The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-12-31

There is the stamp with wich
dates are put onto letters, tho can
cellin stamp, aud one or two other
pieces Nv Government property,
wich may possibly be made avail
able for one or Two more days
Then there is a-possibiity-a bare
possibiity-that some Nv our pco.
pie may send a letter containIn q
remittance 10 gift enterprise; or
some one abroad may send money
| by mail TO some one at the Cor
ners, in wich case | shell hev SUP
plies for q longer period. Bntthis
is Il mere straw 10 ketch at. Ez
our people don't read, they are not
apt to send money on the strength
Nv advertisements, and besides they
aint got The money TO send. Bas
com hez it all.
From this time out my lie is
prolonged misery. I'm like man
in a boat in the rapids Nv Niagary
the plunge over the falls must
como. .
In cleanin out the Government
property | hey in my possession, 1
am only iollefin DimocraLic prec-
edcnt. Wat wuz left, let me ask, ,
when Buchanans people went out
Nv plac2? It's my mistortoon
and A. Johnson's crime, that l m
in q place whore there's SO little to
steal. 4. johnson hcz, in this,
yoozel me most yllely. | hev Ia
bored for him; | hev supported
him-and this is tho boggarIy re.
ward ior a sacrifice so greai. There
arc hundreds wich never did the
hall | hev ior him, who hev places
wich, il they hev ordinary skill,
| will yield Gun hundreds Nv thou
sands when they go out, while l
hey only cnufT Government proper.
ty in my hands to furnish me sus.
tenance for less than month";
And this is wat A. johnson wood
call gratitoodl This is the reward
NV vircboo!
Upon the whole ] dontknow but
that it is cz well thatl shood leave
the Cross Roads. Tho fact is q
community made up entirely Nv
Democrats aint q pleasant place
for aich ez me to live into. Ez |
hev to live onto the people its ruth.
cr thin pickin where the people
hev noLhin themselves. Wv wat
votse is it TO hold offs whore there
| amt nothin 10 tax? IF | WIZ a
| Whiskey Inspector, or Collector.
or Assessor, | might possibly
wrench u tolerable Subsistence from
our distillers here, Elder Penni-
backer aud Capt. McPelter. But
A. johnson made Elder Penniback
er Whiskey Inspector, Capt. Nc
PelIer Assessor, and Basoom
who hez an interest in both dlstiI
I lerics, Collector. In conscience u,
this ingenious arrangement the In
, ternal Revenoo isn't ditfoosed very
much. The intelligent citizens are
averse to labor, save wat they hoy
!; To do to peryide EN- with susten
!; ancc, and they keep it SO hotfo
the niggers, who are the only one
;. who will work, that they don't ac
cumulatc anything. L was J usll
3 nv the Peece hero one yoer, but u
: vat vale WIZ IS? lhed collection
S onutr put into my hands, and tn
defendants wood come up with tn
utmost cheeriulnesa and comics
It imdgment, but alars; the defendan
o never had nothing that Good be at
!. tacted, and the plaintiff wuz neye
:. good for the costs.
Tho Post Oils was worth suthin
for it gave me credit. [ was
3 Federal ofiser, and being one, l IN
h spired the people here with awe
= As no ono takes papers here or re
seeves, or sends letters, the perkis
ties amt large, but thea | lev po
J. sishep! r.Ie ,9sl calI :, -
j sheI 80 to Noo- York, In Mo-
\ York Is a field pskQoIyerly adapt