The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-02-13

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~ what He saw there.
II wss srfdA dry t'other day, Ge9sgs
an hndin, = LOT owe green whisky, ttie
sucked in d Skin full owe it straight
along. wellSI dreamed me Q dream q
Thought I wereiH hell, ssndt had been
sent there for votin' the radikil ticket
1 felt the justice owe the sentence SC
much so that I didn't feel SO uneasy an
mad about hit as I wud o been if they
had o sent me fur murderin' a blithe
ole oman, or maxim a back log owe
some gals fus baby, arter soakin' hit in
Fturpentine; or SIGH Hike common wicked.
ness. rwsrg thought hell was a perfect
roun' hole-as roun' as a bnmb shell
right plum in the centre of the yearth,
The walls were glazed as an ingyup
peelin' and hit were fist half full Owe
melted dinner pots, dog irons an, ole
clock weights, with a scum owe smokin'
birthstone a foot deep. The devil staid
aboard of o boat, an had hisself rowed
roun' jist as he pleazed, by the jury
what foun' the bill agin JET. Davis.
They looked sorter like they'd like to
have another pop at that job. I think
by golly they'd hunt a long spell afore
they foun hit agin if they jist had an
other chance. -
l thought tharwer long leather aidged
elects nailed ON the wall to climb by
They wer squar edged up so as the elm,
in had all to be done On one side, and
whenever fellers got tired of swimmin',
they just sot into climin' the elects. o /
noticed that new corners wer powerful
fond of climin''. They'd sorter slack of
sometimes ontil they sunk into the
melted clock wates up to the pint OF
their tail bones, an by the ghost OF a
scared monkey, they'd come mp over
handed to thar work agin, just a wrig,
giin' and o snortih', They worked like
squrrils ON a tred-miIl. Durn'd if they
didn't keep the thing rollin' strait
along; and, George, jist as sure as you
is a foot high, that's rhat keepsthe yedrth
turnis' aroum'. l. toun hit out at last
Well, n day ths trap-door opened, an
the devil ordered ole Fornes to steel
under the hole. He steers wild, an af
| ter swimmin' nearly all over hell, he got
hit thar; when down poured into thu
boat the durnd'st sluice Of mean lookin
cusses you ever seed. Everybody al
ready thar turned their heads to lool
at EN-, and clum faster. Skeered at 'em
by golly! They were radicals, the last
durn'd one. Some had roaps aroun
their mex, wifi a runnin ahin' the year;
some had holes in thar heads; some hat
q big gill cut under theii ehins, an ev
cry one shode signs of hard times ant
hurry. Among 'em l see Stevens, Sum
ner, Wade, Butler-surnamed the Beas'
AM Wendell Phillips. 'Hey" SEE thu
devil, 4Twhat's wrong above, chOleryF
"Wus nor that" says Sumner, "tht
Constitution people has riz, and o'
korce IRE are all here. Say, your maJes'
ity, is Preston Brooks here 7" "Oh, no.
says the devil. "'Well," seq Sumner
sorter brightenin' up an rpbin' his
hans. "Stop o mint" seq the devil,
"wait until / sorts you all out. He took
out a needil as long as q harpoon, and
with n big guile V trace chains he
threaded it. Then hepicked out all the
common eusses among EN- and strung
'em oil the chain, and then hung the
whole bunch over the aidge of the boat
into the birthstone. Jehosophat! how
they sizzled, an sloshcd, an dove, an
sprinkled hot iron about wifi thar tails,
A string ove sun pearch would have
been inst nowhar.
While the devil wcr stringin the
small fry, Butler, surnamed the Beast
aiged back to whar I sot in the boat, q
keepin one eye sot oil the devil, an
tother on me, an he whispered in my
ear, "Whars Sisyphus~ SEE l, "Don't
know; why !" ooh! nothin' only
wanted to sec witch knowed the most ON
our trades, him or me-" Then he whis
pered, (that mortal off eye of hisin still
sot on the devil;) "Say, do You know
whar his majesty keeps his spoons =!
SEE Il: "Does you see that chain hang
in over the starn 7 He keeps 'em hangil
over the starn! He keeps 'em in q hi.
pot sunk at tother end owe hit" III
list went over the starn head fust ant
coon'd hit down the chain, outen sigh
onder the birthstone. After bein gone
spell he come back, lookin disappointe'
like; but his general looks wsr power
fully improved by his bath in neltc'
birthstone. Iswow, he looked a hea'
mOlc ike ~ uuullu. StL Ic {. puuc, pO
an ALL I opened my eyes. SEE he
"Hain't Forney got 'em " SEES l: "May
be so-he's been fumblin' roun' tn
starn q goodwhile." Dam if he diden
sarch every pocket Forney had, an tn
ole cuss never clutch him at at hit, all
he got the spoons. While this were gwin,
on, Old Thad were 4 tryin to claim XII
wifi the devil, a comparin his foot alonI
wifi ole Nick's. i think the pint wer
to git an Office, for I hearn the dev
il keep sayin: mo, no, I be dam if l do
We has order here now" An all tn,
time ole Wade wer apesterin his males
ty for q free ticket on his doggery.
seed that the devil were a gittin mon
strous Uneasy. Wendell Phillips KEEP ,
watchin fust the side that went dowr
onder the climbers, an then the sid.
what come up out owe the lake. HI
jist hoped overheard, an swum ovel
thar, an tryin his durndest to t3rn hi
tother ray, he grab the sloping side o.