The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-04-26
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It's done Seward did it-him and ne J.
The Amerikin Eagle hen coz now - screem
bird wuz On angel, shood remark 70 Il,
" loon yoor harp anoo," bat it amt, and
therefore, SIGH rekest wood be Indications.
Ih's rapsody hez reference to the Rooshen
purchis.
Abe idea originated IN these massive intel
lex. When wuz here afore, the Blairs, all
Nv EN-, wuz crowdin the sainted johnson
for 9 mishun; Cowan wantid . mishun, and
80 did Dooiitts, and that day pretty much III
NV the delegates TO the Cleveland and Phila-5
delpby Convenshens he'd bin there wantin
some kind nv q place wat they wux'nt peri
tickieler. One gentleman whose nose (which
trooIy blossomed ez the lobster betokened
long service in the party, urged thak be had
bin delegate 10 both Couvenshens seTbsnk
Godi" sed johnson. Wood that both the
Conversions had bin made up Nv the same
men, | wood then have bin bored for places
only half ca much ca am."
] wuz heipin him out In my weak way.
When the crowd wantin places become too
great for human endurance, / wood say, in
moderit tone, lets 60 out and git suthin,"
nuA W ~Hhot tAAig uali WObQ exclhlmt
Thank 700, don't keer eft do.' 1t wux
a great relief TO johnson, bat il wuz pizen ON
me. With the most Nv EN-, the anguish, anx
iety and solissitood in the gittin NV offises and
free drinks wuz ABOUT an ekal thing The
ofhsesthey wsntid wuz merly the means to that
pertikeier end, and so long en- they wux gets
tin the latter without the trouble Nv the for>
mer, they wuz content A good constitoo>
shen and a copper lined stumick carried ma
thro this tryin ordeel until came across q
Boston applicant, who, In conscience nv the
perhibitory law, he'd bin for some time on
short rsshens, and wuz keen set. Napoleon
he'd then met his Wellington, and succumbd
The mans talent wuz wonderful.
Secretary Seward wux in trouble about the
Blair family, pertikerly. He had did his level
best for EN-. He he'd appnied EN- to Col.
lekterships and furrin mishuns, but the crooei
SENT, which he'd no respeck for US, took de-
lite in fastening EN- onto Us by perpetooaly
rejectin EN-. Jest after long siege by Mont
gomery and the old man, | sejested the pur
CHS Nv the Rooshln Territory, 10 wich not
only they Good be sent, but thousand Nv
others wioh we he'd on our hands. and the
Secretary WIZ so pfeazed at the idea that he
wept like child. With vigger wonderful
in one so old he set about gittin testimonials
ez to the val 700 Nv the territory, to inhooence
the SENT in ratifyin the treaty he was agoin
to make. And he wrote to a naval otfiser
about it., who answered more promptly than
] ever knew a naval ofiiser TO do, ez fol-
lowss
ats trooly splendid country. The trade
in the skins of white bears kin be, ef properly
developed, made enormous. There is seals
there, aud walrusses so tame that they come
mp NV their own skkord to be ketched.
"P. SIN case the purchs shood be made,
navel stashen will be necessary May
hope that my long services on the Floridy
Coast would prove sufficient recommended
shen for the command NV the depot May Z?
Il hev the honor to be, &c.
A distinguished Professor wrote:
The climate is about the style nv that
they hev in Washington. The Gull Stream
sweeps up the coast. causin a decided twist
in the isothermal line, wich hez the eTeck NV
making it ruther snltry than otherwise. Any.
where's for six hundred miles back Nv the
coas, strawberries grow in the open air. i
recommend strongly the purchis
"P. SIN case the purchis is made, ex-
plorn experdishen will be necessary. May
1 hope that my scieniiffick attainments are
snfhshently well known to You TO recommend
me as a proper person to head the expedi-
shen May /
Il hev the honor TO be, " ct settry.
