Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-12-25
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(Which is in the State nv Kentucky
.4ThW 40 13 November %, 1865
Last evenin happened to pick up the
northern noospaper Nv the Dimikratic
persuasion witch comes to this offs to
Deekin Pogram, into witch wuz an article
onto "The Fucher ov Democrisy." The
able and digniffed writer took the posishen
that the only hope Nv the Democrisy was
in lettin the dead past bury its dead-in
sinkin all the ishoos Nv the past ten years
in Acknowledged the sitooashep, and &C
ceptin the results Nv the war; in sinkin
out NV size the old leaders, and putin such
men gez Chase. Sewards John Quincy
Adams, Jr., Evarts, Rosecrantz, &c, to the
front, and thus hevin infoosed new life
and new blood into the Urganizashen it
mite go on conkerin and to conker
The article waz column and half in
length, and its a week.-Mrs. NV mine that
can't read more than column without
goin to sleep. Therefore, at the eend NV
the column the paper dropt from my hand
and dropt off into gentle slumber in
my chair, and dreamed dream.
In my dream before me lay the body Nv
a man Nv gigantic frame witch wliz a
breathin his last. He had bin powerful
yooth in his day, and hedn't the appear
anceuv bein very old in yeers, tho his
hair wuz gray, his cheeks sunken and his
form fritefully emaciated. His age wuz
evidently the effect Nv dissipashen more
than NV yeers-Wikidniz he'd did it's per-
feck work on him, ana 1t Wuz plane that
he wuz goner.
Around him stood all sorts Nv people.
There wuz Vallandigham, the Blairs, Hoff-
man, the Woodses, Voorhees,, Hampton,
Morrissey, Mrs. Cobb, Mrs. Perry, (be-
tween these two A. Johnson) and many
more Nv that stripe, who appeared to be
endeavorin to resussitate the nearly de-
funct individyooalK III - al
.,"Who is this ruther bustid patriark ?"
&ked Nv ono who appeared to be chief
M0urner.
"That's Dimocrisy," answered he, ahe
hez fought his larst fite, he hez fought his
larst sbattle, no gong kin awake him to
glory agin. He's gone sucker"
At this pint the operators on the unfor-
tunit,sutferer gave up in dispare n
3" Ikin do nothin," sed Seymour, shat
larst exershun wuz his larst. I shall HE
me to my farm"
81 knowd it wuz uselis, )" sed Vallandig-
ham. +" shell leave Ohio and go to Moo
York, for anybody kin gitfto Congress
from that city"
II kin do no more" sed Voorhees,, II
shell quit politicsand goto operatin in Erie
stocks. ""zsu 5ns sz.al.aas y,s4 aesy ss..r ,r.i
90 Erie Stocks" remarked Mrs. Perry,
with horror is her classic countenance,
thank the Lord, I'm not so low ez that"
AT thispint lot NV hungry lookin
cusses not so prominent ez these others,
demandedathat the pashent be put into
new hands for treatment, and to wunst
they called out for Chase, Seward, Evarts,
Rosecrance and John Quincy Adams, Jr.,
who hevin no other place to stay wuz' a
hanging on the outskirts NV the crowd.
Promptly they examined the dyin cuss and
proceeded to apply the remidies.
This is one thing that's KILN him."
sed Chase, cauterizin .hidjus ulcer marked
Slavery"
."This must come of" sed Evarts, whip
ping out knife and takin off foul smell
lin tumor, labelled States rites"
"And I'll never consent to be seen with
him ef this is allowed to remain" sed
Resonance. slashin out a cancer marked
Secession"
"And this must come off eff I hev any,
thing to do with him." sed John Quincy
Adams, Joonyer, jerkinrof "a most fearful
tumor, marked I" Repoodeashen."
~NAA ~ oAASJ WShp OAAp Ol1O dtlCA dAOSA1C4
--7one pulling off this thing, and another
that; this one burnin out this sore and |
another that until they had peeled it to the
bones. When they he'd got the diseased
parts off Their wuz nothin left but the
skeleton. 1t wuz a very genteel skeleton,
ez clean Nv flesh ez though it he'd bin dis.
sected bysan enthusiastic class Nv medi-
kle students.
They then commenced buildin Nv it up.
Chase put on Excl Rites muscle; Evarts
stuffed Nashnel credit in the hole Repoo-
diashen he'd made; Rosecrans stifened its
back with Loyalty-they fumigated it,
breathed into its nostrils, and wrappin it
IN the Star Spangled banner, histed it out
his feet. It wuz ruther shaky on its pins
but it breathed free, and wuz altogether a
more promisin and presentable bein than
ltlhed bin for years.
we were all rejoist, and yet we wusn't
80 wen pleased, after all. He wuz gettin
stronger and stronger, but his appearanee1
WI, wuz a cnangin 50 that we didn't know him. |
Ihere wuz a color cum to his cheeks. he
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