The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-01-01
Nos6y's Dreans.
A srcx NAN AND rnE rnorosED CURE.

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In The last number Of the Toledo Blade, Mr.
Nasty thus relates dream;
In my dream, before me lay the body NV
man Nv gigantic frame wich wuI breathin M
last. lie had bin a powerful yooth in his day
and he,ln't the appearance Nv bcin very old II
yeers, tho his hair wuI gray, his cheeks sunk
en-, and his form frightfully emaciated. Hi'
are wu1 evidently the effect Of dissipashen more
than NV yeers-wikkidnis he'd did its perfeck
work ON him., and it wuz plane that he wur
goner.
Around him stood oil sorts Nv people. There
/ wuI vallandigham, the Blairs, Hoffman, thu
wooises. Voorhees,, Hampton, Morissey. Mrs
Cobb, Mrs. Perry-between these two A. John
son-and many more Nv that stripe, who ap-
pearcd TO be indeayorin TO resussitate the neer-
y iefunct individyooal.
"who is this ruther bustid patriarkH ask
ell Nv one who appeared to be chief mourn
er.
THAT'S Dimocrisy," answered he. "he he1
fought his last fte, he her fought his last battle
no gong kin awake him to glory aSin. Hess
gone sucker"
Al this pint, the operators on the unfortuni'
suifrer. gave up in despare.
81 kin do nOthin," scd Seymorc, "that last
exershun wuz his last. shall HE me to my
farm"
al knowd Il wuz usclis," sei yallandigham,
81 shell leave Ohio and 20 to Moo York, for any
one kin git to Congress from that city,"
~ kin do no more" sed Voorhees,, 81 shel
quit politics and 20 to operatin in Erie
stocks!'
"Erie stocks" rcmarkt Mrs. Perry, with
horror in her classic countenance, "thank the
Lord, I'm not 80 low ez that" r.
At this pint, lot NV hungry lookin cusses.
not 30 prominent CT these others, demanded
that 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 heyin no other place to
stay wuz hangin on the outskirts NV the
crowd. Promptly they examined the dyin cuss
and proceeded to apply the remedies.
"This is one thing that Is KILN him." sci
Chase, cautcririn hidjus ulcer marked "slavc'
y."
"This must come off," sed Evarts, whipping
out knife, and taking of a foul smelling tu-
NOR, labelled estate rites"
Sand I'll never consent TO he seen with him
ef this is allowed to remain" sed Rosecrance'
slashin out n cancer, marked Secession
AM TINS must COI1lt tu u
to do with him, )" sed John Quincy Adams, Joon
yer, jerkin of most fearful tumor, marked
"Repoodcashen."
And 30 they went on, one after onother-one
pulling of this thing. and another that; this
one burnin out this sore, and another that, till
they he'd peeled IL to the bones. When they
he'd got the diseased parts of, Their wuI nothin
left but the skeleton.
n N eloIntnu M clean m
flesh ez though Il he'd bin dissectid by an enthu-
siastic class 1v medikle students They then
commenst bildin NV il up. Chase put on Ekal
Rites muscle Eyarts stuffed Nashnef credit in
the hole Repoodeashen he'd made Resonance
stifened its back with loyalty-they fumigatcd
II, breathed into its nostrils, and wrappin 1t in
the Star-Spsngled banner, hstcd it to his feet.
1t wuz ruther shaky on its pins, but II breathed
free, and wuz altogether a more promisin
and presentable bein than il he'd bin for
yeers. .#..
We were all rejoist, and yet we wuIn't so
well pleased after all. He wuz gettin stronger
and stronger, but his appearance wuz chang
in SO that we didn't know him. There wuz a
color cum to his checks, he lost his brootal look,
he slept free, and he gave evidences Nv life and
strength that wuz wonderful.
"Thank the Lord" sed the Blairs, she's
strong enough TO be ridden agiD J"
"Please Heaven - scd Vallandigham, my
troubles is DER, for there's strength in Dimoc-
risy."
Lets mount" fed they in korus. and forth
with Montgomery Blair crept up onto his thighs
with the whole family on his shoulders, each
one of which twisted his legs about him with
death grip The newly rejooyenated giant stag
gcred under this, but didn't fall. Mayor Mon
roe and his Louisiana crowd yaulted onto his
shoulders, the Woodses and Hoffman and VAL
landigham and Brite, and thousand more Nv
the same style, and each loaded with his recor,,
s.For Code ssL~," cried Cb.-s, o~.aru anu
ltosecrance, "for Gods sake git of. He amt
strong cnuff TO stand all that" He don't car
nv the loads that well nigh killed him--the
diseases that yoosed him up-any better now
Chan he could before. Git of-git Off,
"Git off 7" sed planter who he'd got Sc
koor hold, "uv wat yoose is Dimocrisy to me,
onless kan carry these ?" pintin to tho Mig
gers under his arm.
"Git OFF, Sc the Blairs, "ef Dimocrisy
can't carry us into posishun, wat do VIC want
NV it'' And they grippcd it so close el almost
to strangle IL.
"Git OFF, sell the wOodses, "onlsss We kin
ride il, NV wat use Is Dmocrisy TO usI''
Anu tney al ueVlhou b0''h VIZ SA'f"'
ly.
every well," said Chase and his friends, IN
despair, "ycry WE'LL We're done. But look
out"
Skarcely wuz the words out NV their mouths,
when the poor giant gasped, his knees knocked
together, his pins give out, and he toppled over
with fearful crash, pilin the road in one hete-
rogeneous mass.
At this pint woke.
hed no trouble to interpret the dreem. It's
trUo the Dimocrisy can't carry the load that het
bin put onto it for yeers and yeers, and it's also
troo that we, the load, don't care tinkcr's cuss
about Dimocrisy onless il kin harry us. To
make IL strong enud to stand alone, We hey to
take of NV il all NV its distinctive feechers and
replace il with ablishunism, and then Nv wat use
is IL TO us,
If we sink the old ishoos and the old idccs
NV the party, we sink also ms who advocated
them idecs, and made them ishoos; and ef we
keep fitin II out ON that line, wat is before us
but defect!
Oh that I could see glimmer NV lite Oh
that enuif NV our prominent leaders would die
to let us, the smaller ones, out frum under their
shaddcr! The ficher TO me is dark and
gloomy. -