The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-22

thunder witch he held in his Pres
idential hands, at his enemies
and to make fight in earnest, that he
wuz goin to reward his friends, them
ez he Good trust. Our venerable
friends bein put in condishun to pay
the confdin residents NV the Corners
the little sums he owes them is a good
thing Hear 9 Hear!" & trool"
.troo! " with singular unanimity from
every man in the bildin] but wat wuz
SIGH considerashns when compared to
to crate moral effect Nv the decisive
movement A id site, " shouted
one grocery keeper, and Eve don't
want no moral effect" cried another.
My friends, when the news Nv this
bold step Nv the President goes forth
to the South, the price NV Confedrit
scrip will go up and the shootin NV
niggers will cease, for the redempshun
Nv the first | consider ashoored, and
the redoosin Nv the latter to their nor
NAL condishun, | count ez good ez
done.
Squire Gavitt remarked that he wuz
too much overpowered with emoshun
to speak For four years, nearly FIVE,
the only newspaper witch come to that
offs he'd passed thro' the polluted
hands NV Ablishnist He he'd no
partikler objecshun to the misguided
man, but he waz symbol NV tyranny,
and so long ez he sot there he remind
ed EN- that they were wearin chains.
Thank the Lord that day is overl
The Corners is redeemed, the second.
Jaxon hez risen and struck off the
shackles He wood not allood to
the trife NV twelve dollars and a
half that he loaned the appintee some
months ago, KNOWN that it wood be
paid out NV the first money.
Bascom, the principal grocery keep
er, rose and called the Squire to order.
He wanted to know eff it wuz fair play
to talk SIGH talk. No man Good feel
more hart felt satisfaction at the APP
pointment NV our honered friend than
him, shown ez it did that the Presi-
dent had cut loose from Ablishism
witch he dispised, but he protested agin
the squire undertrkin to git in his bill
afore the rest he'd chance. Who
furnist him his Ticker for eight
months, and who hez the best rite for
the first dig at the proceeds NV the po-
sitition. He would never
The other three grocery keepers
rose, when Deekin Pogram rooled EN-
all out of order and offered the fol-
lowing resolutions: -
WHEREAS, The President hez in
a strikly constooshnel manner, re-
lieved this COMMONLY Nv an often
sive Ablishunist appinted by that alb
horred tyrant Linkin, and appinted in
his place sound constooshnel Demo-
crat, one whom to know is to lend,
therefore be it a
ResolUed, That we greet the Presi-
dent, and ashoor him Nv our contin-
yood support and confidence.
ResolUed, That we now consider the
work NV Reconstruction, so far es
this community is concerned, compile
ted, and that we feel that we are
wunst more restored to our proper re-
lations with the federal government.
ResolUed, That the glorious defence
made by the loyal Democracy Nv Moo
Orleans agin the combined conven-
TONERS and niggers shows that free
men kin not be cOnkered and that
white men shell rule America.
ResolUed, That on this happy occa-
sion we forgive the Government for
what we did and cherish nary resent
ment agin anybody.
The resolutions Wuz adopted and
the meetin adjourned with three
cheers for johnson and his policy.
Then came scene. Every last one
Nv EN- he'd come there with note
made out for the amount | owed him
at three months. Kindness of heart
is weakness of mine, and / signed
EN- all, feelin that eff the mere fact of
writin my name wood do EN- any good, !
it wood be crooel in me to object to
the little labor required. Bless their
innocent soles, they went away happy
The next mornin I took possesshun |
Nv the offs.
"Am | awake, or am | dreamin,"
thought I. mol mol it is no dream. |
Here is the stamps, and here is the
blanks, and here is the commisshun! |
1t is troo! it is tro! /
I heerd child across the way |
singin:
"I'd like to be an angel,
And with the angels stand"
I woodn't thought /. 1 woodn't |
trade places with an angel, even up.
A office with but little to do, with
four groceries within a stones throw,
is as much happiness ez my bilers will
stand without Dustin. A angel 4
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