Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-02-02
From the Toledo Blado.)
NGs6N.
Mr.. NasJy and his Fricnds Consider
the question Of Bread and Buttcr
"A N0rrOW Escape.
Posi- OFFrs CONFEDERIr y ROADS,
(Wich is III the Staff OF Kentuky)
Ian Il 1865

Jan. 10. 1868.
! he question wat kin I do with my
self?" is not solved. My return from
wuz serious disappointment to my
friends at the Corners. They felt when
| left elm that t4ey had fixed me for
life, and their sorrtr at my ontinely re-
turn WAS genuine. BascoOin, cz soon
cz he saw me enter his bar, weary and
foot sore, remarked with n proiane
ejaculasheu that I'd be his room yet.
anna man Nv acllshun. TO wunst
called II. cetin NV my friends to consid-
or the situashen and to arrange anodcr
vencher. i remarkt to en- that / he'd
not lost faith in NCo York | wuz Ger =
tain that that city wu2 my field. pro-
posed that another outfit SHOULD be fur
nishcd me the same as before, and that
should have more trial But they
yoOnanimously declined, feelin that
hcan't sufficient control NV my own APP
petite fer a grocery keeper, and that in
Vcstmcnts in that direcshuu wood be Il
perpetooal waste NV capital which The
corners Good not afford.
Various methods OF malen livin
were sejested but none met my approx
al. One would snjest this thing in San
Francisc another that in Alaska; and
each Wou swear that every Nus the
very thing. Their yediness TO agree and
the numerousnis nv the miles the places
WIZ away, satisfied me that distance
WIZ the main pint with en-.
That miserable wretch, Joe Bigler,
happened IN moment when they Wuz
a discussin the feasibility NV conduct
ovship on street railroad in Moo Or
ieans-eZ tho the directors IVY the COM
panies hedn't all got dissipated nefus to
fill rich, responsible places-when he
remarkt that the obtooseness NV hui
mainly wuz one Nv the wonders ny the
nine tenth century.
MAKE NV him." scd Josef, "a Dino
kratic organ grinder; saw off his rite leg,
dress him III bloc, git him an instru-
ment which will play Dixie, the 'Bou-
ME Blue Flag" and SIGH ICONS, and
plant him on the sidewalks NV Loois-
vile, Nco York, or any other Dim0llra-
tic city, and his forchOon is made.n
"But why dress him in bloc? Why
not gray, eff play Confcdrt toons q"
"Innocence! Didn't the Dcmokrisy
always wear bloc, even while they WIZ
VIZ istlin Colfcdrit toons! Even in the
North they don't object to bloc Goa t.,
so hat they know there's Confedri {
heart under it?"
"But," replied !, II WuZn't a solcr-
is, only ez q draftid man, and then only
for Il short time"
THAT don't NATTER" remarllt Josef,
'no more wuz the hcft of the Democr.-
sy. The bulk NV EN- wich served, serv-
ed as draftid men. But that circustance
is in yoor favor. The regler organ
grinders, them wich WIZ volunteers
put onto placard which hangs onto
their inStronpnt & words TO This effect .
enlisted July 10, lS63-'Shot thro the
leg at Antcetam."
you kin put unto yourn this proud
inscription:
Drafted, Sept, 6, 1863 deserted Sept.
30, 1S63-lost rite leg in an enc unter
with Provost Marshes, Oct. 49, 1868.
"Sich inscrlpshun wood melt the
hart Of every Dimecratic passer-by, and
they'd fill your cigar-boX with lloppers.
WITCH Nv EN- Good resist such an appeal?
Think NV wat harvest you'd reep in
Louisville when Breckenridge comes
home. and in Frankfort, when he is