The President wuzn't favorably inclined
ne VIA thtf Ul tue Diu lDgEy lOEA tlAt ~ WIZ
rather chilly there than otherwise. He hedn' /
faith in the isothermsl line, and wuz skepti-
Gle about the Gulf Stream. II wuz his ex-
perience that the further North 700 got the
colder il WIZ. For instance, he remsrkt.
that while the people wuz warm toward him
in Nirginny and Maryland, last fall, they be
come very cold ez he got North. Where wuz
the isothermal line and the gulf stream
Randall, who will hev his joke, remarkt
that the isrthermsl line twisted. He moist
that the people made il ez hot for EN- ez he
wsntd il ez far North ez Cleveland, to wich
Seketary Wells replied, that it only con-
frmed him in the opinion that, for patin yes.
SETS nv war, iron wuz preferable to pine plank
any time.
Seward removed the Presidents obiec
tions to wunst. lie read his letters wich
set forth the beauties and advantages Nv the
country twict over. Here wuz whales, and
walrusses, and seals, and white bears, and
pine apples, and wheat, and sea lions, and
fields OF ice the year round, in CLINT ez
mild and equable ez The meridian NV Wash.
ington. The isothermsl line wuz more ae>
comodatin Their than in any other part Nv the
world. 1t cork>screwed through the terrific
ry so ez TO grow tine peaches for expectation
TO the States and ice TO the Sand wich Islands,
side BY side He drawd pictur the white
bear rushin over the line and dsporiin his.
self in fields Nv green peas. Imagine, he re.
marked the dehcacy Nv Polar bear meat fat
tened on strawberries-think Nv the condish
en- the sea lions must be in wich leave their
watry lairs to feed on turnips wich grow above
the UUth paralIel-think NV
at won do sed the President.
Think NV, retor,id the Secretary with
a quicknis nv intelIek remarkable, think
Nv Gettin rid Nv The Blairs foreverl'
"Will the Ahlishn SENT ra,ify the treaty p
askt johnson eagerly.
80 converst with many on tkAsubjick and
they sed ei we Good promise VuGt the Blsirs
wood accept posishens lher, they wood do 1t
cheeuiy. For sich purpose, sed one NV
em 10 me, $1,000, 900 is a mere basatelle. =
I'll DO it, sed johnson. 81 agree with
the Senators for once. Rather than hev II
fail Id pay it out rs Mrs Cobbs share in
our jint spekelsshens. Freedom from the
Blair family. Good Hevingsi kin one mai
be so blestf Is Their sch in store for me
$1,000 0OOl Pishl
Ny opinyun bein askt give it. Fz hefty
ez the yenchnr rs irouI a eommershl stanpint,
in a poliukle pint Nv view, the advantages viii
be still hefter. The Rooshn Territory will
finally be the chosen home Nv the Dimocusy
Their is already popuiashen there adaphd
TO us, who kin be manipulated without trou
Bile, and the CLINT is favorable to strictly
Democratic populashen. The trouble with
us here is that the amount Nv like neces
sary TO the manufakter Nv Democrat kill,
him afore he hez a opportoonity Nv votir
many times wich keeps ~ in q perpetooa
minority. Our strength is, for climatic rea
sons. our week.-Mrs. Far difrent is it il
Roosha. Their the happy native may drini
his quart per dsy-ihe bracin stmospheri
maxim it abslootly nessary for him Their il
the troo Democratic paradise How ofte,
hev sighed for sich acounuy. Then, again
Their are posishens Nv profit The delegate
to Congress will ei hev hggered it right,
draw about $4,000 per session. mileage
wIch is $50, 600 per year. $4,000 per term
He Good afford TO serve without the paltr,
5000 wich wood be cheep iegislstin, i'm
deed.
And so it woz agreed upon, and the treat,
VIVA made by telegraph at expense W.
fotgi, eggsackly-hut think it wuz summer
in the neighborhood nv S20,00 Beior,
il WIZ hnely conclooded, some othel
little incidenlais wux inclooded by ths
Ear. wieh run the price up TO Sic, 200, 600
bat that WIZ no,hin for ue. Sewarc