Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1869-01-13

blZnlS wuZ played out year ago. Every
Constooshne Southern man wic. he'd the
cash about his person to procoor a pardon
with, and wuz ambishus NV hevin that
document about him, prokoored it long
ago. Eff you don't believe it ask Mrs
Cobb. The biznis wuz a good one while it
lastid, and then wuz when VOC shood hev
struck in. Il required $500 to secure the
services NV them wich had the ear Nv His
Eggs'ency, and ez ther waz thousands Nv
Constooshnel Union men wich served un-
der Lee and Boregard who wantid par
dons ,hat they mite run for Congris, hev
Post Otfies and sich, money come in live
II. Ell yoo don't believe it ask Mrs.
Cobb. But this class wuz eggsaustel long
since. There wuz no more Nv en- over
wich TO eggsteud Execootive mercy. the
quality ny wich Is not strained jeff Da-
Wis coodant be askt for money for par
don, nor Good any nv them wich distin-
guished themselves in the late unpleasant
Mss. In sooth they woodent ask for a
pardon, They felt that they had done
no wIdng-but on the contrary, that
great wrong he'd bin done them They
We're willing TO magnanimously forgive the
Fearals, but shood they ask to be forgiv-
en2 w c6urse not.
We, aud by we [ mean them wich he'd
the Tuunin NV the pardon biznis, he'd every
faciii-t : given rs Ell voc don't bleve it
ask Mr. Cobb So long ez there wuz
doIlar to be he'd, we got that dollar
When we had squeezed all the joose
there was in that par,ikeler lemon wat less
coed His Eggslencv do than to give away
the dry peel2 How generous 10 extend
mercy free gratis to them wich hedn
stamps to buy with ? Wat wuz the voose
NV hOldin the terrors NV the law over men
uy whom nothing can be made? Eff there
was another man IN the COnfe1-acv who
he'd q dollar and who cared a 500 marLee
about a pmdon, that Prociamashen wood
never hey hiu ishood, peryidin A johnson
he'd IA friend wich needed that dollar Fl
yoo don't believe ask Mrs. Cobb
[ wooden't come 10 Washiugton-it
amt no yoose. Ny eggsperience hez bin
the eg-~perieuce NV thor ands. | went up
to the headquarters Nv General Grant.
and int'matid that l wood accept a po-
sjshen under him, despite his goin back on
TO The Dimocrisy, bv takin, first posish-
en- in the Federal army, and se9ond. by
taking the nominashen NV President al
the hands uy the Republican party.
wUz thai moluin, yoo see, in forgivin
mood. Wat wa The result? Why | wuz
saoVd lha door. with the onfeeliug remark
that when the Government wantd me the
Government would % 10 any amount Nv
pains 10 find me And | saw thousands
uv AbIi-buiSts treeted the seme wa.
Mr.. Cobb hez made up her mind not to
I've in Washington. aad Mrs. Perry like
Wis Mrs. Perry l. peni.ent From the
fact that She vu~ ar estei IN 81 trees Nv
Moo Yo'k [ eoucIooI ,lat She win to
reform aud he4 made progress
1 caut say whether Randall and Welies
will 20 to Greenvi.'e Tennessee. with His
E---.eney or NOT. II wood be well eff they
+ did. Al. Good doubtless Git to be Nav
ar uv that village ahd e the Common
Council wood immciet'v be Republican he
Good emo0se hissalf vetoin their ordiuan-
eos and having them passed over his head.
Ii woal bc such deitetul reminder u his
Pre-ilaut-hel experience.
But don't come 10 Washington. All of
Che re5aiue-s uy His Eggslenoy are leavin
l.a s. - s-5 Is -'.-7 -e~ hor~er uarev
to ray tbsr faro to Moo York. Ia conse-
Ala-5 the Hotels are maxim money, for
while the paternage amt 90 large, wat
does come Is payin paternage. The guard
IAN angel wieh stands at the door Nv the
diuin ro5m at Wizards, is now serene
tie hez lost that watchlul, worried look
which characterized him nv old. His life
g'i5es smoothly aiong-it is now perpet-
ooal skismi,h Wih hotel bummers whose
-tum,cas must BE filed, whether they have
dollars or not. wich they never hev. There
Is less uv fire in the noses NV them wich
yoo see at thc hotels-aud the bars Nv
the city are re5tin more and more lonely.
Don't come to Washington. Ef VOC don't
believe me ask Mrs Cobb Farewell
Dent come