East Saginaw courier., 1860-09-27
m LANE AND TnE BEANs.

JO LAM AMI hbk<sHSs
An Oregon correspondent sends the
following to the Sacramento (Cal.) Union
Of Aug. 18th:
Jo Lane is some on demsgogism, In
this department Of the fine arts he IS
first, without any second. Davy Crock
EFT and /" Spoons Ogle" were nobody to
him. Indeed, if you took the demagoog-
ism out of 10, you would leave hlm like
a balloon with the gas out OF its body
a very small and shriveled concern. DO
had trick of knowing everybody, and !
everybody Jo knew was JOS most inti-
mate friend. He would meet an ac-
quaintanee as another man would meet
brother he thought had been lost at sea.
He extends both hands and makes his
counteuance as expressive as nature viii
allow, of aifectionate sympathy. Coming
back from Washington city to Oregon,
10 fell in with countryman--Mr. Jones
near whose house he happened to be
travelling, before the election. Jo recog-
nized him at once. ''Old fellow" said
10, ''God bless you, how are you and
the wife and the children D--n my
eyes, I'm glad to see you. / haven't
fell in with anybody was so glad to see.
have been thinking of you and the
boys ever sence have been to Congurs
Chats the way 10 spells it.) Washing
ton is dull place--hate to stay there
lively times here-want to come back
and live with the boys, whar / can have
good time. Old fellow, tell you, I'm
glad to see you again" After some
words, the man, a plain farmer, invited
Jo in, saying, "General, you will stay to
dinner, wont you?" " Certainly, of
course" said 10. 81 come on purpose
/ want some vittles l can eat. This city
Whites don't suit me. Your wife can
cook to suit me. | told Buchanan |
wouldn't give a d--n for all their furren
gimcracks. A good Oregon dinner OF
pork and beans was worth all the French
restaurants could get up, and more toe"
After while dinner was put on the ta-
BILE. 1t was, sure enough, JOS favorite
dish, pork and beans. The pork was
only tolerable; the beans were very fine;
at least, 10 said so. He crammed him
self-taked of the Mexican war,-poli-
tics--Jo Lane--was very attentive to
the women and childron-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 Buchan-
an--wanted to show them fellows what
good living was. He got package
put it in his saddle-bags-talked some
more about the Mexican war-shook
hands-kisscd the babies-took off his
hat to Madam-took another horn of
whiskey--and left. He got to the next
house-was just as glad to see that man
was Just as polite to that woman-iust
as attentive to them children-took lit
tie of that whiskey--talked 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
Buchanan to give hIm package of a
rare kind of beans-thc finest he ever
seen-brought them all the way out,
especially for this mans wife to plant and
grow in the garden--then took them out
of his saddle-bags (the identical beans he
got at the last house)-the landlady was
reioiced-Jo took another drink, and left
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 to Buchanan. Mrs. Jones told
her tale about Lane-good friend of her
husband-gave her beans, from Patent
Ofice--showed the package 1t was
marked in JOS hand-write, "Miss Smiths
Beenes" (same Mrs Smith had put up.)
Smith is now in the Legislature, and
votes against Lane.