St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-07-24
Ndsby on chase.

the efforts made by the Chief Justice to
get the Democratic nomination.
In my dreem | wuz in Il country the
like NV which | never seed atorc. There
wuz a low level place, Il sort NV pit
indeed, ard not Il pit either, 50 much ez
it wuz swamp or bog. With only here
and there dry spot 1t wuz not ez
cheerful a looking place cz you Good
think NV. 1t wuz tull Nv skulls and
dead mems bones. The highways lead |
ing into it were slushv and nasty, and an !
odor ez ny seven hundred thousand mil
lion dead cats constantly a>sendcd TO vex
the pure air above. Ii wul inhab-
tied, it wuz. Rolling about in the
corrup-hun, saw the face Nv every
democrat had ever seen. and they wuz
all about ther yoo-al avoc;ishUus. too
Ben Wood wuz selling lottery tickets,
Fcrnandy Wood he'd his hand into a city
treasury. A..IohnSon wuz signin Il par
don for Il counterieitcr (another counter
tcitcr. who wanted the skill Nv the IN
karSer;t;rd one, wuI Il waiting To carry
it to him. Il immcn-c concour-r Nv John
Morri>,ey's conStitoocnts We're organizing
a RAID onto niger Urtan aSvlumS. and
another immense mass WIZ a Furnishing
weapons a ct for another conflict with
,uthin. Rite back NV this place wuz :;
prrcipice riein up almost perpendicular
many feet. on the top Nv which stretch
ed away Il most beautiful prospect. |
asked one who WAS crawlin out NV the
the place what it all meant. and he re-
piled that il WIZ the rc-tin place NV the
Dimocri-v.
look :" -e'l he, about you. Seest
700 that elevated breezy plain That's
the chosen home NV Rrpublikini>n up
ther, and I'm going for it."
but stay" said |, Il tlin wood know
more. v hos that - | askt, eN body
come shooting down the abyss. bounding
plump into q most tritetul mass NV cor
rup-hcn below.
"That'> Ross. Nv Kansas" scd he
'.i.ooh out, here comes Henderson. too,
and Fowler IIa' ha :" iall;d this e.
c:,pin one. Il lac see Rp>- and Henderson
scramble out ot the dirt. with it >tickin
To can aud Try to crawl uptht side NV the
prccipi,'r Fowler seemed 10 like it, and
settled down a. though he intended to
~,ay. Thrr, were others who "ot - clu-r
TO the >ys-c Nv th" prrrip.c", that | rec
" trcmb,rI for EN-, bat they he'd strong
Lands totalug ny en- back
..Ior uotj- tia, 'Acr, j. one way NY
conmumca~hun h,tween the two places
-,d hc (which l. lr.itimit. Iop observe
that ladder ,'' Il hedn't, but do now
Ny eyes i din.'' I'D |, ''what i them
n~Nri, -hrn- on the rounds >"
'.lhcy are inscribed ez follows:
No. 1.-The higho-t.) Conservatism.
No. 2-Constitoo>hnci Doubts.
No. :}-Nouthcrn Rite>
y. l-tircrnbaX
40. 5-R poodia,hem.
NJ. G-Amrriky Tor white men.
NJ. 1-Atricn Slavery"
Zoo will observe the last one Is part
y under the ~Iush wich knives the bot
tom w tine plain. lt's 4 triile lower
Ihan the original level. But look
there's >uihin goin up there, See"
Trooly. there WIZ >uthin Il COIN on.
Cnret Justice Cha>c appeared al the head
nv the stairs on the very brink OF the
precipicc Follering him and cntreatin
nv him TO stay, wuz Theodore Tiiton,
Horn, Greely and moren Il million Wv
Others, white and back who wul Il hold
in up their hands in horror. The Cheel
Justice was assuring nv en- it WIZ al
rite. that he shool probably 20 down to
the first round. wich wuz "Conscrva-
li>m,'' Is he considered it safer ground.
rheodorc grabbed him by the shoulder,
to restrain him, and put hi, foot on the
first round.
| looked closer and saw it all at 4
glance. August B,lmont had climed up
20 cz To be in site NV any one standing
, on that round. and wuz Il waving a fac
. 1t him onto which wuz incribed, ''nom-
ina-hcn." :. Z. he'd hi, venerable eye
fixed onto that, and didn't see no;hil
else, kind NV par>hal blindness which
; hcz rooinri quite a many public men
Don't 90 TO EN- cried Theodore anC
IIurris Il won't" returned the cheer.
tul old innocent. In bring cm to me.
- Inloori,ted with the site NV that flag
which Belmont kept arttully moving ior
:, him. he quickly dropt onto the >econ,
step. and the next, each step btin louge
: than the one preceding it BY this tm
the attcnehcn NV the DemOcri>y le.Ov
WIZ attracted toward the spectacle, ant
they chccrcl Justify, not 50 much ut th
81, l,r,
- ~ At the sorror and chagriu depicted on
-. 10 Il e faces NV Greeley, Tilton, ct IL, "A
tl!c top.
p. Down he went, amid the plaudits II
# the Dnnqcrisy. who 10y this time, WI
- all hurrahin lor him, step by step, I'll
., he come to the last one, Come :" s;Ii
=, Borcgard. Forrest Fcrmandy Wood an
: Nallondygum come. One step more
g. one little tiny step. and its over. Com,
Il love. come"
= no :" sod he, trcmbiin like Il ma
p with the agcr. Il cant 20 that step.
u. can't, indeed cant. Come up TO me
- yoo must
i ..Well." scd Belmont, Its better to
IL l.S To stand on that last step. Get hol,
II. Marble and the strongest OF you, and ii
:, the concern out OF the mirc, and up t
~ the Chcef Justis. Take holt close. Now
= All together with a viii :"
= They tugged and tugged, but to n
n purpose. Pendleton, Hendricks, and
,r score NV others, who didn't like tn
Chase bi1nis. he'd slipt down to the bo
tom, and wuz Il pullin back. Gust
i. twist Belmont and the others histed