M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-02-25

.'Erlal ny lUFyt lnen tl!e Union, ana
then 'tho Constitution When they.
were ali out on the gronnd some dis.
pute riz as to which shonld he buried
frat, but Greeley cut it abort by say
in put the Constitution uudar. ami
oil elae follows.' So Greeley grt the
rope nnder one end OF the coffin and
Sumner under tho other, aud begun
10 let it dom. While il was goin
down you looked kinder anxious at
Chase and sas you Chase, think 4
will stay aownP Ard Oh Green
bucks sea he ny God, Kernel, it
mast stay down or we will all 20 np.' '
Greeley Was tici;ied ecnamost to death
and sea he, 'wc shall bury Il now so
that it viii never BE- heerl of agin.'
ola Grandfather Welles, however,
seemed bali frightened to deth, anl
tremblod ike u sick dog, and ses,
IOh, that /. WAS all over Sumner
waa wralhy at tbis, and scs he, rhut
up, yuH old fol, wat until II Is oil
under And. there, too stood Bnecher
with Niger baby in lis arrn3, look
in up 10 heaven and praYin al the
wh le, as tollow7: "Ohl Lord, not
! thy wi. bnr mine be done.n Finally,
all the cyilins wcIe put in The grave
aud covered up. | wondered whore
Seward could no all thia hmo. anl
lookin w, thsre he was, dyin through
! the air with wings, anl tail1. and
horns, irokin for all the world Ike an
evil spirit. aud ses he, ii 'twore done,
when it IS done Just "a if he was
afraid ihat a day OF resurrection was
comm. Itell you, it made me ieel
surrowfnl and cad, when saw The
lold Constitution and the Union put
under Ito ground, out Of sight, aud
when | woke up, my eyes were full
Of tears and | ttit more Ike cryin'
than | have scnce | WAS born"
After | 60. thru, sea |, "KernoN
what do you think Of my dream q
! lie lo. kod down % the & ,Qr aud til II
il,cked up, then he looked down agin
and then he llokvd NJ. ace he was
kinder worried, So | sail nYthio. Fin.
ally he kicked lis slipper of and scs
he, "MHjcr, de yta ShOs Whist sSod
letber ia I" oval ses |, "Kernel,
| rsed to know somoihin about lether
Wal" ~s he, "what do you think
of the lether in that slipper 2 Is it
gooi 2" Yea" scs |, Il think it's
pretty good" "Wal," ses he, "what
| kind is itW Ses Its clil-skin." J."
Wal" ecs he, "kin you tel me waa
Ithcr tho calf was a heller or q s'oer e.
NO" see |, "i cant" Wal" se'
he, "rm in jist tho Same fix about
Your dream. 1t is agood dream, bu'
II can'l tell whether its q heller or q
.taor. But ruther reckon it's n
steer"
"Wal," sea !, "Kernel, you may
think tat my dream don's amount to
Ianythfn', but there are thousands OF
people will sec in it tho fate OF their
conntry. :,
IIc didn't seem disposed to talk
about it, however, and let Ii drop.
Since then PVe been over to the Capi'
I'll oncs or twice, and looked around
W aslington leitle. never see such
a change in q place since | was born.
It's dirjler, nasticr and mesnet lookln,
than ever. In fact, it is jlat like the
coanlry, all goin to r1in. II The devil
is ever 4appy, shouli think be wonli
be nigh abDnt tickIed to deth now d
days. guess every thing is goin on
to euit him to a frocshn. | kin tell
you orc Thing There is goiu TO be 4
bigger fife between Linkin and Chase
iax President than most peril suppose,
So look on. for tho musick ahed, l
shall keep a watch on all the doins,
AID wrto you when the runatiz, like
tho greenback market, aint too
stringent.
MAJEs JACK DowNiNa.