Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-07-03


beei-steak and milk toast the hey {
trick Nv peggin out faster on diet
suthIn the oppaslt ny that for IN
stance. the variety that JEFF son furn
lsht EN- at Andersonviile. lie wooe
hey got out anyhow. johnson Is. at
ter all q poor whlte man, and ht
Good bully them OF that class wei
enult, but he telt ashamed uv keeplT
a real gentleman, like Davis. ia priz
en-, and he wood hey relca' hrm.
: Shel put liorris down on on
books as>t the 7ekVetaFN, eagerly
dlpFh his pen INTO bloc tame ez Hert
( Zo& docs III tie blach : Fook.
LIT Us consider Sed Lucicr
muslnly; =" " at hez be did :?
Bailed Jctl son Davis !! returned
the 9ek kretarF, confidently given hls
( pen fresh dip.
cry good. llorrls hcZ made oI
/ hlsseIt, TO speak tiggeratirelE. post
Tor drove uv hogs to scratch
themselves a9In. They were scram-
bIin out of the slough NY secession in
winch they Watlered tn the droppn
4 ont nv the bottom made It dangerous
/ they hnd Horns stahdIn on the bank.
ana agln hm they rub their sides ia
i clcan oil che mud that adhercs.
speek t@geratvcIy IN hkcnln Iorrls
/ to a post; literally IN llkenIn the Sc
/ cesh TO swine. They wuz jest cz
senseless and Jest cz croocl. They
wuz the "nns atore winch pearls Wuz
cast.
AcV Jest iIhIsht ms defence ny ms
sell. 1t Is Gurus dokeyment and
pnzzels me. m disposed to consider
tim honest; but wat week shown
he makes lrst, he says he honest,
Wlch IL ailuz a@in a man, tor a trooIy
honest man KIN aIIuz iiha ehuh others
10 say II Tor hIm. "a, ne trIes to
prove 1t; Wlch IS very bad, Tor the
honesty Wich needs proven IS ny rath-
er scaly order lie instances his
SPUN ms chances Tor the 9ehit last
l*ii "E Wrltlh that unlEefSai ahlhasty
letter. Horns, III TINS, matter, IS, /
tear, playIn ostrich. lie hez his head
IN the sand, and, beln blind Msself
tancIes the balance uy his annatomlk-
le strukter, Wich ought to be IN the
background, amt visible TO the rest uy
mahkind- or ne IS reeiE IoohatIc !:
! never hed any l9ea lhat he wanted
the scat IN the SENT. lie Wuz m
Cohgfls Wunst. ana the teffioIe laIe-
Eoof ne made there wood, II he Wuz
konslius uE It, hey deferred INN from
seekin that pertlkeier place agh.-
Then, il he wuz Icely compoS nleltts,
he wood hey knowed, or ought to hey
lnowed, that he hcdn a ghost uv
chance Tor the place, and coodn hey
got 1t ei ne he'd written letter urGIn
the han@m uv every rebel, from JET
son DAVIS down to commodore lioI-
inns. 1t looks to me very much ez ct
lloIfis Wuz piayln the Old game NV
decIlnIn wat he'd never BIN offered INN.
lis letter Was soundin brass and tlnk-
I'm cymbais.
Shel / enter hlm or not askt
the Sekretary.
1t ; curis case, sed Lucitcr, not
mmdn INN. lie hcz bin agn me
by spasms; and when he hez done
things wich | Good approve, | ley al
luz. so far, entered it up to the ac-
count NY loonacy for | am pertlkler
about putin my CLAW onto a man wat
don't belong to me. hey clear title
to every one | get. This last trick
nv hls stagGers me Kin 1t be that
the Old man all along was opPosIn
wrong and sch, not from and deep
seated dislike to the article, but be-
coz oPposin Things Wuz his best holt !
Nm It De, hevln BIN m the minority
all his llte' and found therein proht
beeoz It so happened that the minorl-
ty WIZ rite. that he Is now anxious to
glt INTO that TX a9in Docs Horns
'spose that, heTln the strength "
succeSstui career TO back INN, and hey
en- a hundrld thouscn, more or less,
VINO are IN the haoIt nv readin hm-
the people viii toIler hlm through the
stnEln slums OF error jest q lively ez
they did over the breezy NILS ny
trooth! Hez his vanity got the bet
ter ~ his discretion at iast HeE
the iiangers-on- wlch alluz pun incense
INTO the lace nv Success, BIN burHln
hashcesh aiore him. ami hcz II Intos-
Slcatld hm! Is he, at his advanced
age, IN lmltashen NV Sut Lovlngood
daddy. goIn to play hoss, iorglttln the
hornets mes into Wlch his great exem-