Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-07-02


| But ne wuz wandrin from bis subject.
lis mind went back to the day he left
this city pouniless bow. Where il
them witch lie left behind him? lie
begged to inquire where is the friends
nv his childhood? Whore is the Hay
wood's?-
"Killed at Antiotam!" SHOUTED q res
turned Confedrit. II wuz by Will
yum's side when he WIZ shot.
"Wher is the IIuntors?"
"ltunnin a distillery ut Waxhall
Court 'ouse, sed the same fellow, for
he thot the President roely wantid to
know. He wuz chokod down, and
the President perccedod:-
"Wher is the Registers and the
Smithers, the Brownscs and the jon
sos2 Whcr is tholong list ofmen that
lived in that day; who lived here wen
| wasa pcnniloss boy, and who, like
me, command rcspccll for constancy
Of doyoshcn. | feel proud of this her
Gemonstrashcn--i feel proud ny any
demoustfashen. III alloosion hez bin
made to my boyhood days, when |
WIZ penniless boy, | may say rite
here, as pertinent 70 that subiecll,
that hov adhered to the lundamcnt~
al principles nv the gov ment, and to
the flag and oonsttooshen. But to
return 10 my sublcek When | went
out from among you n penniless boy,
| adopted the constitooshen ez my
guide, and by that / hey allus bin
guided. TO tho young wood say
that they will be safe IN takn mo for
Il model. Leavin here a pcnniless
boy, it Is not tor me to say whether
or not hey succeeded. am no long
or . ponliloss boy, nor is them witch
is around me. Mrs Cobb ain't now 4
pemiless boy-but this is wandrin
from ms snbieck. For the oncour>
agement nv the.y0ung men before me
| wood say that hev enjoyed all
care about. am no aspirant for moth.
in, and therefore the way Inow open
for en- All places nv honor is now
before en-. | thank you for this cor
lcl Wclcum. North CarIiny sent me
out q penniless boy, and did not at
lord me such advantages ca my merits
bcin considered, | shood hev he'd
Yet | love her. It's better ez it wuz.
Coin out "a pcnnilcss boy and returnin
after h0idin every offs, from alderman
ny my adoptid village up to prosi-
dent, shows my qualities To SO much
better advantage than cf ! hcdn't
gone out penniloss boy | thank
you for this tribute to my many good
qualities"
And he startid to sit down when
Randall whispered suthin in his left
ear.
l'isin promptly and DRAWN out his
Handkerchief, the President assoomcd
a look ofsubdued grief and resoomed:
Il hey come among 700 to partici,
pate in the dedicashen Nv II monu-
mont To man 700 all loved, tho il
hez taken suthin like fifty years for
900 to dislliver it. He wuz poor and
humble, wich akkounts for my goin
from among yon q penniIess boy, but
nv him | am proud, for he'd it not bin
for him | woodn't hey returned tho
shinin example to yoor young men
witch i am"
The corner stun was laid and Tn,
monument wuz set on foot. Its as
good ten foot Of stun rcspecl1 cz |
ever see in North Carliny. Ez the
monument wax elevated, there wuz
the appropriate speeches, and then
my little arrangements cum in. A
Niger woman | he'd taken with rs
from Washington rushed for'ard and
scd, 'Bres5 &c Esord, Use bin q waitin
for dis day 10 see do president-our
President" ut wich squad ofniggors
I'd picked up and drilled, hollercd
"R0rl'
This little atfcctin scene over, two
quadroons, Wich I'de also bro't with
us il a private car, cum lorard With
Il oXprossionuv profound grief, at wich
the President wept, aud tenderlv
slung bol1ays Of the choicest flowers
We GOOD buy in Washington upon the
tomb.
1t wuz rcely techin Taboo. The
ancient niger woman holdin to tho
Presidents hand, the young quad,
rooms a slingin bolavs; the President
with his head bowed, apparently q
dreamin az hi8 boyhood DAYS; me
with an expression Of thankfllness
that the niggers hod at last recogniz-
ell their moses; Seward with q sanity
smile on hiz face; Wcllcs tryin 10
look ez much like Seward cz possible,
but failin miserably to look like any
thing but the cggrcjis old ass he il.
Randall with his hankerchcr to his
eyes cz eff unnamed by the movin
scccn, but kccpin one eve cooked over
the hankerGher to see how it took in
the niger crowd. 1t wuz a sceen
much easier to be imagined than dc
scribed.
Their wuz sevral incidents okkurrcd
wich did not appear in the TELEGRAPH.
When his excellency wuz spcakin nv
himself and remark that his race wuz
nearly run, a unregenerated niggcr
yelled out, "Tank dc Lord" and wen
the quadroons wuz Il strewin flowers
on the grave Nv His Excellency's
father, observed ruthor more litter.
in among the niggcrs than | approv>
cd ny on 50 solium an occasion.
asElt Randall wot he tho't Nv the spelz.
elashin, and his answer, at don't
payp struck me ez hcvin vane nv
trooth runnin thro' ii.
On our return the President wuz
allowed 70 speak more, for Randall
got tired NV Watchin him. We rcs
turned i'll good health and sum Nv us
in good spirits. Seward feels we'll,
for he hez an abidin faith that the
mere shown Nv hisselfalluz hez an Of
fecll for good upon the people, and ez
a matter nv koarse, Secretary Wells
thinks so too.
PETROLEUM Y. NAsBY. P, NJ.
(Which is Postmaster and likewise Professor in the Han
and Japheth Free Aca'lemy Cor tha development Nv
tho intelleck NV all races, irrespective nv celor
Faa. Much Of the article known in
this country as ivory is merely part