The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-06-27

from jeff son Davis down to tO Commodore HOl-
lins. II looks TO me very much like eZ ef HOrrs
wuz plaYin the old game Nv dccnin what he'd
never bin offered him. His letter wuz soundin
brass aud tinklin cymbals."
''Shcl enter him or not ?" askt the sekretary.
Its cHris case, said Lucifer, not mndin
| him. "IIe heZ bin agin me, BY spasms and when
he hez done things wich ! could approve, / hev
aIluz, so far entered it up to the account Nv loo
Macy for | am partikeler about putin my claw
onto any man who don't belong TO me- ! hey
clear rite to every one git. This last trick Nv
his staggers me! Kin it be that the old man wuz,
all along. opposin wrong and sich, not from any
deep seated dislike to the article. but becOz OppO
sin things wuz his best holt? Kin it be that hey-
in bin in the minority all his life, and found there
in profit becoz 1t SO happened that the minority
wuz rite that he Is now anxshus to git into that
fix agin! Does HOrri5 spOse that, hevin the
strength Nv u successful career to back him, and
heving hundred thousand, more or less, who
are in the habit Nv readin him, the people will
follow him thro the stinliin sums NV error jest ez
lively wich they did over the breezy hills NV
troothl Hez his vanity got the better NV his
discretion at last? Hey the hangers on wch alluz
puff incense into the face Nv success. bin burnin
Easheesh afOrc him. and heZ it ntOsscated him |?
Is he, at his advanced A5c, in imitasheu NV Sut
Lovingoods daddy, gon to play hoss, forgittin
the hornets nest into wich his great exeInpiar
| plunged2
"Shel put him down or not?" askt the secre-
| tary agin, rather impatiently.
mo-" replied Luciier drawn hisself up de-
cisively "Ef he splits up the Ablishinists we shell
be 50 deep in his debt that he will deserve to get
clear Nv US. Ez 1t is, he hez dun enuif to entlte
| him to our gratltOod. He hez restored JET son
| Davis TO me; he heZ even enlarged his field Nv
useGulnis He is u demonstratin the theory that
| there amt no such thing ez treason, and ez a
f,NtF.
| mitted by my friend Davis's friends Ez Horris
is eslablishin the fact that the agin my friends
in the South wuz unjustiiiable, l shouldn't be
surprised ef the next thing he does. in order that
ustls may he done, will be to insist that their mig
gers be returned to EN-. After all, Ispeckt that's
! wat he's driyin at. Now that sayery's abOllsht,
l bleeye he'd like to hev it restored, that he may
! hey suthin to do. His okkepashen's gone. He's
short Nv subjick now. His pen hez bin SO used
to writn slavery! slavery! slavery that he's
reely at sea. He wants the old sin set up for him
| to batter at agiu--he wants LOvcIOy shot over
agin, and beedn Kansas to he repetld. Watts u
Professional Reformer ef ther amt nothin TO re-
form Z Watts q corn doctor ina country Whel
they wear big boots? mol let him CO. Hell
shoor NV punishment enulf anyhow. He's Uni
versaiist, doctrn the mistake NV wich he'll dis
kiyer some day, but he's very likely to realize hlt
lice NV punishment on earth for Windell Phillip
is after him, and wat wuss kin he suffer? Be
this last act NV hisn down ez honesty streak
with loonacy or ruther, the loonacy bein thu
biggest, ez loonacy streakt with honesty, anC
leave him out. Go on with the sports. Where's
Davis now? and partikeerly, where's johnson
| Et he does anything agin me he does 1t thro mis-
take. Keep track Nv johnson, don't let"
At this pint wuz aroused by somebody shakir
me- 1t was BascOm. 1t Wuz O'Clock, and ez
lied not bin over for my mornn bitters, in wicl
dooty I'm very regler, the good man he'd gone GU
in search Nv me- How pleasant 'tz to hey some
body to care for 700, even ef their solisltoot
springs from u ten cent motive.
PETROLEUM V. Massey, p. NJ,
(Which is Postmaster,) and Professor in the Han
and Japhcth Free Academy for the develop
ment NV the intGllek Nv all races irrespective
color.