St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1866-02-22

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rather light supper, for that time Nv night.
alluz make it pint to eat light in the
cveuin, for I'm gittin old and my digestive
faculties ain't what they was VIXEN 1 wuz
young. Alas We who hev lived out the
best part Nv our days, wat wood we give to
be act back to the time when, with ou: f.
culties unimPaired, We. Good consoom
good square meal without fear w conse-
ken.es. But. ... .-z.-C.,
s.s:ez Inena happy days Is ned ,,.s's.a@s.zs.zs.
- And never will r.t,,r..,n -..---
paid my respecks to mince pies, .
pair Nv pigs feet some cold tongue and 4
plate Nv tripe, follcred by = h IF dozen
dough nuts and couple or more Nv glass
cs Nv hot whiskey puLcl, and singular ez
IL may Seem it. didn't eet we'll ! dreamed
at night, and my dreams wuzn't at all
pleasant. Methawt he'd deceest and vus
in the next world. 1t vas q singular site
thai met my vision. The dividin line
atweer this world and the next wuz swift
stream Nv water, and every deceest spirit
he'd to cross it. The water was suthin like
that Nv the Dead Sea. A man unencum-
bered with anything Good walk on it, but
they sunk down in it if they wuz loaded,
accordin to what they he'd to carry. On
the tother side Nv this Jordan wuz heaven
the dominions nv his majesty Satan the LIST
wuz below, and to it q strong under cur.
rent flowed, which took all them ex wuz toe
heavy loaded to keep their chins above
water. n s.avs ,,z..s l~s.,,.zT+sz ss
On the bank stood more than two mil
lions Nv little devils, who dung onto the
shoulders Nv them trYin to cross, their
failins, and weaknesses, aud iniuuities.
General Breckinridge wuz the first that I
saw enter the food. He he'd on life pre-
server labelled States Rights, but a peert
little devil stuck a pin into it, and it col
lapsed, the gas with wich it wux filed
smellin horribly. Down he went, and ez
he sunk they commenced pcltin him with
packages labelled ..Treason," ''Perjury,"
aud Murder" and Johi c. went under.
Old James Duckanon went next. The
old gentleman didn't keep above water as
long ez able bodied man could hold a bar
Nv red hot iron in his hand He made one
splash, when weight labelled ''Treason''
struck him and down he went. The gea-
tlemanly and urbane devil who had him in
charge, had q big pile more of ammanition
to discharge at hun, bnt that one wuz srf-
ticient. ssss ;: T.. e. :ss.s. ~
Vallandigham come next I wuz SIR
prised to see no one make q motion ut him,
but he sunk all the same. 1--WE never
| waste effort" sed Satan to me; she carries
| enough natural cnssedness about him all
the time to sink him, without putin any
| thing onto him that he did ten days ago."
Frank Pierce made his appearance, hut
declined to enter. He wus Immediately
seezed aud on each leg wuz tied a weight
labelled ''Kansas," and they flung him in
He went down like shot, and that's the
last seed Nv him. &C. --~-..
passed over safely. Nothing was funR a.
him, for which asked the reason.
why" sed Satan, ''the poor old man
isn't accountable. He commenced to talk
many years ago and keeps on talkin be-
cause he really don't know when to stop.
could hev sunk him, but the fact is Il
| woodn't endoor what the SENT Nv the
Yoonited States hez he'd to for The past few
years. for y dozen Nv Tombs lawyers. Be-
sides this Pm ge,tin more from Kentucky
now than I'm really entitled to. I've .
mortgage on two thirds Nv that State
Fernandy aud Ben Wood come up rather
bold and entered the food e1 though they
were sure Nv goin through all right. With
y inimitublc chucklc Satan motioned avay
the inexperienced devils and said .sle.ve
EN- to me, and at Benshe hurled pack ,ge
Nv the New York News. which swashed him
down instanter. Jest ez Fernandy wuz be-
ginnin to reach the other shore he auns
onto him nm assortment Nv weights labelled
Lotteries, 4" ..Kiots," which took hin,
down to the arm pits, and finished by tum.