The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-11-15
From the Toledo Blade.l
NASBY.
Nr. Nasby Dreams Dreana.-A. Johnson
King.

CoNFEDERIT K ROADS, J
(wich is in the Stait nv Kentucky 7
October "a, 1856. J
Dreams is only vOuch5afed to per.
sons Nv imaginative and spiritooal
nacher, Nv whom | am which Ther
amt anything gross or sensual about
me that know Nv. Troo | eat pork,
but that is to Offset the effex Of wbis-
ky, wich, ef twasnt counteracted,
wood make me entirely too ETHEREAL
for this grovelin world. l eat pork
to restrain my exuberant imaginashun
and enable mo TO come down to the
dry detail NV offish'l life-to fit me for
the proper discharge nv my dootIes ez
Postmaster Whisky lifts me above
the posIshun-pork brings me back
agin. Its fat and greasy like the pay
and perquisitcs Nv the Postmaster
comes from the most nasty, senseless
and unclean NV animals, like our CON-
mishuns-in short, l recommend all
Nv Johnson's Postmasters to eat pork.
Its their material diet.
Last mite | partook Nv a pound or
so too much, and ez a conscience,
didn't sleep well. While l wuz eatin,
moistnn my lips with louisville con-
station, the while. l wuz a musin on
to Stewards question whether they
wood hev johnson President or king,
and while musin | fell in2 the arms of
Morfus, My mind bust loose from the
body and sored Ez | sunk 10 slum-
Der the narrow room wich is at wunst
my offs and dromitory, widened and
enlarged, the humble chairs became
suddenly upholstered in gorgus style,
the taller dip become multiplied into
thousands Nv gorgus chandeliers. the
portraits of his Highncss the President,
and the other Democrats on the wall
became alive. comprehended the
situation to wunst. Andrew Johnson
had cut the Gorjan knot with some
body's sword, and he'd carried odL his
Policy TO its material concloosion. He
wuz reignin under the title Nv Androo
the l, and wuzG Tin my dreem Of course)
IN his kingly halls.
1t wuz, methawt, reception nite.-
His High Mightiness wuz sittin onto
elevated throne covered with red
velvet and studded with diamonds,
and pearls, and onyxs and other prec-
ious stones-onto his head wuz a crown,
and he wuz envcloped into robe nv
black velvet, his nose and the balance
NV his face cleaned out like fash nv
Iitenin from a thunder cloud. Lyin
PROSTATE at the foot nv the throne,
doin the offs Nv a footstool, wuz
Charles Sumner, wunst Senator, wich
wuz typikle Nv the complete triumph
we had won over our enemies, while
doin other menial ofises about the
halls, wuz Wade, Wilson, Fessenden,
Sherman and others who he'd opposed
the change from a Republic to a King.
dom. They wuz clothed in appro-
prit costoom, knee breeches and sich,
and presented pekoolyerly imposin
appearance
Carriages containing the nobility
began to arrive, and ez they entered
the Grand High Lord Chamberlain NV
the Pals, the Marks Won Randall an
nounct EN-. "Dook dc Davis was
eiackelatid and Jefferson entefed.-
earl Won Toombs," "Sir Joseph E.
Johnston" "Markis de Bouregard, F"
Count de Pollard" and SO forth.
Noticin that the titles | he'd hcerd
wuz mostly tackled to Southern men, 1
asked Giddy Welles, who wuE standin
by, why it wuz thus, and he sed that
Eorthners wuzn't reely fit for it, We
wuz, he sed, low, grovlin race and
coodent adapt ourselves to the habits
Nv nobility. The South wuz shivelrus
and Good do it. They wuz given TO
tournaments and sich--- they he'd go,
accustomed to circus clothes aud Good
wear sword without its gettin awk.
wardly between their legs. Northern
men, sich as were faithful, wuz allowed
to bask in the smiles NV royalty, but
it wuz ip sich positions ez sooted theiI
capacity. He, for instance, he'd charge
Nv of the royal poultry yard, posi-
tion wich he bleeved he filed to the
entire satisfaction Nv his beloved ant
royal master. He he'd now four hen'
a settih, each on four eggs, ard h'
hoped in the course NV of two years
Of there wux no adverse circumstan
ces, to hev fresh eggs for the roya
table 1t wuS position of great re
sponsibility aud one wich weighed
upon him. Seward wuz privy coun
sler, Doolittle wuz steward of tn,
household, and Thurlow Weed wa
Keeper nv the Kings revenue, and wu'
q doin very well indeed,