The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-09-13

! Peace is into mel hcv spent meny
happy happy periods in the course Nv
"a eventful life, but ! never knowd
what perlcck satisfaction wuz till now
The first week / wuZ married to my
Looizer Jane il wuz hevenly, for in
dependent Nv the other bli8ses Incl
dent TO the married state | believed
that She WIZ the undivided possessor
nv a farm, or rather her father wuz,
wlch on the old mans decease wood
be bern, and tie prospeck NV life
time with amiabe,' well built wo.
man, with farm big enough to sup
port me, with prudence on her part,
wuz bliss ITSELF and | enjoyed it with
degree NV muchness rarely ekaled,
until | found ont that it was kiycred
more deeply with mortgages than ii
wuz ever likely to be with crops, and
my dreem NV happiness busted
Sweet ez wuz this week, it wuz mis-.
cry condensed when compared to the
season ! have jest passed through.
wuz delegate to Philadelphia! /
wuzn't elected nor nothin, and hednt
any credentials, but the door Nv the
wig Tam | passed nevertheless. The
doorkeeper wuz old Dimokrat, and
my breath helped me, my nose, wch
reely blossoms like the lobster, wuz NV
yoose, but | spect my hevin a gray
coat on, with a stand up collar, with a
brass onto it, wuz wat finished the biz.
mis-. The Southern delegates fought
shy NV me, but the northern ones,
bless their souls, the minnit they saw
the star on the collar nv my grey coat,
couldn't do enuff for me. They ad.
dressed me ez Kernel and General,
and sed "this wuz trooIy an unmcrrit-
ed honor" and paid for my drinks
and | succeeded III borrowin a hun
dred and twenty dollars of EN- the first
day. | mite hev doubled it, but The
fellows wuz took in SO easy that ne
financecrn wuz required, and it real
ly wuZ no amoozment.
The Convenshun itself wuz The
most affectinist gatherin | ever witnist
he'd seat beside Randall who wuz
Il managin. the concern, and l cod
see it all The crowd rushin into The
Ebildin and filled it, when Randall de.
sired attention. lie bein tho Post
master General every one Of them
dropped into his seat ez though he heC
biu shot, and there Wuz the most per
feck quiet | ever saw. Doolittle, whC
wuz the Chcerman, winked at Ran
dan, and nodded his head, when Ran
dali announced that TIE DELEGATE!
FROM SOUTH KARLINY AND THE DEL
EGATEs FROM Massachusetts WOOD EN-
TER ARM IN ARM! With II slow anC
measured step they cum in and at ;
signal from Randall, the cheerin com
menst, and sich cheerful Then Doc
little pulled out his white handkerchel
and applied it to his eyes, and every
delegate simultaneously pulled out {
, white handkerchief and applied it t
t his eyes
TO me, this wuz the proudcst mo
, ment Nv my life, not that there WI
anything partikllerly inspiritin in th
scene afore me, for there wuzzent =
Orr, from South CaroIiny, looked par
, tikilerly ashamed Nv hisself, ez thougl
he wuz going thro highly ncssar.
but extremely disgustn ceremony
and wuz determined to keep up sill
=, upper lip, and Couch looked to Orr {
though he.wuz afeerd Nv him and e
t though he felt fattcred by Orr's con
[ decension in walkin at all with sich
: umble individjooal. But to my eye
4 the scene wuz significant. | locke
into the fucher and wat did | see ther
S two men, one sneekin and tothe
J. ashamed NV hisself, walked up th
q alsle2 Wat did | see? | saw th
Democrisy restored to its normal con
dishun-l saw the reunion Nv the tw
wings-in fact l saw the entire Dim
okratic bird reunited. The Nortl
S one wing and the weakest; Kentucll,
: the beak, sharp, hungry and rara
5 cious; Southwest, the strong activ
. wing; Virginny the legs and claws
i Ohio the heart, Pennsylvania tn
stomach, South Caroliny the tail an
feathers and Moo Jersey the balanc
a of the bird. l saw these parts, tor fiv
4 years discovered, come together, hola
. in nigger in one claw and Post Office
= in the other, savin "Takc EN- both tC
e gether-thcy go in lots" | saw til
@ old Union-the bold, shivelrous Soutf
}. ner guidin, controllin and direct
|. the machine, aud assoomin to hiSse
+. the places NV honor, and the DimC
II krat Nv the North follerin like pul
v by dog at his heels, takin sich II
things ez he Good snap up-the Soutl
erner ashamed NV his associations bl
forced TO yoose em-the NOrthern(
1t uncomfortable in his presence but tie
is to him by self-interest. | saw u conn
|. back the good old time when thirty
"a four States met in convenshun an
q lot eleven rule EN-, and ez | contcn
: plated the sccne | too wept, but it VIZ
In dead earnest.
"Wat are you blubberin for2' askC
st enthusiastic delegate in front NV n
!. who wuz swobbin his eyes with
A. handkerchief
d oPm Postmaster" sez |, "and mp
!" do my dooty in this crisis. Wat a
% you sheddin pearls for" retorted l.
IS "Are youa Postmaster
mo" sez he, "butl hope to be
and he swabbed away with reno
ns vigger.
to to WAITS tho matter with the eyes
g. all the delegates" sez |.
" "They'ye all got Post Offices in en-