Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-01-16

to sea me and set out big black bottle for me TO
talk drink-golly but it was good. lie sad
Congress had put tax on tea and coffee but iba
allowed French brandy to KUN in duty free, and
that was some Of the free trade French brandy -
Then Simon sucked. Then sucked. Then 81.
mon sucked Then we both sucked good many
times, and ! felt better. Then we give three
cheers for the Tariff bill what puts 5 cents a
pound on Coffee and 30 cents pound on tea, and
allows French brandy to travel free Then we
ook little moar brandy. nxed Simon If he
Good give me sumthen fat. lie wanted to know
how stood on the goose. ! told him | was in
favor of killen slavery and kilen the locofocos
and lettcn the Union take kerc of itself. He sed
wood do to tie to and my patriotism must not 90
unrewarded. | shook his hand and told him he
was the bully boy with the glass eye. lie handed
me two millions of dollars of Treasury notes, and
told me TO go and buy things for the army. Then
we took little moar brandy and | told him
must leave. He took me by the hand, while his
face was beamcn with patriotism, philanthrorhy,
and brutherly love, and said Jonathan, remem.
Der, Jonathan,
"You air monark of all you can STEEL
Your right there is none to dis pute'
went down to Congress and staid there week.
Tha had heap ofbizness on hand all the time
great many resolutions was offered, and grea
many speeches maid about some distinguished
gentlemen from Africa, think they called them
Mr.. Contraband and Mr.. Conhscation. Most of
the members of Congress wanted them to feel at
hoam and enjoy the liberties of the country and
do just as they dNrned please while tha remained
among us. The Republicans, what is so und on
the goose, the pertkeler friends of these for.
eign gentlemen. Tha sea we must abolish the
South and proclaim liberty throughout the land
to all the inhabitants thereof If the Consttu.
ton don't allow it we must do it under the law of
necessity. That law got up by necessity is a bul.
ly good law. One feer. guess it was Sidney
Edgerton, got poetical and sed he wood stand bv
Mr.. Coniscation till Gabriel blows his last trump,
and that we are called upon
"From Greasy and icy mountains,
From Indiana's peanut stand
Where an Africans sunny countenance
Is rolled in pile of sand
From every southern river,
From mountain, hill and plain,
We are called on to deliver
The slaves, or bust gut
When heard that felt so good holercd right
out, bully for You old hoss Iist then feler
punched me on the head with cane and sed their
must be no hollcren their, got powerful mad,
but seen the feler had darned drove of friends,
and | hauled off and hit him one and then run
like all possessed. A lot of them follcrcd me up
Pennsylvania Avenue. One fellcr grabbed me by
the coat tail, and tell you it was but short time
till my fine swlller tail coat was converted inter
Monkey Jacket. When | got nearly up to
Browns hotel friend holered at me. kno he
was friend by a remark he maid He sed ego it
Bobtail, there gainen on you" Iput in my best
licks and gained on them, and then a friend hol.
Tered to me. ! kno he was friend by remark
he maid. He sed, "I'll bet my money on the
Bobtail nag" got inter the hotel and as | was
going up the fl fth fight of stares met colercd
friend. know he was a friend by remark he
maid. He sed he wood hide me for V, and he
hid me, and haven't bin out sinse. THEY'LL soon
forgit all about it, and then IL 90 to Congress
again.
hav notion to 90 to Columbus next Monday
to see Ted and Victory and their families inau
gerated Governor OF Ohio.
My dear Mr.. Robinson, think it will soon be
arranged BY the Postmaster General so that the
mail messengers ken steal all tha want without
being punished, the saim as other ollisers do. II
that's dun you ken maik your offes pay better ncr
it doz now.
AT last accounts all is quiet on the Potomac
1t is confdcnshially sed by the big men that sum.
thing is about to happen that will astonish the
country. Git rcddy for wonderful news.
Yours forever,
JONATHAN @. SMITH.
P. S.-All is quiet on the Potomac Tell
Charley Herzer to send me keg of Wooster Ale
by EXPRESS.