Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-02-22
Ir. Nasty Losss a Friend and Writes his
Obituary.
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o clock and g. minni!s, p. m, Issaker
Punt, a deoun ov my church, and the hef-
tiest pjller in the instertushun, in fact the
onla wun who paid his quartridse regular,
departed this life.
Bro. Pun! wuz born dimocrat- he re-
/ Gee ed the faith by inheritance, cz his
father wIz wun before him-and the faith
he kept He might hey been seioost into
the forbidden path of whiggery and abcr-
lishunism. and sich, but tknoen the fraler-
ty ny human nacher he persis5cntly re-
iuosed tew learn tew read, and thus m de
himself secoor frum the wilcs uv unseru-
perlous polertishurs. 1t wuz butuful
trate in'his character that he wood never
oat ticket that he did not git frum the
hands Of q central committee man.
Bro. Punt commenst h;s political lie
votin for fru Jaxun, wen he was but Is
year old The ri.Gid mcra list may object
tew this act cz illegal 1t wuz objected
tew at the time, and the yuihful hero was
arrc9tid and imprizzined, and he wui heg
renamed in prizzun too yeres he'd he not
been pardoned out BY a dimocratic guver-
ner gust bel next elexshun We next find
him battlin fer democracy IN The person OF
Martin Van Boorin. At that elexshun he
votid twise and drunk l72 times As he
repeatedly remarked tew me, that day wuz
a tryin /. The lst 100 drinks wuz nach-
rul-thc baluns wuz exscs., but he had
pIeged his township for a carryin magori-
ty-tho candydaits he'd given him the
mummy 70 treat with, and he was deter
mined tey doc it eff il cost him the delir
lam tremins. lie wuz allus red II to sac
rifse his s:ummik fer the coz.
tie maniged to survive Uarrisons elex-
shun, and wuz aktiye in procurjn Pokc's
/ triumph. lie moagned durin Fillmoar's
rain, and regoict with cxceedin crate JOY
durin Pcecse aul Bookhanoa's.
In 1860 he didn't vote fer noJuIy. lie
knode Dugli5 WIZ Dimocrat, and so wuz
Brekinrije. He ATTENDED meetins Nv both
faxuns, and hoorayed.() vigorously fer
EN- both; bnt unforchinaitIeigh the kom-
nifty who furuisht him tikits fer years
wuz divyded, haf fer Dugliss and .other
fer Brekinrije He eoodn't beside which
wuz the reel D;mocrasic tickit, and so on
elezun Ia he went tu the poals and went
thru the moshen " yoatin with i piece uf
b!anck papur.
But he he'd no dowts as to opposin Lin
kun. lie knode he WIZ no Dimocrat, fer
both committy men told him so 0, with
wat glory he heerd the nooze Nv the frin
on Fourt Sumptur; and with wat ekstacv
he hecrd w Bull Run No man in the
North exhibited moar ability in swarein
at Linkun-no wun could retale tew bet
ter advantage the lies the Senntral Eorn-
nifty desided sirku,ate.
Bro Punt growed low sperrited aritur
the Jattei of Stunn ri er, and kept Tailin
as Linkun's dorgs adyanst. lie briehtin-
eI up little when Forrest killed the mig
gers al Fourt PiIer, but Sheridan an the
lnjeana eiexuns prostraited him feerfullv,
ana he becum so redoost that his ickur
ned 70 bee fed him with a spune.
Bro. Punt wuz konstint member ov
the Church ov the Moo Dispensashun.-I
Bel be joined my flock It was hiz boast
thet he had never bin inside OF a meetin
house. Their4 he rejoi,t at the oppurtu-
nifty Of hearin pure surmen, into which
if the niger was intrydoost at all he wuz
held up kandcuft, wich is allus refreshin
tn the free Dimocratic nind. lie dispizd
aberlishin preachin.
Bro Punt's Dimokrisy waz uf a broad
eompryhensiv caracter lie f0liered the
party Iae immejite coz OK his death i
this tyranikie administrator, Whisky
he'd got 50 hi that he was forst to dloot it.
and at his aig he coodnt stan IT, lie dide
uv water on the stunmic.
| wuz with him in hi. las: Il, ,orr-nce.-
Hiz IL nd wanderd, and he torked OF go;n
whair he'd innlly has a postori-s The
doktur whoo war 4 aberlishinist, onfcsln-
lee remarct thct ef thair wuz males in the
ccuntree he wuz goin tew, it wood be ncs-
sessary tew hev fire proof mail bagz. Like
awl uther graf: men he he'd his las:wor.ls.
mo member Nv ny flock shell dy without
hevin last words, 50 lon. cz kan ri.ht.)
rit en- yis:erda. They wuz. "IIev wee
carrid Pensilwauy- ny eapDers Is burnt
out-pu; on ny .oomstun, lie votid early
ana oitin, and newer skratched 4 singh
tikit"
Ez winter L approachin and kneci
new suit Of cloathes, ! he7 determin,d i tn
cawl on the bruthren fer phunds tn erect
a soots.bil monamint ta the mernry of thi.
s.er.in Dimocrat Sums ov 10 sents fer
this purpus ma bee cent two me, grith the
assurense thet it viii be faithfully uzcd.
PETRolEcai Y. NtsBY.
Pa.tur ov the Church u the Moo Dispen-
sashun.
a man came to the Duke OF yelling
ton-'."has have you 10 olTer q a bull
let proof jacket, your grace" Patti on.
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