Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-10-31
Burr Leske in Washington.
WAslilN'ros, Ocktober 2.


chin, as u Notid Wrtist onct didn't rte-or ef
he did, the undersigned never heard tell oy 1t. Not
eny.
Whether il air better to lmpecch the President
& upset Him In his mad Career or, Figgeratiyly
spcakin', give him Rope an let him hang hlsseli,
is what gets us au which wood give shins
to know.
Sum Repu5s. is in favor ov impeachment, an
sum istent
An think so, too. / allus tloft So
An when arskt A. j. wot he tliort in regards
to it, he sed--
Pooh, they coodn't find Joory in the coun-
try to convict me ov cny thing I've dun sence
I've bin President"
/ arsk him, cause why ~
"Why," sez he, "did you ever hear tell oy II
men convctn a william who committed hidcus
oilense when his Branes was stolen away by King
Alchohall ?"
king Alko-who 7" / arskt.
"Alcohall or, not to put 2 fine point onto
it, when the william was Drunk ?-or insanc?n
" Not oriten,' told him.
!" guess not sez hc An you can put that
an impeachment together, d behold the result" !"
| tolc him ef that was alus So wood wager
2 an u harf on his aequittal.
An think | Good find noomcris Bnckers
An thurs WHARF the Larf Gums in !
Man, as the Bible troohfully remarks, is born
to Dlsappointments.
An so air |.
The other mornin went into Il Boot-budcr's
shop to purchase mesclf pare oy New Boots.
| never go in to Buy pare ov Ole Boots. lnas-
much us the Democrats carried Pennsilyany an
(putty near ohier, cgspected to procoor 'em
| al least dollars cheeper than previsy
"Wote our Ticket" sez the Democratick
| noosepapers, "an' every thing will be cheap
the good Demociaticll times will return stand
that your Nabor votcs" an etscttcra an SO
| forth, &C.
81 How much is those y / arskt oy Shoe
builder In atcndcnts, an pintin to Pare ov
| Boots which wood weigh about 5 dolers werth
afore the Democrats plungd us into Crooel Re-
bclllon, which you may probably herd sum talk
| ov Mister Editor.
| lie sed they was wrrth IL dollcrs.
| Amt you little steep with your Boots, l
arskt, thinkin II dollars n outrajis price to pay
fer Boots, artter the CRATE Democatick party had
| carried PcHnsivany and moved Ohier. | arskt
him ef the high price ov Boots was OWN to tho
failure oy the Porgy crop.
40" SEE he. +" Them Butcs was wuth 10
| dollers weeks ago, but the late Democratick
successes has cawsed the adyants. Them Butes
| is now wuth II dollers."
Thus spoke the Boot Builder.
An now, sub rosy, (Which air French fer don't
ick newspapers Lies. (lhc printer will please
spell Lies with Big l., I'm obgc) ] think the
Democratck Times they refer to was doorn
years ov Dcmocratiek war, which the only things
they made fall was Union Solgers.
Inotis that the late elections has had very
curiosome eiieckt onto the Democratick papers,
heretofore alloodcd to. In the twnklin 0v an /,
so to speak, they have changed TO illustrated pa
pcrs, an sum EN- look almost as decent us Po-
lice Gazette. These jcrnals is highly embesht
| with RoDsTprs ilp<
is other insccks. Why such is thus, can't say.
P'raps these Pickters is Ter those members oy
tharc party who can't read An thare name is
Legin. The idear 10 purity good arfter ALL jedge
Billy Seward Is not a success as Republican
He's Il counterilt Bill wot won't readily pass ii
that crowd. But he thinks the Democrats will
carry New York. | askd his opinion on tht
state oy the nation, an sez he
1.-The state ov the Nation, ariter doc Gelibcra-
sbun, an iurther consultation, is subject that
without hesitation, must admit haven't givei
that consideration, to state on my own ailirma
tion, whether without the co-operaton ov sun
other natlon, our popoolation may not, beior
another generation, become one denomination
80 Blamnation give us lcas equiyocation!' Y
sez /.
--aton to the present state ov the nation, =" SCI
he not mindin' the interruption.
fear the Sccretary's mind wanders at times
His giant intellect Is not so GianteEl as it ono
wuZ.
William give me sum good advice, howseyer
He scd Washin'ton contained many Vile Dens
an advised me to shun eIn us wood shun til
Father ov Lie.
81 never sed anything to Lie, sez I, 81 that
, shood shun her laiher. Hardly.
so go long" scz lie. ~ mean the father o
Liars,
"Op' sez |, jess so. | tliort you aloodch t
the male paricnt Uy u Dawter Lize"
! An thar's where the Lari Gums in.
asshoored him wood shun the we Deis
4. ,t..... IL In p.I.l
/; Gen. Imbo-den IN. b. Those is sample o.
: a Pun which is I'LL the Rage, but which shan
c@rst you II sent eXtry.)
: Thars Larfablc insdcnt tole at the expense o
| Androo j. He went to portratc Pantist an rt
quested TO hay his picktef painted. The Pain
est man wasn't oy the Ole Masters He's oni
" about hart past the Hay Day ov Youth. II init
s naturally be supposed that the Artist felt hily fla
y tered at this order from the Boss ov the ntiol
" But he wasn't All his Patrins herctofour In
y come from Higher Order sv Soscty. But |
consented to Paint him as he is. Al the end ov
p'inted time the Portr;tc was linisht and sci
n homc
d When A. j. was told the price ov the Pickt
,c he became lewrious
1 "Base Catiif, !" cridc he, to the Paintis, in
VERY tragick Tone which come ov readn' nutll
but Democrats Prints" Base Catilf darest tho
charge me Twice as much fer Il Daub in Oils
thou didst exact from Stanton the Radlkle, il
one Simler?
II darest," calmly replide the Paintist.
"Egspanc the reasin therefor, ere veto u
h. Bill, aganc sed the Pres.
in "Knowest then, your Magesty," this Arti
man did unto him reply, "that il took 8 tim
more celor fer your nose, than fer Stantons nose
= The Pres. paid the Bill.
The paintist was compelled TO throw much c'
b. or into A. j. s nose to make life like. Wood IL
II sumbody wood throw sum loyalty into his he'd
When they paint me, hope they will thrt
es sum money into me Breeches Pockits.
n, Yours considerably,
BURR LESkE