The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-02-15

Chem ere tears). and they rolled and ruled and rolled,
down, down onto the nose, till they cum at last to the
bud end Of il, and thar they hung shiny and glim-
merry like a drop of rainbow. Ii were n beautiful par
arrashun. Everybody sed 50, and even Blink aknol-
lodged that il were most beautifully done. II oughter
started Andy, but it didn't. Il hearn Andy arterward
say that he coodnt afford it, the kashun was 50 small
for obseryashun.)
Well, Cur, Andy had little 10 say. He sed that he
had sed enuf over and over, aud twas all rite. AFTER
that Seward interlooced the book to the Haitien Min
lister and he walked out, and then all hands took it
purity free and easy. Sez Andy to the Dock, from
what Staff do you cum SEE the Dock, I'm a born
Moo Hemp. shorter. Seq Andy, | congraterlate you
on your natif Staff. Moo Hempshirt is a brave Stait,
trew 10 the galorious Constertushun of our fourfathers,
"A Staff in which l count hi friends by the thousand.
I'm proud of the Staff of Noo Hempshirt. Ef hadn't
bin born in North Carolina, l would like to hale from
Moo Hempshirt. Seq the Dock, I'm proud Of praise
from your lips. You hav no trewer admirer of your
great and inmentionable services TO the United Stats
than miself, tho in II forrin LIVERY, and thar's no un
who does estimate your standing solid on the Con-
stertushun more'n l do. bekase l no and reespeck the
sakerdnis Of constertushuns.
See Andy, | thank you for the approval of mi orh-
shall acts Almost with tears in mi les. As one of the
INlHt, Il ho v tHeS WHY te tOnstertusnuD, anu
over and over in every town and villidge l hav left
the Constertushun in the hands of the people, and
keep standing on it to presarve it. I'm proud to hale
mi oregin from the people. and tho I'm an enemy to
boastin, l may tell you confiieushally that I've swung
round the circle. I've bin n constable and an alder
man and a mare, and held evry OFFICE in the gift of
an enlitened people, till I'm standing hyar.
Ser the Dock, thar is a most remarkable similarity
in m y remarkable lives I'm in;salf of umtle orioin
You have swung, and praps / may swing some day
in mi adopted kuntry as an example to the world
how n Yankee can rise. You rule a Republik, 1 rule
a Kingdom. You are a Moses to your cullurd people,
and know best what's good for them, standing on the
Constertushun, and I'm a Moses to mi cullurd people,
and keep good care Of the Constertushun that they
intent hurt themselves with it. More'n that, you
went to your natif place in North Carlina to place a
monument over your fourfathers, and leaving with
your fellow citizins your pikter, and I'm going to mi
natif place in Moo Hempshirt to donate tn them a full
length pikter of miself in mi staff LIVERY, and have
no doubt my fellow citizns will be proud and glad to
hang mi as an example to look at for the youth Of mi
natif Staff aginst the wall in the Town Hall.
SEE Andy, very remarkable condolences, trewly.
Eff you go to Moo Hempshirt, l reckon you will meet
many of mi friends.
SEE the Dock, 1 shall meet them and speek in pub
and will exert mi hull valuable influence in favor
of your re-eleckshun and the Constertushun, and will
to onct instertoot a National Union johnson Camp, /
miself as Grand Cheef. Eff L hav to stop a hull year,
| will see you re-eleckted, as mi expenses are no OBJ
III hav them all paid by mi Legislator.
Andy took him nifty friendly by the hand, and
then both on EN- went to the sidebored and-never
mind.
Arterward they stood talking by themselves and
nodding and smiling toards each other for a long
behind a winder curtin, and 1 didn't hear what
was sed, but bym-by the Dock tuck his leave, and 1
hearn Andy sayin, that's all right; I'll see to it,
md then the Dock said, "I'n be in Moo Hempshirt
IN Thursday next"
L went with His Illness as far as the dore and axed
hin sorter sly like, "did you sell?" And seq he,
setten agin in that ere bakard line, "Kurnel, no is
The word, and mum, you understand, and it's all rite
what ends we'll" The devil SEE l, and 1 give a
whistle that loud that it started Patterson, who was
lalf asleep, from his cheer, thinking a steam bullgine
VAS a runnin over him, and afore / Good say another
word the Dock was gone. This sorter riled me not a
title, and thinks l TO miself, he hasn't given me
luther them orders and cr~ucifxes, nuther them plan
ashun shares, nuther the ~Inspekter Ginralship, what
lie promised when L saved him from John Morressey's
zig fists, and he has taken at mi own expense a good
mind that tho. Darn the Teller. tho,
lie pertends to be suthing onkommonly slick and
j.. l am rled, riglar snappin riled, so no
more from Your luyin Cuz,
Mum b. SMITH,
Kurnel I. r., late c. S. A.