The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1863-03-07
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lGreat Rafting Of the "Pieees'"

Jrf,s confeieracy who are still permitted 20
run at large in this community, were gath
cred togesher a. Babbisss Hsll.s lass fsss'
urday night, pursuant to o call of ys MOST
odorous, ye chief fumegasor, to organize
q .sstinkisg Breath" show. The "ssock aes.
ors,, and sssupes" of the concern had oeea
in training for fredericksburg on on
ions, whisky and tobacco, in order the bet
ter to prepare themselves for the discharge
81 their several duties. The s'stars" re-
curing an odor Of stronger character,
we're closetsd for day and half with ye
great chief, being brestbed upon BY him
and learning the mysterious ART Of genera
ting his peculiar kind of perfume. The ap-
pointed hour arrived-ths "pieces" gather
ied-ths scents multiplied-eonstantly in
ereasing in power, the glorious exhalasions
rolled forth and collected 10 volumes above
the heads Of the devoted "supes.' When
the hall was filled with large odors, small
boy was sent to inform 20 great chief that
the banquet was ready. Ye great chief
came-hc saw-he smiled-he walked ma
iesticaily down the aisle-he cast soft
glance over the sumuhuous assemb!age-
he breathed upon the shifted the air--he
pronounced it ''good."< The chairman
arose-repeated, SIT is good" and gave
notice that the show might ego on" Ire
menduous excitement prevailedfor the space
Of seven seconds. When the tumult subsi-
ded vociferous calls were made for some
body to say somsthing-the calling pro-.
ceeded from an unfortunate brother who
had taken too much of the "6rst degree,"
and become more than usually boisterous
in conseq uence thereof. The chairman az
nounced the following distinguished speak-
ars prcsent--ye great chief of ye holy order
of ye Sinking Breath ye much respected
and venerable editor Of ye Bugle-; yemueh
feared and very astute keeper of ye thor
ough bred stallion "Cherokee" ; ye man Of
.smueh real worth Of character )" ye able
man ;" ye popular favorite )" ye fearless
and brilliant hero of ye "red dogs" ye
great and terrible Lysander, and J. L. Fet-
ter. Bot ye great chief didn't speak ; ye
4" popular favorits " wouldn't speak ; ye
keeper of ''Cherokee" couldn't speak, and
Fetter, the renowned, being the next most
able man Of the party, was called for-he
came-he TOOK of his hat-he made his
bowie appeared in "public on the stage"
he opened bis mouth-he opened it wldeer
enthusiastic audience saw big words CON-
ing, and three cheers we're given for Fetter
-Fetter bowed-Fetter sniled-he said, in
tones of thunder, and with gestures most
feroclous; ''Lay on Macbeth"-Macbeth
"laid on''-enthusiastie audience gave three
cheers for Macbeth-Fetter said Mexican
war was Democratlc-James K. Polk WAS
great man three cheers, for james X
Polk 1-present war As unconstitutional.
( fntoxlcated gentleman behind the door
proposed ''three cheers for con, stushun-
nal u Abe Llncolu's tyrant. Cries of
bulIy.l Abe Lincoln turned the Democracy
out of Office. Three cheers for Office.
Abe Lincoln's goiu' to tax the people to buy
up all the niggers and own 'em himself
gon' to put tax 90 everything-nos only
tax the luxuries Of life, my Teller citizens,
bat he's goln' to put aprohibitory tax on to
whisky. [Cheers- for whisky.l This is
unco nstitutional--she constitution says there
must be Dimoerasic party, and We all
know, my Teller patriots, that is's impossi-
BILE to keep up DimoOrasio party without
Linceln's goin' TO destroy
the DEMOCRATIC parsy-Abs LiOcoIn's IN
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, my dear TELLER mar
syrs, Abe LiBeon's goin' to tax whisky
and he's goin' to do more-my blood biles
when think of tiny indignation rises
higher nor the roof OF this spacious ediioe
my stomach comes up into my mouth
when | say s-but he's goin' 80 put tax
on to SARDlNES I" Here, the eloquent
gentleman, overcome By his emotions, sat
down to ress--drew g long bresth-wiped
his noble Democratic brow with bis faithful
"bandanna"-fannsd himself, for a few
moments, with bis hat, when he agaiu sprang
to bic feet, feeling like "A giant refreshed
with new wine," and in his most eloquent
manner proceededto inform the august as
semblage that ''Abe Lineoln's goin' TO put
tax on to Sardines !" Intoxicated gen.
tleman behind the door proposed three
cheers for sardines. The cheers were given,
and during the excitement the eloquent gen.
tleman retired from the stage.
Bowie-knife Cassidy then asked leave TO
present series OF resolutions which we're
handed 20 him by the gentleman who had
Just left the stage. The resolutions were
adopted aud afterwards read. Great en-
thusiasm prevailed during the reading, ow-
ing to the fact thas the performers bad
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