, 1861-03-05


st point on the lake, and Jedediah he: ,was
:eckoning, as he told me, on riding up after
ea every night to trim and Light the lamp, with
i little Jug to bring home the oil for fanfly use,
he usual perqu!slte.
Says I, ssnot the light house on Bear Cfik,
,ut the Post Once for 1nk.h You zee, I amt
for the marine service, and 1t might
be ticklish to make q mistake and get q lot OF I
schooners ashore some stormy night BY some I
little blunder in signals, which loss would
haunt me to my grave Besides, not to be
hoggish, there's brother Jer1babel Was in my
mind the whole time. :
my influence, being near the Department Of
State, for him" =
ttAll right" says wife. -
Says L SPY the living jingo, I'll do it."
: Says my wife, "Such language isn't becom-
ing. Mff::. lincoln will be very careful about-
his appolntees, and don't think swearing
men will get no chance" 80 =
Not to be proli1-
Istarted out that very morning. The echooI-
master, who was boarding with me, was to
draw up a petition. He used several aheets
Of paper before he did it just right.
Says he; s'Mr. Wilkins, this ere is i solemn
documentary proceeding. Remember you are
addressing President Of the United States.'
: Says 'HFhat's true, hut howsomeyer, I don't
think 1t need to commence In the name ef
God, Anaea,' which, I take it, belongs to wills
a9d e7di mortgages, and such solemnittes of that
Says he, Perhaps that ia so,'' and he took
afreah sheet of paper, Well IN due time It
shout right, my services to the cause, not a1lu-
ding to my pecuniaIy expenses, which it is not
Of my style to make talk about Then start
ed out to procure signatures. Some how CT
other several had calculated On Didn't sign.
Among them Squire Moses, Who'll counted On,
sure. .g..
says Squire Moses, II like you, Wi1liktns-
but don't sign no papers, for that office teast-
ways. Mr.. Lfncon wants time to. look about
him md select the right man for every Office.
He knows Pokeyille is true blue, and will re-
gard thea appointment as very important, eeein'
the mntis for Skunk erik, Puggs Laudin, Mis-
cry Holler, and Poodleville, Is all distributed
here. He'll probably send down 10 inquire
about It, and It. he asks me about you, don't
speak evil of no neighbor."
I have got my eyes opened now; some pnps
do 1t In nine days. Squire Moses is here in
Washington to-day as large as life NTH paper
glhis ossa for Fokesyille Post Office. y" Call
Reader says. Wei, got ! good many sigma
/ ts1s.e, eovcral IN adjoining towns, ell Of which
having corresponding to take n1s Of md ara
interested in rho HuKev1ue To6t Office,
asking him to reply BY return Of mail, adding
In my letter, that l shon1d have enclosed q
postage stamp but that make it rule never
to lay no temptation before Post Office clerks,
and three cents is three cents. Igot no m.
swer, and wrote again. Meantime, heard
that Squire Moses, Simon squattles, Jethro
Smith, and Joshua Bllkins we're all getting up
papers. This made me enervons. gay moth
Ing against any Of those individuals aforesaid,
but personally invite contrast betw cen NV
self aud any Of the ssuatt1eses, Smiths, Bill
kinses, to say anything against Squire Moses,
who might have done well enough Hlen he
was younger, but took to drink:
wrote several Letters to Mr. Iiucon, mark
ing them tt Personal ." Fasleate," !" Only for
ID. L. o,cs1 ent," on tho wrapper, and finally
my wife sent one to Mrs. Lincon,f wrapped up
In q bundle with the finest Marrow Squash you
ever saw:: Still I-got no answer. Not that l
blame him being as he is personal stranger to
fresolved to como to Washington MYSELF
Whatever is worth doing, is worth doing we'll
SsysI to mY wife, this WIS my argument
says I, 81 there will be many men wholly unfit
who will 60 to Washington office hunting, and
good men should 50 along" Ny vile hnng
turbances impending. Says ], Victory Or
Pokeyllle Post-ofdce,' In the language Of Gen
era1 Warren as he fell
WANTED to bring my wife, for she might
haYe some influence with Mrs, Lincon, hut ]
knew from the WEEKLY TR1BUnr, which ]
take, that exchange was ruinous, and 30 WIS
gold, and not even o chew OF tobacco to be
Bought ten miles east Of Pokeyille With MI
nois money, Of which, afteraii, I hadn'. much
so came alone.
