Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-06-01
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Anecdotes.
We copy the following anecdotes s~ftpdf
the Editors Drawer" in harysfs Nsv
Monthly Magazine for June:
am an old resident Of Oregon. and was
for many years constituent Of Jo L.,
at one time Oregon's greatest politician. [
propose telling the readers Of the Drawer
one Of bis elsctioneering lodges, and bow
nicely he got caught at il. Uncle Jo was
about to make a speech TO the untsrriied
on Long Tom, and stopped at Tom Browns
for dinner. He knew Tom to DO a little
shaky--in fact, quite inclined to bo anti
L. and Uncle Je determined to bring
him over. As soon as he catered the house
he commenced bis usual tactics: "Wsll,
God bless you, Mrs. Brswn how DO You
do, and how are all the little ones ?" Alter
kissing the dirty brood all round, he asks
for mothers pipe. "If there is ANYTHING /
do like. IL ia to smoke mothers pipe; It's
got some strength into it, aud does fsller
some good. By-tbe-by, Nrs. Brown, they
say Tom is going to vote agis mo. hope
he won't. He aDd have fit Indians to-
gcther up on Rogue River, aud cam ped cut
in the mountains, and been good friends
and Dimocrats ever &nce We axsne TO Ore
| gon."
Presently dinner is ready, and thsy have
pork and beans, of course. Mrs. Blown is
sorry they have nothing better But says
Uncle 10, "You could not have any thing
better; bless your soul, we dont have any
thing half SO good in Washinsssn. Why
my friend the President would give half his
salary to get such beans as these. Have
! you got pint you could spare ?-I would 10
| like TO take them to him fer seed II
We've got bushels Of them" says Mrs.
Brown.
well, now, how lucky! IF ysu will do
up pint of thsp, l will put them 10 my
saddle bags and take them on to Mr. Buch-
anau, and l would not bo surprised il il
were the means Of Tom r fg one Of the
best offices in the State.
30 the beans were put up and slowed
away In Uncle jos saddle bags, aud Toms
vote and influence were made all sure.
! In about week Tom aud his wife 20 up
to Eugene, to visit Toms sister, Mrs. Smith.
Uncle Jo had been there, and made first.
rate impression. Mss Smith tells Mrs.
Brown What nice gentleman Squire
l. is; so kind and sociabls like and
then he thinks SO much of Smith Would
you believe it, he brought us pint of beans
all the way from Washington, the very kind
| the President has on his tablel''
AT this Mrs. Brown begins to smell very
big mice. Says she,
Mrs. Smith, what kind Of beans ia them
he brought you from Washington
''Oh they are nice beans twice as large
as our white enes, with pinkish eye."
Il thought SO p says Mrs. Brown. Nay
soc them beans ?'
Certainly" says Mrs Smith. II have
them in the bag with the gardsnsesds."
The beans were produced, still tied up in
! oE
produced an explosion. Brown and Smith
at onoe became anti L. and worked hard
to defeat him. Messrs Brown and Smith
were host in themselves. They canvassed
Long Tom and Eugene so thoroughly that
Uncle 10 bad noe the ghost Of . chanos in
those precincts
JUsr before the capture of Savannah
Gen. Logan, with two or three Of his st.H,
entered the depot at Chicago, one fine morn
ing, to take the cars East, on his way to re-
join his command. The General. being q
short distance 10 advance of the sthsrs.
stepped upon the platform of car, absut
to enter it, but was stopped by an Irish
man with,
"Yees II not be goin' in there.
"Wby not. Sir?" asked the General.
"Beease thims leddies eaer, and 10
gintleuaH ii be goin' in there without o
Teddy There's wan safe in that caer over
there. ef yees want it, at the same tine
pointing to it.
"Yes," repliedths General II see there
is one seat, but what shall l do with my
STAFF"
"Oh bother your schtaf p was the pet
ulant reply. Go you and take the safe,
an sehtick yer schtaff out the windy"
CAPT. JOHNSON, Of our aru,y, home on
leave, was telling his aunt "a kindheartsd,
simple minded old LADY, about bis marches,
etc., up and down the Valley, and in the
course of conversation happened several
times to speak Of his men ''wiuaing" chicks
ems, fruit, etc., frem the way-sids farmers.
The old lady, being utterly unacsuaiatsd
with army slang, anKiousy inquired what
the Captain meant by 'winniss" The
Captain was Domentarily taken shack at
this question, for he knew the geod dame
had the greatest horror Of any thing like
stealing but recovering, he straightessd
out his face like Supreme Court judgs's,
, and says he "Ah, yes, yen don't quits
understand, see Did you ever road the
Army Regulations? No, suppose not
!, Well, my desf hunti parsgrah 1877 OF the
63d edition provides that when an army is
passing through a ceuntry the farmers shall
! not be deprived Of their livestock or other
! property, except in cases Of necessity, and
even then they are given a chance fer their
possessions in this way: IF soldier needs
chicken. for instance, he is bsund 10 'tsss
!, up with tho farmer to decide which shalt
= have it, and" (impressively) 1T is really
surprising how very generally the 'bsys'
y win" EHb
y CAPTAIN c., Of Hadlyme, Conneoti.
d cut, had very clerer man in his empley,
IS by the name OF Marsh. One day he came
% alongside the ship in small boat line
,r was thrown to assist him in reaching the
IF deck When nearly up the rope parted,
]. and he fell back into the boat. Says the
d Captain, "Marsh, did it hurt you nuch !?
l. He replied, whining, 81 never was hur,
so bad IN 50 short time
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