Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-08-12

his cote, that you will not obey my Special
Order No. lsO,G73, Of this dale, monthly
ceries?"
"Murdcrl murder ~ shouted I.
Hush hush ! F.! hush Il! MJer, if you
please, hush! Iuon't hurt you! I cont
hut you! sPease don't make fuss, or the
police will jug me in the same bunk whar
Dan Sicklcs used to roost. (See the history
Of his trial, it is most as interestin as novel,
and he made up with her again after all y
Give me your commission, sir" says he.
81 hare no commission" ses l. "Gon.
Jackson never did finish it before the nuli-
fication stopped and peace was restored. I
never had one"
1T is good for you that you have none.
/ would take it away, put you in the ranks,
and then order the ranks to Alaska before
sunset. But" and the General hung down
his he'd and thunk. After while he lifted
it up, the tears were running down his gaws
among his goatee-"but, Maier, l have
gone too far with you. lam sorry for what
l have said and did. Will you pardon me?'
ses he.
I'm corse l will" ses I.
"Give us your hand, them scs the Gen.
eral, "and let's be friends"
So, after shakoin, he put on his cote agin,
put his arm around my neck, and sorter
huggin me, set down, and sed:
"Nlajcr, you limited that some of the Re.
publicans were dissatisfied with the She
cawgo platform and nominations. Who are
they and what do they say?"
General" ses |, II am man Of homer
! can't make breech of confidence, cant
call names; but if you wish it will tell a
.tco of the reasons why you are objected to.
The General nodded his he'd, and l went
on:
CORDS of Radicals are dissatisfied be-
cause the platform is backdown from the
prtnciptes Of the party; because it has two
faces, one lookin North, painted white, and
the other lookin South, painted black.
They say this resulted from the cowardice
and dishonesty of the tricksters that planted
it and put it up; that it is mixtrey of
truth and lies, specially lies. and disgrace
to the party and nashun."
~ didn't make that PLATFORM" ses the
General, II want thar (but Par was. DO
you know the old man?) and l amt to
blame about it."
"lou have approrea it," ses I, "and so
say the malcontents."
"Woshbon and the committee made me
do Mat," ses the General. "They said
twas all right, and they lit my letter for
me. wish they were at the old scratch. |
knew they were goin to ruin me before they
were done. But go on, Majer."
"Then.' ses I, ''your order banishin Jews
from your lines durin the war; your hostili-
ty to furrncrs and Catholics your approval
Of the murder of Mrs. Surratt, q poor limo.
cent woman; your bull-headed pertinacity
in 'pegging away against Confederate bat
teries, while your troops were bsin slain by
the thousands without any advantage to
compensate for so much loss your drunk
enness and stupidity
stop, STOP" shouted the General.
"Do they accuse me of all these things?'
'"To be sure they do," scs I, "and hcep
more. They say you snubbed the Hon.
Samuel Kelso, a colored gentleman at Rich
mond, who came on committee from the
convenshon sittin thar to welcome you to
the sitty, and would not invite him in and
drink with him in your bar-room with the
other gentlemen.
1.-THE devil they do," ses the General.
"Do they, sure nuf, Majer?'
nodded. The General held down his
he'd agin between his nees Presently he
began to grunt. thought he had the
toothache, and began to feel in my pocket
for my heep pipe for him to smoke for it
1t seemed to get worse. He began to groan,
and then he bursted out, Boo hoo-boo-
hoo! o lordyl O lordy! I am ruined I
am ruined l shall never get over it in all
the world ~
'Take little cloriform," ses I, ''and rub
your jaw with apidildoc, and bind yarn
rag around it, and put hot iron to it, and
maybe your misery will get easy"
"Oh, plague on your apidildoc and warm
rags" ses he; 81 amt got no jaw ache, but
the cat is out Of the bag The people
have found it out on me, and I shall be
beaten to death in the elecshon."
II kno,oed that all the time" ses I, "cv.
ryboddy knowed that the Shecawgo Conven.
shon would have nominated Radical pol-
itishoncr like Wade, or Butler, or Thaddeus
Stevens, if they had not known that there
was to be no show before the people for any
Radical, and they have only pitched on you
because they say Won oin't smart, and will