Imade no stop On the why. aThe early
bird catches the yermicnlar,' y as Jedediah saya,
and was determined to bein time I arrived
at Mr. WIllnrd's Public House hers the day be-
fore Mr. Lucon- :Iregiatered my name on
the book, spelling 1t out: strong IN large let
ters, giving town aud county IN full, for post
masters must be up and dressed in their hand.
write and knowledge Of places.
Says to ahandsome young man at the bar,
privately slipping q ten cent piece into hts
Mr. Lincun's and do me q hyor.'' He seemed
astonished little; aud looked at the money.
Says *snever mind young man, that's for luck
and I'll remember you again when go away.s'
Yuu see IN this I mas posted By the school
master, who says that at the best hotels you
change on pretty thick onto the help abont
the house, 50 got d two dollar bill broke into
small change for that very purpose
Says he::.H I'll. suit you air. With that he
Whist1ed, boy come, and took my satchel and
of we started down passage, up stairs down
another passage, more stairs more passage,
more stairs, then through a long entry way'
end Of long passage we stopped at room
several hundred and more.
Says boy, isn't Washington in the Dis
trict of Columbian" It b" says he. "And
Amt that only ten miles square ?" **That's
all" says he: aAnd is the Capitol building
Ssy aF LEE wa Fs5 eoaE t. ~ md saSs aSs ps
that Capitol building al in the District Of CO.
1umbta 7" It is thai" Gays he. Then, see
here, boy" says !, this 'ere hotel must stick
ont into the adjoining States, by the distance
publican, ! don't dare to sleep either in Viz
ginia OF Maryland, myself, and, what's more, !
E0nt.'' The boy sniggercd, and waited fol
his ten-cent piece, which didn't give to him,
but, in decent humanity, If there'd been . line
running I'd have paid bis omnibus fare back
to the bar, it was SO far.
Liking fresh all, opened the window and
put my head ont, but drew 1t back right away.
Having once been in the PokeviIle meeting.
house belfy Wasn't AZ much scared or dizzy
as might have been, though, thinks to my
self, this Is rather too near Heaven to be for q
man that has earthly hotel bills running up all
the time at three dollars q day, let alone small
change to "help," without which you ret no.
thing. Says to myself, By Eay Of Joke, ~
Squire Moses and the rest OF 'em ret d hIaher
position IN Washington society than do, flrst
pop, they'll have to sleep on the roof, BY thun,
After being well settled in my room. No,
several hundred and something, went down
to tea at five o'clock, but the waiter said II was
dinner, and tea at nine o'clock. Being a. IAad
eat dinner at the station, had to waft, though
felt q2ite peckiah, thanking Providence We
hadn't any such meal hours at Pokeyille.
Not to be pfolixt 's
In due time Mr. Lincon came, and who in
| the next trim but Squire Moses.
Says he to me-, (that'a Squire Moses" Wiln;
| kins you should have seen the time ~ had
over l4incon In New York" Buys !, " Shaw,
| that want nothing to the times 10 had over
him IN Pittsburg and Buffalo, and Cleveland
too"
Then he eayB kind Of wombIecropt, " Did
you really see him In those plnees 2" says I,
"You ask Lincon." Then begun the tug oi
war between Squire Moses an I, neither Of the
Others named having the funds to come here.
I've seen Mr.: Lincoln two OF three times, but
nothing satisfactory as yet, however. The first
time was at public reception, stringing Us all
elong In line like voters at aa election polling.
| Wien my turn came, IsQueezed his hand
warmly. Says: I; Mr.: :Lineon, Wilkins OF
PokesTille, BEiar county, you know where. IL
hope taat sqaasa reas al rsghe" a1ioye o. =
says the usher, "a tail young man, With his
| pocket likely enough filled choek fan Of ap-
plications and $5 br1sl "Happy to see you
says Mr.. Incou, kinder giving haH Of tho r.
marx to the next man, Who tnrned out to be
that Internal Squire Moses. Idian't SAX no
more about that aquash. --,-
- GYe seen eeYeyaf pub1iQ men, and spend ssy.