The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1863-12-09


a chap who understands dubbe and twisted
entry bookkeep:n' can understand this ere
fiegering, but III be hanged if kin y Ses
|, "heres seven ihirtys, and six per cents,
and five per cents, and bonds and socks and
sarlificates, and '98s and '7Ss 1855 and 1885
and Lore knows how meny more IS, until
il gets all mixed up so that you can't tell
any thing more about the debt than Staniin
kin tell how many sojers has been killed
and wounded. Now,n ses /, ''ihe people
don't care a straw anything about your six
twentys, or your five iweniys. AL they
want TO know is jest how much money This
ere war has cost, aud that is what Tine
tryin' to figger out Tor EN-. When cid Gin
neral Jack son wanted me 10 go into Squire
! Bidde's Bank and cifer out how matters
stood soon did it, but warn'ieoy more
comparin 10 this here affair. than the
bunch Of elder bushes in Deacon Jenkins
medow is to the Dismal swamp. LUX the
papers, however, over 10 Linkin, for it was
ihe best could do Wen | handed hem
30 he Kernel, ses he, Majst, does Chase
+ expect me 10 survive after sludyin ou,ihese
4 fggers 2" oval ses j, 'sKernel, I donh
know, but link Chase wants 10 be nerf
President"
The KsFaeltuk the hint rte of; bu, he
sed Chase would never be President, for he
wanted 10 BE so bad, that be acled all the
time as if humble bee was stingin him
and iha, his fyia round so wouId kill him
Of, if nolhia else. We then both so, down
aud went 10 s.udyin The hggers: cHered
on my slate. and lhe Kernel made chalk
marks on bis hal every time'we got cp 10
a million Of dollars. Pury soon the Kernel 8
eyes began TO look wild, and ses he,
"Majar, where do We land next? Is she
hedin up stream or sideways? She II go
down, sure as thunder. Well, le, her rip
she's been a sinkiu consarn for years" /
see al once that the Kernel was 1ighy
| Chase's fggers had turned his he'd, and
he thought he was Ralboln agin on the
Mississippi river. But he kept on ravin.
Sss be, "Majer, knock that niger of the
bow Of the bole he's rile in the way Of the
pilot Sea 1, NKenel, il amt sale to hil
u Niger in those days Stanton will pu,
me in Eort LaFayeue." thought This
might bring the Kernel 10 his senses, but ii
didn't. Ses he, There It goes maisT, Jest
az ! iold you, right on that snag That
Niger is 30 blame for the hull OF it, I
see il was no use, that tie Kernel was nigh
about STARK mad, and so I said 10 him, ses
/. 'leI's put up this work tonight, and go
10 bed lie didn't wan, to. bui dragged
him of, an he kept rayin' all The time,
"That niger has ruined me There he
comes he is after me yet
As soon as | got the Kernel in bed, | put
a double Sc. Of mustard pasters on his feet
an then gave him strong dose of my old
remedy, elder bark tsa Knew that would
cure him, if anything on srih Purity soon
the sweat began TO start, anthe gripin in the
bowels began. Jest as soon as this look
place, it drawed all the disease out of his
head, an the next mornin ne was as bright
as new dimes used 10 be when there was
sich things
The fnst thing the Kernel sed TO me in
the mornin was, ses he, "Msjer he'd an
awful dream last nile." Ses |, "What was
il g." Wal, " ses he, II dreamt that the
| niger had destroyed the Unionn "Wal," /"
ses l. Kernel, you get nearer the truth in
your dreams than yon ginrally do when
yon are wide awake. II you will only
have another dream, you will see that the
Aboishinisls have killed the Union, and
that the poor niggers is only the means that
they have used to do it."
The Kernel didn't say noihin, 5ut looked
down on the floor and whislled. Finally
he lux oui of his pockel one OF Cbase's new
| fifty cent shinpiasters, an ses he, "Majer,
kin you tell me why this new currency has
the odOr of nashiuajty about it 2" "No," !"
ses !, "Kernel, ! don't see itn "Wal,n ses
he because ii is een.sd paper!' "Wa,n ses
/ /, kernel, now kin you tell me why tLat
fifty cent shinPlaster is like the war p Ses
he, "Maier, you've got me there" "Wal I"
( ses /, ''the face is black, which means that
we are 6ghin 10 Tree The niger, and the
back is fed--or the biood---,he price we are
pawn for i,w
When sed this the Kerrel brought his
hand down on the tabiI Ike all possessed,
civ kick With his loot thai sent his slipper
4 fyia clear across the room, and ses he,
4 "Maier, BY the-- ''Ses I, "Kernel hold
on. Do you want 10 take any more elder
bark tea !' When sed this he 'apeFed
/ rite down, and ses be jest as good as pie,
''Iet's have some old rye and make
/ friends
So don't object, but the messige aia't
finished YET, and the Lord only knows
when il viii be dan.
Youra till deih.
MaJER JACK DowNING.
! How Is II WITH YioU AT prayer meet
ing in The church Of lhe village OF Spunk-
( iowa, in The Stale OF Maine, a country lad