The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-01-15
Grand

By livery hire in that vicinity co "
By refreshments for self and driver, In
cIudin broken aXels and Stch............-. . 20
By meals for self and driver................. 90
BY fare back home, witch cost more
OWN to my comm a round about
way ~ W
Grand totle.................. 20
Leavin a balance in my favor OF - 20.
The brethren wuz somewhat disap-
pinted at the result, and Bascomb init
mated that he bleeved it wuz n id
swindle, but l withered him with Il
glance. l showed Deekin POgram that
1t wuZ not only reglar. but that il he'd
the stampuv the Post Oils onto it, witch
silenced all cavil. 1 asshoored EN- that
that little balance needn't trouble EN-
did not intend TO make an assessment
onto EN-, but that L Good wait until the
treasury wuZ in funds.
s'But." sed Bascom, "wheu in thun-
der will the treasury ever be in funds,
Of all the expedishuns result like this
one?"
Iexplained to the obtoose man that
it wuz all rite; that in most NV SIGH en-
terprises the expenses eat up the col
lekshuns, but that it wuz seed sown.
1--WE must" seZ l, "raise the wind from
the North, and to do it, let us show
that suthin hez bin dun"
"Lay the corner stun suv the Insti-
toot ?'' seq l. "On the square forninst
us is the corner stun NV the Niger
church we burnt a month or so ago,
ready to our hand. Let us organize u
percession and do it to-day, that we
may publish to the world that the work
Is commenced, that our frenS may shell
out libreller than they hev."
The idea wuZ considered good, and
forthwith it wuZ actid upon. The stone
wuz conveyed to the field onto which
the Institoot is to be built, and n cavity
wuZ hollered out into it.
At4P. NJ. (Which is in the afternoon)
"A percessiou wuZ formed, headed by the
Trustees, and we marched out TO the
field. Into the cavity in the stun wuz
the following articles:
y copy NV the COnStooshen NV the
Confedrit States NV America.
y copy NV the message NV Androo
Johnson vetoin the Freedmen's Buro
Bill.
A copy NV the 22d NV Febrooary
speech.
Portrates NV the Trustees.
A copy NV the veto NV the Civil Rites
Bill.
a pair NV handouts.
Portrates nv President johnson and
Secretary Seward.
\ Niger whip.
y 50 greenbnck contributed for the
purpose by Elder Pennibacker.
A pint bottle NV whisky, seeled, con-
tribbited by Bascom.
Then the stun was placed in posishen;
niger wuz tied to it and logged, his
blood bedooZlin it, and after Il few feel
in remarks by myself, in which I stated
that this wuZa crate day for the Cor
ners, and that posterity wood bless us
for the work we he'd that day done, the
crowd dispersed, the Trustees goin back
to my otis to draw up n statement NV
the ceremonies, and an appele to the
northern DimOcriSy for aid.
The Niger witch we whipt at the cor
ner stun wuZ shot in n dispoot by Capt.
McPelter, witch circumstances greatly
annoyed Deekin Pogram, ez it wuz n
nigger which wuz formerly hiZZen. He
demonstrated with the Captain angrily,
and ASHFORD him that ez soon ez the
Supreme Court had declared the
Amendment abolishin slavery uncon-
stooshuel, he shood sue him for his val
ne. With this tritiin eNcepshun, the
affair passed off ez pleasantly eZ Good
be wished. 1 demonstrated with both
NV EN- for quarelin on SIGH occasion,
over so small Il matter ez the shootin
NV IA niger, and they finally settled it
without hard feelins. How sweet is
peace and friendliness atween man and
man! How blessid is the offs nv n
peace maker! The Captain acknowl-
edged he wuz wrong and stood the
drinks for the crowd. !.
1hhA hAlG tAbOhN y We L W uL IL SIT
tin in my otis u muslin onto the evence
NV the day and wonderin whether the
Dimocrisy wood give down, il okkured
to me that there wuZ pint bottle NV
first class corn whisky, and So in cur
rency agoin to waste i'll that stun.
"Wat'n posterity ever know NV u.s."
thot to myself. "Ef posterity does
ever oyerturn that stun, wont She Git
jest ez good an idea nv who we wuz
from the other articles? Eff posterity
ever reads the speeches nv HIS Eggs
Iency, and the messages witch we hev
placed there, wont the whiSkey be in
ferred? FL 1t amt, posterity is u consul
mate ass, and thus musin, l wendell
my way thitherward, determined TO
reskoo these two articles from oblivion
anyhow.
1t wuz pitch dark, but I knew the
way. Creepiu cautiously up to the
stun, 1 reached out, and horEori Their
wuz another hand onto it Strikin a
match quickly, there stood revealed
afore me the forms NV Deel<in Pogram
Bascom and Elder Slathers, to whom
the same thot he'd occurred witch moved
me. But my presence NV mind did not
fOrsake me. Strikin another match, 1
assoomed look NV viTchuS indigna-
shen, witch they all saw afore it went
out, and reproacht EN- fur Their worldly
mindedniS. How Good they expect the
institoot to prosper when those into
whose hands its interests wuz confided.
proves recreant to the extent NV steelin
the sacred memeutoes witch were TODAY
enclosed. go home" sed l, 81 forgive
you this time, and will not expose VOC
ez VOC deserve ! spected 700 all from
the way VOC eyed the bottle and the
greenback, and fastened hither to pro-
I tect EN-. Go!'i
And they went; after witch tipped
over the stun and sekoored the prize.
The next mornin they all reproached
me with hevin stolen the articles, in
privit, witch satisfied me that all NV EN-
/ he'd gone back after the plumber after
they thot I'd gone, but thew didn't
make no fuss about it, They are all
good men, but alas! SIGH is the deprav-
ity nv human nacher that they'll bear
watchin.
await with anxiety the result nv
our appeal to the Northern Democrisv.
Eft they fail US ez shamefulIy ez they
did dOorin the war, it is all up with us
PETROLEUM V. NASBY, p. NJ
(Which is PostmRSterG and likewise
Professor of Biblikle Politicks in the
southern Classikle & Military In
stitcot.
GEoRsR PEABODY donated SaO,OOO to
the Massachusetts, Historical Society.