Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-03-12

and he'd bin presentid to the Presi>
den. and Secretary ny State. The
Postmaster wuz vizably affected.
Glancip furtively around to see that
no one wuz lookin, he remarked in q
low tone: My deer sir, don't beg
yoo, form yoor idea Nv the public
men Nv Ameriky from them speci-
mems. Don't, beg. The first, sir,
Is a accident-sich man Good never
hey bin made on purpose The Sc
coud wuz suthin, in his earlier years,
but now, sir, now-he's u degraded
old man, aud he bustid into tears.
= Bein determined to hold onto his
place. he tried at fust tc bring the
Pre- ident, by accident, up to his lev
Il; bat that bein impossible, he de-
iberately let hisself down to the lev
el nv the President, and the distance,
sir, WIZ SO great, the Sekretrry bein
4uthin, that the shock, sir, undoub
tedfy knockt his inntelleck out NV
him, for he amt displayed any since
Tie literally fell among thieves.
May the Lord forgive WILLYGM H.
SEWARD for the shipwreck he made
Nv his reputa~hen, for"
At this pint the poor man stopt.
happened to pull oat my handker
cher and in doin so dropt upon the
floor Il piece NV paper witch he SEED.
1t read
p. Y. Nasty Dr.. To G.Bascomb.
To drinks doorin the month NV
January
at 10 cents per drink $780,
He looked at my face and secin
that bill RELY b'longed to me, fell
taintin onto the floor, shreekin, I'm
NcCrackened.'
| leave the case in the hands ny
the Cabinet. Its aggravatin.
Another man openly detied me.
lie wantid me to take the offs off Nv
his hands. His children, he sed, wu2
made mouths at and sl1ofiod at, skool,
becoz Their father wich he'd bin Re
publikin, held a Federal offs, and
his wife wuz detected for Presiden
nv the SEWN Society a position she
he'd alluz held, on the same akkount
He he'd stood it long enuf. Ell he
coodcnt git it off his hands he'd com
nit suicide, and by thus putin his
self out nv the way make his abuzcd
family the only reperashen in his
power. | sejest that he be removed
5ich talk may be safely set down ez
| incendiary
Another he'd the highest possible
opinion Nv the President, and worsh-
tipped the Secretary. lie considered
his plan Nv reconstruction the best
wieh Good hey been devised by mor~
tai wisdom He he'd vainly striven
to git uominashcn for an offs,
from the Republican party for years,
but failed, OWN to a lack Nv conf
denQe. lie wood hey jined the Dem
ocracy, but ez they wuz hopeIessly
in the minocity, it woodent hev
helped hin. He considered johns
sous moshua film the oflisis with
Republicans bully, ther bein so few
nv that persuasion who'd take en-,
and he didn't want any accessions to
the party. Their wuz now jist enutf
to hold the offisis in the control Nv
the President, and them WIZ all the
oifisis they Good git anyhow. | Sc
jest that he be continyood. lie isn't
! discreet, but we can't expect all the
virchoos at so small a price. None
Nv US j. peIleok-4 spose ! hev my
tailins.
( l shell coptinyoo my investigash-
ems, tho it be dreadful tryin labor.
Coin ez | do, thro Abolition sections,
l hev to carry my own whiskey, and
ez sad experience hez demonstrated
quart TASKS won't do. Sometime Is
hey to lay in one Of them towns for
three hours. ! respectfully submit,
that Arrangement be made for the
transportation nv a keg nv sustcn-
ance to accompany me, otherwise, l
shed percmtorlly rcsine. At my
time NY life regeler supplies is neces-
sary. PETROLEUM v. NAsBy, z. Nj.
witch is Posmaster) and likewise Professor nv Bill
kle politicks in the Southern Ciassikl Nj tary ms
ht3ot
Feb. II, 1857.