The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-06-01
Selected 9slistrlIaup,
From the Toledo Blade.l
MIR. Nasby Dreams ON tho steps
of the white House.
CoNFEpRIr y RoAps (wich is In thO)
Siail NV kenMekxl. March 30. 1896.

Stait NV hentuekyl March 80, 1886, '
hov bin 10 Washnton. That Ablishn
postmooter NJ tho Corner hNd. hseene tc
me a nitemare. Day after day seed him
handlin guvment money, DRAWN his selery
promptly and takn his drinks reglcrly,
while l. q Coustooshuuel Dimekrat, sup.
porter NV our great and good President,
wu1 forced to the humiliashun NV waitin
till wuz treated, ceptn when new gro.
Gerry keeper cum in, which gave me a chance
to establish cIedit for short time. |
felt that sumthin must be done, and, there
fore went TO Nashintou.
KNOWN that for men NV my profound
eouvickshius, holdiu my views ez to con.
siliashcn and sich, he'd no call to go to
the PostmasterG who is g Ablishnst
| went dreckly TO the Second JaXon hisscf.
| succeeded in gettin a audience late III the
afternoon. Our patron saint wuZ q sittin
at table eggsausted with reoeivin delesN-
shens aud sich.
"Well2" sed ho.
"noncrd and spectcd sir" said !, am
applicant for tho pnst0rliS NJ COntedrit y
Roads, wich is Mt present held Ivy Il Ablsh-
list who does not brlaeve in your policy,
wich do b,leeve in solemuly. Spectod
and houerd sir, sed l. "cf | shood have
twins horn to me this mite shood nAme EN-
both Policy"
"Wich State are yoo from? sed he half
asleep.
From Kentucky, honercd and spccted
SIR scd l.
Well" sed he, yawnin reerfully, and
turnin to clerk, Full ovT PARDON AND
aIvE HIN A COMMISSION"
Honered and spected all" sed |, in fiji
Of loouacy, for wich can't account, "l don'I
need pardon. ! wuz never in the late
lamentabIe Contedrit servis."
"Whatn thunder then yoo here for beg
gin postoIlis? Git out, yoo imposter,
and wuz too wunst ingominiously SHOWED
to the door. didn't quite understand thu
lay NV the land around the White House,
In vane tried to git back that ! nigh
convince him did e2 much for the Conied
erasy and needed cousillatin ea badly Q;
anybody. Then hart broke and dead broke
not heving the wherewith to prokoor NOR,
sootable lodgin, | lay mo Gown On tho cole
stun steps and sought roluse from IN.
troubles IN sleep.
dreamed dream. Methawt | wuz in
room IN the White House Stretched on
on one side nv the room wuz the corps n
giant, monster in size and strength, bu
will al nv a peasin presence and fair L
look upon Onto its head was liberty cal
aud by its side wuz sword conaiderabl
dinted, and with all the gilt Knocked of.
swat is these" sed !, puintin to tn
corpse, NV n sort NV attendant.
Them" replied he, "is the defunct car
cass NV Republiknism; He was a hcft
yooth in his day but he died this momr
Look the mourncrs are comm to diYid
his clothes"
And shoor enulf they came in, At I'll
head wuz the second Jaxon, which the AL
lishunists derisively call Moses, who al
peared to he angry. and clost behind hiI
: wuz Seward a weepin out NV one eye and
smihn out NV tother, and Jim Lane VIII
he'd handkerchief wich he occasional
put to his eyes, but wich Inotst wnz G
, dry ez lime kiln, and Doolittlo and lie
, and RAYMOND and Beauregard and Corwi
and Stevens and Thurlow Weed and Va
landigham and Governor SharlSey and
host NV others, all nv wich ranged thei
selves around the bier.
"lIe wuz a promisin yooth, sed Sewar,
: a putin his handkerchief 10 his eyes, " b'
the atmosphere nv the White House WI
too much for him. insist, however" sc
he. g pocketin the handkerchief and TAX
4 hold NV trinket the corpse held in Ii
:. hand labelled Presidency, 1868" fro
3 which hung morn million NV small,
a trinkets, that ez twas me that pizsnC
J. him, this is mine"
n mary" sed Johnson, 81 did the bisihei
t for him, aud it's mine"
= "Settle it ez yoo please sed Rlymor
t gently. but whoever gifts it must remer
ber that this Seeretaryship is mine.
a "And l." sed Dooittle, must hev f
L my assistance, this little affair marked as
e James, for my seat in the Senit is goner
u Z" For my part" sed Jim Lane, the wes
& ern appointments is mine. It's worth e
;; all to wear this collar"
i "My friends" sod Stephens, find !
d amnesty about tlo,corpse There must
d ono manufactured and stuck in his pOck
e to be prodoost at the funeral"
y Thurlow Weed sed nothin, but looked {
It with sardonic smile, KNOWN perieck
II well that whoever took the biggest part II
}, the punder he'd control it any way.
n Governor Sharkey laid claim to Seer
e taryship, and Boregard to the place 1
Sherman, and Lee to Grants position az
II Vallandigham wanted this, and tother fell
o that, aad there wuz a terrible hubbIb ov
the corpse. Wilkes Booths gost came
r aud war tod to know what he wuz 10 he
}. in the now deal, for, said he, EFT hadI
) bin for mo whered you AL hev bin. Ia
It nv the White House atmosphere KILN hir
It I'm sure the shadder nv the buildin blastC
r what little NY his spirit 700 he'd" said L
It a mrnn to Seward, "but eff Lmkin h,
@ lived ha ha /" sed he, in tragedy vols
II Then in trooped lot nv other costs. The
p wuz Bill Allen. NV Ohio, aud Washngt
h HUT, NV Noe York, aud Jeemcs Bookann
It nv Pennsylvania aud Ely Thayeri and lie
n Campbell. and Garret Davis, who start
o to make speech but tho entire 'assemta
N stuck their 6ugers in their ears, wich hi
st lie took for the first time in his life n
r desisted.
Il Finally johnson swore by the e,erna
W (ho got that noshun from the first A.
ia which he thinks he resembles. coz
in iunitals il the same and COZ the Origin
ID vetoed bill wunst,) that he wood hev I
ID Presidency and gobhled IT, Seward
Id snatched at it and they tussled. The CO
ht ipauy stood by TO see il out for it made
IN little difference to them wiUh got il. IN
at sllirmage, Johnson happened 10 ram Sc
or ard up agin wiudcr on the north siie
IA. the room aud smashed il out, Jest lhe
n- blast NV north wind poured into the ro'
at through the aperture and blowed QUITO