The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-07-18
OLD SERIES VOL 10. Nc.Eg
rERMS..s 100 In, Advance.

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dosin him with an effensiv smclii.
mixtur labeled "Policy,"'every sw.l-
Ter Nv wich wood throw him into Il
spasm. Governor English Euaz rno
bin one arm with \ iinim'e,lt Randall
gave him, and he'd succeeded il gitt;i.
up y circulation in: it. -
swat is this 7" askt the Southern
efe. e@ Asa-4
!" Northern Democrisv . sed Eng.
lish, rubbing away yigol ously. fa
81 Is this the Giant wich IS, il, carr j.
us7" sed the Southern. gentlonen,s
vieewia the disgustin otjick doubtful
ly. s4 4sI... 4a..t, a..t M, ,..,
Certainly !" said johnson.
"Now cant you git upi?" said be,
to the prossrate heih, giving it i very
large swaller out Nv his bottle.
The gian. made an effort, but flop.
ped down agin like dish rag. :. -.
"Gentlemen!" sed Vallandingham,
1--WE shell hev to call upon 700 to ar
sist in settin him onto, his feet, and
then it'll be all rite with him. He's
bin this way afore. !" .
Accordingly tho Southerners gath
cred around him to lift him up. His
arms, notist, wus marked respect
ively Connecticut and Delaware, and
his legs Maryland and KENTUCKY, and
in them ther wuz strength, fer ez
soon cz the innocent Southcrners got
near enuff, he wrapt them limos
around en-, aud sed: tits I.
Lift I" sa sll'T'z 81. IS 1900 @tti
I'VE cant sed they. ssoasa-
.Yoo must" sed he. II got into
this condishen fighting yocr battles
and doing yoor work. wuz strong
and vigorous until 1 got to rannin
after yoor harlots, and for yoor sake
| wuz. druv out NV my pative States
into this accuseid region. Yoo must
carry me wat time | hev yet to live.
Hist me Hist me - ..g:. .e5l3,r
Those caught coodent get away
and the others generously come out
to their aid, and, maxim q terrible ef.
fort, they raised the haif.deAa bein
onto their shoulders, holden their no.
Sos meanwhile, and prepared to'star.,
Ez the percessian wnz about to move,
Vallandigham remarkt, "Stopa mint,
a1s Mar aaa 4saora a Be ap
their shoulders and took a seat on tho
cark les. VOORHEES,, jist ae badly en-
cum hered, did likewise, and 40 did
the Woods, both Nv EN-, and poor old
jimmy Bookannan, Sev monr, Toucy,
and 4, hundred or 40 more. the unfor-
Tint bearers sweatin unter this ad-
dishnal load. aua 45a e1ssdaH III
els oil ready?" sed they. ,Id5aI
zone moment!' sed johnson. and
him and Randall and Seward climbed
| DIP. s.'.' So 80
This wuz the last feather she bear.
ers mite hev staggered of under tha
carkiss and them wich climbed onto
| it first. but this last addishn to their
burden wuz fritefnf. It finisht EN-.
Groanin under the weight they sway.
ed like q leaf in the wind. ] like a ma
jestic tree jist about to oEail. They
struggkesfa mint to maintain :.her-
selves-but all in vain. A breef fstrug-
gle-a desprit gasp-they give np,
and. ther knees donblin up, the whole
concern come to .he earth with u
sqnashing sound wich letters can't ex-
press, and the half decomposed mass
sorter fell apart. Raymond and Thur
low Weed wich he'd been hanyil,
round, got out from under jist ID time
to save themselves. sga O.
The Southerners got ont from ann-
der the putrid mass, tho almost smoth-
cred by the stencil. Vallandigham
and that class made lite Nv it cz they
he'd ben around il: Il staggered John.
son some, but he he'd bin accustomed
to suthin approximatin very closely
to it in the old times, and it didn't
seriously affect him, butpt Randall.
Seward and Wells were smothercd
and died. RI A 9t as1a s8
Iwux tryin to,pnll Randall's corpse
ous when the effort l wuz maxim
awolSe me. - .gt
| | amt altogether but certain that
that dream means suthin. When I
think oft. tits rather preposterous
| for us 10 hope the Northern Democ.
racy will carry ns, when they can't
carry single State NV their own; jist
about ez prepostcrous ex 1t istor then.
to look to us. tor help, when all Nv US
ez wood jine EN- hevn't got 4 vote
Pollock sremarkt--"Ina q. .puliin match
u corpse amt NV much akko,mt even
EFT Is big one"-weighs onto my
i mind Snthin can't cnme ont uv
nothin. tho, e1 in the case uvScward,
nothin may come out Nv suthil Ell
we Good git--but pshaw I'VE can't.
Thank the Lord We kin hold the Post
Offises two years yet.
| PETROLEUM v. NASBY, P. n.
/ (Which is Postmaster, and Professor
in the Ham and Japeth Free Acad.
ensy for the development nvlthc in
| telleclS Nv ail races irrespective OF
! color III stf ~
/ BLAokBERRY WlNE.-Thcrc Is no
| wine equal to the blackberry wine
when properly made, either in favor
or for medical purposes. and all per-
l sons who can conveniently do 40,
should manufacture enough for their
! own use every year, as it Is invalua-
i Bile in sickness as a tohic, aud noth-
iptr 10 a hai tor ra m atlxy far hn,csl dis.