The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-05-09
NASRY
NASBY.
The Russian Purchase--How it was Done
Mr. Nasty Really the Originator Of the
D.. Speculation.
From the Toledo Blade.
From the Toledo Blade.
WASHINGTON, April IA, 1867.

Speculation.
From the Toledo Blade.
WASHINGTON, April IA, 1867.
It's done Seward did Thin and me
! The Amerikin Eagle hez coz now to scream
with redoubled energy. Eff the Nashnel
bird wuz angel, | shood remark to it,
''Toon yoor harp anoo," but it amt, and,
therefore, such rekest wood be ridiculous.
This rhapsody hez reference to the Rooshen
purchls.
The idea originated in these massive in.
telek. When | wuz here afore, the Blairs,
all Nv EN-, wuz a crowdin the sainted John
son for mishun; Cowan wanted mish-
un, and so did Doolittle, and that day pref
ty much all NV the delegates TO the Cleve-
land aud Philadelphy Convenshuns he'd bin
there wautin some kind NV a place; wat,
they wuzn't pertikeler. One gentleman
whose nose (Which trooly blossomed ez the
lobster betokened long service in the party,
urged that he he'd bin a delegate to both
Conversions. Thank God - sed johnson
Wood that both them Conversions he'd
bin made up Of the same men. | wood then
hev bin bored for places only half as much
ez | am"
wuz a helpin him out in my weak way
When the crowd wantin places began to be
too great for human endoorance, / would
say Ill moderate tone. "let's go out and
git suthin, and towunst fully half wood
exclaim, Thank 700, | don't keer Of do.
1t wuz great relief to johnson, but wuz pi-
zen on me. With the most Nv men, the an
guish, anxiety and solisstood in the gittin
Nv offises and free drinks was an ekal thing.
The of1ises they wanted wuz merely the
means to that pertikeIar end, and so long
ez they wuz gittin the latter without the
trouble of the former, they wuz content
good constooshen and copper lined
stulnick carried me thro the tryin ordeel
until | came across a Boston applicant, who,
in conscience Of the prohibitory law, he'd
bin for some time on short rashuns, and
wuz keen set. Napoleon had met his We'll
lington, aud succumbed. The mans tai
lieut. wuz wonderful.
Secretary Seward wuz in trouble about
the Blair family, pertikerly. He he'd did
his level best tor EN-. He he'd appnted EN-
to CoIlekterships and turin mishuns, but
the crooel SENT which he'd no respeck for
us took deite in fastening Nv elm onto US
by perpetooaIIy rejectin EN-. Jest after a
long siege by Montgomery and the old man,
sejested the purchis Of the Rooshen Ter
ritory, to witch not only they Good be sent,
but thousand OF Others which we he'd on
our hands, and the Sekretary wuz so pleased
at the idea that he wept like C.id With
a vigger wonderful in one SO I'D, he set
about gittin testimonials ez to the valyoo
NV the territory, to inhooence the SENT in
ratifyin the treaty he was agoin to make
And he wrote to naval officer to do, ez
follows:
'lt's trooly splendid country. The
trade in the skins NV white bears kin be, eff
properly developed, made enormous. There
is seals there, and walruses so tame, that
they cDme up Nv their own akkord to be
ketched.
p. S. In case the purchis shood be
made, naval stashun will be necessary. =
May hope that my long services on the
Floridy coast would prove suffishent rec
for the command NV the de-