Litchfield enquirer., 1867-01-31

By refreshments for self and driver, in- I cludn broken axels and sich. .s..... 95 UC
 By meals for self and nriver. .... 800 I By fare back home wich cost more owin
 tony comin round about way. ..... 5000
 Grand totle. ...,.,.. :. .ss9O 10
 Leaving balance in my favor of $9 10 The bretheren wuz somewhat disappointed at the result, and Bascom intimated that he believed 1t wuz d-d swindle, but with cred hlm with glance. showed Deekin Hogram that It wuz not only regiar, but that 1t he'd the stamp uv the Post offs onto It, Wlch silenced all cavil. I asshoored em that the little balance needn't trouble em- d1d not intend to make an assessment on. to em, but that could wait until the treas. ury wuz in funds.
 'But, sed Bascom, ''When in thunder will the treasury eyer be in funds, of all the expedishuns result like this one?''
 explained to the obtoose man that it Wuz all rite; that in most of such enterpri- ses the expenses eat up the colleckshuns. but that 1t wuz seed sown. ''We must" says l, raise the wind from the North, and to do 1t, let us show suthin hez bin dun" 'What kin we do?" said Bascomb. Lay the corner stun uv the Institootw sez l. "On the square fornist us is the corner stun uv the nigger church we burnt month or so ago, ready to our hand. Let us organize procession and do it to day, that we may publish to the world that the work IS commenced, that our friends may shell out libreller than they hev."
 The idea was considered good and forth with It wuz actid upon. The stun wuz con. veyed to the feeld onto which the Institoot IS to be built, and cavity wuz hollered out into it.
 At P. M. (wich is in the afternoon) a procession wuz formed, headed by the Trus. tees, and we marched out to the feeld. Into the cavity the stun was deposited, with ar- proprit ceremonies, the followin articles:
 A copy uv the Constitooshen uy the Con- fedrlt States uv Amerika. g A copy uv the message uv Androo John son vetoln the Freedmen s Euro Bill.
 A copy uv the 22d uv Febrooary speech.
 Portrates uv the Trustees.
 A copy uv the veto uvs the Civil Rites
 A pair uv handcuffs.
 Portrates uv President Johnson and ssc- retary Seward. rgu.
 A nigger whip. .-,
 A S5 greenback contributed for the pus. pose by Elder Pennibacker. A pint bottle uv whiskcy, seeled, contrib. bited by Bascom. aI ,,.-. l--T"-
 Then the stun wuz placed in posishun: a nlgger wuz tied to it and logged, his blood bedoozhn 1t and after few feelin remarks by myself, In wich I stated that this wuz q grate day for the corners, and that prosper 1ty wood bless us for the work we he'd that day done, the crowd dispersed. the Tru.- taesgv elz 44- >AS.is sU uEaw up V statement uv the ceremonies and an appel to the northern Dimocracy for aid. -. .. The nigger wich we whipt at the corner stun wuz shot i'll dispoot by Capt McPel- ter, wich circumstance greatly annoyed Deekin Program, ez it wuz nigger wich wuz formerly hizzen. He remonstrated with the capten angrily, and ashoored him that ez soon ez the Soopreme Court he'd de- clared the Amendment abolishin slavery unconstitutional, he shood sue him for his value. With this trifin excepshun, the af. fair passed off ez pleasantly ez cood be wished, l remonstrated with both uv em for quarrelln, on slch an occashun, over so small a matter ez the shootin uv 8 nigger, and they finally settled it without hard feelins. How sweet is peace and frendliness atween man and man! How blessid is the offs uy a peacemaker! The captain acknowledged he wuz wrong and stood the drinks for the crowd. --.
 That night about P. M. I wuz sittin in my offs muslin onto the evence uv the day and wonderin whether the Dimocracy would give down, 1t occurred to me that there wuz pint bottle uv first class corn whiskey and S5 in currency go to waste in that stun.
 "What'1 posterity ever know uv us" thot to myself ''Ef poste1ity does overturn that stun wont she git jist ez good an idea uv who we wuz from the other articles? Elf posterity ever reads the speeches uv his Eggslency, and the messages wich we hev phced there, wont the the whiskey be in- 1ef1?d? Ef 1t aint, posterity is consumate ass, and thus muslin, I wended my way thltheward, determined to reskoo these two articles from obliyon anyhow.
 1t wuz ptich dark, but knew the way, creepln cautiously up to the stun I reached out, and horror! there wuz another hand onto it! Striking match quickly, there stood revealed afore me the forms uy Deekln Program, Bascom and Elder Slath- CTS, to whom the same thot he'd occurred W1ch he'd moved me. But my presence of l mind did not forsake me. Striking anuth- CT match, assoomed 8 look uv virchus in. dlgnashun wich they all saw afore it went out, and reprocht em fur ther worldly min- dldnls. How cood they expect the Insti- toot to prosper when those into whose hands It's interest wuz confded. proves re- creant to the extent of steelin the sacred me- mentoes which were to day enclosed. 'Go home, " sed l, T forgive you this time, and will not expose yoo ez 700 eyed the bottle and the greenback, and hastened hither to protect em. Co.," -a..a.. ......
 And they went; after which tipped over the stun and sekoored the prize.
 The next mornin they all reproached me with hevin stolen the articles, in privit, wich satisfied me that all uv em he'd gone pack after the plunder after they thot I'd gone. but they didn't make no fuss about it. They are all good men, but alasl sich is the depravity uv human nachur that they'll bear watchin. % Iawait with anxiety the result nv our ap- peal to the Northern Genotrisy Elf they us ez shamefully ez they did doorin the was, it is all up with us. yo
 l-s PETROLEUM V. MASSEY, F. M.,
 (Wich is Postmaster,) and likewise Pro- fe sor uv Biblikle Politicks in the Southern Classikle Military Institoot.
 The legend of Pocahontas has been ta- ken In hand by 8 remorseless critic, and stripped of all it's poetry. It is shown that