North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-11-12
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been tied IN knot like ar eel he was SO
timber,
jest 2 i;te while after breakfast who
should come IN hnt Seward. He hadn't hard
~ >p"ksn ." me since hlnwed him I'D so for
aiterin TN Kernels U,nsu,ushinal Tsliskone
bnt .iIi- norma he was as perlrie an dc c,sver:
as ne c'u'd be. SEES he, Majer, the elecshin
news i good an our par; y IS successfully Ses
!, :" Mr. SewarI' I don't understand xop ~
" Why VI jer," -es he, and he out ON one of
tne qmeeIesi smiles | ever see on a mans face;
" d"h't ''nu know | have turned Dimmocra. $,
Scs |, You don't say so." Yes.n ses bs.
{ Pm Dtnnncrai now, an no niistakeu Tho
Kernel looked as If thunder had struck hin,
-" Wal Uses ht," Majer, what ia it. Tai.
WAYS Ire 10 bear Your stories. They ara so
"'t" g WAL" ses l. mebby this will tnr,,
'"' to be little pltter than you like, but.
'. ."evrr. as never spile good story for &C.
quhh'ance sake | will tell it:-Once. on a
TINE, Is SAID, an old coon went out of .
H'gh' {" gel some fodder among the corn6elds
IN i't NOT re arm to his hole until near morr.
-. Vince he got hum he saw skunk had
'krH possession of his hole. He went nm an
So te wr"> there 2'' The skunk REPLIED
" c 'pa' F" Are you a cooh p" Yes,n said
n N''nk, =" "Pm coon" "Wal,' sed tbe
GA. " IA don't Iook like a coon. Won
.'' ct Ike coon, and III be- darned ef
u smell IKE cunn."
\ W" ar~ Mr. Seward, you NAV bs
= D'nn"cfat, but you don't look ike one
''"r al ''ke one, nor smell like one. and r,i
G i""r' e. heI'eve y III are one.n -"
S N.Y., y,u are rat er ,sr.o,s
F'I," - Il 1T mean eny oA.nc. ~
m So |, " ,'' rally NEAR, to be a D;r,.
--@s '' lake Il rink Of old rye over the
=. . ~. Pe,rlsylvany and Indiarx
- a. cum up and We both tnk good sw;,
. w''rkcy She Kernel looked a. us an crit
IS 'te'h' Wal +" ses he, Of you are eoin
''j"ice IN my ir ear I'll 20 ger an call ON
>ian.'n' a" see rr can; cheer me NM So
ne h"r"el went IF After he'd gone. Sew.
ard an tux another mp of the old rye, and
"'r'' 500" We 'a3 ed oflt asun The Seckre.
'h't Is a cail al 4ripker, an he knows what
.''i cA'r a we'll a. eny felier ever sea.
'''N s"' very good humer, an sea
-, j r, we've been bad friends long
""i-'- 80 hc actually huggsJ me an sed.
mere Aarnl i man thai ever Lived that be Iov:
e. - imucI Il, the .ht Gn. raj, and IN. next
hun - 'rend Majer Downing. Wen
ug III e"i hIm III g,.,d humer an ha
" 'r aka I'VE, ses /. &c Mr. Seckrstarv
t"u 'sil lie how John Van Bursn rof
tai 'euyr d. G.ngerai Scott's 7' Ses he, q Yea,
Nal-rl KIN. You know don't want that
Ell sd'"ur'n elected; for hes my bitter
Il Cd 'ae'ny, 'o he way the letter got ont
"as III; Weed y"u know is my ehum.
N'N' "e nave an estandin that ever ything
tnat | c-a'; 'et ,,m put Id NY right hand
at tn' o'cket. Y,u see ta-n can dsny
hat | made il public. That pocket is Weeds
i'"cAet, ali lie always goes To it for secrsta
y al J put the letter in THAI pocket an Weed.
got II from there, Weed, also, has just such
"A pocket A II smart politicians have Just
such a p'cke N Nv, Weeds chun is Ben
WEIGH, Cumcissary Ginneral, an Ben got il
out "f Weeds pocket, Now, John has long
been'a chum OF Ben's an he got it out of Ben's
p"cket- That's the way that this letter got
out, that there IS so much talk about.
Rite off, after this, the Kernel came in. and
We had 10 drop the conversation, for Seward
gave me the wink as much as to say that he
didn't want Llnkn TO know anything about
1t.
Then | asked the Kernel what Stantin sed.
lie sed Stantin was in favor ofIssooing a proc-
Ianashln in Ohio, Indianny, Pennsylvania,
an lway. He sed the people didn't put any
faith in newspapers eny more, an a proclama.
shin declarin that the elecshins had all
favorabul would be believed without winkiu.
Stantin thinks there amt nothin so powerful
as prociamashin. Seward sed afore it WAS
done, Cabbynet had better be called together.
Here the matter dropped, an as the Kernel
looked oncommon blue. I left him to his own
refl"cHhuns, an went up stairs to my room
Yours till deth
MAJER JACK DowNrss.