The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-08-08
SIGH cratic hites raised ruckshen about.
the naltrV sum. and my father - y e

from that time out, the Old gentleman
/ migrated-n fact, he lived mostly on the
road. He adopted movin ez a perfeshun
and very profitable one he made NV it.
When his boss died, the nabors rather
than not hey him nIove, wood chip in
and raise raise him anuther. Appreshi-
atm the compliment they pade him he
alluz vert mention these pekooiiaris
ties NV my ancestor becoz.s Ssa. ass.
s~'The lives nv all crate men remind s--~s~s~e-
F3ssssssWe make our lls Is sIlblime sasszg
And departin leave behind US s-e--
Eff our talent runs'if that direckshun sez
manysdebts ez he did, though it does re
auire espeshel talents.a9s -. g i
This had its infiooence upon my vooth
,ful mind | say not DULY great dealov
the country, but much nv mankind, and
/ acquired that adaptability to circun-
stances wieh hez ever distinguished me.
Even to this day ef [ can't git gin | kin
take whisky, without a murnlur and
without repinin.
Ny politicks hez ever bin Dimocratic,
and [ may say, without egotisln, | hev
bin yoosefHl member uvathatlparty. 1
voted for Jackson seven times, and for
every succeedin Dimocratic candidate, ez
many times ez possible. For Nick Lei,
Ian, only got in four votes. ddn' t
approve of the nominashen, and wuz not
overly jealous He'd he bin eIeetid, wat
wood it hev ayailed me2 He he'd enutf
diSnist army officers foilerin him, TO hev
filed every offs in his Gift, and he'd at
that time. become too old to foller polly
tx for the amusement it afforded, or for
the benefit nv any cause.
But this is a diression - - N-sA-s
s My Dimocrasy wasn't partikerly con
frlned, in fact l wuz not. a Uimekrat
from any speshl principle Int more beeoz
those in the sgeer in wich | moved WIZ
until L arrived at the age az twenty-tour.
BY father was intimately ac luainted with
me, and knowed all my carakteristics ez
well ez tho be he'd bin the friend of my
buzzuAi. SOne day ,ez [ WIZ layin onlIny
back under a tree contemp plain the beau
ties Nv naciler, my father SEE he: szs4 sa-
pete witch is short for my name), eft
700 eyermar1y, marry a milliner = -
why? father nv mine" replied j.
openin nay eyes
.Benoz. mysson," sed he, s'Shesll heg
a trade wich Ii support 700, otherwise
VOC II die NV starvashen when | m gone. =
/ thot tibet idea good one. Thro wo-
man a cuss came into the world, witch Gus
wuz labor, and | wuz determinud that ez
woman he'd bin the coz Nv reqlufin some
body to sweat for the bread | eat, woman
should do that sweatin. That mite |
perposed to a milliner in the village and 4
She rejectid my SCOT. [ offered myself
IN rapid ssucceshan toa widder, who wuz
a washernan, and TO q woman who he'd
boys old enuif to work, with the same re-
suit, when. feelin that suthin wuZ neces-
sary to be done to sekoor pervision for
life, | married niger waserwoman wich
diCln t feel above me- Wood you believe
lt2 Within am hour after the ceremony
wuz pronounst, She sold her personal
property. consistin nv wash tue and
board and a assortment nv soap, and in
vestin the proceeds in red calico dress
and pair Nv ear rings, insisted on my
going to work to support her, and the /
township authorities not only maintained
her in her loonacy, but refased to extend
reieef to me on the ground that | wus
ablebodicd
Ez left that niger, ] vowed to de-
vote my life to the work nv gettin Nv EN-
down to where they wood hev TO support
us, that VOW | hey relijusly fulfilled. [
hev never failed by my vote intio, ence
H.
| hey never felt good ceptin when they
wuz put doTn a peg; L hev never wept
save when they wuz bein elevated. /
hev bin batned In tears the heft NV the
time for five years past.
The offices | hey held hey not been
many. L he'd signers to a petition for
postoflice in -1ackson-s time. but killed
my chances by presentin 1t in person.
The old hero looked at me and remarked
that it wuzn worth while THROWN away
postotfices ON sich-that when he wanted
EN- he Good buy EN- at a dollar dozeu.
Bookanan WIZ agoin 10 appoint ME, out
somehow my antecedunts got to his ears,
and he wuz Altered uv his respecktabihty,
and | never succeeded till johnson return
ed 20 his first love and embraced us.
| he'd bin drafted into the Federal ar
my at the beeinin uy the war, and he'd
deserted to the Confederacy. Procoorin
acertifkit to that etfeck, applied for
pardon and a place He didn't like to
give me the offs, but he wanted a party
and. ez his appointments everywhere show
he codn be very partkeier. L succeeded,
bore with NE to kentuekya commishun
ez Post Master, and lam now Twin in the
full enjoyment NV that possishun, and [
may say am happy
The S0siety Is conjenial There is four
groceries, onto which kin gaze from The
wlnder NV my offs, aud Jest beyond, en-
iiyeniu what wood otherwise be a dull
landscape, Is distilery. from wich the
smoke OF the torment ascendeth forever.
! hey associates who reverence me, and
friends who love me. There is nuthin
ruonotonous here. | hev knoWd ez many
ez eight fites per day, though three or
four is considered enuff TO break the te-
dunn. And in these deliteful pursoots,
leayin behind me the ambshens Nv wat
mite be called public life, with my daily
bread sekoored, with my other susie
nance ashoored with friend aliuz to
share my bottle, or to speak with great
err degree NV akkooracy trends alluEwil
lin to share ther bottles with me, I am
glidin peaceiy down the stream ny time,
doagin 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 |
remarked, remit either in postal order or
currency.
PETROLEUM Y. Missy, p NJ,
(Which is Postmaster.
p. M.-Don't remit the twenty-five
cents menshund, in postage stamps [
hev euuf to last me, ez they amt in de-
mand here, ontil the Dimocrasy strike
agin for their rites. Ov course all I hey
on hand at that time viii be NV no ak