The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-11-30
Mistellaueoas.
From the Toledo Blade.
NASBY.


(wicll is in the Slait Nv kentucky,)
October "a, 1866. }
Dreams is only vouchsafed to persons NV
airnaginative and speritoal nacher Nv whom
am wich. Their aint anything gross or
sensual about me that know NV. Troo
eat pork, hut that Is to offset the cfiex Of
whisky, wich ef twasn'tcounteracted, wood
make me too ETHEREAL Tor this grovelin
world. ! eat pork to restrain my exuber.
ant in,aginashun and enable me to come
down to the dry detail Nv my tlooties ez a
Postmaster. Whisky lifts me above the
posishun- pork brings me back ngn. Its
fat and greasy like the pay and prequisites
NV the PostInastcr-it comes from the most
nasty. senseless and unclean Nv animals,
like our commissions-in short, l recon-
mend nll Nv Johnson's Postmasters to eat
pork. Its ther uateral diet.
Las, mite partock Nv a pound or so too
much, aud ez conscience; didn't sleep
well. While wuz eatin, (moistnin my
lips with Louisville consolation the whilc,)
wuz a musin onto Sewanl's question
whether they would hev Johnson Prcsi.
dent or King, and while musin ! fell m2
the arms Of Morfils. My mind bus, loose
from the body and sored. Es sunk TO
slunlcr the narrow room witch Is at
wanst my offs and my dormitory wi'lcned
anl enlarged, the humble chairs became
suddenly upholstered in goIus style, the
taller dip became multiplied into thousans
Of go,jus chandeliers, the portraits Nv His
Highness, the President and the other Dem.
ocrats on tho wall. became alive. com.
pretended the si,iiaten to wunst. Androo
Johnson had cut the Go1an knot with
somebody's sword. and he'd carried out
his policy to its natural conclusion. fle
wuz King and wuz reignin under the title
of Androo the !, and ! wuz (in my dreem
Nv coursc) in his kingly halls.
I, wuz, me,howt reception mite. His
Migh,iness wuz sittin onto elevated
throne covered with rcd velvet and studied
with diamonds, and pearls, and onyxs and
other precious stones-onto his head wuz
crown, and he wuz envelopcd in rolr
NV black velvet. his nose and the balance
NV his fee glearnin out like flash Nv liten
in from thunder cloud. Lyin prostrate
at the foot Nv the throne, doin the offs NV
q foo,stool, wus Charles Sumner wuns,
senn,or, wich wuz typikle NV the complete
triumph we he'd won over our enemies,
while doin other incnial Offices about the
halls, wuz Wade, Wilson. Fessendcn,
Sherman and others who he'd opposed the
change from Republic to a Kingdom.
They WIZ clothed in npproprit cos,oom,
knee brceches and sieh, and presented a
pekoolyery imposin appearance.
Carriages containing the nobility began
to arrive, and cz they entered, the Grand
High Lord Chamberlain Nv the Halls, the
Marks Won Randall announct EN-. Dook
de Davis" WIZ ejackelatid, and Jefferson
entered. Earl Won Toombs," Sir Jo-
seph E Johnston" sMsrkis de Boure-
garl," .Coun, do Pollard" and 20 fourth.
Noticin that the titles I hid heard wus
mostly tsokod to southern mon, asked
Giddy welles, who wuz standin by, why
Il wuz thus, I'D ho said nouhncn wuz'n {
really fit for L. We w,,z, he said, q low
grovliu rsec and couldn't adapt ourselves
to the habits Of nobility. Tho South wuz
ehivelus and Good do Il. They wuz given
to tournaments and sich-ihcy he'd got ae-
customed TO cirkus clothes, and Good wear
sword without its gettin awkwsnily be-
tween the legs Northern msn, sieh a
were faithful, waz sllo~ed TO bark In the
smiles Nv royalty bus h wuz In sieh posi-
tons ez sooied their capacity. He, for IN
stance, he'd charge nv the royal poultry
yard, position wich he believed no filed
to the entire satisfaction Nv his beloved and