Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-08-01


He he'd enuff dismist army officers fol-
lerin him, to hev alled every offs In his
gift, and he'd At that time become too
old to foller pollytix for the amoozement
II afforded, or for the benefit NV any
cause.
But this Is . DEPRESSION,
MY Dlmoerisy wuiu' partikerly con-
nrmed, IN iAcs wux not q Dimekrat
rom any sp"snl principle but more be-
~. .a- 'nose "a the speer 10 wlch I moved
sou viii arrived at the age nv twenty
ioo.. My father wuz intimately 40
Iualnted with me, and knowd oil my
CHARACTERISTICS ez well ez tho he he'd bin
the friend nv my buszum. One day, ez
wuz layin on my back under tree,
contemplate the beauties nv nacher, my
parent SEE he:
"Pete, (Which is short for my name),
ef 700 ever marry, marry a milliner2"
"Why father nv mine," replied I,
openin my eyes.
"Becoz, my son." see he "Shel 'hev Q
trade wichll support 700, otherwise
yoo'll die Nv starvsshen when I'm gone."
thot the idea wuz good one. Thro
woman a cuss come into the world, witch
cuss wuz labor, and l wuz determined
that ez woman he'd bin the coz nv re-
quirin somebody to sweat for the bread
That mite perposed to milliner in the
village and she rejected my SCOT. l Of
fered myself In rapid succeshun to q
wilder, who wuz washer woman, and
to 3 woman who he'd boys old enuff to
work, with the same result, when, feelin
that suthin waz nessary to be done to
sekoor a pervision for life, l married
niger washerwoman witch didn't feel
above me. Wood 700 bleeve it2 Within
an hour after the ceremony wuz pro-
nounsd, she sold her persnel property,
consistin Nv tub and board and q as
sortment Nv soap, and investin the pro-
ceeds In red calico dress and pair nv
ear rings, insisted on my goin to work
to support her 4! and the township au-
thorities not only maintained her In her
loonacy, but refused to extend relief to
me on the ground that wuz able
bodied.
Ez 1 left that Niger, / vowed to de-
vote my life to the work of gettin EN-
down to where they wood hev to sup
port US, and that vow hev relijusly full
filled. hev never failed by my vote and
inflooence to reduce EN- to ther normal
condishun; hev never felt good ceptin
when they wuz put down peg; hev
never wept save when they wuz bein
elevated. hev bin bathed In tears the
heft NV the time for five years past.
The offices / hev held hev not been
many. he'd signers to petishun for
post office in Jacksons time, but / kill
ed my chances by presentin 1t in person.
The old hero looked at me and remark
ed that it wuznt worth while THROWN
away post Offices on sich-that when he
wanted EN- he Good buy EN- at dollar a
dozen. Bookanan wuz agoin to appoint
me, but somehow my antecedents got to
his ears, and he wuz Altered NV his re-
spectability, and never succeeded till
Johnson returned to his first love and
embraced us.
/ he'd bin drafted into the Federal
army at the beginnin nv the war, and
he'd deserted to the Confederacy. Pro-
cooring a certifkit to that effeck, ap-
piled tor pardon and place. He didn't
like to Civ me the offs, but he wanted q
party and coodnt be very pertikeler. /
succeeded bore with me to Kentucky
commishun ez Post Master, and am
now Twin in the full enjoyment Nv that
posshun, and may say / am happy.
The sosiety is centennial. Their is four
groceries, onto which l kin gaze from
the winder Nv my offs, and jest beyond,
enlivenin what wood otherwise be dull
landscape, is distillery, from WITCH
the smoke Nv the torment assendeth for
ever. / hev associates who reverence
me, and friends who love me. There is
nuthin monotonous here. l hev knowd
ez many ez eight fltes per day, though
three or four is considered enuff to break
the tedium. And In these deliteful pur-
scots, leaving behind me the ambishens
NV what mite be called public life, with
my daily bread sekoored, with my other
sustenance ashoored, with friend alluz
to share my bottle, or to speek with q
greater degree Nv akkooracy, trends
alluz willin to share Their bottles with
me, am glidin peacefly down the stream
Nv time, dodgin the troubles and takin
ez much Nv the good Nv life ez kin.
The twenty five cents menshuned in
the beginin Nv my letter, you may, ez I
remarked remit either in postal order or
currency.
PETROLEUM V. Massey, P. M.
(Which is Postmaster)
P. s. - Don't remit the twenty-five
cents menshund, in postage stamps. /
hev enuf to last me, ez they amt in de-
demand here, ontil the Dimocrasy strike
agin for their rites. Nv course all l hev
on hand at that time will be Nv no ak
kount. Send it in currency. P. V.N.
THE DEATH OF GEN. MRAGHEB.-A
correspondent of the St. Paul (Minn.)
Press gives the following version of the
recent drowning OF General T. F. Meagh-
er at Fort Bentol, Montana:
He arrived in Benton during the day
from the Sun river, where he had been
on spree for about a week, and was