Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-11-30
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Nlveml.r u. 1870. y

LAST mite after reldin the election returns.
ret.r,i % ny virtu0us couch, and to-Wunst
sunk into s,umter. But il was not peaceful
s.-ep-oa the contrary, quite the reverse. 1
h-i ui'.mlrc and troubled visions, and finally
set,I-l l-vu into lleams which were highly
mix-I
AeiL-ugh- | WAS onto en- immense race
course, uv vl-h tle qIsrter-pusts WIZ markell
with the uames uv the various States, and
there wuz 90 Dee a race atween two giants Wlch
learned wuz Dimoerisy and Union, the stakes
for Wich they were coltestiu beIu the control Of
the country iog i4e next two years.
Ez l entered The gate, they were bringiu out
the Contestants and pres arm Nv EN- for the trial
he'll good view ~ Union Wuz led out
by Trumtull and Colilx, and a splendid speci-
men he WuZ The picJer Of health, built for
speed and cudoorance, without a ounce Of 500
perfuous aesh onto him, and his step WIZ e.
free and elastic 5Z girls Nv 10, wich, permit
me TO state, is the perfection Nv motion. He
neelci but little preparation. Trumbull
twitchei a lis shoulders Wendell Phillips, who
insisted upon rdin, but cut of the bottom Of his
right foot a corn marked Conservatism, which
lamel him somewhat, aud strappin the weight
onto him w!ch be was 30 carry, "Ekal Rights,
wich really instead nv bein an eucumbrauce, ez
IL
etrY uv his form, he Eus reily for the race.
Imgetly meihtught DmJ-Tisy wuz brought
out. lie vuz Nv ekal SIZE, bat there Wuz a diff
ference .tWeen en-. His face was fully aud
bloated, he stood shaky on his pins, and
wuz SO enye.oped in wrappers Nv sfrious
colors, and 20 loaded down with packs and
weights, that his original shape cco1ent he de-
termined.
johnson and Seward sppelrel to be bis prin-
cipsl hackers, though Nsliandighsm and the
Woods hsd him Immediately in charge. Ez
soon ez ne come shsmbliug up TO the prepara-
tion ground, Seward exclaimed, Good Heavens,
he can't run caTryin this weight, and he
sripped OF an immense pack labelled Cop
p-headism," at wich the giant appeared to
/ breathe easier.
Nalandignam who he'd b.n lOokin at him.
conclocied that TO balance him properly pack
age WicL Doolitile he'd tel TO MIN, marked
''acquiescesce in the results w the war. rust
come OF, ant accordingly it wuz STRIPPED "a
- He'll ceraiBly fall with his tiel to hIu,
sed Randall, ,uiwrappm a hanlage marked "l.e-
puliashen."
This will weigh hin down." sed CoWan,
I tryin to pull of a eIcrescence markell 'Clymer,
| but Wich he'd stuck il SO deep that he couldent
/ get It of.
who lashei this to his lack ,'' demanded
/ Fernandy Wood. untyin a board wieh he'd bin
tied on behind, onto wich wul loyalty in
large letters.
I did it, sed Randall, ",o strengthen his
back, wich is materially weak. 80
Take it of take it of - sell Alec6 Stevens
and Mayor Munroe and it wuz taken of.
He must be releeyel Nv thiz." sed Dix, a
taken of a wrapper marked ''Siates Rites"
"And this" ser Custer, strppin Ch another
one he fo1nd under it, marked ''SoGtLtrn Sym
pathy."
The hour for startin he'd arrived; the word
wuz given, and afore the hackers Nv Democracy
knew it he he'd Vermont and Maine, and wuz
nifty close to Ohio, Pennsylvania, and lnjeany
yet their man wasn't ready. This Wun pulled
of Eun Impediment, and tother vur
another, until, while the spectators Tuz cheerir
the tother giant, and who he'd made Ohio, Penn
sylvania, IDjeanY and Iowa, they was still strip
pin him Nv weights, and, when they all goi
through, there he stood, an immense skeleton
the bones Nv Wich wuz so loosely hung together
that they ratified ike castsnets.
The weight be wuE 70 carry, wich wuz i'm
mense package marked Federal Patronage
wuz then brought up, and here fresh dispoo
aroze. VsIlandigham and Wood insisted tina
be shouldn't run at all Onless il wuz hung oI
their SIDE, and Seward and Doolitte swore lik
pirates that il must be hung TO their side, AM
while they was dispGotin, Union wuz goin It 70
dear life for Moo York and Illinois. Finall
they compromised by diyidin It into two part