The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-01-19

ny cterltut cfasDet OF btnevoient chAr-
aGter 80 90
Bv refreshments. 10
By meal after refreshments.............. ISL
By more retres hments. 10
BY bottle ar refreshments to use on cars So
Bv refreshments at station................... I5I
By refreshments at warioas place. ... 90 90
BY board at Rswley...... ............... 60 90
BY refrcshments at Rawiey, which comes
high. bein IS cts strata 70 90
By livery hire in that vicinity ........... 90 90
By Refreshments for self and driver in
tcindin broken sxels and sch.............. Is 90
By sneaie FER seaf and arissr-........s.,.. 8 90
By fare back home, with cost more oun 10
my comm round about way .....-......,. so 90
Grand totle ........................ $500 20
Leasin balance in my favor of 80 20.
The brethren somewhat disappointed at
tn. result and Eascom ntimated that he
believed it wuz a id swindie, Pal s.a
cred him with a gauce. showed Deekin
Pogram that it wuz not only reglar, but thatit
he'd the stamp of the Post Offs onto it, witch
silenced all cayil ! asshoored EN- that did
-. attend TO make an assessment onto em,
bat Good walt unui the fsaslF. wa4 l.
funds
Bat,f sed Basconr. iswhen IN thunder
will the treasury ever be IN funds, eff all the
eAped,shuns rssa,s Ike this one?A
! explained to the obtoosa man that Il wua
oil rite; that in most Nv such enterprises the
expenses eat up the cnilekshuns, bat thai it
Wa coed sawR. 1--WE must, sed /, ''raiss
the wind from the North, and to do 1t let US
show that suthin hez bin dun.
"Wat kin we do?n sed Bascom
s'lav th-. cnrre- s,.,- g a. - $50
r 80 --.... - .ae instisoos. SEE
/. son the square forninst us is the corner
stun NV the niger church we burnt month
or so ago, ready to our hand. Let us organ
Z - +,
may publish to the world that the work is
commenced. that our friends may shell out
lihreler than they hev.'
The idea wuz considered good, and forth-
with it WIZ acted upon. he stone wuz con
veyed to the field onto wich the ustitoot is
to be built, and a cavity was hollered out into
it.
AT 4 p. m. (Which is in the afternoon per-
cesshnn wuz formed, headed by the trustees,
and we marched out TO the field. Into the
cavity in the stun wuz deposited, with appro>
prit ceremonies, the folferiu articles
{. oapy ,ns JoastoosIen us lpe eonfedri
States Nv America.
c8pv Nv the message uv Androo johnson
vetoia the Freedmeu's Buro Bin.
A copy ny the 22d Febrooary speech.
Portrstes uy the Trustees.
A coryly the veto Nv the Civil Rites Bill.
A pair cv handouts.
Portrates President johnson and Secretary
Seward.
Niger whip.
Ass greenbsek contributed for the purpose by
Elder Pcunihaeker.
& pint bette Nv WHISKY, seelea contributed by
Baso9u.
Then the stun wus placed in posishen
niger wuz tied to it and logged mis- blood
bedoozlin it, and after few feelin remarks
by myself, in wich | stated that this wuz q
CRATE day for the Corners, and that posterity
wood bless US for the work we he'd that day
done, the crowd dispersed, the Trustees GO
in back to my otis to draw mp statement Nv
the ceremonies, and an appele TO the northern
Dimocrisy for aid.
The niger wich we whipt at the corner
stun wuz shot in dispoot by Capt McPel-
ter, witch circumstance greatly 2aloyea Dec
kin iogrsm, e- 1t wuz q Niger wich wuz fors
merly hiszen. He demonstrated with the
Captain augrily, and ASHFORD him that ez soon
ez the Soopreme Court he'd declared the
Amendment abolishin slavery unconstoosh-
nell he shood sue him for his value. With
this trhin exceepshun. the affair passed off
ez pleasantly as Good be wished | remon
strated with both NV en- for quarelin on SIGH
occashuu, over so small matter ez the
shootn nv niger, and they EEa!,5 settled
L without hard feelins How sweet is peace
and friendliness atween man and man /
How blessed is the offs Nv a peace maker.
The CAPTAIN acknowledged he wuz wrong
and stood the drinks for the crowd.
That mite about nine p. m was sittin in
my offs a musin onto the evence nv the day,
and wonderin wether the Dmocrisy wood
give aawn, At okkured to me that there wuz a
pint bottle NV first class corn whisky, and So
in currency agoing to waste in that stun.
Watll posterity ever know nv US, thot
to myself 'sEf posterity does ever over
thotc +af OF an
idea Of who we wuz from the other articles
IF posteriiy ever reads the speeches Nv His
Egescellency. and the messages wich we hey
placed there. wont the whisky be inferred
Eff it amt, posterlty is a consummate ass,
and thus nrsin. weaded ny way thitner-
ward determined to rsskoo these two articles
from oblivion anyhow.
Ii wuz pitch dark, but knew the way
Creepin cautiously to up the stun, | reached
out and horror there was another hand onto
It'll Strikin match quickly, there stood re-
vealed afore me the forms NV Deekin Pogram,
Bascom, and Elder Sathere. to whom the
same thot he'd occurred which moved me.
But my presence nv mind did not forsake me.
Strikiu another match, assooEed @ look u
yirchus indlgnashun. wich they all saw afore
IL wen. out, and reproacht EN- fur Their world
ly nnndednls. How Good they expect the
institoot to prosper when those into whose
hands its interests wuz conhded, prove re-
creant to the extent NV steelin the sacred me-
mentoes wich were to day enclosed "Go
home,m sed 7, II forgive you this time, and
will not expose 700 ez 700 deserve. | speet-
ed 700 all from the way 700 eyed the bcitla
and the greenback, and FASTENED hither to
protect EN-. Go
And they went; after wich | tipped over
the stun and sekoored the prize.
: The next mornin they all reproached me
with hevin stolen the articles, in privit, wich
satisfied me that all NV them he'd gone back
after they thot I'd gone, but they didn't make
no fuss about it. They are al good men
but alas SIGH is the deprayity nv human
nacher that they'll bear watchin.
/ await with anxiety the result Nv our ap'
peel to. the Northern Democrisy, IF the,
fail us ez shamefully ez they did doorin tht
war, il is all mp with us.
PETROLEUM V. Nasty, P. NJ,
witch is PostnAsterl, and likewise Professor n,
Bihlkle Poliuek in the Southern Classfkls 4
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