The Lansing state Republican., 1866-02-21

Mn. m gliLlu OH ant my ii-cSiiNc l4Cl--
ties amt what they wuz when uuz v0ang
Alas, We who hes lived ont the sesi part
Nv cur ia}s wat wood we give l3 be set
back o. the time when, with our faculties
unimpared. we Good c0nsoom a good
square meal without fear uv consekenses.
But
So Them happy Jaws s ia
Ani never wil rct. -u."
! paid my respocEs 10 , minCe pies q
pair Nv pigs feet. some cold tongue and "a
plate uv trlpe. lOilerei by q hail dozen
dough nuts and couple or more as glasses
uv hot whiSkey punch. ana -ingier ~ l.
may seem il didn't set well. / dreame! az
mite. and my dreams wuZn't at all pleasant.
Methawl ! he'd deceest and Wuz IN the next
world. il WIZ sngler site that met ms
vision The dirilln line htwcen this world
aud the next Wuz a swift stream uv water
and every deCeest spirit hed 10 cross it.
The water wuz suthin Ike that uu tie Dead
sea. \ man unencumhercd with anything
Good walk on IT, lut they sunk down ia IL
II they wuZ loaded. accordin 10 what they
he'd TO carry. ON the tother side NV this
jordan wuz heayem-tle dOmlniOns nv his
majesty satan the lst wuz below, and To
il a strong under current flowed. wich took
all them ~ WIZ too heavy loaded 90 keep
their chins above water
On the baLk stood more than TWO mill
lions as little devils, who fang onto the
shoulders uv them lryln 10 cross. their fail
ins. and weaknesses. and iniqnltes.
Genera Breckinridge WIZ the first that
san enter the Hood. lie he'd on a life pre-
server labelled State Rights. but pert lit
tia devil stuck Il pin into il. and it cOiaps-
ed tie gas with which it was filed smelu
horribly. Down he went. and cz he sunk
they commenced peltin him with packages
labelled Treason. Perjury and Muir
der. and John T.. Wen, under
Old James Euchauou Went next. Tie
old gentleman didn't keep above water cz
long ez a able-bodiel man could hold rel
bot iron in his hand. lie made one splash.
when = weight labelled Treason struck
him and down he went The geul.emanly
and urbane devil who had him In charge.
he'd big pile more nv ammunition 90 dis
chargMAt him, hut tht aoue WuZ sufficient.
Nalfafdi-ham come next. / wuz sur
prised 10 see 10 one make q motion at him,
but he sunk all the same " We never
waste effort, Sed Satan 10 me. "he carries
enough natural cussedness about him all
the time 90 sink him, without putin any
thing onto him that bee did ten DAYS ago"
Frank Pierce made his appearance, hnt de
cliued IL enter lie was Immediately
seezed and on each leg wuz tied a weight
labelled " Kansas. and they flung him in.
He went down ike a shot, and that's the
last | seed Nv him
Garret Davis went in and to my surprise
passed over safely Nothing wuz flung at
him for which asked the reason.
Why, sed satan. the poor old man
isn't accountable lie commenced 10 talk
many years ago and keeps on talkin be-
cause he really don't know when 10 stop.
Good hey sunk him. but the fact is
w0Odu't endnor what the Senit uv the
loonted Stats heZ he'd 10 for the past few
years, Tor a dozen uv TO9mbs lawyers.
Besides this I'm gettn more from Kentucky
now than I'm really entitled TO- I've a
mortgage on more than tw0-thirds ny that
Stait"
Fernandy and Ben Wood come up rather
bold aud entered the flood cz though they
were sure nv goin through al right. Win
AN lmitable chuckle satan mOtiOncd away
the inexperienced devils aud sed leave en-
TO me, and al Ben be hurled package uy
the New York News. which swashed him
down instanter. Jest as Fernandv wuz
begnnin 10 reach the other shore he flung
onto him an assortment as weights labelled
" Lotteries, Riots. which took him
down to the arm pits and finished by tum-
bin onto him mass onto which was writ
ten MayOraliy" and down he went. at
which his majesty drew a sigh NV relief
Seeln the style Nv The men who sunk
remarked unto him.
"This war heZ bin rather 4 profitable
thing for YOU"
" NOthin TO speek nv, sed he "Thc
leaders nv tie SOutheruers were, some nv
en- honest. and got through on that ac-
count, and the rank and file We're ignorant
wretches who amt accountable no how.
The laadin eoProthcaQs w the North were
mine anyhow. from the beginning. ANY
man who Good sympathiZe with the rebel,
IN sich struggle. must 700 will acknOWl-
edge, hev he'd "a long career uv iniquily 10
lit EN- for sich 4 sin. Why" srd he. " 90
y0O think use all the shot ] hev9 Not
any. Them y0oYe seen piled on we're used
because. bein the last they were on the
top ~ the pile
ANY quantity Nv yOOr party escape me.
Them fellows who are Vet voti1 for Jackson
I'll never Slt. and the most uy them ez al.uz
votes unscratched tickets Will dodge me.
Their innocence protects EN- II takes a
come L. me-he hez 10 hey sense enuf 10
distinguish between good ana evil. cussed-
ness enuff 20 deliberately choose the latter.
and brains enuii TO DO sOmethin startlin in
that lne. Dan Voorhees, wv Inieany. hez
all these qualities developed % degree
which eXcltes NY profound respect Be
tween him and Fernandy Wood lis nip and
tuck. Fernandy did wicked things Will
I sraf
. tual love Nv d0in en-. Voorhees, beets the
world. i sed, continued be- -tbat The
war wuzn't nv much y0Ose 10 me-. repeat
lit wuz a damage AfOre the war.
he'd my own way pretty much in the south
ern states. For every octOrO0n / COO,
count on az least TWO planters. and uniel
the pa,riarkle system w Afrikin slavery
(Which by the way was one Nv my mos
brilliant consepuOns) OctOIOOns multiple,
with rapidity peasn 20 behold. Bat Low
alas the octorO0n business is done. an,
my best holt Is gone. I have some l-tl.
hope however. Tie DimmOcrisy is display
IN vigcer l didn't think iney pOssest. f
they KIN only git strength enufi % elect In,
next President and re-establiSh slavery
The th0t fills me with unutterahe i0v. Tn,
redOOsin Nv the niger 70 bondage again
would gve me e clean title % every las
one who helped % DC il. and In rittin then
back 10 their normal c0ndshun lby th'
way that's anuther phrase Nv nine theret
be eDun sialghterln and murders 10 satisfl
f several sich >atans q am. III help en-
ef l knOwd how. hut I can't improve OF
either their speakers or writers. and ez lOn-
ez men viii 10 my work gratis don't Sc
tie yOOse uv lnterieIin.'
Al this point couple Of small imps un
dertoOk 10 push ne into The stream. and il
the struggle awoEe. Ny dream wuz DER
but the lmpreshun remained g. Kin Il be.
mused ]. pensively. that re are d0in tl
devils work. and are We 70 ba finally 70
varied in the manner l saw in my vision
Fl 80. hedn't I better quit and repent ."
Bat / thought again. that however i
mite be for younger men. i wood De Of uI
yo0se Tor me. / he'd voted the strait ticke
for thirty years, and the ten or twelve year
| he'd 10 live wuz too short . time ia whic
10 repent successfully Nv sicl inlqUlty. :
l sank into sleep again. this time dreeml
that / had turned Fenian-hed elected ny
self He'd Centre for the Slait w Kentucky
and wuz just investin So, GOO in . magnif
cent plantashun.
PETROLECN Y NAsBT.
I.ait FaStr- Of the Church Of rha Noo Dix