The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-02-08

the Register sonic time agolG!lt Isl well
worthy Of reproduction: bal tt.9aoll3f
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HARRISON CouSrY, Dec. 27,. 1863,
lam apoor hboring man, working On
the railroad = and | was tllinkin' that may
be you might print what would write,
for it's, the Gods truth, livery, word fit,
Shure you knowis would be u great thing
for poor railroad Pat 10 see his name in
print, and II you do, be Cora, I'll sind
The paper home to the ould= Dart, TO le.
tbcm see what 10 man I'm Citing to be
.Amiriky,,, Nabocdlish, it will sui, t,oi Ny
| wife Biddy aud me agrees pretty fair. only
barri,l the time when We are out Of tay,
mate and'aour.i Now ny wife l,iddy is
d tarin politishund and 10 sinsiblc woman
sittiutbe the. nifre tornigLt.ii "Pat," siz
she, 1.-THE -four barrels empty, there's no
mate Or tay in the house. What will VIC
do al ally h"Diyil a one Of US knows
what will i've do" SEE I; and tho poor
cratur' burst outta cryiu' .gl4"Och, Rlat,''
SEE she, ...donIt you mind when you
shouldcrqd your gun, ashore, TO goland
fight for tic Union, wLiu our poor little
.Ailccn put her little arms around your
'ligs and'cried us iffher heart would break
to know llattherpoorI falhur was goiu' to
the wars? You, know, Pat, how the big
bugs told you that they'd. ,giye, NO, and
The wee thing plinty to ute fle you vur
sons to oiigbt fur yur counthry." Shurrc,
yon'lift US in good faith. sccin'ia youlhad
the wurd Of ttgiutlemin that yur wife and
child was, to have plipty, and a while afn
ter you wiut away. we'd tlcg salt tears o
stramin out o'cur eyes. wint 70 thin
fur mate and bread. 1'Nivir a Bit of athcr
did they give me,ai but they ytoula me tc
70 and, wash for the soldiers ,Sbu,en l
lad to do it wh,n the child vas. cryjn,for
bread. Well with coxld and hunger
poor Ailcsn died! cofin, no s winding vi
sheet, Jthad 'toibary tue poor child me-
self. Tho maucthd. promised you Pat
not to lit us, suffer niyir5 CAME anears US
whin you like . gonlug as you was wint
to fght that they, might stay at home and
make their blood money" "Yis, says
She, .swhat arc you now, half starved,
hard worked from six to- six for one dol.
lat and thirty,iye ciuts a day, and mate
lin cints a pound, tay two dollars, -four
thirteen dollars q barrel, shan,y rint 8 dol
lars d mtn,h, i'a box " matches wid a
Is,lamp omit, andaifil want bottle Of
'midicine for poor little immy inithe
cradle there that's, sick. shurs there's q
isthamp on that too, and il tie poor child
dies, MY God forbid tlic Same, there viii
be stlnmp on bis cofiu.. and the weeney
sheet that willicayer hisipoor, little body
will be stl,anpsd."i By this time. Biddy
was ayful;; with tho tears running down
her checks she commenced again ...,.
ID "And that's not Tie worst of il, Pat"
.siz she ;9i'you're uot as good as nagur I
Thin piousl gintlemon !, ithatthas such n
ruckslun ivcrye iwiaiher5 at lvLeelin' siz.
you're not worth ,giyin' vote 70; thu.
ilnan that 70 wint 70 git your name down
10 vote; t6uld you. you couldn't vote, bc..
kasc you was iworkin' on ihe irailroad.
Afher you nearly losin'!l your life for
thin they won't lit you vote, thanks to
Squire Wcrniger Of Clarksburg, bad luck
10 him. lpas.n siz 9slc, s'l'll niycr iia be.
lare word oneiylthini sis agin. "Isa % :
b Now, you sec, sir, livery wordthat Bid.
dy, ,siz is, thrue, Poor crathurc. she's
seen 50 much thrublc during tho war,
that when she thinks Of it she, can't keep
ill., a wiut out to ifght' for tho couhtlrry
tha. WIS good ito mo and livery foor man !;
that give US good laws, low taxes, pliuty
Of work, and, thank God !Tplin.y to ate
and wear; a eounlllry that was made by,
good min and ruled ~ COED min, until
The min whose forcfatlcrs come over III
the MayAowcr got llould Of it. and thin,
by Gogstny !atliey turned the scoorsc Of
the ship Of State and.sint her high dnd
dry on the coast Of, the Africans, an sor.
ra ona o INC wud cry if plymouth rock
hal given a somerset oil boord Of the
t~AIayfiowcr, aid all wiht together to the
bLttom Of the say. .,a'S ~ 1taE X .
I won't 6glit any yalmorc, for why, sich
poor fellows as mo hus to cpay for The
wars with our blood, and aftler tic war
with our hard-carnvd money to pny the
bloated bondlolders. Ne lave TO give
thin our money for which we hase' toilcd
and sliweat, which would save,our wives
and children from hunger aud could. j
know that ve have to pay the office.
seekers. the placelnin, pensioners aud al
the blackguaris who arc hghtih' for Vii.
lainy and daylight robbery. zHa 10 ii7'
will, / hope Gineral Grant. may acl
ducint and .liryifur better days; iflo ouly
don't do like the Ofangenen at Limerick,
wbin Tie poor fellows surrcn.hured, and
he promised tlim fair play and btokc bis
wurd. /. wus thlnkin' Giueral Grant
wouldn't be so name us 10 protnise what
he did to Ginerul Lee, and thin whiu ho
had It in his power to brake his proniise.
Lit Gineral Grant do what lie promised as
a soier and gintlcman, and livery honest
man in the couhthry will throw up cau.
been and shout liooroor for Glnernl Craft.
1 forgot to t,ll you tlat l'm goia' to
turu pedlar, or TO call. it politely a Kuight
of the noek. not irish linen table