The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1861-07-12
Arts,nus Wards Weathersheld Grafton.

yised the ora shun, and added sum things which
makes it approposser to the times than 1t other
wise would be- | have also corrected the gram
mers and punktooated it, do my own punk
tooatin now days The printers in VANITY
FAIR ofiss can't punktooate worth cent?
TELLER CITIZENS I've bin h)nored with
invite to norate before you to-day and when
cay that skurcely feel ekal to the task, L N
sure yon will believe me.
Weathersiold is justly celebrated for her on
wins and patrtism the world over, and to be
axed to paws and address You on thls' my lus'
per(eshernal tower threw New Englan, causes
me to feel to feel must say it causes me to
feel (Grate appaws. They thought this was
one of my eccentricities, while the fact is was
stuck This between you and l.)
I'm plane man. | don know nothln about
no ded languages and am little shaky on llvln
ones. There4, expect no tlowry talk from me.
What shall say will be to the pint, right
strate out.
I'm not politician and my other habits air
good. I've no enemys to reward nor friends to
sponge But I'm a Union man. !uv the
Union-it is a good thing-and 1t makes my
hart bleed to see lot of ornery peple a-moVln
heaven-no, not heaven, but the other place
and earth to bust it up. Too much good blud
was split in courtin and marryin that hily re
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a divorce from her now. My own State OF In
iiannv is celebrated for unhitchin marrid pcple
with nea tne.s and dispatch, but you cant GIT
a divorce from the Goddess up there Not by
no means The old gal has behaved herself
too we'll to cast her Oft now. IN sorry the
pictors don't give her no shoes or stockings, ou1
J the band OF stars upon her he'd must coDtlnner
! to shine undimnd, forever. I'm for the Union
as she AR. and wi5hercd be the arm OF every
ornerv cuss who attempts to bust her up. That's
me. | hav sed. 1t was Il very swcaty day,
and at this pint of the orashun man Tell down
with sunslroke. | told the awjince that conSlc-
erin the large number of putty gals present
was more trad of a DAwTER STROKE 1hls was
impromptoo, and seemed to amoose them very
much. .
Feller Citizens-I han't got time to notiss
the growth of Amerky from the time when the
Mayilowers cum over in the Pilgrim and brawt
Plymmuth Rock with them, but every skool
boy nose our kareer has been tremenJls. You
will excuse me if | don't prase the erly settlers
of the Kolonies. Peple which hung ldlotlc ola
wimin tur witches, burnt holes in Quakers
TONGUES, and conslned their feller critters to the
tredmill and pilery on the sltest provoca-
shun may have bin very nice folks in their way,
but | must confess | don't admire their stile,
and will pass them by. spose they ment well
and so, in the novel and techin langwidge OF
the nusepapcrs, "peas to their ashIs. Ihare
was no diskount, however, on them brave men
who fit, bled and died in the American KeVolu-
shun. We needn't be afraid of setting EN- up
TOO Steep Like my Show, they will stand any
amount of lrase u. WASHINGTON was aooWc
the best man this world ever sot eyes on. He
was clear-heded, warm harted' brave ana
stddy goin man. He never sLoPT OVER 1he
Of
SLOP OVER Put them words in large let
Iters-A W. They git filled up and slop.-
They Rush Things. They travel too much on
the high presher principle. They git onto the
fust poplar hobby hoss which trots along, not
carin q sent whether the beest iscven goln, clear
sited and sound or spawned, blind and bawky
Of course they Git throwed eyentooually if not
sooner. When they see the multitood goin it
blind they 90 Pei Mel with it instid of exertin
themselves to set 1t right. They can't scethat
the crowd which is now bearing them trumlantly
On its shoulders will soon diskiver its error and
cast them into the hoss pond Of Oblivyun with
out the slitest hesitashun. WASHINGTON never
Slopt Over. That wasn't GEoReE's stile. lie
luved his country dearly. lie WASH after the
spiles. lie was a human angil in a 3 kornered
= hat and knee britches, and we shan't see his
like right away My trends we can't all be
WAsHINGToNs, but we kin all be patrts u be
have ourselves in human and a Christian man
ner. When we see Il brother goin down hill to
Ruin let us not give him push, but let us seeze
rite hold Of his coat tails and draw him back tc
= Morality.
Imagine g. WASHINGTON and 2. HENRY IN the
character OF seseshers AS we'll fancy JOIN
!, BuNYAN and DR.. WATTS in spangled tites, doir
the trapeze in one-hoss circus
| tell Won, fellcr- citizens, it would hav bin ter
' dollars in JEFF. DAyIs's pocket if hed never
bin born
Be shure and vote at leest once at all elec
shuns. Buckle on yer Armer and go to the
Poles See too it that your naber is there se'
that the kripples air provided with carriages &c
q to the poles and stay all day. Bewalr OF the
! inlamus lise which the Opposishun will be sar
tin to git up fur perlitercal effek on the eve o
cleckshun. To the poles 70 the poles ant
, when you git there vote jest as you darn please
This is privilege we all persecs and 1t s @
the booties of this CRATE and free land.
5 see much two admire in New Englan. You
G gals in particular air abowt as snug bilt peace
0 of Calliker as ever saw They air fully equa
to the corn fed gals of Ohio and Injlanny ant
will make the bestest kind of wives 1t sets IN.
> Buzzum on fire to look at em.
/ Be still, my sole, be still,
- & you, Hart, stop cuttin up ......
like your skool houses, your mcetin houses