Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-04-18

redoost agin 10 yoor normal speer, NV
yoor comm down from the high boss
yoove bin ridiu and In bein sgin a ser
want unto yoor brethren, Itmeans that
Connecticut hez spoken, and that yoor a
good deal more valyooable 20 US now
than 700 wuz hour ago. Go, my
friend, and buy salve for yoor bro0ses,
for unless yoor heeld, yoor valyoo will
be less IN the markit. Yoo'd be
ashamed TO sell Tor a low price woodent
yoo?"
l left the Dimocrisy jubilatin and
come on TO Washnton, feelin that |
must go where Good find kindred soles,
The mite arrived there wuZ high carni-
val at the White House.
The President wuz In tall feather,
Their wuz Connecticut visible all over
him. He he'd wooden nutmeg fur a
buzzum pima minstoor Eastwood ham
hung from his watch fob, and In honor
NV the occashun they wuz drinkin
punches made NV Moo England rum,
with small slices Nv Weathersfeld on
yuns in em instead nv lemons. Randall
sprung toward me e2 entered the room,
and clasped me by one hand, the Presi
dent by tother, and we then-Bot alto
gether onlke the three graces-em-
braced. They he'd the advantage Nv me,
ez they he'd one odor-the onyun-wich
| hedent, but stood it. Why MT when
that odor wuz from the breaths nv those
hevin the apintin power? l wood hev
stood it he'd they bin eatin assofotida.
At this junctoor Secretary Welles cum
10.
"Ha !" said he, "why this unwonted
hilarity ? why this joy wher greet gen
orally holds her court 2"
"The Connecticut eleckshun," said
Seward.
ooh, to be sure" sed the venerable old
man, vacantly, 81 remember. Hawley,
wuz it, or some other man who wuz
elected over-over-wat wuz his name ?
our candidate?"
"That wuz last yeern sed Seward,
angrily.
"Wcll, perhaps it wuz. When did
that State vote agin 2" asked he, limo
Gently, to witch no answer wuz given
But very little attention is paid to Sex
rotary Welles by any one 'ceptin Seward,
and the fact that he occasionally under
takes to keep him posted in current
events is ginerally taken ez evidence
thst he's breakin up. Poor William, it's
evident that he's passin into his dotage.
Their wuz a pleasant gatherin. Cowan
wuz Their, and Salisbury and Carrot
Davis and Doolittle and Seymour and
Brooks, and more cOngratulatory letters
wuz read than wood fill q page OF the
| Moo York Herald. John G. BreCkin-
ridge hoped this suspicious event wuz
| the beginnin NV good feelin, presagin, ez
| he trusted it did, the eyenchooel triumph
Nv them witch he he'd alluz bin proud to
call his friends. Mayor Monroe, Nv Moo
Orleens, hoped that, after this evidence
Nv returnin reason, President johnson
wood not hesitate to remove that second
Butler, Gen. Sheridan, who wuz ojius to
every friend the President had in the city
NV witch he wuz lately mayor. Gen. Wise
sent his congratulations, but ez they
okkepied thirty eight pages Nv legal cap
paper, closely written, they wuznt read.
| Mosby sent an alegOriCle pipe made Nv
a corn cob, onto witch wuz carved SYM
bolicle niger with the American eagle
with his claws into his wool, with his
congratulashens, and Fernando Wood
and Jesse D. Brite and Dan VOORHEES,
sent theirn, and Vallandigham wanted
| to know now whether or not the Presi
dent wuz going to accept the situashen
and take the Dimocratic party to his
buzzum4 Eff so, he he'd list of apint-
ments for Southern Ohio witch he wished
made. At this pint3the question arose
whether or not he'd not better move
my ClassiCle and Military Institoot to
Connecticut ? | am praCticle man, and
to wunst asked, ez pertinent to the
question, whether or not Their wuz g
distillery in Connecticut, and sekond,
whether or not Their wuZ vacant post
offs within four miles Nv it.
Secretary Randall replied. He wo0dent
hold out Endorsements that he coodeDt
fulfill. He wuz honest. Honesty wuz
his best holt-simple, child-like strate-
torwardniss in his deeliDs in pollitix
wuz his cheef failin and he'd we'll nigh
been his room. The first query wuz
easy to anser-the eleCkshun returns
wood indicate to any man Nv ordinary
intellek that ther wuz distilleries either
in Connecticut or very handy to the
State, but Their wuz no post offisis TO
spare. To carry the State every wun NV
EN- he'd bin solemnly promised.
The President remarkt that he RELY
shoodnt think that trifin circumstance
wood interfere with given elm to other
men.
At this pint I broke in. I told EN-
firmly that onless I Good Lev a better
post offs than the one he'd, [ woodent
go. Good go and Good move wat there
is NV the College bildtns. 1t wooden
cost much to pay freight on the corner
stun. spose better one coold be got
in Connecticut at less than the cost NV
transportin it, but wherever that Dino.
cratic college is built, that must be the
corner stun nv it. That stun is hallow-
ed. Their are tender associash6ns hang.
round it. 1t wuz the corner stun Nv q
niger skool house witch we burnt to
the ground the mite we heerd Nv the We
to NV the Civil Rites Bill. But wont