The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-22
Nasty Has a Pleasant Dream.
C0NFEDEIT Y ROADS,
(which is in the Sta.t Nv Kentucky,
July %, l-6f.

n, dreams. ~ which I hev he'd many
doOrn the past I'VE years, haven't been
overly DleAsant-indeed thew hev taken
more The shape ~ hideOus nitemares than
anvthing else-Iinken. Grant, Sherman,
and armies dressed in blue figurin extern
sivey therein. But last mite he'd vision
which more than repaid me for a.. hev
suffered heretofore bad bin az the Cor
nars assistin in inauguratin a new grocery.
The proprietor WIZ 4 demOraliZed AOl.sh-
mist who he'd sold likker surep,itiOnsly IN
Maine. among them Ablishnists, and con-
sequenlly he'd no idea w the quantity
full grown Kentucky Democrat Good thrO
hisself Outside ~. As the entire capital with
which he proposed 10 commence biznis WIS
one barrel w rev corn whisky and sum
other necessaries, and ez q starter 20 make
the acquaintance NJ his customers, he an
nOunced one tree mite, AMI invited the en-
tire community. Ills lnvitashun wuz con
sldered yenerOus. and We met 10 IN the same
noble sperlt, ia more nO1ier sperlt than
the conlidn ani ignorant man desired, In
fact, for when We got through. IN about 3
minits, there wuZn't 4 drop nv the WHISKY
left, aud while the new grocery keeper wuz
a rOllin NV US out he wuz cussin hisseli for
a fool He didn't open agin-he cOnsOOm-
ed his stock in trade in given the blowout
TO sekoOr customers. lis stock, Ike A
JOhnson's UniOn.sm, didn't survive al IN
augerashel.
succumed in q fence corner. AMI over
powered ez I wuz. slept
A sweetl7 treami1
Dream.a the happy urs away.
Methought wuz in Philadelphia and The
18th nv August he'd arriv. There WIZ a
glorious assembage, eZ DOOlittle sed, nv
the brains and hearts w the country. and
I NAV add. 81 aud Humphrey Marshall
wuz there, ~ the bowels likewise. The
COnyenshun wuZ assemblin. There wuZ
Seward present engiueerin Nv il. On one
side Nv him | nOtlst IN ny dream shad
owy bein with wings draped in white and
wearin a melancholy look. with one hand q
layin on his shoulder tryin 20 take him out
nv the hall. while another bein, with wings
like a bat, he'd him by the nose and wuz a
twistin Nv him Jest ez he desired. | nOtlst
that this last mentioned bein he'd h)0ts,
witch wuz split, and 4 tail which he WIZ
Firth in great glee.
The bein With the tail and hOOfs whisper
ed suthin in Stewards ear vhereupOn he
moved that that eminent patriot, ex-Presi-
dent Franklin Pierce be chairman. upon
which the shadowy hein in white uniolded
her wings aud flew away, Castln a. William
the most sOrrOwful look | ever saw. the
hoOied and tailed individOoal latin tremeud-
Gus. The ex-President took the chair, and
one Nice-President wuz appointed from
each state, ceptng Vermont and Massa-
chOOsits. My buzzum swelled with emOsL-
en- eZ that list WIZ red-lt was more like an
Old-iAshi0nel DlmOcratic COnvenshun than
anything | he'd heard for five long year,.
l heard the hOnOred names az T0Ombs and
Rhett Pryor and Lee. Siilell and R0ssO.
and cambridge and Forest heard the
names NV Craven and Pollard Thompson
and Forsyth, and | felt Ike him uv old.
''mine eyes hev seen thy glory, now let thy
servant depart in peace. NOthin but the
certainty that / wood at last hey that Post |
office at the corners kept me from gOin up. |
Singler It's wat slender ties hold Us TO earth /
The Secretaries wuz appointed and then |
the commlttees-twO on each from the |
South and one from the NOrth-Which WIZ
consiliatin. l wuzput on the committee on |
credenshalS, Randall. the Postmaster Cen |
eral bsin the Northern Representative. /
We he'd our hands full. There wuz a rush /
made on rs, so many claimed seats that We I
locked the doors for two hours 20 decide /
'-N@r 't.NN'tt 'N NAt i41tf't Aat4LLAL4fA lil
a place Finally we agreed 10 admit ez
delegates-
FR0N TIE NoRTH-An Dimocrats who
had bin arrested by Lukin's minvuu,-au /
officers who had resigned rather than I'D
serve in q Ablishun war. and all ReDubu-
kins vino Good show q commishun ~ Post
master and SIGH. AMI this wuz considered
necessary 30 guard agin imposition who
WIZ wilin 10 take his solemn oath thar no
WIZ n sieadilSt bleever IN everything An
lrewJohnson he'd did since Jan0Oary. lSG6.
topping SUN small items that WIZ sosoi.
hed) and all be WIZ dom. AMI a.. he
might do.
FROM rHE SOUTu-AlI who cool show a
officers commission ~ the late Conted-ir ;
army who had received a pardon from /
\. Johnson, and all who he'd lost their mig /
gers m an unholy war. which inclOOled all
present.
This decided upon. the work WIZ done {
1he delegates took their seats and the crate {
work of ReconstruCtin the YoOnvun COM :
nenced. GIrrer Davis wanted 10 make 4 d
peech, and hall WIZ hired for him IN an a
.iher part OK tie city. and dttr OF sixty {
ierman cmigrants who coOdeut understand ID
word nv EngliSs hired at a shilling an y
our - qct 81 audience Five KEGS w q
'-1 which io- z .-f7 q
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