The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1860-11-14
10 Lane and the Beans.

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| 10 Lane and the Beans.
An Oregon correspondent sends the fol.
lowing to the Sacramento (Cal.) UniOAs
Jo Lane is some on demsgoguism. In
this department Of the fne arts, be is first,
without any second. Dsvy Crockett and
'Spcon's Ogle" were nobody to him. In.
deed, ifyou took the demsgoguism out Of Jo,
you would leave him like balloon with the
gas out Of its body-a very small and shriy.
slled concern. 10 had a trick Of knowing
| everybody and everybody 10 knew was his
most intimate friend. He would meet an
scqu aintsnee as another man would meet
brother he thought had been lost at sea-.
He extends both hands and makes his coun.
.enance as expressive as nature will allow
of sfscsionste sympathy. Coming back
from Washington City to Oregon, 10 fell ia
with countryman (Mr. Jones) near whose
house he happened to b. travelling, before
the election. 10 recognized him at once.
old fellow said Jo, G cd bless you, how
are you and the wife and the children -
D-D my eyes, I'm glad to see you. hGv.
emit fell in with anybody l was so glad to
see. have been thinking of you and the
boys ever since have been to ConSurs,
CHATS the way Jo spells it) Washington
is dull plsce-hate to stay there-lively
times here-want to come back and live
with the boys,whar l can have good time.
Old fellow, tell you I'm glad to see you
again.
After some words, the man, plain farm.
or, invited 10 in, saying:
General, you will stay to dinner, won't
you ....... ........
'Certainly, Of course,' said 10 Il come on
purpose. | want some victunls can eat.
This city victuals don't suit me. Your wife
can cook to suit me. told Buchanan I
wouldn't give d-n for all their forrin GIN.
cracks. A good Oregon dinner Of pork and
beans was worth all the French restaurants
could get up, and more too.'
After while dinner was put on the table.
It was, sure enough, JOS favotite dish
pork and beans. The pork was only tolora.
BILE the beans were very fine at least 10
said so. He crammed himself; talked, OF
the Mexican war; politics; 10 Lane was
very attentive TO the women and children
praised the cooking took some more pork
and beans; never saw such beans cooked
to suit him, exactly wanted the lady Of the.
house to give him some for seed wanted to
take them to Washington for Buchanan
vented to show them fellows what good liv.,
ing was. He got package, put it in his
saddle bags &; talked some more about tho
Mexican war shook hands kissed the ba-
bies ; took off his hat to madam took an.
other horn Of whisky, and left. ,, ""
He got to the next house /; was just az
glad to see thst man, and was just as polite
TO that woman-just as attentive to them q
chldren-took little of that whisky-talk.
ed of that same Mexican war. and them same
politics, and that same 10 Lane; had thought
Of this man much and often at Washington !;
wanted to get back to see them all. Come
on purpose to see this one. Got BuchaDan
to give him package of a rare kind of
bssns-the finest he ever had seen brought
them all the way cut especially for the mans
wife to plant and grow in the garden then.
took them out of his saddle bags (tbe ideu-.
teal beans he got at the last house j the
landiady was rejSiced; 10 took another
dfnk, and left. H
Unfortunately, Mrs. Smith came over to
see Mrs. Jones the next day talked of the
news; General Lane fond Of beans great
friend OF her husband got some Of them.
beans took them away to give Buchanan.
Mrs. Jones told her tale about Lane--good,
friend Of her husband-gave her beans from,
patent ofice-showed the packagesRlt was,
marked in joe writing; "A Miss Smiths
beenes.' (same Mrs. Smith had put up)-.
Smith is now in the Legislature, and voted
against Lane.