The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-07-18
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witch is in the Stait NV Massachusetts.
June %. 1867
Iihcv alluz he'd an incorrect idea
Nv Boston. / sposed Boston to be
sirate. lased, and moral TO degree
not 70 be understood by .Dimocrat,
and Puritanicle. l was mistaken.
There iziez heavy u per cent Nv mon
in whom Egsgslehcy aud I kin take
delite ez Their ia in any city in the
country, ez the followin incidents,
wich came under my notice, will
show. ime t.el tfati qaf
Ez we was goin through Franklin
street, . man STEPPED up to tho car
riage rather heeitatingly- T.
"Mr President" sail he.
asNVell,"s sed his Eggslcncy, turnin
fulLupon him. 9.ii Il
The site wv the nose of the STEP
father Nv his country reashured him.
"Nr President wood 700 like some
punch2" 9tA A
"Some punchl Certainly. But
haven't yoo. o.sumthin stronger. to lay
y foundation WITH" ii5 s.
!, Certainly" and he gulled . bot
tie NV brandy from his right hind
pocket, and the great man TUX an
observashen Nv thesky throo the bot
tom Nv it, wich Iastidsa mint. I
never agin will doubt that the mate
rial to make Democrisy Nv exists in
. country wher they come at yoo
with punch, and hev brandy bottles
in ther cote pockets. siaaHaa
eBokays. were, showered upon u.s.
One old gentleman, who sot two
hours in . chair waitin to present
his, finally histed it at us. The
fact that ther was a. note in it askin
fur posishcn for. the generous giver
don't detraot anything from the VAL
70 w the silt. When wei got, to
the end Of our trip tier wuz dray
load Of hdli-ay--- = ous carriage and
III all but three Of enl was tied up
recommendasheis tor the giper for
places. ! Its better to hev sich mis-.
sives cnyeloped in roses, than the
most th0rns we git wat aint got roses
round EN-.
The most tec'iing incident wuz
theinumber NV babies We he'd to kiss.
The mothers pressed to our carriage
steps to present their otfspings.-
Mistaken me for tho President, I
kissed half Nv ein. Tho rapcheras
expreshun Oh the upturned faces Nv
the anxshus mothers affected the
President TO tecrs, shown, ez ii dill,
the confidence repossl in him.
..Whisht! Tcddy!" sed one Nv EN-,
"and ho~led yer mug npfar the man
to kiss who doesn't kiss the dirthy
nagers!" G. s
'..Musha, Phelim, DO still. The,
President, b!ess his sowl, won't bite
yer s..
Lind me yer apurn, Peggy, to
wipe Terrys face wid. The prisilent
musht kiss the darlint. Taint every
President wood the do loike.''
And the, President kissed, and !
kissed till our HIPS were sore.
Sich is posishen!
That mite | receeycd letter from
Deekin Program, in which he dssir.
ed me TO ascertain whether or no,
there wuz eny bottom to the North.
ern Dimocrasy. Captain Mcpelter
saA fLa Nnrtba,.n ii;,,oor;,,, -,
strong enutf- to carry usuv kentucky y
throo,. while Pollock, the Illinoyer,
swore the Northern Dimocrisy had
. Considerable more to DO to carry
themselves than they he'd bin able
to accomplish, tor some time-that
in pullin match y corpse wuzent NV
much akkount ii it wuz . big one. -
With this letter in, my hand ! fell
asleep, aid while asleep, dreemed.
Methawt I wuz III MOO Orleans vi
a gatherina auvthe Faithful, who wuz
called together for the purpose ol
considerin wat TO do. Sum few
Longstreet, Governor brown and
Jetf Thompson-wuz in favor Nv
submission, and he'd got the majori-
ty Nv the southern people to agree
With 'em that there was no youss Nv
further RESISTANCE, and they wux jusl
about to SO declare, when Valiandig
ham, Ben. Wovd, Touvey, Nlv.i issvy
Voorhees,, and score or two. more i,
that kind, rushed iii aud begged uy
em to h0lI out. esWhy SUBMIT" sec
Vallandignam, 3''we'il sustain yoo.---
The Northern Dimocrisy is gian1
wich kin yet perfect yoo. Hes ii
his prime aud strong enuff yit K
carry 700 throo twice tho troubles
wich threatens 700. Depend onto u
we'll carry yoo,,'' .89 III
And the Southerncrs whoppcc
OYER TO their side aud yelled fiercely
I"No subnission!" and simmcNtlv tn,
entire bihn, uy'em siarlid North will
these men carryin ca.aciLy Nv ths
Nor hern l)ilaocrisy, Methwat ths
party travelled and travelled, unit
finally they come to, vast plain il
kentucky, onto wich wuz extended
PROSTATE the tornf Of a giant. i
wuz \ giant immense in stutoo, bu
emaciated TO- the last degree. Hi
limbs he'd bin strong, his teeth terri
bic, and his trunk massive, but j
wux plane TO see that he wuz peg
gcd out, and o look ut his face show
ed why il, WIZ SO. Dissipation he's
redoost him to helplessness. Iii
face wuz bloatid anI bloc, his eye
WIZ sot aud ghastly, his chest WI
hoslor aud suukell, his legs like pip