The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-06-20

portant event as the release NV our
sainted Davis Good not be allowed to go
by without commemorative, and we &C
cordinly commemorated The rejoieins
wuz held at the church, tho they COM
menst at Bascom :. rs the heftlest part
of the rejoicin he'd bin done at Bascom 5
taperin off, ez may say, at the church,
the speeches were very short, ef not to
the pint. When, how, or where 1t ad-
iourned. know not. T wandered Off in
to thesrealms OF Morpheus In the middle
of Deekin Pogram' sekondly, and s.fore
/ got back | had taken rather long Jour
ney.
| dreamed curis dream. Methamt I
wuz In the regions that are populerly sup
posed to lay below us. Onto his burnin
throne sot Lucifer, readin the Moo
l or1 Tribune, with the most puzzled ex-
preston onto his face [ ever witnest
Layin it down with sigh, ez tho he he'd
gone humpin onto d sumner witch he Good
not comprehend, he remarkt sadly, TO
blznlz and demanded ny his book keep
er the situation NV things Reports were
read to him, wich in the main, plesed
him. A shade nv sadniss becloudid his
countenanee at the statement that Napo-
Icon and Bizmark he'd made up, but his
flce Illuminated serenely ez it wuz
stated that the Christian nashens had
decided to let the Turks go on q butcher
IN the Cretans, wich wuz replaced with
froWn agin when he wuz told NV the pro-
speck W the English common people git
tin a vote. After goin thro the rest Nv
the world, the Unitid States come in.
!" Kentucky" sed tie book-keeper.
looking over bundle of fresh reports, is
all rite Helm is electid Governor by a
Iyi1on Tx
is defeetid
'Good!' sed he, fetchln his tail down in |
a ecstacy uv joy, the next time | swing
around the circle must visit Kentucky |
No state does SO well for me with 50 little |
nv my assistance. | aluz like to
visit Kentucky. Moo York city is ruther
pleasant, tho It's 50 near ike my own |
place that | don't enjoy it much when |
L III there. | DOM feel as though L IN i
away from home and a visitin. But Ken
lucky | loye-the people RELY charm me. |
But 20 on, what next?
y eff son Davis hez bin LIBERATED by |
Horace Greeley becomin his bale. This |
baleln by Greeley, the reporter stashened |
Al y ashinton considers momenchus
event and most happy okhurence for
your majesty.
''That reporters ass and don't know
the secret springs which actooate men.
Recall him to-Wunst for making SIGH a
foolish remaI <
But. " SGD the Secretary, who seemed
to me to be a imp NV some conscience, to
be permitted to srgoo with Luciter hisself
I consider it Nv in poTtance. Did you
wish JEFF son Davis - t}ie in prizen p
Eff 700 wuzn' nv de. si,7ed goose to me
ia DIN Moo York ali, lerman, d re-
ex 40. Want Jeff son !, US to die
pose N hot the youth wet 7 'ued i me
lot |. / :. the golden egg. Il, On
pose wot laiu loetenant [ ever !. q
le best recruiting mask Nv controlh,. !
Ie hez the happy X INC to do with.
yervbodv he hez anytn 'e,d me. he
I'd he turns EN- all TO ~ce, he Sc
coined Polk, he swanpt Pie. Johnson.
oosf Bookannan. he dazzled aaIav
nd he has now caught Horns IN IN
SUIT there wuzn' any danger NV ms q. /.
n prizen. Men amt in the habit ny d,
lvin on panned oysters, briled beefsteak
md milk toast; they hev..a truck Nv peg
rim out faster on diet suthln the oppQsit {
" that; for instance the variety that ,
eff son furnished EN- at AndersonYlie. :
he wood hey got out anyhow. johnson,
Is. after all a poor white man. and ne
GOOD bully them Nv that class we'll enaif,
but he fels ashamed Nv kcepin real gen,
tlenlan like Davis IN prizen and he would
hev released him. /,
eShel / put Horris down on our books?
askt the Secretary eagerly dlpnin his pen
into bloc flame ez Hertzog does III the
Black Crook.
ssl,at rs consider sed Lucifer, mus
inelv, "What hes he did :?
..Baiied JEFF Davis !" returned the
Sekrctary, confdendally giving his pen
fresh dip.
self. to speak hguratIyely, post fof
drove ny hogs to scratch themselves agln.
They are scramhlin out NV the slough NV
secession in which they walored till the
droppin out NV the bottom made 1t dang
erous they find Horris standin on the
bank aud agin hlla they rub their sides to
clean off the mud wich adheres. L speak
figgeratively In likeain Horrls to post; |
literally in hkenin the secess to SWINE,
They wuz Just ez senseless and Just ez
cruel They wur the ones atore wlch the
pearls wuz cast.
[ hey lust finished the defence nv his
self-its a curious dockyment AMI puzzles |
me. Tn disposed TO consider him hon
est, but what week shown he makes!
First be sez he S honest, wieh is siiuz agtn
a man, for truly honest man KIN alius
find enough others to say it fur him. Sec
ond he tries to prove it which Is very |
bad, fur the honesty wlch needs proyln |
Is NV rather scaly order. He instances
his spilin his.ehances fur the SENT last
fall by writin that universal amnesty let
ter. Horris lii this matter Is, l fear,
pIavin ostrich He hes his head In the
sand. and bein blind hisself, fancieS the
balance NV his anatomikle structure wich
oughtsto be in the back ground, Amt Wis
ible to the rest NV mankind Or, he Is
RELY a Iunatick! [ never he'd any idea
that he wantid the sect in the SENT. lie
WIZ In CongfiSs wunst. ane the terrible
favloor he made ther, wood, eft ne wuz
conscious Nv 1t hev deferred HIM from
seekin that particular place agln. Then
eff he WIZ RELY coR1pas 3sse5lfass, he wood
hev knowd that he kadn the ghost NV q
chaice for that place ana Good mt W got
1t ct he he'd written letter urgln the
hangin NV every rebel from JET Davis
down TO commodore Hollins 1t looks lc
Inc very much like ez of Horrls WIZ
plaln the old game NV declinen wat he'd
never been offered to him. His letter
wus soundln brass and tinklin cymbels.
'Shel enter him or not?'' askt the
Secretary.
Its a curis case, sed Lucifer. not
mindin him. He hez bin agin me bv
spasms, and when he hez done things
witch | could approve, [ heV alluz, so far.
entered 1t up to the aecout NV loonacy,
for am particular about putin my claw
on to any man who don belong to ME.
hev-a clear rite TO every one get This
last trick OF his staggers NE. lin 1t be
that the old man WIZ. along. OpnoSln