Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-02-28

IN Ohlot the hrst place l nloppeu al
wu1 Oberln, the place where the niger
college Is located an. Iregret TO say
that the Postmaster at that pint Is u
Tantin Ablishnist, aud In the two hours
wu1 there, coodent fnd q COuserys,
tive Republican who wood take H.
got one nearly persuaded, but ist ~ be
wuZ about 20 consent, his wlf Tell 8
weeping onto his buZEnm, and with
tetChin pathos wanted to know Il he wu1
wIlin, for sich small pay, To leave SIGH
a tarnlsht name to the four ohtldreu now
born % em and the wun wlch wuz ex.
pectid He repentld and refused
didn't investigate ez fully az might, for
Their aint drop Nv likksr sold }herc, and
eZ my flask give out, felt that doc con.
sldeTashen for my health woodeut per.
NIT my stayin another hour. / recon.
mend the abolition nv the office, or the
establishment NV grosery, with bar
In the Darkroom, eZ nucleus around
witch the Dmocrisy kin rally.
The next place | come 10 | found the
Postmaster q suspishus caracter-very
suspishus. Whenever he is drunk he
speaks very highly uv the Secretary Nv
matters. stjest raise In the salary
NV the offs, that he kin afford to keep
drunk all the time.
At the next pint interdoost myself eE
a English nObleman in disguise, studyin
Amerikin manners and customs, and
menshund carelessly that / he'd bin to
Washington, aud he'd bin presentd 10
the President and Secretary NV State.
The Postmaster wuE vlzsbly Affected.
Glancin turtively around to see that no
one wuz lOokin, he remarked in low
tone. MY dear sir, don't, beg nv 700,
form yOOr idea Nv the public men nv
Ameriky from them specimens. Don't,
| beg, The first, sir, is a acCidCnt-sich
q man Good never heV bin made on pur-
pose. The second wuz suthin, in his
earlier years, but now, sir, now-hc's
degraded old man, and he bustid into
tears. "Bein determined to huli onto
his place, he tried at fust to brin@ the
President, by accident, up TO his level
but that bein impossible, he del bcIs'tly
let hisselt down to ;he level NV the Pres
ideut, and the distance, sir, wuz so great
the Secretary bein suthin, that the shock
sir, undoubtedly knOCkt his intelleck
out Nv him, for he amt displayed any
since. He literally fell among thieves.
May the Lord forgive Willyum II. Sew
ard for the shipwreCk he made NV his
reputashen, for"
At this pint the poor man stopt.
happened to pull out my Handkerchief
and in dom so dropt upon the floor a
piece NV paper witch he seed. 1t read
PETROLEUM V. MASSEY, Dr.
To &. BascOmb,
To drinks doorin the month Nv
January at 10 cents per drink, $1,000
He looked at my face aud seein that
that bill RELY bIonged TO me, fell faint
in onto the floor, sbreekin Im Nc
CraCkened."
leave the case III the hands NV the
Cabinet. It's aggravatin.
Another man openly defied NE. He
wantid me to take the offs of his hands
His children, he sed, wuz made mouths
at and skotfed at, at skool becoz Their
father, witch he'd bin a Republican, held
Fedral offs, and his wife wuz detected
for President Nv the SEWN Society. "a
position she he'd alluz held, On the same
akkOunt. He he'd stood it long enuff.
Ef he coOldn't git it Off his hands he'd
commit soicide, and by putin hisself out
nv the way make his much abused fam.
lily the only reparashen in his power. |
sejest that he be removed. Sich talk
may be safely set down eZ inCendiary.
Another he'd the highest possible opin-
ion Nv the President, and wOrshipped
Secretary. He considered the plan Nv
reconstruction the best witch Good hev
bin devised by mortal wisdom. He he'd
vatnly striven to git nomiuashun for
an offs from the Republican party for
years, but failed, OWN to lack uv con-
hdence. He wood hev jined the Democ-
racy, but ez they wuz hopelessly in the
minority, it wOoden't hev helped him.
He considered Johnson's moshun film
the Offises with Republicans bully, Their
bein so few NV that persuasion who'd
take EN-, and he didn't want any acCes.
slons to the party. Their wuz now iiss
enuf to hold the OffiSis in the control
Nv the President and them wuz all the
otfisS they Good git anyhow. / stjest
that he be COntiny0od. He isn't dis |
Greet, but we can't expect all the viz |
choos at so small price. None Nv Us
is perfeck-I spOse hev my failins.
l shell C0ntinyOO my Investigations, /
tho it is a dredful tryin labor. Coin eI |
do thro Abolition sections, hev to
carry my own whiskyand ez sad expe-
rlence heG demonstrated quart TASKS |
won't do. Sometimes l hev to lay in |
one Of them towns for three hours. |
respectfully submit that arrangements
be made for the transportation NV a key
nv sustenanCe to accompany me, other
wise shell peremptorily resine. At my
time Nv life regar supplies is necessary.
PETROLEUM V. Massey, P. NJ,
witch is Postmaster), and likewise Pro-
lessor Nv Biblikle Polticks in the
Southern Classikle & Military Insti-
loot.
EXECUTION OF A Murderer Hanson