The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-06-21


POsT OFFIs CoEFEDRIT X ROADS.
(Wich is in the Salt Nv Kentuky, y
June /, 1867.
ii The Corners wuZ in a most pleasau
frame of mind last friday mite. So impor
taut event ez the release Nv cur saintic
Davis Good not be allowed to 90 by with
out commemorative, and We accordingly
commonwealth. The ejaicins wuz bel,
at the Church. tho they commenst at Bas
CONS. Ez the befiiest part nv the reioi
Gin he'd bin done at, Bascom e, taperir
of, Ez ] may cay, at the Church. ID,
speeches were very short. eff not to th,
pint. When, how, or Wher il adjourned
l know not | wandered orr into tbe
realms nv Morpheus in the middle nv
Deekin Pogram's sekondly, and afore
got back he'd taken rather long jour
uey.
1 dreamed very curis dream. Ne
-thawt l wuz in the regions that are popu.
larry supposed to lay below US. Cato
burnin throne sot Lucifer, readin the
Moo York TribOon, with the most puz
zed expression onto his face ever Witnest
Layin it down with a sigh, ez tho Led
gone bumpin onto q sumner Sich be
GOOD not comprehend, be remarkt, sadly,
$40 biznlz!" and demanded NV his book
keePur the situasben Nv things. Reports
were FED 10 him, wich, in main pleased
him. A shade Nv sadness beelouded his
clssskle conteuAnce ct the statement tina,
Napoleon aud B zmark he'd made np, but
his face Illuminated serinely ez it WIZ
stated Il at the CHRISTIAN nashuns he'd de-
oidsd TO let The Turks go on butcberin
he Crelanr, wich wuz replaced with q
nown agin when he wuz informed that
there Wuz a PrOspec Nv the English COM
mon people giEln vote. Alter goin thro
the rest OF LIE world, the United States
come in.
'Keutueky." ssd the book keeper,
lookin over bundle NV fresh reports. sis
all FiIe. Helm is elected Governor by a
Wbsckin majority, ssd Mckee aud Rice
is defeated - ~
"GOOol'' sed he, fetchin tail down in a
ecstacy Nv joy, The next time l swing
around the circle I must visit Kentuck v.
No State does SO well for me with so
little OF my assistance. / alluz like to
visit Kentucky Moo York city is rather
pleasant, tho its so neer like my own
place that don't enjoy it much when
I'm there. / don't teefe z tho I'm away
from home and visi,in. But Kentucky
love-the people real y charm me.
But 90 on; wat next?
''Jef'son Davis hsz bin liberated by
HoTris Greeley becomin his bale. This
baleln by Greeley, the reporter Stationed
WsshintOu considers most momentus
event and most happy okkurence for
yoor majesty. ..
''Th"t reporters ass and don't know
the secret springs which actooats men
Recall him to unst for maxim sick fool,
ish remark"
But" sed the SECRETARY, who seemed
to me to be q imp Nv some koDseL euce,
to be permitted to argoo with Lucifer his
self, Il consider ii OF Importance. Did
700 wish Jef'scn Davis to die in prizeD?''
.. Ell 700 wusn'I NV decided yoose to
me- haVin been q, Moo York Alderman
I'D redoOse you. Want Jeff'son Davis
10 die ? Not l. I'm not the yooth VOL
killed the guse wot laid the golden egg
He's bin the best recroolen lootenanI ]
ever he'd. He hez the happy kuack NV
controllin everybody be hez anything to
DO WITH and he turns EN- all to'ard me.
de rooined Polk, be swRmpt Pierce, be
sedoost BoOkanan, he dazzled johnson,
aud he htz now caught Horris Greeley.
But there wasn't any danger of bis dyin
In przen. Men amt IN the habit of dyin
on PANIED oysters, br;led beefstake and
milk toast; they hev trick OF peggin Out
faster on diet Nv suthin the opposite Nv
that; for instance the variety that Jeff son
furnIehL en- al Andersonvile He would
hev got out anyhow. johnson is, after
all. poor white man. aud he Guild bally
them Nv that class we'll enuff, but he felt
ashamed Nv keeping a real gentleman like
Davis in Prisen. and he would hev releast
him.
"shel I put Horris down on our
books?' askt the secretary eagerly. dip
PIN his pen into boo flame ez Hertzog
does in the Black Crook.
Let US consider" sed Lucfter, mus
lnIy, ''What bez be did,"
''Bailed JEFF son Davisl" Seturned the
Sekretary, confidently, givin his pen a
fresh Dip
Very good Horris hez made Nv his
self, to speak 6ggeralively. a post tor a
drove Nv hogs TO scratch themselves
agIn. they are q scFamb bin out of tie
slough Nv secession 10 which they vol
leIed all the droppID out of the bottom
made it dangerous; they end Hoirls 4
standin on the bank. ADD agin hi they
rub their sides to clean of the mud w'ch
Adheres. l speek 6ggerauvely 10 iiseu
Horris 10 post; literally in iikeuin sec SD
30 swine. hey were 81 sz sen eiess and
jest ez crooel. They wuz the wuos aiore
wien pearls wus cast.
Il btv Jest flushed his defense OF his
self. It's curious dockey msui and puz
zIes me. I'm disposed to consider him
honest. but wat week shown he make
First be sex he's honest. wieh is aluz
agin man, for q trooly honest man kin
slluz nod suuf others TO say it for him
Cd, be tries 10 prove it. wich Is very bad,
for the honesty WICK needle BROWN is Nv
rather a sealy order He instances his
spin bis chances for the SENT last fall by
written that universal amnes,V latter
HoFris. IN this matter, is, l fear, pIayin
ostrich. He htz his head in the sand
and bein blind bisseiG. fancies the balance
Nv ms anatomikle stFucter. which ouphi
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