The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-08-08


He wuz like all men ofgenius, unbalanced
His ability wuz al! on one side. The groveI
in plaintiff, who didn't admire SIGH errati
tiites raised ruckshen about the paItry
sum, and my father.
Folded his tent like the Arab.
! And ez silently stole away"
From that time out the old gentleman
migrated-in fact. he lived mostly on the
road. He adopted movin ez perfeshun
and very profitable enc he made NV it
When his boss died, the Majors rather thar
not hev him move, would chip in and raise
him anuther Appreshiatin the compliment
they pade him he alluz went. menshun
these pekooliarities Nv my ancestor becoz
THE lives ofall CRATE men remind us.
we may make our lives sublime,
! And departin leave behind US"
et our talent runs in that direckshnn, e2
many debts as he did, though it does require
espesheI talents
This he'd its infiooence on my youthful
mind. saw not only great deal NV the
country but much Nv mankind, and | ac-
CURED that adaptability to circumstances
which hez ever disting uished me- Even to
this day, eff | can't git gin kin take whis-
key without murmur and without repinin.
My politicks hez ever bin Democratic,
and | may say, without egotism, hev bin
a yoosetul member Nv that party. | voted
for jackson seven times, and for every sue
ceedin Democratic candidate ez many times
ez possible For Mick Lellan only got in
foul votes. | didn't approve Nv the nomi-
nashen and wuz not overly Jealous. He'd he
bin elected wat wood it hev awaited me /?
He he'd enuff dismist army officers foleriu
him to hev filled every offs in his gift, and
he'd at that time become too old to foller
pollytlx Tor the amusement it afforded, or
for the benefit Nv any cause.
But this is a DEPRESSION.
My Democrisy is pertikelerly confirmed.
In fact wuz not Dimocrat from any
speshel principle. but more becoz those in
the speer in witch l moved wuz, until ar
rived at the age W twenty -four. My father
wuz intimately acquainted with me, and
knowd all my characteristics ez we'll ez tho
he'd bin the friend NV my buzzum One
day,ez was layin on my back under tree,
contemplate the beauties of nacher,m my par
ent SEE he
"Pete (Which is short for my nane) eff 700
ever marry marry milliner."
why? father Nv mine" replied !, openin
my eyes.
'Becoz, my son." sed he she'll hev
trade which'll support you, otherwise you'll
die Nv starvashen when I'm gone
thot the idea wuz good one Thro
woman cuss cum into the world, witch cuss
wuz labor and WIZ determined that ez
woman he'd been the coz Nv requirin sum,
body to sweat for the bread | eat, woman
should do that sweatin' That mite | per-
posed to a milliner in the village, aud she
rejected my SCOT. offered myself in rapid |
Succession to a wilder, who wuz washer
woman, and to woman who had boys old |
enutf to work, with the same result when.
teelin that suthin wuz nessary to be done to |
sekoor pervision for life. married mig
ger washerwoman, who didn't feel abuv me- !
Wood you bleeve it? Within an hour al !
ter the ceremony wuz pronounst, she sold |
her persnel property, consistiu Nv wash
tub and board, and assortment of soap |
and lnvestln the perceeds in red calico
cress and pair Nv earrings, insisted on
my going to work to support her and the
township authorities not only maintained |
her IN her loonacy, but refused to extend
relief to me on the ground that / wuz able
bodied
Ez left that niger vowed to devote
my lite to the work Nv gettin Nv em down
to wher they wood hev to support us, and
that vow hev relij usly fulfilled. | hev
never failed by my vote and infooence to
reduse EN- to their normal condishen; hev :,
never felt good ceptin when they wuz put
down peg; | have never wept save when
bau tIyttz hai, aIo-,oE.I |
IN tears the hett of the time for five years
past.
The offices hev held hev not been many.
ned slgners to a Potassium for Post Office
IN Jackson's time, but killed my chances by
presentin 1t in person. The old hero looked
al me and remarked that it wuznt worth
while thrown away Post Offices on SIGH
That when he wanted EN- he could buy EN- at
a dollar dozen. Bookanan wuz agoin to ap-
point me, but somehow my antecedents got
10 ms ears, and he wuz Altered NV his respeck-
5aolllty, and never succeeded till Johnson
returned to his first love and embraced u.s.
he'd bin drafted into the Federal army at
the peglnnln ofthe war, and he'd deserted to
the Confederaey. Procoorin certifikit to
that effeck, | applied for pardon and place.
He didn't like to give me the offs, but he
wanted party, and, as his appointments ey-
eryWhere show, he coodn't be very partikeler.
succeeded | bore with me to Kentucky a
commlshun ez Postmaster, and am now liv-
in in the full enjoyment Nv that posishun. and
may say am happy.
i ne society is conjeniel. Their is four gro
cerles, onto witch kin gaze from the wnder
Nv my offs, and jest beyond, enlivnin what
wood otherwise be dull landscape. is a
dlstlllery, from witch the smoke NV the tor
ment ascendeth forever. Ihev associates who
reverence me, and friends who love me. There
is nuthin monotonous here. hev knowd as
many as eight fites per day, though three or
four is considered enuff to break the tedium.
And in these delightful pursoots, leavin be-
hind me wat might be called the ambishens
Nv public life, with my daily bread sekoored
with friend alluz to share my bottle, or to
speak with greater degree of accuracy.
trends alluz willin to share their bottles with
me, am glidin peacefully down the stream
Nv time, dOdgin the troubles and takin ez much
Nv the good oflife ez l KIN.
The twenty-five cents menshuned in the
beginnin Nv my letter 700 may, ez 1 remarkt,
remit either in postal order or currency.
PETROLEUM V. Massey, P. NJ.
(Which is Postmaster).
P, S-Don't remit the twenty-five cents
in postage stamps hev ennff
to last me, ez they amt in demand here. on.
til the Dimoeracy strike agin for their rites.
Wv course all | hev on hand at that time
will be NV no akkount. Send it currency,
P.VN.
WESTERN PATENTS. The following pat
ents were issued from the United States Pat
e e Office for the week ending July 16, 49,
Hop Press-N. Carpenter, White Creek,
Flood or Waste Gate-W. Clark, Cambria
Wis
Car Corpling-A Clark, Fond du Lac Wis
Bee Hive-E. Cox. Monroe, Wis.
EqnailizlHg Horse Power-W. Dunlap,
Maqnoketa, Iowa.
Dish Holder-F. Aubbard, Ripon Wis.
Gate-T. Munger, Cedar Falls Iowa.
Brick Machine-G. Martin, Milwaukee
Wis '1s''
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