Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-06-12

| TO THE HoNoRADLE--THE VrpY uoNAnA.
BILE AND MORE TOO, LEGISLATURE OF
WISCONSIN, on ANY OTHER MAN, PRAY.
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The petition from your honorable pe.
titloner respectively represents to your
humble body, that he has examined with
due ditlidence to the statutes of this
state, and that he is therein made to be.
lieve that according TO to the hardware
and provisions Of the Constitution, he is
free citizen, except one wife and baby,
and big mortgage on a small lot Of land,
and has a right to run a petition between,
and to your humble body, to.wit;
Being Of mature discretion, and sound
age, Of patriotic cast of features, hc .
has faithfully served the country he hon
ors, for several years from infancy, in al.
sorts of ways, and has stuck to her like
a burr in the caudal appendage Of ca
nine all the time, and held no office of
trust, mistruat, profit, honor, emolument,
perquisitcs, Or affection, except Marshall
Of the day one rainy Fourth Of July it
is the honorable belief of the petitioner
aforesaid, to your humble body, that be
ought to be rewarded.
And now when all the feet
rogues are getting fat on army contracts
and reveing in divers and sundry fat Of
fees, he is left out in the wet, and requests
to be appointed to some Of the following
Offices, as a token of the esteem, merit,
confidence, and what do you call it, Gov
ernors and such high men always have
for those who stood at the roots and
boosted, when you were all candidates
and needed help.
To the position Of Assistant Governor,
with salary in advance.
on to the position of agent for tho
State, to visit New York, to inspect arms
and things by gaslight at the expense of
the State
Or; to attend regiment as wet nurse,
with rank oftwo Colonels at the expense
of the war funds, with private instruc-
tions to contine our services to our fami-
ly when said services ar3needed;
Or; to position, rank, and pay of
Brigader- General, with power to appoint
as leader Of the band, our nephew Plat
ter Head, who don't know c sharp from
o.. ~ - tI. H. .i7 nos;77ion l,'' or Co,ono1 orsomo
i,f,ntr,, - or,ponr @ - ,ri,b ;nstrno,;ons ~
ra;so al, tho nom 49, wa can. hovinc
number Of months to do it in;
Or; to the position of Lieutenant Col
onel Of a squad Of sap heads and misers,
with a private understanding that we can
resign the day before the battle, and run
for some Circuit ,Judgeship or carry
Aoo of t,,,oo in odvorco of ro,roat.
a.. ~ tLo roSition or AJirtont'Gon
oroI of two iattoiinns wbosS r nniv ,iUdv
sbau la n ~ Lool, for roinrornayoort:
nnIas. tbo roin . SIonId tbrootnn - - Jam' I,,'
age our clothes.
Or: to the patriotic nosition Of Paw.
master, TO handle the state finds witI-
ort oirinr socrritv n tbo LanaGt, of H.
wife and child Of the Povmn.tnr Pa S.p Of Ofors ,r
said.
r. ,.orr brr,11o hoJv Will rot oront
tba r!ovn, nf vnnr Tonorohio mo,i.ionar @
to t[e mi ami oonornI evtent bo ',t,T snnnii'
Gates for-if S1l tbose rIacos oro fIiad
vorr LororalIe srn,,Iicatnr tT III anaon,
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The rosition Of C1or, - oro 49, Aha
other of ,be Tnrsos nf tbo 1oa;sIotrro. s c
Or. 70 tba nosi,ion If AssitoGt Ciori,.
Or, tbo notitian nf Ioar Las,lnr. 80 ''A'
Or, ,be position of frst @ soodmj N' thira
or fonrtL os.istont daor ,'' l,onnor. oo'' '1''0'
Or. 70 +be nnsi,ion of T ronort0r Nth
q chance to drow sta,iono,y for nannrs
NOT renortol for. "
Or. tho nosi'ior of roco noco ord
half or two nara.. f'0V' f"o' '
or. tha na.ifion of fror,or.
Or' tLo nos;tion of Jaon tna,1, .