Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1866-02-21

aliuH make IL Il pint 10 eat light IN tn"
evenin for I'm gittin old and my dies
tive faculties ain't what they wuz when
wuz yoIng. Alas We who hev lived
out the best part nv our davs. wat wood
we give to be set back to the time when
with our faculties unimpaircd. we Good
consoom n good square meal without fear
Nv consekenSes But
Them happy days is fed
And never Will return"
paid my respeks to miuce pies n
pair Nv pigs feet, some cold tongue and a
plate Nv tripe. follercd bv half dozen
dough nuts and a couple or more II slasse.
NV hot whisky punch. and singler ez il
/ may seem 1t didn't set we'll | dreamed all
mite and my dreams wuznt at III pleasant
Methawt had deceest and wuz in the
'ext world. 1t was n sngler site
! that met my vision The diSidin line at
ween this world and the next vuz a swift
stream uy water, and every deceest spirit
he'd to cross it. The water wuz suthin like
/ that nv the Dead Sea 4 man unincum-
bered with anything c0u walk on it. hut
they sunk down in it if they were loaded
according to what they he'd to carry. On
the tother side nv this Jordan wuz heaven
tho dominions uv his majesty Satan the
lst Huz below, and to it n strong under
/ current flowed wich took all them ez wuz
too heavy loaded to keep their chin. above
water
On tho bank stood more than tSso mil
hons Nv little devils, who flung onto the
shoulders nv them trying to cross their
! ti.iins and Weaknesses and iniaui-ies
preserver labelled States EiahtH, hut
peert little devil stuck pin into i, and it
collapsed. the gass with wich 1t was filed
smelln horribly. Down he went, and
ez he sunk they commenced pcltin him
with packages label ed treason" 'Per-
jury and Murder" and John {. went
under
Old James Cuckanon went next. The
old gentleman didn't keep alo~c water
long ez an able bodied man could hold
bar nv red hot iron in his hard. lie made
one splash when a weight labllcd "lrca-
son" struck him. and down he went The
/ centiena .lv and urbonc devil who had
/ him in charge. had a big pile more ny am
muntion to discharge at him, but that one
was sufficient
/ VuIlandiaham come next ] wuz sur
prisnd 70 see no ono make q motion A.
4 him. but he sunk ali the same I'VE
never waste effort sed Satan to me: "he
carries enough natural cussedncsS about
him all the time to sink him, without put.
tin ANYTHING onto him that he did ten days
. ago.
Frank Pierce made his appearance but
declined to enter. He wuz Immediately
seezed and on each leg vuz tied a weight
tl4belled Kansas" and they flung him in.
lie went down like a shot, and that's the
last | seed nv him.
Garret Davis went in and to nv surprise
passea over safely Nothin. wuz flung at
him. for which | asked the reason.
"Why," sed Satan, the poor old man
i not accountable lie commenced to
10 tall, many years ago and keeps on talk
in hecuase tc really don't know when to
stop. could hov sunk him, hut the fact
il | wood~n't cndaor what the SENT nv
the Yoonited States hez he'd 70 for the
past few wears. for Il dozen of Tomhs law
yqrs Besides this I'm cett!n more from
Kentucky now than m really entitled to
I've l mortgage On two-thlrds NV thai
: ate"
Fernandva Ben Wood come mp rather
bold and entered the food cz though they
were sure ur goin- through al right
With a inimitable chucEle, Satan mo.Ion-
ed away the inexperienced de lis hnd
.gnave en- to me" aud at Fen he hurled a
nackaoe Nv the New YORK Ne,cs. which
sya-bed him down instanter. Jest ez Fer
T. mandy was hcrinniu To reach the other
/ shore. he flung onto him an assortment Nv
| weights labelled Lotteries, Riots,
4 hich took him down to the arm-pits, and
, finished Ly tumhiin onto him mass onto
] yirh vuz written "Mavoralt~. and dowr
4 he y ent. at which His Majesty drew {
. sigh ~ relief
Sscin the STYLE Nv the men who sunk,
! remarked unto him.
This war hcz bin rather profitable
' thing for YOU
"Nothin to speek w" sd he "lh'
leaders nv the South.rners were, sum 0
en-. honest and got through on that &C
count. and the rank and file were irnoran
: wretches who aint accountable No how =
" The leadin copperhcsds Nv the North wer'
mine ANYHOW from the heglnnIn- Any
man who could sympathize with the rehel
in such a struggle must, roo viii ac-
knowledge. hev he'd n long career nv N
n iauitv to fit EN- for sich sin Why. se'
l. he. do VOC think use al the shot hev
,e Not nny. Them voove seen piled on weF
r used because. bein the last, they were o
= the top uv the pile. Any quantity az voc
- Marty escape me Them fellows no ar
vet voting for Jackson / ] never git, an
q the most Nv them ez ailuz voter unscratci
a ed tickets will dodge me Their innocenc
.. n-otects em. II takes m0drltly sinai
of man IN be yishus enuf 10 come 70 me-
- he bez To hev sense cnuf 70 dlstlnEuls
. = kst-ear good ard evil. cn.ssdnss. en1f