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! MEssRs. COLLIER & PoRrER:-A few evenings
since was compelled by business to visit Your
town, and while awaiting the vesulls Of my or.
rand, chanced 10 the dusk OF the evening,
without any particular business, to wander u
round The public square. All seemed quiet un.
/ Ill came within a few PAGES Of the corner store,
when | was suddenly startled by an incoherent
sound, and observed a man near TO me who ap.
pCared in kind Of trance, violently beating the
air and uuering in half whisper, "seal in Con.
gress, or the Legislature, ,"-"clerkship, "-"rax
law, ,"-"Couris Of Equity" y,"--"pubc benelac.
tor,"-"iudgos, ,"-"counlyo Offices, ~" -"lawyers," )"
aud many other disoinred sentences that |
could not distinctly catch; while in ndescriba.
bic wonder stood viewing, and listening to this,
TO me strange apparltlon, observed approach.
ing the object Of my wonder,-a tall, cadavarous
looking man, who carried brcasl.work of ruf.
hos, which as we'll as his face, might PREDICATE a
claim for divorce from water, on the ground of
wiIlut absence. he approached the strunge OBJ.
jet, occasionally clearing the cob.wcb from his
eyes, and awoke him from his soliIoquy by say
ing,
Good evening, squire Atkinson. lis a very
strange 'PheHonOmy" that you should be here
alone"
"Why General, how do how do. Why, yes;
but I'm man, you know General, that must
think,-and ! was just pondcring over how we
were to get along this fall, with our dimocrdi
ticket. Nothing shall be left undone on my part.
You know, General, that you and must show
great zeal; for, lorsooh, you have the Post office
and want TO 60 to Congress, and Of course we
must quarrel with all our ncighbors, and every
man that wont assent to what we say, and the
'dimocrats' from the country will think that we
constitute the whole party. 1t will be much
harder, General, for me, than for you, 10 satisfy
them of my Ioyally,--for you have always been
blind follower Of the party; while have been
the salt of the carh. | have changed about so
much, and abused the right Of suffrage to crafty
my personal malice, until nobody but YOU, has
any confidence in me-. But ;hlnk can redeem
myself, il | work well Iut the whole ticket this
ycur. 1t is true. tha: tricd to compel them to
nominate Peter Keller, but they refused to do it;
but had a victory at last, for made them nomi.
nate Bob Patterson, and that is tho next thing to
going mysclt,-ior you know, General, have as
perfect control of him, as you have of your
dog Jerry. Don't YOU know that | wouldn't let
him serve as Assessor, and persuaded him not 10
give in his properly under oNlhl 1t is true he
had twice as much tax TO pay; but he did as
wanted him, and so he will continue to do.
lost poor Peter. It | had got him, it would have
been nice; he would have kept the Frensurcr's
office at the store, aud need not then bargain
with the candidates, that would support them if
they would redeem my county orders first. But
must sec collars about that aud he must toe the
mark. As for old Hunt, there isno game in hin,
any how. But let US see,-how can VIC beat
,heml Give us your opinion.
"Why, Isaac, | hardly know. These bank
bought wings are alternately busy. But | will do
all can. wont give any money, and need
not 60 into the country, for we are alike in that,
Isaac. have cheated so many honest country
people with false iaces, and whslles,-Ond YOU
have lied so many out Of their Wheat, las YOU
tried 10 lie me out Of my tlax.seed,) that we
would do more harm than good, if we would 90
out. And then see here, for moments; they
think thai you have changed so often, thai the
last time you got up with the back side Of your
panlaloons before. But | can, when change
the mail, give out the 'dimocrat papers first; aud
that is all they ought to expect of me. I'm in
the office, and ! am going TO stay there"
"Won, if that is your discrimination, why
somebody else will have to do the work. You
are very much mistaken if you suppose can
do no good by going into the country. There is
a great many men that can influence. and some
Of them strong wings too. There is all my re-.
Otions. They will abandon their notions of
Banks, and Tariff, and cease their objections
to the war, if their taxes are Two aud half cents
higher this year, than last. tell YOU General,
that these farmers can be bought up with few
cents of taxes, and will inform them how mat.
,es are. will get load Of Picayunes, and
distribute them among the country folks"
"Bur, Isaac, you must be prOverbaIly cautious.
Don't say any thing about your taxes, or mine.
Don't tell that we returned only thousand or
Twelve hundred dollars under the old law, and
that since we have to swear, that have returned
three thousand, and you eight thousand dollars
OF personal property. Don't say any thing about
thall And don't tell them that last year YOU re-
turned two hogs, and slaughtered forty, that
would make a barrel Of pork each"
General, you are great nobis, by lingo,
know how to fix ii, II it was not for such night
mares as you aud Cable are, on the party, we
would lick them easy. But by gum, III have
my way this time. But we need not quarrel a.
bout il now. Wen do that after the election
just now seen Hampson goinro thop'geon.roos,,
up yonder. Let us go up and sec what hIm and
Cable thinks about it,"
"Agreed. Lots co."
These TWO strange beings left together for this
place called the pgeon.roost, and being some-
! what anxious tO. know what would be concocted