Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-05-03

"The climate is about the style NV tha
they hev in Washington. The Gulf Strea n
sweeps up the coast, cansin decided twis
in the isotherrnal line, wich hez the effecl
Nv making it ruther sultry than otherwise
Anywheres for six hundred miles back u,
the coast strawberries grow in the open air
l recommend strongly the purchis.
| "P. SIN case the purchis is made, a
explonin expedishen will be necessary. May
hope that my scien,iffik attanments are
sufhshently well known to 700 to recommend
me a. proper person to head the expedi
shen? May
| ! bev the honor 70 be- ct set,ry.
| The President wuzn't favorably inclined.
He wuz full Nv the old fogy idea that it wuz
rather chilly there than otherwise. He hedn't
faith in the isotbermal line, and wuz skepti-
Gle about the Gulf Stream. 1t wuz his ex>
perience that the further North 700 got the
colder il wuz. For instance, he remarkt,
that while the people wuz warm toward him
in Virginny and Mary Hand, last fall they be-
come very cold ez be got North. Wher wuz
the isothermal line and the gulf stream
| then?
Randall. who will hev his joke, renarkt
that the isothermal line twisted. He notis,
that the people made i. ez hot for EN- ez he
wan,id it ez far North ez Cleveland. TO wich
Sekretary Welles replied, that it only con.
frmed him in the opinyun that, for platin
vessels Nv war, iron wuz preferable to pine
plank any time.
to wunst. He read his letters wich SET forth
the beauties and advantages Nv the country
twiet over. Here wuz whales, and walruse :.
| and seals, and white bears, and pine apples.
and wheat, and sea lions, and fields Of ice
the year round, in climit ez mild and eaua-
ble ez the meridian w Washington. The
isothermal line wuz more accommodalin
ther than in any other part Nv the world. 1t
cork-screwed through the territory so ez to
grow fire peaches for expectation to the
States and ice to the Sandwich Islands, side
by side. He drawd a picter NV the white
bear rushin over the line and dsportn his
| sell in fields Of green peas. Imagine, he
remarked, the delicacy Nv Polar bear meat
fattened on trawberries-think NV the con-
| dishn the sea lions must be in wch leave
their watry lairs to feed on turnips wich grow
above the Goth parallel-think Nv
1t won't do sed the President.
Think Nv" retortid the Secretary With
quicknis Nv intelIek remarkable. think Nv
| ee,tin rid Nv the Blairs forever r.
Viii the Ablishn SENT ratify the treaty r.
askt johnson, eagerly.
conyerst with many on the subick
and they sed ef We Good promise that the
Blairs wood accept posishens, ther, they
wood do it cheerfully. For sich purpose,
sed one az en- to me, $1,000, 900 Is a mere
bagatelle."
"fll do it" sed johnson. I agree with
the Senators for once. Rather than hev it
fail Id pay it out NV Mrs. Cobb's share in
our jint .pekelashens. Freedom from the
Blair family! Good Hevings! kin one man
be 80 blest? Is ther sich in store for me /?
$1,000, 600! Pish.''
Ny opinyun bein askt give it. Ez zbefty
ez the vencher is from . commercial
standpoint, in . politikle pint Nv view, the
advantages will be hefiier. The Rooshn ter
ritory viii finally be the chosen home Nv
Dimokrisy. Their is already . populashen
there adaptid to US, who kin be manipulated
without trouble, and the climit is favorable
to strictly Dimokratic populasi en-. The
trouble with US here is that the amount Nv
likker necessary to the manufakter Nv Dim.
okrat kills him afore be hex . opportunity
Nv votin many times, wich keeps US in q
/ fN'Oo0s 1tuothys Oub suGuRlu H. IOk
climatic reasons, our week.-Mrs.. Far differ
ent is il in Roosha. Their the happy native
may drink his quart per dsy-the brscin At
mosphere maxim it abslootly nessary for him.
Their is the troo Dimokratic paradise. How
often hev sighed for sch country. Then,
again, ther are posishens Nv profit. The
delegates to Congriss will, ef hev fggered
it rightly, draw about $4,000 per session.
mileage, wich 10 $4,000 per year, $4,000
per term. He Good afford to serve without
the palsry $1,000, wich wood be cheep legis-
latin, indeed.
And so it wuz agreed upon, and the trea
ty wuz made By telegraph at . expense Nv
Il forgit eggsack y-but I think il wuz
sommers in the neighborhood nv $4,000.
Before it wuz FINELY conclooded, some other
little iacidentals wuz inclooded by the Ear.
w!ch run the price up to $l0 200, ,0c0, but
that wuz nothin for us. Seward went at his
work with great energy. The Purchis wuz
divided into SIX territories (for the number
Of delegates to our convenshuns wuz large
and they all he'd to be provided for.l wich
wuz named. respectively. johnson, Seward.
Cowan, Doolittle, Randall and Welles. For
he one in the extreme North, the furthest
Oh, Frank Blair wuz appinted Governor; for
the next, Montgomery and the next, the old
man, and the other three wuz held in reserve
for the pure but unfortunate patriot wich
might be hereafter rejected for the Austrian
mishun. A list wuz prokoored Nv the dele
gates to our various convenshuns and them
ez he'd bin martyred BY the Senit. ther nance
wuz put into a wheel ez at Gift f. ,erprises,
and the Judgeships. Marshalships. Clerk.
ships, ct settry. wuz drawd By lot This ice
was sejested bv Postmaster General Ran>
dali, ez bein the easiest way Of dOin il. He
statid that the appointments from his de-
partment had alluz bin made in This manner
ez it saved time in egesaminin petitions, Ger.
tifkets NV ftnis, and sich. In this way,
about ez near ez / kin estimate, two per
cent nv those claimin posishens at our hands
hev bin provided for.
The idea is capable Nv unlimited exten>
sion. The Administration, feelin the reieef
it beg gin EN-, are already negotiatin for the
British Provinces. This TERRITORY kin, by
maxim Nv EN- little smaller be divided up
into, say forty, which BY maxim a few more
ofises for each, and bein liberal with ex-
plorin expedishuns and sich, will be sufficient
to give places TO all who really have claims
upon us and who are pushin US.
The President breathes easier, and the
Secretary is placid ez Summer mornin.
He hez cut the Gordian knot be hez releev.
ed hisself nv the boa constrickter which wuz
crnshin him in its folds. Happiness pre-.
vades the White House.
PErRoLEuA V. NAsBr, p. N.
(Which 10 PostmasteS.) and likewise Pro-
fessor Nv Biblkle Politicks in the South.
ern Clsssikle 1 Military Institoot