Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-02-08

Lcavln a balance In my favor ofS9 ~.
The brethren wuz somewat disappint-
ed at tn. result, and Bascomb intimated
that he believed it wuz a id swindle;
but | withered him with a glance.
showed Deekin Pogram that it wuz not
only regular, but that it he'd the stamp
NV the Post Offs onto it, witch silenced
all cavil. l ashoored them that that
little balance needn't trouble EN- did
not intend to make an assessment onto
IN, but that | Good wait until the treas
ury wuz in funds.
"But," said Bascomb, "when in thun-
der will the treasury ever be in funds ef
all the expedishuns result like this one?'
explained to the obtoose man that it
wuz all rite; that in most Nv SIGH enter
prises the expenses eat up the colleck-
shuns, but that it wuz seed sown.
"We must" sell, "raise the. wind
from the North, and to do it, let us show
that suthin hez bin dun"
"Wat kin we do?', sed Dascomb.
"Lay the corner, stun NV the lnsti-
tootl' sed I. "0n the square furninst
US is the corner stun Nv the niger
church we burnt a month or so ago,
ready to our hand. Let US organize a
perceshun and do it to-day, that we may
publish to the world that the work is
commenced, that our friends may shell
out liberaller than they hev."
The idea wuz considered good and
forthwith it wuz acted upon. The stun
wuz conveyed to the field onto witch the
Institoot is to be built, and q cavity wuz
hollered out into it,,
At4P. N. witch is in the a%fternoon) a
perceshun wuz formed, headed by the
trustees, and we marched out to the
feeled. Into the cavity Nv the stun wuz
deposited, with appropriate ceremonies,
the followin articles:
A copy of the Constitushun Nv the
Confederit States Nv america.
A copy Nv the message nv Androo
Johnson yetoin the Freedmen's Buro
bill.
A copy Nv the % Nv F%ebrooary speech.
Portrates Nv the Judges.
A copy Nv the veto Nv the Civil Rites
bill.
A pair NV handouts.
Portrates Nv President johnson and
Secretary Seward. "'
A niger whip.
A S. greenback contributed for the
purpose by Elder Pennibacker.
A pint bottle Nv whisky, seeled, con
tribbited by Bascomb.
Then the stun wuz placed in posi-
shen; a niger wuI tied to it and fog
ged, his blood dedoozlin it, and after a
few feelin remarks by myself, in which
! stated that this wuz q CRATE day for
the Corners, and that posterity wood
bless US tor the work we had that day
done, the crowd dispersed, the trustees
goin back to my offs to draw up a state
ment Nv the ceremonies, and an appeal
to the Northern Dimocrisy for aid.
The niger witch we whipt at the cor
ner stun wuz shot in a dispoot by Cap
tain McPelter, wich circumstance great
ly annoyed Deekih Pogram, ez it wuz a
witch wuz formerly hizzen. He
demonstrated with the Captain angrily,
ashoored him that ez oon ez the Soo-
preme Court he'd declared the amend
abolishin slavery unconstitooshen-
Ell, he shood sue him for his value.
With this trifin excepshun, the affair
off ez pleasantly ez Good be
demonstrated with both Nv
EN- for quarelin, on SIGH q occashen,
over so small q matter ez the Shootin Nv
a niger, and they finally settled it
without hard feelips. How sweet Is
peace and friendliness atween man and
How blessed is the offs Nv a
peace maker! The Captain acknowl-
edged he wuz wrong and stood the
for the crowd.
That mite about P. NJ, ! wuz sittin in
nv offs a musin onto the evense Nv the
Law and wonderin whether the Dimoc-
.isy wood give down, it okkured to me
hat there wuz a pint bottle Nv first
lass corn whisky and So in currency
.goin to waste in that stun.
'"What'Il posterity ever know Nv u.s.
hot I to myself. "Ef posterity does
,yer oyerturn that stun, wont she get
est ez good an idee Nv who WI wuz
rom the other articles? Eff posterity
,yer reads the speeches NV his Eggs
ency, and the messages wich we hev
there, wont the whisky be in
erred? Eft amt, posteEity is q con
,ummit ass" and thus misin l wendell
nv way th%itherward, determined to res
these two articles from oblivion
.nyhow.
Il wuz pitch dark, but l knew the
way. Creepin cautiously up to the
tun, l reached out, and horror there
yuz another hand onto it, Strikin q
match quickly, there stood revealed
fore me the forms Nv Deekin Pogram,
and Elder Slathers, to whom
he same thot he'd occurred witch moved
40. But my presence Nv mind did not
orsake me. Strikin another match, /
ssoomed a look Nv virchus lindigna-
hen, which they all saw afore it went
ut, and reproacht EN- for their worldly
,indednis. How Good they expect the
nstitoot to prosper when those into
hose lose hands its, interests wuz con-
ded proves recreant to the extent Nv
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