Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-04-30
One Of she Legislators.

nay be inferred fFom the following report of
a speech made by him on the bill for The
erection of a new Capitol building in Albanys
Mr.. Chairman: / intend to favor this bin.
and yet should not. When I recollect that
the Goldfish aristocraey OF Albany is NOT yror.
thy of descent red herring, am tempted to
say 0akey, don't make ansass of Yourself
by voting for the, New Capitol bill,' and vet
1 will l will vote for the bill, not because i
Ike Albany but because / love the State.
MIR. Ghairman-I once Thought that to be
member of assembly was DO sbS hiehs cocls,.
lorum at worlds poultry show. have
lived to see my mistake. An Assemblyman
ls some pumpkins in New York, lie is looks
Lyeurgus in Scoharie. But it is not so in
Albany, in this city of surgeons aud stucll-
ups, Legislators are small potatoes and few to
the hill
The first day after I reached Albany, /
hunted around, with shot gun aud apointer.
to find boarding house. found one Kent
by French night cap, and mammoth wa
teriall, the widow of defunct gentleman.
heavy in West India goods. i asked the
widow of said defuuct If she desired another
boardcr. She replied q that depends on cir
cumstances. informed her that was a
member of the Legislature. She became as
cold as an ice burg, and informed me that re-
spectacle boarding houses did not desire pa-
tronage from AssenIblyuen or colored people
She shut the door aud retired. / sourbs
another lady. She was moro compliment. and
| said she did not mind'boarding one or two AS
sembiymen, provided they would pay in ad
vance, OF give. security. Is this Die way. Mr..
SpeakerJ to treat the successors of Solon
fancy not. But while am down on the
pte OF Albany as a community, have 10
some individual exceptions, who desery
highest marks of my esteem. s few
ago, q gentleman, loud in praise of thl
Capitol, says to me, quite in friendly
(" Oakley, let's goto Peck's and get sonia
teIs." Oakley said in reply, e Nothing VIC,
afford me more pleasure" We went to Peck
We ordered oysters, Venisen steaks, green
and all that sort Of things. NV fTiend
the room to obtain some cigars--J0
apiece. He did not colae back. He b
come back yet. lie left Oakley to p!
whole bill, SIT and 6S cents II YoI
laugh, gentlemen, but that is not the wS3fst
of 1t. lie got four fifty cent cigars vi
them charged to me.
Last week gave eight shirts .out
washed. They came back in the shape
five collars, four dickies," and one corded
skirt. Now what do I-Tant with corded
skirt 1 am not an old granny, like my
friend over there, Who believes the Erie Ca
nal injured the State, nor am l female
brother, like Susan Anthony, Or those other
specimens Of unfeathered poultry, who cackle
at Hen Conventions. 1 do not want that
skirt.
Asshort time ago, visited the Baptist
Church, one of the great washing machines
OF the city. An elderly gentleman addressed
the Sabbath School children, and, pointing at
this building, said" My young friends, that
Is the Lunatic Asylum. to which I29 crazy
men are sent oyeTy year, to make laws for
three millions of gulis." / could stand no
more. seized my hat aud left tho edlfiee.
! don't suppose could have carried it along.
it | had tried, but / did not try. As said
before, j left the edifce. But, while can
notand will nctg much on the Red Herring
arlstoeraey of Albany, must be allowed to
say, that have received nothing but kind.
ness from the Representatives of Albany on
tins floor. Robinson never smokes cicar
without asking me to smell its flavor" aud
Smith never sips glass of Madeira, WITHOUT
saying, +" Oakley. chew the cork rkscrev.'5-
| Roblpson and Smith.af clever feliows-so
are Smith aud Robinson. They are both
clever fellows, especially Smith and more par
ticularly Robinson
There is an unkncwn gentleman who re-
sides IN the Bowery, to whom am also un-
;def obligations. 10 every chicken dispute
and dog fight that has come Off in that part
OF the. city, this unknown friend of new
| Capitol, has sent me no less than twelve freq
passes, one for myself, three for Dan Wood,
four for Parker. and the other four for re-
porteTs of leading and influential papers. like
the New York Tribune and IadeocnGent.-
But 1 will not detain the House any longer.
-Iu the early paft of the war an old Ten.
nessee gentleman, who had one son in the
Federal and another in the rebel army. vas
taken VI, and wishing to divide his property
| equally between his two sons. benueatbed Ia
Henry Qhe Federal soIdier1 all his slave nro.
perty, embracing about fifty negroes, aud TO
Thomas (thc boy in gTay) his entire landed
estate. He died, and thus the will stands.
Both brothers lived to return from TIE war
and slavery being among the things that
were. Thomas generously divided the land
with his brother.-- National IeepaJt'saH.
DELIcEoUs BUTTER-Tbe Boston Pasl
says 4 visitor to the PHILADELPHIA market
| speaks Of butter which is "the essence Of
June mornings caught and imprisoned in
glowing globules, the fragrance of clover
fields ripening into sweetness in the broodiDo
sunshine, the warm delicious flavor of neei
milk foaming in the overAowing bucket -
Wish we had some Of that kind to spread nm
our daily bread.
sHocEIxG.-A man died few weeks since
IN extreme agony. Some short time affer-
ward his afflicted wife visited n,ediunl for
the purpose of ascertaiping what had distress.
I ed her poor husband in bis laskmomenfs, the
taoie was put IN requisition, and the aston4
lshed wife soon learned that he had failed tn
pay the Printer.-Ee.
oG 2, BIC slIcnT-'.lset me alone, you good.
ioF7-n9thing fellow !" exclaimed bright girl