The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1867-11-07
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GREAT GOVERNMENT AUCTIoN.
Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear We!

The great sale of goods belonging to the
Late Lamented Government, consisting of
| rags, tags, bobtails, pretty things and gew-
| gaws, will now commence. Terms, Uui-
ted States bonds or gold.-BRADY, Auc-
tioneer.
Now, ladies and gentlemen, give me
| attention, and you'll have greater bargains
| than | can mention. And as these ere
goods were owned by Mrs Lincoln, if you
can't give your name just hand your wink
| in.
Here we go:
How much for this little ring-pure
| gold, single diamond-worn by the female
| part of the government 2 How much
1t has been kissed by many an applicant
for Office, is a beauty, and worth hun
dred and seventy-fve dollars 1t was con
quered in the South and given to the fe-
male part OF the Lato Lamented for a po-
sition. in the army.
Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are march
| ing;
| Cheer up, comrades. we will come
soon as we get our commissions How
much for the rings Five offered. Going
at five! At ve!-fYe, five, FIVE! Will
you make it ten! Remember, patriots,
we have seen the extremity of the govern
ment's widow. At fire, five, five, and
down she goes at hve, if get no more
and sold to Moxa Morton, of Indiana.
Next, gentlemen, comes a camel hair
shawl, invoiced at fifteen hundred dollars.
It's beasty, and no mistake. This, TOO,
has covered the form of the governments
widow, and is full of memories. This is
the shawl che wore when she visited the
soldiers in the hospitals, like the Florence
/ Nightengale she is, and it has also graced
her person while dancing with Fred. Dou-
glass How much for the sbawll Shawls
should bring good prices. Yon know the
Late Lamented went through Baltimore
clad in one. 1t was not a camel hair one,
and yet it was, for he who wore it had
his back up Excuse the joke. How
much for the shawl! Start it as the Re
publican majority in Ohio, and stop it in
time Forty thousand! Will you give
thirty, twenty, fifteen, ten, five, three, two7
Great God, gentlemen, can / get nothing?
All, thank you, two thousand offered
and down she goes for two thousand -to
Long John Wentworth, of Chicago.
Now comes bcauty-a lace founce
dress, worn on State occasions by the re-
lict of the government. This is a dress
as is a dress. Train like string of army
wagons. Beautiful goods-cost fifteen
hundred dollars in Boston. Give me bid
start it at something. It's skirts are full
of blessed memories It was presented by
General Shoddy, whose son had a contract
to steal cotton on shares. Give US q lift
on it Have pity on the poor reIct OF
the government. You have seen the ex-
, tremity of the reiict when her clothes were
held up for sale, and l know you will bid
: lively. One hundred dollars offered !
Too cheap, but going at a hundred,-
Make it two, two, two. Alb, thank you.
I Who'll give it another raise Going al
/. two, two, two-toot t-toot-tOot-too
: toot-oot-oot Raise it again. gentle
men. Ab, thank you-two and half, and
e a half, an' al, an at, an 'af; and sold tC
' Dandy Sprague for two hundred and fifty
4 dollars.
And here, gentlemen, comes another
shawl-a beauty. White camel hair
with red centre rising like full moor
over a snow covered prairie. Buy it fo
t the memories. 1t is covered inside anC
= out, like butter fryer, with loyalty
: One day when the government was crack
: ing his little jokes-while the soldier
were dying in the hospital while tn
:. wives and widows of the soldiers wer
: picking lint and begging for BREADTH
: beautiful shawl was given to the bette
n half of the government, and with it in he
;, hand she walked like queen 10 tie sid
= of her beloved, and she kissed him, ant
slobbered him, and wrapping ii about hin
, like mantle, the two retired. And hov
J. they capered, and hugged, and kissed, an,
:, made glad. They were told its price, fo
the cost mark, 81, 800, was on it then a
/ now and after season the pair wen
forth and rewarded the giver with the Ne,
York Post Office How much for th
= shawl, gentlemen 1t is part of til
great struggle for freedom. And she wor
. this shawl when visiting the sick soldiers
!, "Gently her hand o'er my forehead sh
II pressed,
te Trying to soothe me from pain and distress
v Kindly she'd say to me, be of good cheer
n Mother would comfort you if she were here.
,e How much for the shawl? Three hur
dred is offered, and down it drops to A
=. Wakeman, of New York.
Now, gentlemen, we have set of furl
: Cost price, 81, 900 in gold. Came fror
? the Russian possessions that was, oul
le that is. How much for the furs The
r. were highly priced by the governmen
as both volumes! Buy them for the sake
j., ~ your suffering country, and in remen
N N brance of its fearful struggles for life !
TO Look ye Do you see that long line
blue See that mass of humanity marcf
ing against Fredericksburg. Hear Il
shot and she'll whistle and shrek throug
{ the air. But what care brave men ?