The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-10-28
6antoth 9sfftrsonian.
Local and Miscellaneous.
MIR. Nasby has IA Dream.
CHURCH wv THE Moo D1sPENsA-
sHUN, Oct. 2l, GA.

! am no bleever in costs or dreemS,
er sich, nerneyer wuz. Ef the tyrant
Linkin, which is a ape shood draft
me, and / shood be dragged to the
tentid feeld, a unwillin marter, l know
/ shood much prefer meetin the gost
NV rebel soljier, which is shadder,
than 2 enkounter wun in the flesh,
with muskit and baynet, which is
no shadder. Dreems is like wise
unsubstanshel, and result 8 cases out
uv 10 frum aboose NV the stumick.- --
1 dreem buC seldom, and wen l do, l
alluz attribit it 2 eatin pound or two
more sassij, or drinltin a quart er two
more whisky than RELY need, late
at mite, and l never bleeved they wuz
prophetilS, becoz l don't allow that
the seat NV prophesy is located in the
stumicl1. These is my theory NV
costs, drcems, and sich.
/ he'd q dreem last mite wich left a
impreshn on my mind. l he'd bin
preparin a sermon, provin that "Ser-
wants obey yoor masters" justified
the 1etchin NV nlggers with dorgs,
wen I fell asleep and dreemed. Me-
thawt wuz dead, and he'd laid in
that stait 200 yeers, and he'd awolken,
and found myself again on earth
saw nothin pekoolyer. There wuz
more ralerodes, and more skool-hous-
es, and in2 wun NV the latter | went.
The skool-marm wuz eggsaminin a
class NV youngsters in histry.
"who wuz the greatist and goodest
men the Yoonited Stats ever pro
doostp"
George Washinton and Aberham
Linkin."
"What did they do p
"Washinton found the Government
and Linkin preservd it,"
"Who wuz the wust men the coun-
try prodoost?'
A little gurl anserd-
"Joodath Ithcariot, Benedict Ar
mold, JEFF Davith and yallandygum."
"Yoo air wrong, my child" re
tortid the skool- marm, "Judas lived
in another country, and bed the 9th
ers. They were so simler, however,
that the errer is excoosible. What
did Arnold, and Davis, and Vallan-
dygum do?'
"Arnold betrayd his country and
took up arms agin it, Davis rebeIleo
agin his Government, and Nallandy.
gum helped him all he Good without
gettin hisself into danger"
"What names were given them e.
opposed the Government, in rs ant
'61?"
Tories and Copporheds."
(Which wuz the wust-the Tories
er Copperheds?'
THAT pint hez bin much DISGUST
but no konkloosion hez ever bin are
riv ut"
Glow menny terms wuz Linkil
President p
"Two."
"Had he emmy opposition for tn,
sekluRd term p
"Nun speell NV. The rebels anC
Copperheads run disgraced soJer
whose name sum historyans Civ e.
MickFadden, uthers ez MickNellan
and uthers ez Mcclellan, but ez h
reseevd no votes in the elekIral collij
the eleckshun was considered unan
linus. The copperhed candidate sunl
in2 obskoority after the war, and III
wuz forgotten wich wuz lucky fer hi
Children"
l notist about half the Children heC
on bloc ribbin, one-fourth wus dres
ordinary, and the balence he'd a whit
rag pinned to tber bax. l asked tn
skool- -marm wat this indikated. Sh
ask me eft wus a furriner, to wich
ansered, l wuz, furrin prince in dis
gise, on a tower NV observashen.-
She replied.
"Them ez hez bloc ribbins is tn
descendants NV the soljers NV the graf
rebellion, them with no delIoration
is desendid frum loyal men who wu'
not sojers, and them poor things wh'
hay the white rag" she bustid in
teers, and wept parfoosely,l are tn
unforchnit desendance uv-Copper
heds"
visitid a Court House. The cas-
they wuz tryin wuz slander. On
man asserted that the great great
grandfather NV another, who wuz
opposin candidate fer Gusts NV tn
>ooso bod hin n Gonnarhad Plain