 away and catch the gapes, and
then cum home like rayin maneracs, and fly
at the other chickens, and pick the feathers
all out of'em; and sometimes pick 'em so
hard that the poor chickens died, they did
And som of 'cm had the gapes 50 hard that
they never got over it, and died themselves
for their folly-yes! died a similer deth TO tho
deiirimum trimenderst Now, no such thing
occurs in my brood-and, consequently
hadn't the law orter stand ? 1t orter''