The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-11-28

Written for the Toledo Blade
PosT OFFICE CoNfEDRIr X ROADS,
(Wich is in the Staff Of Kentucky
November 10, 1867.
The Corners wuz Frustrated with JOY
last mite at the reject Nv the news Nv the
November elecshuns Their wuz nothin
demonstrative about our joy eZ Their he'd
bin on occasions Nv less interest. No!
the result wuz too great. too overwheim-
ingly great! Our nachers wuz filled with
joy and it dubbed up to the eyes, and
slopt over In floods Nv teers. Deekln Po-
gram daughter Mirandy borrered a
tamborine, witch wood answer for tim
brel, and attempted to dance down the
street, after the fashion Nv Miriam, sing
in ''Shout the glad tidens,'' ct cettery.
but we rebookt her. Such exultashen
seemed to us inadekate The Deekin
met me and fallin ON my neck, wept pro-
loosely down my back, witch [ stood ez
long ez I Good bear the moistyr. Gently
disengagin him, led him to Bascom' $,
fearin that so great waste Nv hoolds
wood cut short the old saint life, unless
that waste Good be repaired. We sup
piled the deficiency to wunst. Never
saw [ SIGH picter The blessid old man
sittin on bench, a glass Nv hot whiskey
In his hand his white hair falin scan
tily about his temples, and teers runnin
in rapid succession adown his frost bitten
nose. and glitterin moment on the tip,
droppin like strings Nv pearls into the
space below! 1t was techin
The citizens met that evenin, not to re-
joice, but to adopt SIGH measures for
turnin the victory to account ez the occa-
sion seemed to demand The Deekin
wuz ther, and | believe every white male
citizen Nv the Corners wuz in his sect
afore the glad peals Nv the bell he'd ceased
pealln. | assoomed the chair and in a
few joodishus remarks stated the objeck
Nv the meetin. Moo York, I remarkt,
he'd spoken, and Moo Jersey, the blessid
Staff Nv witch he'd the honor to be a ma
tive, he'd returned to her first love- |
wuz not now ashamed to own that [ wuz
native of Moo Jersey. | am proud Nv
it, and were it not for the fact that owe
neerly half Nv her citizens, in sums rangin
from half dollar up to eighteen, [ wood
return Their to wunst. But [ won't 1t
wood awaken expectations in their buzz
zoms wich wood never be fulfilled, and |
am..too tender hearted, too considerit Nv
the feelings Nv others to lasserate their
feelins. | can't properly express my
emoshuns. Thank heaven, the niger is
ourn. The Northern States hev spoken,
and in thunder tones The Ethiopian
wunst wuz on tire top wave, but where is
he now? Two years ago he wuz needed
but now where is he? The Ablishnists
don't need him 10 more to fill up their
quotas, they don't need him no more to
take their places in the next draft, and
thank the Lord, he's the same id mig
ger he alluz wuz! The stink NV the Mig
ger hez overcome their gratitood to him
their good feelin hez bin swamped by
their prejoodis. The democracy Nv the
two sections Nv the Yoonion hez rusht
into each others arms, the niger wuz
between EN-, and Consistently is under
our feet What happins for Kentucky
The nj ger can't go North with the cleo
shen starin him In the face, and eff he
stays here, he must stay on our terms.
Thank the Lord
Deekin Program sed that he hedn't
felt so good sence his fust wife died. He
felt too good to speek, and the brethren
wood excuse him eff his remarks shood be
breef 1--WE will we will J.! with great
yoonanimity.) Four weeks ago, when
heard from Ohio and Pennsvlvany he he'd
to wunSt drawd up skedule Nv the loss
that he'd bin inflicted onto him by the
tyranical edict NV the Illinoy GorilIer, a
copy Nv WIch he wood reed