The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-08-24

fully made up his mind to hurl the
bolts NV oillshal thunder wich he held
in his Prcsidenshal hands, at his en-
emies, and to make q fight in earnest,
that he wuz goin to regard his friends,
them ez he Good trust. Our yener
able friends bein put in condishun
TO pay the confidin residents NV the
Corners the little sums he owes them
is good thing ("1ear T. "Hearw
"troo!" "troo!' with singular unani.
nifty from every man in the bildin,
but wat wuz sich considerashns when
compared to the crate moral effect
NV the decisive movement. ("A id
Site" shouted one grocery keeper,
and "we don't want no moral effect"
cried another.) My friends when the
news NV this bold step NV the Pres.
ident goes forth to the South, the
price NV Confederit skrip will go up
and the shootin NV niggers will cease,
for the redcmpshun NV the first |
consider ashoored, and the redoosn
NV the latter to their normal condiJh
un, ! count ez good cz done.
Squire Gavitt remarked that he
WIZ too much over owered with
cmoshun TO sp, ak. For four years,
lie rly ii, G, the OILY newspaper wich
come to that oils he'd passed though
the polluted hands Nv Ablishnist
lie he'd no partklcr objecshun TO the
misguided man, but he wuz a symbol
Nv tyranny that they were wearin
chains. Thank the Lord that day is
over! The Corners is redeemed,
the second Jaxson hez risen and
struck of the shackles He wood
not allood to the trile NV twelve dol
.ars and 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 or
der. He wanted TO know ef it WIZ
fair play to talk sich talk. No man
Good feel u more heartfelt satisfac.
ton at the appintment Nv our honor
ed friend than him, shown ez it did
that the President he'd cut loose from
Ablishism wich he dispised, but he
lprotestid agin the squire undertaken
TO git in his bill afore the rest he'd Q
chance. Who furnisht him his lickel
for eight months, and who hez the
best ri.e for the first dig at the pro.
cecds NV the position. He wood new.
er--
The other three grocery keepers
rose, when Dcekin Pogram roolcd en-
all out Nv order and offered the fol
lowin resolutions:
| WHEREAS, The President hez in {
strikly constooshnel manner, relieved
this commoonity NV an offensive Alb
lishunist appinted by that abhorrcd
ltyrant Linkin, and appinted in hi
place sound constooshnel Democrat
one whom to know is to lend, there
fore be IL
Resolved, That we greet the Pres
ident and ashoor him NV our contin
yood support and confidence.
Resolved, That we now consider
the work NV Reconstruction, 50 fal
ez this community is concerned, com
lp!eted, and that we feel that we are
wunst more restored to our proper
relations with the federal govern
ment.
| Resolved, That the glorious de
fence made by the loyal Democrac,
NV Moo Orleans agin the combined
conventioners and niggers, shows
that freemcn kin not be conkcred anC
that white men shel rule America
Resolved, That on this happy oc
cl,ion We forgive the Governmen
for what we did and cherish nary re
sentiment agin anybody.
The rc'o utions wuz adopted an
the meetin adjourned with tire
cheers for johnson and his policy.
Then came scene. Every las
one NV EN- he'd come there with
note made out for the amount l owet
him at three months. Kindness O
: heart is a weakness of mine, and
signed EN- all, feclin that ef the mer
fact of writin my name wood do el
Hoo'l, ~ WOOh CtoOCt III Z
object to the little labor required
: Bless their innocent soles they wer
away happy.
The next mornin / took posses
shun Of the offs. 'u.
cam / awake or am / dreamin,
thought I. No! no 1t is no dream
. Here is the stamps, here is the blank
and here is the commlshun 4! 1t
troo it is troo! ...'
/ heerd child across the wa
singin;
=, ~ want TO be angel,
And with the angels stand"
l woodn't, thought l. ! woodn
y trade places with an angel, even N
A offs with but little to do, wit
; -four grocerys within stones thro
e is ez much happiness cz my bile
will stand without Dustin. A ang
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