Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-04-16
Burr Leske in Washington.
WAsnIs'roS, April 6, 1868.

IL air me.
The totil absents ov the legendary Strawburry
mark onto me right n left arms shood convins
the most skeptclc that air7your lorng lorst cor
rspondlnt.
Ef thare as mark there, 1t is ware was wax
mated.
will not forglt you Of shood live to be rs Old
ms Methoosaah or Gideon Wells, which persons,
make no dowt, mir the celebrated oldest inhab-
itanis" we frckently hear tell ov.
An furthcr,-no Boggses, nor Stubbses, or eny
other seses, can accoos me ov Prcachin'-so to
speak-into eny other nooscpaIcr, an thus Brak-
in Cannon, as it ware An ef they did, l wood
say it was none ov tlarc Biz. Not any.
never broke cannon, but | onct sinasht the
stock OFF ov ole hoss- -pistill, wich pnps was ms
Bad as Brakin' cannon.
The hoss-pistill wood kick. Ilents, Its goin' to
final srnashness. Perchans those Is wat aid them
cannon Mr.. Tying broke
But us the undcrsind don't know ms much abotl
that little affair rs sum who knows more, will
pars ON to other matters
! confess air no ReadiSt. haven't bin rcadin
selections from me own woris-bnt fer all that /
have bin fullt rim short distants into the Shoe
marks ov other CRATE writers. III tell you all
about It,
1t cum to parss rs to-yizy, thus -
l think 1t was 0nct upon u time, not very lorng
ago. l was stoppin' alta small Democratick hotel
In n small Democratick town in n small Demo-
cratick State-praps Delaware, New Jcrsy, or
Connecktlcut. As soon as | sot eyes onto the
place, knowd too onct that the inhabitants thare-
of was mostly ov the Democratick perswashun,
becaws neerly all the windcrs in the houses wa.
Billt ov old Hats sicl, the front yard gates
hung onto one hinge good deal
At the Hotill wich stoppt they tnurt | was
Dickens.
They made n Dickens ov mistake, allow me
to remark. Yet il was quite natroa that they
shood Altho | say it meself, | did resembill
Dickens about the shirt collar.
They arskt me to Read.
As they loukd as cf they conduit read thlrc-
selves l conk oodcd to read unto en-.
drew 18th small pockit Bible nllus curry
with me when travel, an in my best stle read
my Dcmocratick congrcgashun Il ciapicr ihare-
from.
IL was totilly new to cm, you bet.
One complimentary chap remarkt g prup.ll
old Beef Head the eyes oy Squ,wktown ar onti
ye."
Squawktown, | will cxrlane, was the name o,
the small Denocra.ick town herein previously be.
fore meniond.
Iproped
Altho the chapter was very short one, these
Burnin Candles of the Kulkmcss Klin party
(Which prapsI don'tspcll them Hard words rigiit)
adicrnd to the Bar times aiurc gnt throo,' re-
markin' each time, :" Hold ON Kernel, ill we in
duge in sum forkl Lightnin. :"
| serpose they was members ov that Bar.
When closed the Book Shinin' Lite ov tn,
Party aforesed with very Bad Brcth an a very
Bladder Hat, sez to me
I" See here, Mister, did you write that ere stuff
tolc him no-that it was written by one Mat
thew.
wal" srz he, ~ bet he was II New En.lant
Abolitpni-i, fer 1t don't sound bit k the piece
we git Squire Browns niggcr Boy to read to II.
out ov our Paper"
The fccr, ] arnd, took IL paper cald the Ii
Gross Democrat, edited by II htnlLcn out sun
place or tother. Tie taste of the nrGiocrisy run,
10 that kind ov literatoor i,lerabe muchly.
Another Head Scenter ov the johnson crow,
scz to me -
Say, was that piece which You Read iii by
Mr. Shakspere? Was il from his play of the Mcr
chant ov Windsorc, oy the Merry wives ov We
nus, or Hamlet, the Moor ov Denmark, or th-
Black Crook, or which,
eitend the chap, and pitiel him lik wisely.
Air itauy wonder sech men vote for scch men
Echo unsers, Nary!''
These men air big0t'd to degree nv the high
est kind was tole Of q consistent Democrat o.
the New skool, who is now lao an = years old, al
hoom the Retired " other Physiciws hid sivci
up ten years ago as about Dttuuct that Is, IL
wasn't expected to recover from the next min
nit to- oanother. The minister was playu cryent
ly fer him, in the corsc which pr-ycr he tlu
ded to them abode which our dyin fri,td, $50 t'
speak, only,) was expected to be rapidly lr,yellil
to, callin 1t a place where all men are kal-o
words to them eilcckt.
The dyiu man feebly raised liissef onto his Elbo
and scz iaintly.-
"Sec hcrc-cf that is so, they don't have
White mans government ttare, an don't thinl
| shill 20 jest yeti
An he didn't.
An wat Is more, l don't think he ever will
Scarcely.
But still there ar ms mcny Men ov Mark In tn
Democratic Ranks, as thare is IN the Republca,
party.
But there is wide diiferens, which is thus -
Wisdom Learnin, an patriotism has cawsi
those IN the Republican party to he Men ov Mark
The toti abscnts ov these three things hi,
forced those in the Democratic Ranks to be Mei
ov Mark-that is, forced 'em 10 make thare mari
insted ov thare namcl That's wat ais 'em!
won't say enything about the Impencliin Biz
ness. A. J. looks ms sour as squiuch an us TN
1sl ov May is Movin Day in Sum Cities, thinl
1t wood be '.fitin' occasion" fer him to sin.
with the Nggcrow Minstrclist:-
80 Ocarry me back, to oil. 1rnnessse
10 good ulc Tennessce's shore;
| q carry me back 10 ole Tennessee
An don't let ine make ASS ov meself any more
| On. B.-The poick put too much stuff in thos
lalst line, think)
| When Lord Byron wrote his iavritc lines
"IIuw doth the little Bizzey III
improve each Shining ruiir,
| An gather evdcn,s day by day.
| Ov the most wundruus power
/ say when Mister Byron wrote thus, he mus
have bin lookin into futooriiy, m got glimps
ov Butler Bingham, tS Boutwell, at the inpeach
mcnt trial, fer they are very Bizzry Bis jc.t now
An .hoodn't wonder ef A. J. thort they wa
stingin B's
No more at present, Mr.. Editor, from
Yrs. an SO lti,
BURR LESKE.
The Two Merchants.
! STORY OF REAL LIFE.
(yot CopWiyhied)
When trade grew slack and notes fell due, I'll,
merchants face grew long and blue; his dream
were troubled through the night with sheriff
bailiifs all in sight. At last his wife unto hin
said, 'Rise up Mt once, and get ont Of bed, ant
get your paper, ink and pen, and say these word
unto all men: ''My goods wish Ia sell to you
and to your wives and daughters, too my p,icc
they shall be so low that each will buy befor
they Io." He did us his good wife advised, ant
in the paper advertised Crowds came ant
bought ot all he had his notes were paid, hi
dreams made glad, and he will tell you 10 thi
day, how well did printers lux repay. lie tol,
us this with knowing wink, how he was savet
by printers ink. The other iu place us tight