Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-05-23
For The fnguirer ana c,tt0aicle.
TIE T'roubies Of 4 Dimeerat.
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Mr.. EDITOR Dear Sir, when man
has troubles, It relieves him Of them in
measure, to tell fhein to his sympathizing
friends; and as expose that you are a
GOOD dimecrat, too, as | am dimecraf, it
lncut be Us you weuld have q feller fcelin
10 YOUR bosom for me, who am SO much af-
aicted. But any troubles is not such as
keich holt at the outward man, but they
IS Of them sort as get at the snerits. And
what makes ny troubles the mare harder to
bear is, that have to carry them myself
1t is an undenable fact, that have good
many kin-tolks, but it is jest so with 'enl;
there is none of 'em about, when they know
as how I want en. There is a feller
ssqway down east in the State Of Maine,"
what IS some aka to me, and then have
some connections in Indianny; one of 'em
prpactas little sometimes, and if yon ever
read his sarniut On sic played on harp
& 50 forth, you would say as what he iea
otn preacA but WON'T say no more about
'em as they can speak for themselves, but
Jest .ell you nay troubles.
II the fust place. was born, if my menu
org sarves me right, away off in Harrison
Township, and ] was raised dlmecrat as
,cas a dnecrat and such fine times as Us
dnnecrats had sometimes, was a caution---
1t was Jest so thar was good many dun
t.scrals, and tLen thar was heap of defch !;
so we could ncaily always carry uf the 'lec-
tion, till once upon a time the old sarpins-
| eaEkelate ii was him as did it--scnt lit
tie man along our way, who played hob with
ms lie had an appiutnient for night meet
.en neerdty every week some U-har or other,
and tie people got 70 runnin to his night
incetins-rai,g er shiny and there they
turned in with him aein US dimecrlts, aud
oar Jareiin breethering, and wouldn't vote
agith US no more, so we had toq carrying
.sif the leciions-aud thar commenced my
Houbles.
was more a afeard when that little man
got among us, than if an army had a cum
agin us wirh spear,ls aud bagnets and
cai, tell you the reason that | was afeard
it was Jest as nice and plane to me, as tie
seat Of 81 dutchman's pair Of breeclfes, that
our Giuc1al Pierce and Mr.. Gambell had
Jest cot things in u fair way to work like
clockwork. when he had 10 come among us
yes, look, jest for niinnit, how nice
Pierce raised the liiggur question agin by
removing the Missouri Compromise; and
how nice he was a eonjuring up things 10
Kausas; and how nice and slick Pierce aud
Cambel was working the Government in
to the hands Of foreigners. Well, by jan
20, YOU know, nobody can manage carnal
affairs, that Is, govcra other reople and
themselves, like the Iffss and Detcd and
who coald watch over our speritual and
etarnel interests like the IIowly Murder
Church!
Well, as was saying, they had jest
got things To working about right, that, in
few years our clumsy big Government
loout be divided by slavery aud SO forth, IN
to a lot Of such pretty little slaIjacks Of
Kingdoms like Hessc Cassel and 50 forth, in
Jartnany, when that dreadful feller come
among us.
When | knowed he was in our neighbor-
hood, l tried to keep stiff upper lip, and
be as tight as possible at all times, hoping
that lie nout net do much harm among as.
but soon found as bow he conld do as
much mischief in our little ynciuity, as
what he done at every other place that he
fotched up at. Why lot of fellers jined
hiu, neerdly every week-didn't ! see how
he knocked 'em out And wasn't that or
.fnl7
Well, it kep on 50, as regular as could
be, while lived thar and jest before ]
was agoing 10 move my effects to this ere
place, he left an appointment fo- onc night
at my house. Well, he come as he said he
would, and was as perIite as could be'
and be was perlise too and when the time
for the sarvice cum on, he commenced the
motions, and held the candle; aud l tell
you now, it didn't take him long to get one
of the incest fellers in ali our diggens to
jine him. Jest to think Why it neerly
busted my gizzard but it couldn't be
helped. And whar | live now, | have sitch
troubles, Sam Is round here too, eatin
into M party, jest like a pig would cat q
tater. And tother night, as was settiu
~ my honae,I seed big light away off ir
patch of Geld, and ! jest exposed that
Sam had meetin thar agin. Yes, says /
to myself, he is detarmincd to use US up,
and thar he is agin, q trying to git more
stronger yit, when he Is strong enpf now.--
Well couldn't sleep good about it that
night, but in the ,nornin found as how
Sam wasn't thar for all ard then but