Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-08-29
DBut how kin We mount him ?"

Trust us fer that" said Wood
and him and Raymond trottcd Off to
git him. ru
They got the Lion out, but ez
soon ez he cast his eyes onto the
crowd he uttered a roar wich struck
terror into their soles, and lashed
the ground with his tail, and cast up
with his claws in a manner fearful to
behold.
"Hell never stand itw sed Weed,
"onless he's blind-folded," and
Thurlow wrapped Raymond like a
wet dish-rag over his eyes, and that
done, him and Randall pared his
nails and blunted his teeth, so that
if the bandage should Wriggle off
and he shood see wher he wuz he
coodent hurt anybody, and shaved
his name till he looked like very
innosent lion indeed, SO that his ap-
pearance woodent startle them not
used to his fierceness, and in that
condishen they led him down to
the crowd and gave the word to
mount.
Lord ! wat a scramble there wuz.
They piled on from the tip NV his
ears to the end NV his tail, and them
wich cOodent git on for lack NV
room, hung to the feet NV them
wich he'd got on, until it wuz moth
in less than a pyramid NV Demo
Gratis.
Finally, when all wuz loaded, the
word wuz given and the lion moved
off. They wuz delited. He he'd
strength enuff to carry EN-, and he
wuz a carryin NV EN- On onto the
White House, and at good pace,
too. Ez they approached the por-
tails the Ablishn defenders of the
place opened onto em.
Hold" sed Weed, "wood 700
destroy the Lion Nv the Republic p
"Stryyoor hands p shreeked Ray
mond, "the saviour of the country is
under u.s."
But they lafft them to skorn.
Its Brite and Vallandigum, the
ct settry, we're frin at"
shreekt they singing ez they fought,
The Battle Cry NV Freedom"
John Browns body lies a mould
rim in the gravel" and sich other
'acriligious odes. "Its them we
see, and them we'll kill"
And they belted away till the whole
mass WIZ stretched dead and dyin on
the plain.
Then they came up and began to
urn over the corpses, one by one,
until at last they came to the body
Nv the lion, wich, peerced thro and
-hro, wuz ez dead ez emmy Nv EN-.
"My Cod" sed they, at is the
Lion, after aZF'
"And we've Stayed him." sed an
other.
"Well!" remarked a third, "we
,oodent help it. He wuz so kivered
up with this carrion that l coodent
make out wat it wuz they wuz a rid
in. Let us give him a decent buri-
al, for the good he hez done, and
forget if we kin, the company he
died in"
And at this critikle juncter l
lwoke.
l hev an idee that l kin see a sort
" warnin in this dreem. 1t oc-
,urs to me:
1st. That eff we do ride Grant,
veil hev to divest him NV his name,
eeth and claws, wich is the identikle
Qualities wich makes him valooable
o us.
I'd. That with us on his back, we
will probably succeed in KILN him,
Without his savin US. Grant mite
a dozen or two of us, but
he whole party Faugh it wood be
pint of cologne to a square mile
" carrion.
Sd. That eff we wuz wrapt all
round him, the people woodent be
bic to see him anyhow, and wat
,ood wood he do us :?
Interpretin the dreem thus, I shell
ppose his nomination, Besides, l
oabt whether all the Weeds and
.aymonds in the country kin so
him ez to bring him qui-
tly into our ranks. We mite pos
IDLY go over to him, and thus git
le privilege NV votin for him, but
How about the offisis
len2 Eff the Ablishnists vote for
i'm and NO vnta for him fho nIl;