The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1867-06-21

] IN ostrich. lie hcI Tvs bead III the
sand, and, bein blind hisself farcics
the balance nv his antomkle struk-
ter, wich ought to- be in the back
ground, amt visible to the rest nv
mankind. Or, he is RELY loonatic
/ never had any idee that he wantid
the seat in tho SENT, He wuz in
Congris wunst, and the terrible falc-
yoor he made t. ,aibod, cf he wuz
conshus NV ~ fsEed him from
T 1SSain !; iii Il yxh2n a sss",,..
he wood levi, 81 go , n kitb hev
knowd, that ls9'SljI< ~ llltpoe
chance for the plaees - dsn<fn1 f1n1uv
got it eff he he'd WRITES. a lb1c(k ;l(yr<
tho hanging nv every rckYl1 W. H|-
son Davis down to Consii}(sJI L. al
Inns IL looks to me vel fnIt{ll" t
~ ef llcrris WIZ payiu tire cd q(&u
NV doclinin wat he'd never bin cft<ee
him. His letter wuz soundin brass
aud tinklin cymbals.
"Shcl I cnsor him OF not ?" askt the
Sekretary.
Its cuiis ease" said f,ucifer, not
miudin him lIo bez BIN agin me,
by spasms. aud when I've hcz done
things wich could approve, hev Ill
luz, so lar, entered it up to the ac-
count NV loonacy, for ] am pcrtikoler
about putin my claw onto any man
who don't belong to mc. | hev
clear rite To- every one | git. This
last trick nv hiz staggers me. Kin it
be TINT the man wuz, all along, oppo-
sin wrong and SIGH, not FROM any
deep seated dislike to the article bui
becoz opposin things WIZ his best
holt? Kin it be that he hcvin bin in
the minority ali bis life, and found
therein profit becoz it so happened
that the minority WIZ rite, that he IN
now anxshus to git into that ii1 agiD
Does Horris spose that, hevin tho
strength NV successful career to-
back him. and hevin hundred thous-
and, more or less, who are in the hab-
ituv readin him, the people will follcr
him thro the Sinking slums Nv error
Jest Ell lively CT they did over the bree-
~ hills Nv trcoth Hez his vanity got
the better NV his discretion of last ?
Hez the hangers. on wich alluz puff
incense into the face nv success, bin
burnin haslIeesh afore him, and hez
it intossicatid him? Is he, at his adj
vanced age, in imitashen nv Sut Low
ngood's daddy, goin to play boss, for
gittn the hornets nest INTO wich his
great examplar plunged? ?" i
"Shel put him down or not 3" askt
the SECRETARY agin, ruthcr impashent-
ly.
"No?" replied Lucifer, DRAWN his
self mp decisively, "Ef he splits up the
Ablishnists we shell be So deep in his
debt that he will deserve TO git clear
NV us. Ez it is, he hez done enuH TO
cntitle him to our gratitood He hez
restored JEFF Davis to me; NC hez
even enlarged his field NV usefulnis -
He lis demonstratin the theory that
there amt no sich thing ez treason,
and ez n matter NV course, that there
amt bin no crime committed by my
friend Davis friends. Ez Horris is
establish the fact that the war agin
my friends in the South wuz unjustif-
able, | shouldn't be surprised ef tho
next thing he does, in order that JUS
tbs may be done, will be to insist that
their niggers be returned to en-. At
ter all, | spekt that's wat he's driyin
at Now that slavery's abolisht,
beeeye he'd like to hey it restored,
that he may hev suthin to do. His
okkepashen's gone. He's short NV a
subjick now. His pen hez bin so
used to writin slavery! slavery! slav-
cry that he's RELY at sen. He
wants the old sin set up for him TO
batter at agin-he wants Lovcjoy shot
over agin, and bleedin Kansas to be
repcotid, Watts Professional Re-
former, ef Their amt nothin TO reform?
Watts corn doctor in country wher
they wear big boots ? No let him go.
He's shoor Nv punishment enuff any
how. He's u Universalist. n doctrin
the mistake NV which he'll diskiver
some day, but he's very likely to re-
alizo his ice NV punishment on earth,
for Wendell Phillips is after him, and
wat wuss, kin he suffer ? Set this last
act NV his'n down ez honesty streakt
with loonacy; or, rather the Ioonacy
bein the biggest, ez loonacy streakt
with honesty, and leave him out. tio
on with the reports. Where's Davis
now and partikelerly, where's John
son III he does anythin agin me he
does it thro mistake. Keep track NV
johnson, don't let
At this pint | wus aroused by some
body shakin me. 1t WIZ Bascom. 1t
wuz s o'clock, and ez l had not bin
over for my mornin bitters, i'll which
dooty | am very reglor, the good man
he'd gone out in search NV me. How
pleasant liz to hey somebody TO caro-
for 700, even OF Their solisitood springs
from ten cent motive.
PErRoLEuM Y. Nsssy. Z. NJ
witch is Postnastor,) and professor
in the Ham and Japheth Free
Academy for tho development NV
the intellek nv all races irrespective
nv color