The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-01-25

The brethren wuz somewat disappointed
al the result aud Bascomb minated that
he bleevel it wuz id swindle, but |
withered him with glance. / showed
Deekin Pogram shat it WIZ not ouly reglar,
but that it he'd the stamp NV the rostoilis
onto it, wich slcnced all civil. asshoorcd
en- that that little balance needu't trouble
em-l did not intend to make an assess
ment onto EN-, but that ! Good wait until
the treasury WIZ in funds.
But" sed Bascom. "when in thunder
will the treasury ever be in funds, eft all
the expedishuns result like this one?
explained to the obtoose man that it
wuz all rite that in most nv sich enterprises
the expenses cat up the collekshuns. but
that it WIZ seed sown. "We must" scz |,
"rajse the wind from the North, and to do
it, let us show that snthin hez beeu dun"
"Wat kin we do sed BascOmb.
clay the corner stuti nv the lnstitoot p"
SCI |, "0n tho square forninst us is the
corner stun NV the niggor church we burnt
q mouth or SO ago, ready to our hand. Let
MS organize apercessiOn and do it to-day
that we may publish to tho world t at the
work is commenced, that our friends may
shell out l.breller than they hev.'
Tho idea wuz considered good and forth
with it wuz actid upon. The stun wh2
conveyed TO the feeld onto which the Iu
stitoOt is to he built, aud cavity wnz hol
Tered out into it.
At4P. NJ. (wich is in the afternoon) {
percesson wuz toImed, headed 10y thC
Trustees, and we marched out to the feeld
Into the cavity in the stun wuz deposited
with approprit ceremonies, the follUwil
articles:
A copy NV the Constooshen NV the Confedri
Stats Nv America
copy w the messige nv Androo johnson veto
in the Freedmen's Buro Bill.
! copy NV the 22d NV Febrooary speech.
| Portratcs NV the Trustees.
copy NV the veto NV the Civil Rites Bill.
A pare nandcutfs.
Portrates Nv President johnson and Secretar
! Seward.
A niggcr-whip.
A IS greenback, contributed fur the purpis b
! Elder Pcnnibacker.
A pint bottle NV whisky, seeled, contributed b.
! Bascom.
Then The stun wuz placed in posishc
niger wn8 tied to il and logged, his bloot
bedOoZiin it, and after few feelin remarks
! by myself, in wich stated that this wui
a CRATE day for the Corners, aud that pos
| terity wood bless us for the work we he'd
! Trustees goill bacl; to my uilis to draw vi
q statement Nv the ceremonies, and an ap
pele to the northern Dim0cracy for aid.
The nigger wich we whipt at the corne
stun wu9 shot in dispoot by Capt Nc
Pelter, wich circumstances greatly annoye
Deekin POgram ez il wuz a niger vic
wuz formerly hizz;n. lie demonstrates
with the Captain angrily, and ASHFORD hin
that ez soon ez the Soopreme Court he'd de
clared the Amendment abolishin SLAYER
unconstooshnel he shood sue him for hi
value. With this trilin eKcepshuu, th
affair passed off ez pleasantly ez Good b
wished. demonstrated with both NV CT
for Quarlen, on sich a occasion, over s
small matter ez the shontin NV a niggel
and they finally settled it without har
feelins. How sweet is peace and frendl
ness atween man aud man How bless
is the offs nv y peace-maker The CaPiai
acknowledged he wiz wrong and stood th
drinks for the crowd.
That mite about 9 p. NJ wuz sittin il
my offs musin onto the evence Nv the da
ard wonderin whether the Dimocracy WOO
give down, il okknrred TO me that ther
wuz pint bottle nv first slass corn whisky
and IS in currency agoin to waste in lhs
stun.
Watll posteritS ever know nv us,
hot to myself Ef pOsterity does eve
overturn that stun. wont she git Jest {
good an idea nv who we wuz from tll
other articlesf Ef posterity ever read
the speeches nv His Eggslency, and th
messages wich We hev placed there, woI
the whisky he iDferredi Ef il aint, POI
terity is cOnsumInate ass, aud thus musi
weuded my way thilherward determine
to resEoo these two articles from obllvio
anyhow.
lit wuz pitch dark, but knew the wa
Creepip cautiously tip TO the sttn. rcache
out and horror ther wuz another har
. QUITO il Strikin a match quickly, the
stood revealed afore me tho forms Z
Deekin Pogram, Dascom and Elder Slather
TO whom the same thot he'd occurred wiz
moved me. But my presence nv mind d
not forsake me. Strikin another match,
| assoomed look Of Virchus iadigmaslie
wich they all saw afore il went out and I
proaeht em fur ther worldly mindedr