Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-01-28
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about the dimensions Of Pennsylvania
| barnyard, ,iand when she vain bird struts aud
spreads his gsudy plumaee, tho whole caboo-
die of the poor mans faculties are oversbad.
owed with vanity; and feeding upon this his
intellect has become deplorably pot -bellied, so
to speak. Like the bowels Of our Great
Governor, u is larger and more capacious
than it need be, and is fast approaching a
state when it will not only be a burden to
himself, but a nuisance TO society. Already
the great fat greasy thing, heated by the fires
OF negro fanaticism, drips not only inconti-
penlIy but necessarily, and, most melancholy
to relate, like the liver Of one Of the illustrious
victims Of Jupiter, it grows as fast as it is
consumed, If not faster. The Cincinnati
! Gazette and its readers are The chief sufferers.
| But am wandering from my subject Don't
call me your town" correspondent. That
woald be absUrd. / am Abraham Lncolu's
correspondent body aud breeches. The
relation which exists between that gentle old
cuss aud myself reminds me Of that which
exists between myself and the sandy barrow
in my slye, and may best be described, perhaps,
by that trite and laconic sentence, which
your readers will all recolect having seen
before, to.wit: yours truly" But to return
to my subject: There is one striking pecu-
liarity Aboutthis town, and that consists IN
the fact that it is beautifully located" This
] al nil
About three loutIhs Of our population are
lawyers, and justice OF an excellent quality
is dispensed with lavish hand
The village is also heavily timbered with
the stuff that loyal Congressman are made of.
Barren Districts supplied on reasonable terms
Clergyman who preachth gospel Of war,
bloodshed, and hate, are also to be found here
/ in considerable numbers, several of whom
hold themselves in readloess to certify to the
efficacy OF all sorts of pateat medicines, cheap
for cash or approved country produce. They
solicit share Of public patronage. As
said before, the town is beautifully located,
and is'intersecled at regular intervals by both
streets and alleys. The court house is an an
cient and imposing structure, and is built
with ngular proprieiy, in the court house
yard The building is an object of mnch in
teres. owing to The .momeptous fact that Q
| pint OF whisky aud silver quarter, are plas-
tered up in one Of the corners of the iounda-
ton wall. often sigh, to reflect that the
abovewtisky is now upwards OF thUty years
old, and that the wall tNhibis not the slightest
evidence OF decay. | mention these facts in
view ioft probability that a vote win he ta.-
ken At our next election to decide upon the
propriely. of building new temple OF Justice
| They will have an important bearing upon the
issue think OF being one Of the candidates
myself, subject TO the decision Of the conveu-
ton. will now resume the thread of
my narrative As | said before, don't call me
your Gown, but rather your "reliable" COR
respondent II Im anything I'm reliable,
and in iii. connection will remark that the
members Of our school-b board are men emil
ent for their piely AMI learning, Volunteer
ing is progressing briskly, and the weather
continues sultry. Our citizens are delighted
with the practical operation Of The internal
revenue law, on account OF the charming
equality of the bnrdens it imposes The poor
aiat able to pay very much, while the rich
are able not only To- avoid paying any
thing, but 10 draw a gold interest from
the Government instead, of several per cent
! llhe deiunct slave oligarchy will by this
means be succeeded by a first rate loyal Gov.
ernment,Bond Oligarehy Hence | may say
that the tax law in question is most pow
erlul aud conclusive Argument against power
ty. | am resolved to Accumulate fortune
Asking pardon for this disgression. 4 will
now proceed directly with my subject, which
! will endeavor TO exhaust. When the IN
quiry was made, formerly as to how much a
I man was worth, it was always understood as
relating to this worldly possessions More,
however under the benign influence of the
higher civilization" which is about TO assert
itself the Interrogation, applies to man
pretty much as it does to wag. am "sus
tanned and soothed," however, By the reaec
ton, tharalthough the sandy barrow in my
I stay, is heGVier than am, he is not yet worth
so much money in the market Whether
shall be permitted to continue to nurse by
baby while my bfeakiastis being prepared, is
question which has passed not only from
my jurisdiction but from that Of my wife, as
we'll Do mestio propositions Of that stripe
are now decided by machinery Machinery,
and in place of being permitted to SELECT my
owp company, as formerly am now subject