The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-28

Posr OrFrs CoNFEDRIT < ROADS, l
(Which is in the State nv Kentucky
January -, 1869.
THE question wat kin I do with N.Y.
,lf?" is not solved. My return from Moo
ork SO ignominyusly, on foot, wuz seri
Us disappointment to my friends at the
orners. They felt when left EN- that
ley he'd me fixed for life, and their sorrer
tmy ontlmely return wuz genuine. Bas-
om eZ soon ez he saw me enter his bar
Teary and foot sore, remarked with pro-
sne ejaculashen that I'd be his room yet.
am man Nv ackshen. To wunst l
allied meetin Nv my friends to consider
he sltuashen, and to arrange for another
sencher. l renarkt to EN- that he'd not
ost faith in Moo York; that I wuz certin
hat that city wuZ my field. / proposed
hat another outfit shood be furnished me
he same ez before, and that 1 shood hev
one more trial But they yoonanimusly
ieclined, feelin that I hadn't suffishent
control Nv my own appetite for grocery
Keeper, and that investments in that direc-
shun wood be perpetooal waste Nv
capital which the Corners Good not afford.
Various methods Nv maxim a Twin were
seJested, but none met my approval One
wood sejest this thing in San Francisco:
another that in Alaska; and each wood
swear that every one wuz the very thing.
Their readiness to agree and the numer-
ousnis Nv the miles the places wuz away,
satisfied me that distance Wuz the main
pint with EN-.
That misable wretch, Joe Bigler, hap
pened in at moment when they wuz
discussin the feasibility Nv conductership
on street railroad in Moo Orleans-ez
tho the directors Nv the companies hedn't
all got dlssipated nepheWs to fill rich, re
sponslble places he remarkt that
n
the wonders Nv the ninteentE century
Make Nv him." sed Josef Ga Dime
kratic organ grinder, saw off his rite leg,
dress him in bloc, git him an instrOoment
Wlch Will play Dixie the Bonnie Bloc
Flag, and SIGH toons, plant him on the side
walks Nv Louisville, Moo York, or any
other Dimekratic city, and his foIchoon is
made"
But why dress me in bloc? Why not
IN gray, eff play Confedrit toons ?"
Innocence Didn't the Dimocrisy al
ways wear bloc, while they wuz whistlin
Confedrlt toons? Even in the North they
DON'T object to bloc coat, so that they
know there's COnfedrit heart under it ?"
But" replied I, al wuzn't a solier-
witch is, only ez a draftid man, and then
only for short time"
That don't matter" remarked Josef
no more wuz the hefr nv the Dimocrisv.
The bulk Nv EN- witch served, served as
draitld men. But that circumstance is in
yoor favor. The regler organ grinders,
them witch wuz volunteers, put onto a pla-
card WIch hangs onto their ipstrooments,
words to this effect
Enlisted July 10, 1Ss2-Shot thro the
leg at Anteetam."
You kin put onto yeurn this proud in
sclipshen:
"Draftid Sept. 6, 1S62-desertid Sept.
30, 1S63-lost rite leg in an encounter with
Provost Marshes, Oct. 10, 1868.
SIGH an inscripshen wood melt the
heart Nv every Dimocratic passer-by, and
they'd ill yoor cigar-boX with coppers.
Wich Nv en- Good resist SIGH an appeal ?
think NV wat a harvest yoo'd reap in
Louisville when Breckenridge comes home,
and IN Frankfort when he is inoggeratid
Governor Nv Kentucky! It's the dodge
for 700, Parson."
thot the matter over for mint, and it
pleased me. The life Nv an organ-grinder
IS oy no means to be despised It's
dreamy, poetical, contemplative sort Nv
eggistence. Ez Their amt no manyooaI
labor IN it beyond the mere turnin Nv
crank l am satisfied that it wood SCOT me.
Ihen one sees so much life. Constantly
before 700 Is ever changin panorama.
700 see humanity in ali its phases-and
when mite comes how sweet the rest, how
inspirln the l1kker, witch 700 hev honestly
earned by yoor manly exertionsl
us it necessary that I shell hey a leg
ampitatid ?" askt l.
Certinly!" replied Josef
Then decline" sed I. "Aside from
the pain | hev regard for them legs.
lhey saved my life in ali the skirmishes 7
VIZ IN doorin my breef term Nv servis ez
drafGid man in '63. will not part with
one Nv en-"
This is triflin with yoor friends, sir =
eJacHated Bascom- 700 hev the way
opened for nonist Twin and VOC refooza to
walk We into it. This cannot be permit.
ted"
1t cannot be permitted" ekkoed
McPelter, Pennibacker and the rest NV
EN-.
Josef hev 700 suffishent skill to
ampetate limb?" asks Bascom.
Il hev' replied Josef "ef VOC will
furnish me carvin knife and hand saw.
I've seen it done in confedrit hospitaIs.
Troo the victims didn't most alluz survive.
Et 700 do stand it, ParsoD, think Nv the
glorious life organ grindin is-ef 700 die
under 1t console yoorself by thinkin how
much organ grindin yoov'e escaped
BRING the knife and saw, and somebody
twist Handkerchief about his leg"
And forthwith they ceased me, throwed
me onto the bar and tied me there, and brot
dull knife and a handsaw, and that c,,ss
wood hev hackt into my leg hed it not bin
for Deekin Program.
Josef Biglerr' sed this more than
saint, trooly tell us, wat are the chances
nv ms sury1vin this operashen ?"
bout one in thousand, shood say,
and that's why am so anxious to com.
mence?" promptly replied Josef, sharp
n Efif E.,
his boot. Nv
Then let him upr' ejackilatid the
Deekin hastily, &c let him up. He owes me
thirty seven dollars, with interest, since
the second day he arrived in this place
wich he borrered. Eff he dies it's gone
Ell he lives he may strike suthin that'Il en-
able him to pay it"
Slash away, Bigler !" remarkt Bascom
slsausiy, he owes me seven hundred
aeIars ior drinks sence he's bin here, and
ct he lives he'll double it in a year"
There wuz an animated discussion. ez tn
whether Bigler shood go on or STAY his
eager hand. Fortunately I owed evry one
Nv the bystanders, and wat wuz more for
tunate, the most of EN- wuz better fixed
than Bascom. The heft Nv my indebted
ness to the others wuz for borrored
money, clothin, and SIGH things WITCH
man kin git along without Bascom
knows that so long ez live / must hev
MS goods, money or no money, and hence
MS desire to see me either git lucrative
employment or die
But the majority was agin him-he
yielded, and l wuz saved. "Tbank
Heaven, exclaimed, ez 1 riz, "thank
aeaven Tor debt. He'd l bin less hefty on |
the borrer, wood now be cold corpse"
must git out Nv this as soon as posi-. |
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