Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-05-01

skepticle about the Gulf Stream. 1t wuz
his experience that the further north yoo
got the colder it wuz, For instance, he
remarkt, that while the people wuz warm
toward him in Virginny, and Maryland last
fall, they become very cold ez he got North
Wher wuz the isothermal line and the Gulf
Stream then?
Randall, who will hev his joke, remarkt
that the isothermal line twisted. Tie no
tist thet the people made it ez hot for EN-
ez he wanted it ez far north ez Cleveland,
to which Secretary Welles replied, that it
only confirmed him in the opinion that for
plantin vessels Nv war, iron wuz preferable
to pine plank any time
Seward removed the Presidents ohiec-
tions to wunst He read his letters witch
set forth the beauties. Here wuz whale,
and walrusses, and seals, and white bears,
and pine-apples, and wheat, and sea lions,
and fields of ice the year round IN climit
as mild and equible ez the meridian Nv
Washinton. The isothermal line wUz more
accommodatin ther than in any other part
Nv the world 1t cork-screwd through the
territory SO ez to grow fine peaches for eX-
pOrtation to the States, and ice to the Sand
wich Islands, side by side. He drawd
picture NV the white bear rushn over
the line and disportin hisself in fields uv
green peas. Imagine, he remarkt, the deli
cacy NV Polar bear meat fatted on straw
berries-think NV the cOndishen the sea
lions must be in wich leave ther watery
lars to feed on turnips wich grow above
the Goth parallel-think Nv
1t won't do sed the President
/ Ill l.
a quicknis Nv intellek remarkable, =. think
NV gettin rid Nv the Blairs fureyer
Will the Ablishen SENT ratify the
treaty? asked johnson, eagerly.
converst with many on the subiick,
and they sed eff we Good promis that the
Bairs wood accept posishons ther they
wood do ft cheerfy. For sich purpose,
sed one ev EN- to me 81 600, 900 is a mere
bagatelle.'
I'll do it." sed johnson. L agree
with the Senator'S for once. Rather than
hev it fail, I'd pay for 1t out Nv Mrs
Cobb's share in our jint speckelashens
Freedom from the Blair family, Good
Hevings, kin one man be so bleSt? L
ther sich in store for mel $1,000, 600
Pish !"
My opinyun bein asked, give il FL
heftv ez the vencher is from a commercial
stan pint, in politikle pint NV view, the
advantages will be still heftier. The Roo
shen territory will finally be the chosen
home NV the Dimocrisy. There Is already
populashen ther adapted to Us who ken
be manipulated without trouble. and the
climit is favorable to a strickly Dimocrat-
ic populashen. The trouble with Us here
u
the manufakter Nv a Dimocrat kills him
afore he hez an opportunity to vote many
times, wich keeps Us in perpetool minority
Our strength is, for climatic reasons. our
weakniss Far different Is it in Roo
sha. Their the happy native may drink his
quart per day-the bracin atmosphere max
in it abslootely nessary for him. Their Is
the troo Demokratic paradise. How often
hev | sighed for sich u country Then,
agin, ther are posishens uy profit. The dele
gates to Congress Wi, cf / hey figcered it
rightly, draw about S13,000 per session.
mileage, wich Is $4,000 per year, 500
900 per term. He cool afford to serve
without the paltry $4,000, wich wood be
cheap legislation. indeed.
! And so it wuz agreed upon, and the trea-
~ wuz made by telegraph ut anexpenSe uv
II forget eggsactly-but [ think it wuz
summers in the neighborhood nv 100000
Before it wuz finally concluded. some 9th
er little incidentals wuz inclooded by
Zar, wich run the price up to SI0.200.-
coo, but that wuz n0thin to us Sew
ard went at his work with great energy.
The purchis wuz divided up into six ter.
ritories for the number NV delegates to our
convention wuz large, and they all he'd to
be provided for,) wich wuz named respect
lively, Johnson, Seward, Cowan, Doolittle.
Randall and Welles For one in the ex-
treme North, the furtherest off. Frank Blair
wuz appointed Governor; for the next.
, Montgomery, and the next, the old man..
f and the other three wuz held in reserve for
the pure but unfortunate patriots wich
might be herafter rejected for the Austrian
mishun. A list wuz prokoored NV the dele
gates to our various convenshuns and them
ez he'd bin martyred by the SENT their
names wuz put into weel ez at Gift Enter
prises, and the Judgeships, Marshal>hips.
Clerkships, ct settry, wuz drawed BY lot.
This lice wuz sejested by Postmaster Gene
raj Randull ez bein the easiest way Nv do
in IT. He statid that the apartments from
, HIS IltI dlluZ ON maze IN tllS
manner, ez it saved time in eggsaminin pc
! titions, certifikets, testimonials and sich
In this way, about ez near ez [ ken esti-
mate, two per cent. Nv those claimin pos
ishun at our hands hev bin provided for
, This ijee is capable Nv unlimited exten-
sion. The Administration feelin the releef
it hez gin EN-, are already negotiatin for the
, British Provinces. This territory kin, by
maxim wv EN- little smaller, be divided up
into, say forty, wich, by maxim a few more
offises for each, and bein liberal with cx-
, plorin expedishuns and sich, will be suffi-
, eient to give places to all who RELY have
, claims upon us and who are pushin US.
, The President breathes easier, and the
Secretary is placid ez a summer mornin
He hez cut the Gordian knot: he hez re-
leeved hisself Nv the boa constructor wich
wuz crushin him in its folds Happiness
prevades the White House.
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