Eastern times., 1855-04-12
For the Eastern Times.
Letter from Uncle Joshua.
Hormbu, April lGth. 1855.

Horn6y, april l0th, 1855.
MIsTuR NEWMAN I've Jest got hum from
the Ginral Court, and feel pretty nigh used up.
Some iniarnal scamps that hsd ben numbering
in the swamps this winter, cut down all the
notched trees, and we got lost ; but we found
our way out at last. thanks to the compass Gov
ernor Morrill, gave us at Augusta. BY the
way / spose you've hearn all about our do
ings down there. l guess them pesky furriners
that come over here will fud ont bimeby that
we amt going to have them rule US, We
about made up our minds not to let any on 'em
live in Maine. bat Governor Morrill, and the
ministers got together, and after talking the
thing over a long time, finally concluded to let
them live here, but TO gi~e them to the doctors
VIXEN they died In this way they might be
turned to some account. We passed law
which will trouble them some about getting
naturalized reckon, hereafter. This pleased
me very much, for they We no business here
I'd like 20 know what rights furrner has
anyhow. Amt it enough that we get him to
dig our canals, build our railroads and do our
drudgery, without his aspiring to be an Amer
can citizen: We've got some of these tarnal
scamps up here in Horribly, but they have to
keep shady, l tell you, since our Krownothing
twig was formed and we've an idea Of pass
ing vote next town-meeting day, that they
shalI % to 49, .,.saiirs sunday, pay
fine Of twenty shiilinss and be hung. Aunt
Jerusha has determined to turn off her Irish
help, and get cullered gal. o. ike to for
got to tell you what time we had down there
revising the constitution of our country; we
amt going to let Them Southerners have the
use of our jails to put poor cullered persons in
any longer ana then we're going to have the
Dixon line mended, so as to keep them out Of
Braska. Ny heart was awfully panied, when
the woes of the oppressed cullered man was
portraited TO US by the eloquent brethren there.
I've wrpt many bitter tears since l cum home,
a thinking of their depressed and forlorn con-
dition. Bat l take some consolation in con-
templating the mealoratory effect our resolu-
tie-s .;h i.--- 49, SE---.----;--s------'ll IL
just make clean thing of il, aad free the poor
fellows entirely.
Then there is that new liquor law we passed
/ Amt that a caution to old folks who drink
cider and sich like pizon: Some of the menu
bers thought the old law good enough if;was
only executed, but the people wouldn't exc
cute the law, so Governor Morrill, and 1 and
Mr.. Dow thought we'd give them a law this
I time that would execute itself. You see the
4 pothecaries would use the stuff to make their
medicine with, and great many of our folks
/ became very much attached to an article of
medicine called snaps, especially in haying
7 time till. after while, we found out that it
was the same old crittur, come up under a new
name. So now, you see, we ain'ta going to
have any more of this kind of business carried
on They've got to larn to make medicine
some other way. or employ some doctor who
don't drink nothing. to make it for EN-. There
is one thing, however. DON like and told
] the governor so. What on arth wifey is going
to do to mix her camfre with, don't know.
We always keep little in the house for sick
ness. and I've found little brandy to be good
in cholera times and told the governor twas
no use interfering with family affairs, but MIR.
Dow would have it. so we had to let him have
his own way. don't know butts best, how
ever, for the ministers all went in for it. cause
( they thought they wouldn't have to do so much
/ preaching. You see they thought if we didn't
allow the pothecaries to make liquor medicine,
nor anybody to carry it al their pocket, they
wouldn't drink it, they wouldn't get drunk
lis said Paul took "a little wine for the stom-
ach's sake,' but that's antiquity; we're bosnd
to leave Paul in the shade on this question. He
didn't understand the efficacy of the statute in
bringing about the millennium, else might
had 1t years ago. But my sheet is full. and
can'ttell you all the important measures we
talked about down there this time. Maybe Ill
write to you agin fore long, and tell you about
the 'cademies, public lands, sc.
Yours till death, JOSHUA JUMPER.