The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-02-16
Mr.. Nasby Enjoys Vision Of the Next
World.
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W IN the Sisit NV keniuckvD
February s, lSg6

mat Time NV mite. ! alluz make it
pint to eat light in the evenin for I'm
gittin old and my digestive faculties
amt what they was when I wuz
young. Alas We who hev lived ont
the best part NV our days, wat wood
we give to he set back to the time
when, with our faculties unimpaired.
we cood consoom good square meal
without fear NV consekenses. But
"Thom happy days is fed
And never will rcturn.Y
| pad my respects to . mince pies.
a pair u pigs feet, some cold tongue
and plate nv tripe, follered by n
half dozen dough nuts and couple
or more NV glasses NV hot whiskev
punch, and singler as il may seem il
didn't set well. / dreamed all mite
and my dreams wuznt at all pleasant.
ethawt | he'd deceest and wuz In
the next world. IL wuz singler
site that met my vision. The divi
din line atween this world and the
next wu2 u swift stream NV water.
and every deceest spirit he'd TO cross
it. The water wuz suthin like that
NV the Dead Sea. A man unencum.
bered with anything Good walk on it,
but they sunk down in it if they wuz
loaded, accordin to what they had
to carry On the other side NV this
Jordan wuz heaven the dominions
Nv his majesty Satin the lst wuz he.
low, ana to IL strong under current
lowed, which took all them ez wuz
too heavy loaded to keep their chins
above water.
On the bank stood more than two
millions NV littlo dovile, who flung
onto the shoulders NV them trying to
cross, their failins and weaknesses
and iniquities.
General Breckenridge wuz the first
that | saw enter the Hood. He he'd
on life prcscrvcr labeled States
Rights, but pcert little devil stuck
I pin into it, and it collapsed, the gas
, with which it wuz filled smellin hor.
ribly Down he went, and ez he sunk
they commenced peltin him with
packages labeled Treason" Per
jury and Murder" and John c,
went under.
Old Jemus Buchanan went next
The old gentleman didn't keep abov,
water ~ long ez able bodied mar
, could bold bar nv red hot iron il
MS hand. He made one splash whcr
a weight labelled "Treason" struck
him and down he went. The gentle
> lmanly and urbane devil who had hin
! in charge, had a big pile more u
, amunitlon to discharge at him, bu
that one was sufficient.
= Nallandi9ham come next. | WI.
: surprised TO &c no one make a mo
tion Mt Him, bat he sunk nj! the same
J, Nv e never waste effort sed Satal
to me; she carries enough natura
cusseducss about him, without piil
any divilmcnt on his Shoulders wicl
is ten days old"
Frank Pierce made his appearance
but declined to enter. lie was i'm
mediatcly seezed and ON each lel
wuz tide a weight labeled "Kansas,
and they flung him in. lie wen
'Ac"h INV ShC'i 'HA S"N1 . SlAN isbSb
; seed Nv him.
i Garrct Davis went in and 10 IN,
y surprise passed over safely. Nothil
: wuz flung at him, fur wich asked til,
. reason.
"Why,' sed Satan, 4" the poor oil,
man ism accountable. He commen
r ced TO talk many years ago and keep
on talkin because he really don't know
/ when to stop. / could hev sunk him
, but the fact is, | wouldn't endoo
what the SENT NV the Yunited States
b hez he'd to for the past few years, 70
a dozen NV rombs lawyers. Besides
this I'm getting more from Kentucky
now than | am really entitled to. Nv,
y II mOrgag on = thirds nv that State.
--Fernandy and Ben Wood cum N
rather bold and entered the fad q
/ tho tha were sure NV going thru al
rite. With an inimitaDle chuckcl Sa
l tam motioned away the inexperienced
D devils and sed " leave en- to me,
r and at Ben lie hurled a package u
/ the New York NeioS, wich swLshe
HIM down instanter. Jest cz foruan
/ dy wuz beginning TO reach the othe
c shore he hung unto him an assortmcn
OF weights labeled " lotteries" =" ri
1 OTIS, wich TUX him down TO the arm
4 pits, aud finished by tumblin ont.
him mass onto wIch was writer
!. mayoralty," and down he went II
j. wicE Ills Majesty dru sigh NV vrelief
}, Seein the stile Nv the men who sunl
[ remarked onto HIM:
L "This war hez bin Il rather profit
II able thing for you"
n Nothin to speok Nv" sed he
''The feeders OF the Sltberners were
!. sum NV en-, oncst and got thru ol
that account, and the rank aud I'll
were ignorant retches who aint nc
/, conntable no how. The leadin COP
Il perheds Nv the North were niue On,
u now, from the beginnin. Any maj
i who Good sympathize with the rebel
J, in sich n struggle, must, you will ac
/ knowledge, hev he'd long career o
iniquity TO tit EN- for sich a sin. WHY
G do yo think | use all the shot | hey
Not eny. Them yuye seen piled OF
@ were used because bcin tho last, TIN
" were on the top nv the pile.
. ANY quantity NV yoor party escape
d me. Them fellows who are yet votil
d for Jackson I'll never git, and til
a, most NV them ez alluz votes un
scratched tickets will dodge me. =
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