Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-08-29
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(Wich is in the Stait NY Kentucky, :
August /, 1867.

i 11doJ NIT lilClt " w u COAfOCdSLCll
NV the saints connected with the In
stitoot (uv wich Deekin Pogram is
the cheefest and loyeliest among
ten thOusand) to take sweet coun-
sci together onto several matters
connected with the institooshen NV
learnin, the success NV wich is SO
J dear to all NV us. The conversa-
shen happenin to turn upon the con-
ferrin Of honorary degrees, Deacon
Pogram sed that he he'd sugges.
ton to make. He he'd notist that
all the leadin colleges NV the coun-
try he'd practis NV conferrin titles,
sich ez IN. D." "a. b." "L. L.
d." and sich, onto distinguished
men, tho he wuz free to say that he
didn't know wat in thunder they
meant, or wat they wuz good for.
But he he'd nOtist in a noospaper
that no college he'd yet conferred
any sich onto Androo Johnson
Considrin it a burnin shame, he
wood sejest that ez a rebook to the
hide-bound instOoshens NV the
North, that this college do to-wunst
confer all Nv EN-, and ez many more
ez there is, onto Mr.. Johnson
BascOm remarkt that he didn't know
whether the President would feel
complementid, "Yoo know, Dee
kim" sed he, "that this amt much
NV a college,
"TroO," sed the blessid old peece
Nv innOsence, "too troo, but then
to balance that, Johnson ain'tmuch
NV a President, you know"
And so the honrary degrees wuz
conferred and notis thereof wuz sent
him immejitly.
From this the question NV the
next nominee NV the party for
President came up. Bascom, who
isn't far -seein man, asserted thet
it wood be necessary to nominate
Grant. The Deekin remarkt thet
he tho't it wood be safe, but Nc
Pelter tho't different. He didn't
bleeve in the first place that il be-
come Peace party, or at least
party wich if it dipped its hands in
gore at all, did it mostly in North
em gore, to take up a Northern
General wich he'd dun his hest to-
wards sendin many thousands of
Southners to their long homes, and
besides the General wouldn't take
it. r'
Bascom wanted to know wat the
conference at Long Branch meant? ?
Eff Gen. Grant wuz in the control
NV Weed, Raymond and the Moo
York Herald, which was ekal to the
World, the Flesh and the Devil, he
felt that he he'd trooly found the
broad Mecadamized road to Democ-
risy. He began to hev hopes NV
him. Various opinions wuz ex-
pressed by various persons, when,
without comm to any conclusion,
we separated. l retired that night !
earlier than usual, and my mind |
dwellin on the chances NV my con-
tinuin in offs in case NV Grants ac.
cession, fell into a troubled sleep
md dreamed a dream.
Methawt gathered in front nv the
White House wuz gallant array NV
our friends. There wuz Franklin |
Peerce, and Bookanan, and Vallan-
ligum, and the Woods, and Magof-
in, and Monroe, and Brite, and
Breckenridge, and the leaders NV the !
DimOcrisy, all a standin there look
n wishfully at the White House,
md wonderin how and by what
means they Good get in. johnson,
blessins on his he'd, stood onto the
Dortico wavin to EN- to come, but
alas guardin the passage stood
mighty host NV Ablishniats, armed
ind clad in armor, and in such
Iorce ez to make the stormin NV it
Iopelis.
"How shell we git in ?" sighed {
Belmont.
"Ah, indeed, how" answered
Henry Clay Dean. {
''That's the great moral question l
how ?" ekoed Ben Wood. /
"My friends !" sed Thurlow Weed, ]
its easy enuff. When you can't '
oar like the eagle, crawl like the t
make. Sorein is preferable, but S
rawlin will do at pinch Is ther fl
ot the lion NV the Republic p P
amt yoo get him out and mount
i'm? The Ablishnists hev a re-
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