The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-08-08

to accommodate the crouds ez wood
make pilgrimages thither to visit my
birthplace. The present oner Nv,
the house into which / tirstFopens
ed onto a world of sin isa Ablish-
mist nv the darkest dye, and have no
desire to enrich him. Never, by
word Nv mine, shell ne cut that house
up into walkin sticks and buzzum
pins.
My boyhood wuz spent in the pur-
SCOT Of knowledge and muskrats,
mostly the latter Iwnz a promisin
child. My parents were democrats
nv the strictcst kind, my mother in
partikler. She hatid any Que that
wuzunt Dimoclatic, with u hatred
that l never saw cquallcd. When I
say that she woodent borrowtca and
sugar and sich,uv Wing nabers, the
length and breadth and depth NV. her
Dimocrasy will be understood.
To my childhood, I know but lit.
lie. My father wnz a leadin man in
the humble specr in wich he moved
holdin, at different times. the various of
fees intownnpto constable, thesncces-
sive steps bein road supervisor and
pound master. He wuz elected con-
stable and mite proberbly hey gone
higher, but for an accident that oc-
CURED to him the first month. He
collected a judgement of $18 and the
money was paid to him. The good
man wuz talented collector, but
wuz singerly careless in payin over
what he he'd collected. Ez shewin
the pecooliar bent NV genius Nv the
old mad, I rcpeet a conversnshen /
wunst heerd. A man who had, an
account to collect, wuz consultin one
who knowd my father well, ez to the
safety Nv putin claim into his
hands. s'" t'e. ae@ta 6
! sis he good collector?p askt the
man. SIS Ned u.s. 9,l.. s
"Splendid," sed the naber. -
| !" Ia he a man Nv responsibility /"
askt the man. 3'''.'a.l 'tit''s q
s.Sir!'' sed the naber, che hex the
ability. but you'll find when 700 try
TO git yoor money out NV his hands
that he lacks the response"
God Their hcv bin a more tcchin
triboot |? ,lt<)d ibi4 = slsi'; AE'2
He wuz like all men NV genius, un.
balanced. His ability wuz all on one
side. The groveIin plaintiff, who
didn't admire, SIGH erratic flights rails
ed ruckshen about the palmy sum,
and my father En- ti''s ''.'.1
"Folded'his tent like tho Arab,
And ez silently stole away" y
From that time. out the old gentle
man migrated-in fact, he lived
mostly on the road. He adopted
movin cz perfeshun and o very
profitable one heImade NV it. Whom
his boss died, the nabers rather than
not hcv him move, wood chip in and
raise him annther. ApprcsIiatin the
compliment they pade him he. alluz
went. meDsliun these pekooliari-
tiles Wv my ancestor becoz az
"llhe lives NV all CRATE men. remind ;usI
We may make our lives sublime, ,
And departin leave behind us
Flour talentrunsin that direckshun,
ez many debts ez he did, though it
does require espeshel talcntsN IN
This he'd its infooence. upon my
youthful mind. I saw not only q
great deal Nv tic country, But much
NV mankind, and / acquired that
adaptibility to circumstances witch
hez ever distinguished me. Even to
thisIday, eff can't get. gin 1 kin take
whisky, without a murmur and with
out repinln.
My politicks hez ever bin limocrat.
ic, andI may say. without cgotism,I
hey bin yooseful member Nv that
party. voted for Jackson, seven
times, and for every succeedin' dino
cratic candidate, ez many times ez
possible. For Mack Leilan, / only got
in fonr votes. i didn't approve NV
the nominashen and wuz not overly
Jealous. He'd he bin electid, wat
wood 1t hev availcd me /? He he'd
enutf disnist army officers follerin
him, to hev filled every offs in his
gift, and / he'd at that time become
too old to foller pollytix for the
amusement 1t afforded, or :or the
benefit Nv any cause. =
But this is adigression. n J,
NV dimocrisy want pertiklerly
confirmed, in fact, | wuz not Dime
KRAFT from any spesbl principle but
more bccoz those in the .sphecr in
witch | moved WIZ, until I arrived at
the age nv twenty-four. Ny; father
wuz intimately acquainted with me
and knowd all my, carakteristics cz
well OF tho he he'd bin the friend Nv
my buzzum. One day, cz | wnz lay
in OH my back under . tree contem-
plating the beauties, Nv nachcr, my
parent, SCI he: is ! i..e 5s,a.
ssPete, (Which is short formy namc, J
EFF you ever marry, marry a milliner."
.'Why, father Nv mine" replied l,
openin my eyes. tAs ise,l&' 4
"Becoz, my SON. sed he, "shc'll
hcv a'trade wicb'll support 700, other
wise you'll die nv starvation when
I'm gone" e.t ~ ii a Y
/ thot the idea wus good one
Thro woman q cuss come into the
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