Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-05-25
MIR. Nasty DREAMS A DREAM on
THE STEP OF The WHITE HOUSE.
is in the Stail NV Kentucky,)
Apfi1 so 1866.


is 10 the Staii NV Kentucky)
April so, 1866.
hive bin 70 washinton. 1nat Ablishn
Post master at the Torners he'd become TO
me nitemare. Dsy after day seed him
handlin government money, DRAWN his sal
cry promptly and takin HE drinks reglerly,
while /. Constooshnel Dimekrat. wuz forced
TO the humiiisshun NV vaiun till | wuz treat
ed, ctptin when new grocery keeper Cum in,
which avo me a chance o. establish new
credit for short 'ime. felt that sumthin
must be done, end therefore, | went to
Washinton.
Known that tor men NV my profound con-
vickshns, holdin my views "a to consiliashen
and SIGH, he'd no call to 70 to the Postmsst-
er-Genera, who is Ablshnst; | went drck-
ly to the Second Jaxon hissef. | succeeded
in gettin audience late in the afternoon.
+ Our patron saint wuz a sittin at a table eg.
( sausted with Ieceevin delegashens and sich.
well ?" sed he. Honored and spected
sir," said }, " am applicant for the post
oih. at Confedrit Y Roads, which is at pres
ent held by Abishnist who does not be-
( leeve in yoor policy, which 1 do believe in
solemnly. Ef | shood have twins born to me
this mite shood nameem both Policy"
(Which State are 700 from sed be half
asleep. From Kentuky, honered ana specs-
ed sir" sed /.
WeH' sed he, yawnin feerfully, and
turnin to d clerk "F1LL OUT PARDoN AND
GIVE HIN A COMMISSION" Houered and
spected sir, sed |, in &c OF loonacy, for
( which ] can't account. " / don't need par
don. l wuz never in the late lamonted Con-
icdrit setvls."
"Whatn thunder then are 700 here for
beggin post offs Git cut, 700 imposter,"
and l wug to wunst ignominiousIy showed TO
the door | didn't quite understand the 10y
NV the land around the White House.
Ia vane ! tried to git beck that l might
convince him did ez much for the Conied-
ersy ez my humble abilities permitted, and
that ! needed consiiashun ez badly ca any
body. Then hart broke and dead broke, not
heving the wherewith to prokoor more scotia
ble lodgin, lay me down on the cold stun
steps and sought refuge from my troubles in
sleep.
l dreamed dream. Methawt | wuz IN a
room in the White House. Stretched out on
one side Nv the room wuz the corpse Nv a
giant, monster in size and strength, but
withal NV peasin presence and fair to look
upon. Onto ito head was liberty cap, and
by its side wuz sword considerably dinted,
and with all the Rldin knocked fl.
swat is these" sed l, poinun to the
corpse, askin sort Of a attendant.
j Them, replied he, "is the defunct car
cass NV Republkinism. He was betty
= youth in lis day, but he died this mornin.--
5 Look the mournefs are comm to devide
the clothes"
And shoor enuf they came IN. At the
head wuz the second Jaxon which the Ablish-
units dersiyely cal, Moses, who appeared to
e be angry, and clost behind him wuz Seward
a weepin out Nv one eye and a smilin out Nv
: tother, and Jim Lane who he'd Handkerchief
witch he occasionally put to his eyes, but
witch | notist was as dry as lime kiln. and
Doolittle and Lee and Raymond and Beaure-
, gard and Cowan and Stevens and Thurlow
Weed and Valandigham and Gov. Shakey
] and host NV others, all NV which ranged
themselves around the bier.
!, &" He WIZ promsin youth" sed Seward,
putin his Handkerchief 10 his eyes, :" but
the atmosphere Nv the White House was too
y much for him | Insist however" sed he, a
pooketing the Handkerchief, and takin hold NV
a trinket the corpse held in his hand labelled
" Presidency, 1868, from wich hung mill
: ion NV smaller trinkets, "that "a twas me
that pizensd him. this is NINE
E May" ed Johnson, " ] did the dizziness
for him, and it's mine"
= "se'te it G. yoo please" sed RAYMOND,
= gently. but whoever gits it must remember
that the secretatysbip is mine
"And " sed Dooliule, must have for
my assistance, this httle affair marked, St.
James, for my seat in the SENT is a goner."
d" Fo my part, sed Jim Lane, &" the west
ern appointments is mine. LIS worth EN- all
to wear this collar
My friends" sed stephens, a find no
amnesty about the corpse. here must be
= one manufactured and stuck in his pocket to
be prodoost at the funeral.
Ihurlow Weed sed nothing, but looked
CD with ssidonic smile, KNOWN perieckly
well, that whoever took the biggest part NV
the plundeT, ne d control it snyway.
Gov. Sharkey laid claim to Secretaryship
t and BebuTegard to the place NV sherman,
and Lee to Grant's posii and Valandighnm
wanted his, and tother leller that, and there
was a terrible habbub over the corpse -
= Wilkes Booths COST came in and wanted to
know what he was TO have in the new deal,
for sed he, eft hadn't bin for me where d
YOU all hev bin. Talk NV the White House
= atmosphere KILN him! I'm sure the shad-
: ldsf NV the buidin blasted what little NV his
spirit 700 had" sed he, turnin to Seward,
"but ef Linkin he'd lived, hs, hal" sed he,
4 in tragedy voice Then in trooped lot NV
= other costs. There wu2 Bill Allen. NV Ohio,
and Washington Hunt, Nv Moo York, and
Jeems Bookenon, of Pennsylvania, and Eli
1hayer, and Lew. Campbell, and Garret Da-
( Wis, who started to make speech, but the
entire a'sembage stuck their fingers in their
r ears, which hint he took for the first time in
his life and desisted.
Finally Johnson swore, by the eternal, v
Che got that noshuu from the first Al. wich
e he thinks he resembles, coz his initials is the
4 same, and coz the original vetoed bill
e wunst,) that he would hev the Presidency
: and gobbed it. Seward he snalched at it
and they tussled. The company stood by to
see il out for il made but little difference to
them witch got it. In the skrimags, Johnson
G happened to ram Seward up agin window
on the north side Nv the room and smashed
I i. out. Just then a blast Nv north wind
o poured into the room through the aperture
= aud bowed into the face of the corpse. The
effect was eleotrikle. Life ran through his
VEINS, his face flashed and the ivid hue was
{ changed TO the ruddy glow Nv helth. The
I ded was alive he giant raised to his feet,
aud looked around him, shaking of them as
wuz a hangin TO him like insex. Notsin the
ttinket witch had naused the skrimAge in