The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-08-06
NUMBER 8.

say. Now the young man with waller hair
gifts up here and tells you that the Drammers
hadn't ought to be encouraged. l tell that
young man with the yaFer hair that they ought.
We aint nothin' else but free people.
Mister President; we've licked the Britishers,
and the Mexikins; run 'em both clean through
the thrfshin' machine, as body mought, say,
and, therefore, we've yearned right to. do
lust as we please. The young man with the
IyalleT hair says drains is fust rate delicious
and so say too. But he says they is o-ful
Intoxicating and don't say they aint !; but
that depends purity much upoTf whetherasa
mans head is soft shell, or hard shell. Eff
man can't cut his cord Of wood day without
the back ache-thars some I've heerd tell on
could cut thar two cort.-I say eff a man cat,t
cut his cord day without the back ache, he'd
better drap off at half cord We are all
Edrammers whar | come from and we thrive
| upon it. We couldn't hoe our row without
lit, It's what forefathers fout for, They
/ didn't want the store tea of the Britishers,
they liked old Rye better" ~, a,, ti4iai. ,.a...
Mister PRESIDENT" exclaimed Tibb's,,
Jumping up very much excited " Mr. Presi-,
dent | wish to explain-it is mistaken ~
" Yes i'' thundered long Bill-eiSet down,
will you L know'd3 it was a mistakehHI
W
II know'd it was unpossible-I know'd that
drams waS-1 '.' J" 4-'7h H@
Here half dozen voices broke in clamor-
ously to explain the question, bat the eonlu-,
sion was so great that the President had to-
rap sharply upon his desk for some time be-
fore order was restored. As soon as this was
achieved, he himself attempted to enlightetf
long Bill, but the latter was deaf and refrac-
tory, and before the President could speak,
interrupted him by saying: ...-...1.5.
jest let me finish, will you; and then YOU
may talk as much as you like. Idont like to be
stopped while I'm running out my corn rows,
it's alters sartain to run 'em crooked. Well,
as | was sayin'-" rls,q ,o. a,o, .,.. iii,y
"The question, Mr.. Walker. is about the
benefit of Dramatic literature" said the Pres
ident, sharply. 'El.aan',ooo taa o. ss7Do
Aye, aye, that's all right enough, p responLj
ded Bill. " You may call it { Dram -the-li-'
quorsure,' or plain old fashioned dam, its the,
same thing to me. Benefit Eff I was to
ask my people down in Piney woods, whether
it is benefit knowin' my sentiments about
good liquor as they do, they'd think was
gettin' hOller at the heart. Benefit Why
what's to become of the rye crap, and the corn
crap and the swill for the hogs, if the Dram
mers air to be put down, and the 'stilleries
smashed 1 tell you what it is my friends
when that day comes, you'll hear such a
mighty yell from the Piney woods, as ill
straighten all the tires on all the cart wheels
IN creation, broad tread and narrer; and raise
such conhageration in the land, as the wa
ters that pour over the great mill dam of Nj
agara couldn't begin to put out. And tell
you too--'
Gentle reader, heard no more Hooks and
buttons, were beginning to burst around me
to such an alarming extent, that / thoughtit
the wisest, and most considerate plan, to re-.
tire from the little brick meeting house as pre-
cipitately as possible '''' ''