The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-01-07


0HslLi / waeont haya time gto eo Is hsesan,
yoar apesot n nite and i ia ;tSlib be.S tresf
meow. / vane tu hear IL. If ait vo1,t bs tot
mueh trouhIa Tor .yeou tu, rede Is .oserf fise,
j uOI 4 thst all certa;nlv Won must hea,
liz ~ aii smeans -, Tha Jnd1s drav fortl
his oopious manusof;Ssa toof another pui
lat the bottle lcIesrsd lis throat by few
lhems ana! !haats : n Z reoular oratorical style
with Josh FOR hie aud;eseey Who WAS paving
I'll due sttep,lon, ,.somnsscedsAW
| ssBeloyed fxiends and fellow citisens. thl
Union is in danger! we are lighting 10 the
cause of justice, ,it lies with us to remedy tht
fgrsat social evil that has Sxisted for 20 manj
years, andwil exist, ill the oitisens Of thi'
glorious Republic, rise up in = body, armed
with truth and honesty, armed with justics,'
etc. This as near as l can recollect was the
beginning OF the speech, the remainder oi
the speech MAS In the same strain filled With
bunkpm as political speeches generally are.
When he had finished, our Yankee friend
was 90 profuse in hi. praise that the Judge
prevailed upon the judge to read liz, after
enough to elect whole party. i, tsrt s5,i,
+ This time when be had finished, our friend
was mere profuse, than ever, it was favor
ntyer to .be fofgotten. 9u cot sgHt naa g
"1ry the like agin Judge, it's gud sint it2
! know its ask;n leetle tu much, Judge
but Pm darned II don't want tew hear it
agin." 'tah5 'seo" s1sIeAsi % sise ~
GAN fhio) right, ,iold fellow, IN do any
thing to please you. You know you'll Chic,
hic,) vote. for, (hic) me and use your lhic)
'fuence for me won't yerp !
Our worthy lwas getting pretty we'll drunk.
He was also getting roi ehtily pleased with
his companicn. We can't tell whether the
effect of the LIQUOR. which. by the, vay. wss
pretty strong, or from the by no means nm
pleasant flattery Of his friend. neyertheles,.
it was so.S He willingly read no. ain. aanll M
the time be, va, abous through. he tumbled
back on the Yapkss,s innumerable bundles
and fell asleep. -.r. m,
I Josh then took the epeech from his now
powerless grasp, drew forth his note book
and ook notes from all the import tant points
Of the speech, whipped ,up his sleepy look
ing, horse, and drove quickly into town.
which by this time thew were quite near
As soon as he reached the hotel. josh left
the Judge in core Of one Of the clerks, and
drove off to a different hotel.d mt M his
horse, put on his Sunday go- to- IN meetin's and
looked the gentleman to life! He had been
in the bar. or sitting room. but sb ort time
before be found a Gentleman ready to pumn
ard be pumped. Josh was ALWAYS of an in.
quisitive turn, nothing seemed to. please
him better than 10 know as much Of YOU ae
you knew of yoarself. After working his
erbal pump for some time he found it was
no use, he was lust Is Wise when he was
thr ough as when he began: SO he determin.
ed to nav him off a. th,, firs orno,tnnitv
It offered at che dinner table. ia ssra;,rar
sat directly onposite .yo.b. ana ,r.. oo,;n
awoy with ali The devonr;nc nro,sn.;,; e
a scrmand. when. nv some m;shan' hs ~, W.
the cornrr ~ his month = yyhsn fosA ~ sa'
inc il. bavled over rgsI, ,oot .,b,rs ~,
darns'. sL;nnv bnnory looL;n, 81 als,o, ~
don,t cnt that ar, bois in vonr conn,e 90
our @ h;raar - we,,i ali st,rye j; SCI, dnn my ~
Inna for rn,,b r. tb;nk ~ tbe xav ann nf
.ha f.nsr. -larfsd !: so;a sna - ~ lT-1E
Well s.an;ns, .sms, ans st,l..t and With =.
t~ont Iosb 10 The noi;,;c.i maa,;nc =,
The f;rst sneak er was called far h;s name
.s C;nn, Ehaa, % ~ 49, ~ ~ Z, ioa
mn ma' fr;ond ssnras.oa ,i,a.ris s;f !, sss,,t
- wasn,t, hs.amso' Il or,n,. ~ hso 'Nsrt
w,s 'inJ,s r. onr aid I'd friend I'm, hsfors %
he eot mn : stranoer rasa and reonested
norn;ssinn IN .d5ress tbo M mee,;no for = fe;w
m;npte.. The .Iudoe ~ course erontea nj.
nloca- to The, strsngsra He wss n mon a.
GOOD and casv addre.s-vall dressed. nna
ennarentlv well educated As sort of
proincne be nra;sed Mo neorIe moi rortv
and their interests. and smoke hirhly 81 tbe
speaker that Gas to follnv him who was.
as the reader is already aware. Jnaca r.
and then commenced s.Fr;snds and fel'
low citizens, the Union is in aanrer we ora
fghting in the cause of Justice, :. Hes with
us to remedy the great social evil TN. M.
existed for so many years. and will exist til
the honest citizens Of this Glorious Repub.
lie rise up in BODY, armed with truth and
honesty, armed with Justice and the cause
Of right, and remedy it." etc., keeping on
exactly in the strain of Judge Rs
speech till. by the time he got through with
the above lines, the Judge became suddenly
interested in the strange speaker, while word
for word Of the Judges speech came from
his lips as il the Judge were speaking it
himself. h.eaa ~ s0ss s.G ! b''a ,tss7i %
During the few first lines the Judge re-
marked to himself, ssthat speech is q good
deal like mine, I'll have to change the first
few lines Of mine, it's too much like his.''
But as the stranger proceeded, the Judge
became nervous, SO on a little NOR so, and
thought, 'sthat's considerable like mine.''-
After short intermission the Judge became
more nervous than ever, and asked himself
"what the d-ps that ?'' as he heard the
stranoa orator nttep a Grand Gilman, which
he had drawn up with great care and preci-
sion, and which he had the exquisite pleas
ure of hearing vociferously applauded.--
Judge couldn't mprehend-thoueht he
must be drunk, but no, it couldn't be-, and
he wished be was. At last the frigbtful
truth struck upon his mind; his speech had
been stolen. '''Sa.' '#]@' - s''' "'''''s ~
But how could that be, he had not shown
Il to INV ana II had not hoer- .o,,t. of his
hands. But yet it had been stolen, AT las,
the stranger ended an 4 the Judge was nearly
crazy as he heard cheer after cheer, and
peal after peal greet the stranger. 1t was
the grand effort of the evening. a. bsifEi7
The stranger Immediately left the meeting,
and something very unusual, not even wait
ing for the CONGRATULATIONS Of his newly