The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-08-22

by what means they Good git in.
Johnson, blessins on his he'd, stood
onto the portico, wavin to EN- to
come, bu, alass guardin the passage
stood mighty host Of Ahlishnists,
armed and clad IN armer, and in sich
force ex to make the stOrmin NV II
hoPelis. f
flow shall we git in9 sighed Bel.
mont. ..-
All indeed. how 7 ansered Henry
Clay Dean.
That's the great moral question
how ekoed Ben Wood.
My friend, sed Thurlow Weed, its
easy enuff. When we cant sore like
the eagle, mwl like the snake. So
rim is preferable, but crawlip will do
IN a pinch. Is ther not the lion uy
the RepuSlik? Cant 700 gil him out
and mount himP The Ablishnists
hev d regard for the same Lion, and
will never discharg their arrears al
700 when yoor on his back, for iear
Nv kiln him. fesides, yoor ridin
him will in sum degree do away with
the prejoodis they have agin 700.
But how in we mount him? sed
they.
Trust us for that, sed Wood, end
him aud Raymond trotted off TO gil
him.
They got the Lion out. but ez coon
ez he cast his eyes onto the crowd he
uttered roar witch struck terror into
ther soles, and lashed the.g round with
his tale, and cast up dust with his
claws in q manner fearful TO be-
hold.
He'll never stand it, sed Wood, on.
less he's blindlolded. And Thurlcw
wrapped Raymon D like wet dish.rag
over his eyes, and that done, him and
Raymond pared his nails and blunted
his Teeth, so tha. ef the bandage
shood wriggle off and he shood see
where he wuz he coodent hurt anybo dy,
and shaved his mane, ill he looked
like a very innocent Lion indeed, SO
that his appearance woodent startel
them not used 10 his fiercens, and in
that condishn they led him very quiet.
ly down to ths crowd and give him
the word 10 mount.
Lord what a scramble ther wuz.
They piled On from the tip Nv his ears
10 the end Of his tail, and them wich
coodent git on for lack Nv room hung
to the feet Nv them wich he'd got OIL,
ontil it vuz nothing less than pyru.
mid Nv Democrats.
Finally when all was loaded, the
word was given and the lion moved
off. They wuz delited. He he'd
strength enuff to carry EN-, ana he wuz
a carIyin Nv EN-, strait up onto the
White House. and al a good pace, too.
Ez he approached the portals the Alb
lishin defenders Nv the place opened
onto EN-.
Hold sed Weed wood 700 de.
sttoy the lion Nv the Republic
Stay yoor hands shreeked Ray.
mond the savior Nv the country is
under us.
But they laift them TO skorn.
Its Brite and Vallandig CHAM, the
Woods, ct settry, we're frin at,
shreekt thew, singin IS they fought,
The Battle Cry Nv Freedom John
Browns body lies mouldering in the
grave and sich other sacriligious
Odes. lis them we see aud them
we II kill,
And they blszed away till the whole
mass wus stretched dead aud dyin On
the plain.
Then they came up and began to
turn over the corpses,.. one by one. un-
til at last they came TO the body Nv
The Lion, wich peerced thro and thro,
wus as dead as any Nv EN-.
Ny God sed they, Its the Lion af-
Ter all,
And we've Stayed him ! said another.
Well remarked third, we coodent
help it. He wus so kivered up with
this carion that | coodent make out
wat it wus they wus riden. Let us
give him a decent burial, for the good
he hes done, and forget, ef we kin the
company lie died in.
And at this critikle juncter awoke.
I. hev and idea that | kin see sort
Nv warnin IN this dream. 1t occurs
10 me.
LIST. That ef we do ride Grant, we' Il
hev to divest himuv his name, teeth
and claws, witch is the identikle quail.
tiles wich makes. him valooable to us.
I'd. That with us on his back, we
will probably succeed in KILN him
without savin us. Grant mite deo-
drize a dozen or two Nv US, but the
whole party! Faugh! 1t would be Q
pint Of colone 10 square mile Nv car.
rion.
Sd. That eff we wus rspt allround
him, the people " oodent be able to
see him any how. and wat good would
he do US?
Inlerpretin the dream thus. shel
oppose his nominashen. Besides. ]
doubt whether all the Weeds and
Raymonds in the Country kin so man.
ipulate him es 10 bring him quietly in
to our ranks We might possibl y 90
over to him, aud thus git the privil.
ege Nv voting for him, but wherefore /!
How about the ofises then ? Ef the
Ablishnis's vote Tor him, and we vo,e
him the obligation is ekal, and be-.
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