The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-11-21
y WHOLE NUMBER, 1924
l'listened to those infernal fools, Sumnure and
ItGsreslay, fsp a ptefy scrape they haye got ne

ffTqfiay, an II laeFtv scfipe tney tNf sH HE
! in" saae ~ Hfeif ~
Ses j, 'Kerpcl, it Amt my imatpr to hit q
man wen he is down, or TO hurt any body;S feel
ins hy.referrin TO tthepast." "BH." ses # '.l2n;t
you rekolect the story about sApplsin tfe,pfin-
cipleF'" SSes hog. yes, Il do. MaeE, ] rekqect
it we'll" .ssWal,s Sea Pshow you see :thc result
OF appIyin the principle" | toldyou.iiep that
you'd get sspse,c,l yssIss ahAf Zenas Humsppm
dill in tmedtn with the tclegraf, if Uap under
took to carry out the principle of Abolis!iin,
but YOU sed the thing must tech the bottn m,
an you was t'bonnd TO pnt it through. NJ ",
you,see that. the people don't support YOU
They don't want niggcrs made equal ITO white
men, nor they hpn't want 'emfrecd to pay a tax
on 'em. A few fellers like Greeley, whose brains
all seem to run to bran bread, an free lW, Or
IssoHse ,otheg moonstruck nonsense, an some,larn-
ed fool like Sumnpre, want to try tue expert
,ncnt, but they don't represent the people. Sp
YOU see, Kernel, that in applyin the principle
you have kicked yourself over, an d only men
slim it to show You that if ygfI haEl followed
myadvice youwould not have had these CRATE de-
Iteals to mourn OVER tam
The Kernel iloeke,i very 7soleH, ,aiid scs 'he
.'Majer, ! know .rie been crate deal better
off if ltle followed. your advice all tliroush.these
trubbs but YOU see had to 60 with ipNparty,
an if it ha,l carried me to the other site Of Jor-
DIN, 'spose ] shoulll have gone with It,"
That night / thought the Kernel worln so'in-
ITO spasals, he ,was so,nervous. / got some hot
water and soaked his feet iin it, gqbbcd his
bowels with brandy, ,Pnd laid flannel on 'em
and bathed lis templciin camhip .anl rpm.-
But he grew wus all the time. Finally began
ito pour tue cotiill down him, and then he coai-
,ncncel 10 revive. but he tlidn't sleep scarcely
n wink all mite. In the ,Iherilin be was tue
most limpsY piece of ,papkiud i eyer did see.
raley believe he might have been tied in.a
knot like an col, he was 50 Timber
.Jest "a little while after breakfast, who <shonhi
come in but Sewfiitl IIehadn't hardly spoken
to me sence 4 bowel him up,soti;sT .alteFnsthe
Kernels consttushinal Teliskepe, but.this.mer-
ranihetwas.sss periitean as clever as he eoniil
he. Ses he '.adaer, the. eleeshin. .iiews is good,
an o,g' party istsneecssfu." Ses Mr.. Se~asi',
don't understand you" :sWhy Majer." ses
he. and he,put 81, e,pf the queerest smiles |
ever see on mans face '.don't you know i
have tlanc,l ,Him,noerat.n Ses !, ''you don't
SAY so'' s"Yes.'' ,ses he, 'I'ma Dimmoerat, an
no,ynistake" The Kernel looked asiif thunder
asis7synek bisa. 4sss i, .s-ir Segar1i,
that reminds me of al story as the Kernel would
say" '.Wal," ses he ''Majer, what isiit. Il
always, like tolAafsr sye Sstoriss.i They are so
pat" '..Wal" sses J. '.smebby this will. turn out
,to'Je a'iittle patter than You Ike, hit, 'hewso-
ever. las Il never spile a good storyfor sscqnain
tancc sake. I will tell ;-Once on. q time, it is
.said, aneohl eeeen went ,sest of a nigbttoeset
some fotler among the corn fields, an dill not
tetuaa, to his hole until near mornin. Wenlle
got ham he, esw a skunk hapl taken possession
Of bis hole He went up. an .ses he. .whp,s
thelen The skunk replied, "a COON .'Arc,yon
u coon!' .Yes' said. I.tAe@'ht,ak, II'sla coop.'=-
wal esel tive teoea,. .tYSt slolatleek likes
coon. You don't act like a coon anu. I'll he
ilaucd eff YOU ssastti like eoon.'" q a 4
'sssNow;'' .ses'I s'afr Seward. YOU ssay be a
'DiaAalccEat, rbRt ypp don'tloos like one nor act
like one nor smell ikc,sne ssaal I'll be slarned
4f Il believe ,yon are one" 2.
Ses' he, "AIajcr. you arc rather psrsonat"-
fNVal," ",sesiI "ef you really mean olbe aIaim-
aleerat, let's tase.a drink. of lom rye eyer the
victories, in Ohio, !Penassl sls'y sshlf fIndiany -.
$50 he eam,Hp an We both tux aaswg OF Siskey,
The keleel looked. at ais: >sn Git kisteeth.-
ssWal" "sseshe, '.ef YOU serc gein to,rsj eicci in
my defeat I'll gr over AN GAIL ON Stan ten a'It soc
fiAeeaa slpeer, a,e,.sir' sSo.tle kernelment
off After csLgene, ,,,Sews ard nil tAls another
nip of the. oh! rye, and, purity soon'we tastal Of
it. taeiu. tfhe sSeckletalyi is ~ capital dfiker
fAlerIIa eversoe. FINALLY he got avery good
humor, IAN sesh he, "Majer, been bad fl'ieEds
long enough SO ihe sctdailyl hee4e,el eeee R'e.fsl
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