Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-04-24
THE CHRONICLE
Nasty.
Written for the Toledo Blade
The Russian Purchase-HOw
1t was DORe-Mr. Nasty Re-
ally the Originator of the
Speculation.
WASHINGTON, April Il. 1867.

ASdANdlONs april ii, 1901.
Its done! Seward did it-him and mel The
Amerkin Eagle hsz COZ now to screen with re-
doubled energy. Ifthe Nashnelb bird WIZ a an
GEL shood remark to il. "Toon yoor harp anoo"
butit ain {. and. therefore. SIGH a rekest wood be
Tsdlcplous. This rhapsody hez reference to the
Secretary Seward wuz in trouble about the
bar family per6kerly. He did his level best
for en- He he'd appointed en- to Collectorships
and turin mishuIs, but the crooeI Senit, yich
ned norespeck foIus. took delite in fastenin nv
EN- onto us by perIetooally rejectin EN-. Jest aE-
ter a long seige byMontgomery and the old man
l selested the purthis Nv the Rooshen Terrific
~, TO which not only they coed be sent, but a
thousand Nv otheE wieh he had on our hands,
and the SekretaT wuE SO pleased at the idea
mat be WeptIike achild. With a yigor wonder
ais ez to the valy,o Nv the territory. to infioo-
encs the SENT in ntifyin the treaty he wuz q goin
10 make. And he wrote to a naval officer about
T. who answered more promptly than I ever
knoWd naval offser to do. eI follows:
Its trooly asplendid country. The trade
IN the skins " the white bears kin be, ef
properly DEVELOPED. mad enormous. There Is
seals there, and Valruses SO tame that they come
up Nv their own Ieeord to be ketched.
p. SIN casethe purehis shood be made. a
naval stashen Will be Necessary. May I hone
that my long services on the Floridy coast would
prove sufficient recommendation for the com
mand Nv the dep.sY, MayI?-
-. I hey the honor to BE-" &c.
distinguished Perfesser wrote:
The climate il about the style Nv that they
hev in Washington. The Gulf Stream syeeps
up the coast. ca1sn a decided twist in the isotbs
ermal line, whid hez the effeck NV maxim it
rutner sultry thin otherwise. Anywheres for
SIX hundred milesback Nv the coast strawberries
the purchis.
In case the pu,chis is made, an e~xplorin ex-
will be necessary. May l hope that
my scientltlck athinments are sufficiently well
known to 700 TO recommend me to you as a prop
er person to head.h Oxpedishen? May L?
have the honor to be" ct settery.
The PRESIDENT KuLn't favorably inclined. He
iuil Nv the cd fogy idea that it wuz rather
cold than otherwise. He hadn't faith in the
line. and wuZ skepticle about the
9ulf stream. Il WIZ his experience that the
further North yoogot the colder it wuz. Form
stance, he remarkt, that while the people wuz
warm toward hin IN NIrginy and Maryland last
AL. they become very cold and he got North =
Mher Wuz the isothermal line and the Gulf
Stream then?
Randall, who will hev his joke. remarkt that
The lsthermal line twisted. He notist that peo-
pie made II ez hot for EN- ez he wanted ez far
North ez Cleveland, to wich Seketary Welles
that it only confirmed him in the opin-
ION that, for platin vessels Nv war, iron Wuz
preferable TO pine plank any time,
Seward removed the Presidents objections to
Funst- He read his letters WITCH set forth the
oeautes-, HereWuZ whales. and walrusses, and
Fheaf. n sea lions, and fields of ice the year
In a CLINT ez mild and equable eE the
meridian Nv Washington. The isothermal line
FuI more accommOdatin ther than in any other
'art NV the world. 1t eork-screwed through the
errltory so eE to grow fine peaches for exporta-
to the States and ice to the Sandwich Is
ands, side BY side. He drawd a picter nv the
lE1te bear q rushen over the line and diSportin
.Iisseifin fields Nv green peas, Imagine. he re-
the deleacy Nv Polar Bear meat fatten-
Il on Misunderstanding nv the condishn the
ca lions must be in witch leave their Watry
airs to feed on turnips Wich grow above the
0Lh Darallel-think Nv
1t won't dc" sed the President.
hi Nv" retoTtid the Secretary with a
ulcknls nv nteliek remarkable. think Nv
etIln nd Nv the Blairs foreverl"
VIII the Abiishn SENT ratify the treatyp
ski Johnson eagerly.
1 eonverst with many on the suhjick. and
,ood accept posishens Their, they wood do it
heerty. For sieh q purpose. sed one nv EN- to
Sl.oOO,lO0 is a mere bagateIiS.
III do IT" sed Johnson. / agree with the
Tor once. Rather than hev il fail I'd
ay it out nv Mrs. Cobb's share in our lint spek-
lashens- Freedom from the Blair famay!-
God besingsl kin one man be so blest Is
SIGH in store Tor me? S7.000.0OOl PishI !"
Ny opinyun bein askt 1 Civ il Ez hefy e.
Yeneher Is from a c0mmeIshl stan-pint. in a
olitlkle pint Nv view, the advantages will be
all hetuer. The koshn territory will finally be
le CHOSEN nome Nv plmoerisy. Their Is already
there adopted TO US, who kin be
.anipniated without trouble, and the climit is
to q strIkIy Democratic populashen.-
he trouble with Us here is that the amount NV
necessary 70 the manufakter Nv a Demo-
rat KILLS MN afore be hez q Opportoenity nv
oun many times, witch keeps Us in q perpetooal
minority. Our strength is. Tor climatic reasons
ur week.-Mrs., Far dinerent is it in Roosha.-
her the happy native may drink his ouart nar
bracIn atmosphere maxim il absolooti1
Tor him. Thar is the troo Demokrafie
aradIse. How ohen hev 1 sighed for sish a
Ountry; Then. again. Their are posishens nv
roht. The delegates to Congriss Will, eff / hey
ggered II rightly, draw about Sl5,O u per sss-
mileage. wich is $4,000 per year. So nm
er term. lie Good afford to serve without fbs
y S5.OW. WIeh wood be cheep legislatin, in
and so itwuz agreed upon. and the treaty wuz
lade by telegraph at q expense uy-T forgir
sssaekly-bnt l think it WuI summers in he
JnoiOvded. some other little incidentals yTnz
by the Ear, witch run the price nm 20
O,1O.VVg, but thzt WIZ nothin for US. Seward
ent az his work with great energy. The Pur-
AIS Wuz divided up into six territories-0or the
umber Nv delegates to our conVenshuns vu1
rye and they all he'd TO be provided for Tich
oa. nAmed; fesPeeuseiy, johnson. Seward.
ne in the extreme North. the furtherst off
blair wuz appointed Governor: for the
exS Montgomery. and the next, the old man.
Id the other three wuE held in reserve for the
IRE but unfortunate patriots Wich might he
treatter rejected for the Austrian mishun. a
e WuZ prOkOored Nv the delegates to our yari-
IS ~eonvenshuns and them ez he'd bin martyred
the SeRIt, Their names wuZ put into a wheeI
at GittEnterprises. and Judgeships. MarshaI-
lips, Clerkshlps, et settry. Wuz droWd by lot
ms ice was segested by Postmaster General
andall, ez bein the easiest way of dom il. lie
atId that the appointments from his department
ID alluz bin made in this manner, ez it saved
ne in aggssminIn petitions, certiikets. testi-
onials and SIGH,
PETROLEUM Y. NAsBY, P. NJ.
Itch is Postmaster). and likewise Professor Nv
BiblikleP Olitieks in the Southern Classikle 4
Military Institoot.