The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-09-17

u'"Iueu ~ uoiHe W keep tue ''cOp
perheads' from revolving to fill every
nomination except ono con sta BILE. =
Es AS the nominee on the other tick.
et was man who had refused tt
reinlist just when the country want.
cd him most, and wouldn't sell his
state bounty at seventy cents, on the
dollar, Ned's chances were thought
to be certain He had been fairly
nominated, when they declared fol
q gentleman who had been promised
the Office for throwing mud in the
face Of a little boy who was selling
9 cepperhead daily; and so Ned was
Requested to withdraw for the sake
Of harmony in. the party. .raae,
- Tell the traitors all around you, I
J That their cruel worde we know.
You see, the "copperheads'' -
must be put down at any cost.
By-thc-by, where have they all
gone? I don't hear the word any
more. And every time Ned tried
for Office it seemed that he was in
the way. He wasn't in the way
quite so much down at the front,
but holding a musket has not got
anything to do with holding an Office.
They used to pnt him off with an
excuse, and promise better things;
but at last they come to tell him
there was no use in trying for Office.
Wait minute. "
And the star Spangled Banner, .
In triumph shall wave"
was trying to catch the ear of
that man who just got out of his car
riage. Ned used to know him; he
made army contracts, sold shoddy
clothing, bought bonds, and now
returns a big income. Ned's old
blue over coat reminded him of
something. And besides, there
amt so much enthusiasm about the
flag as there was when volunteers
had to 60. will ingly, or rich men
stand the draft. And the bonds are
more secure than they were when
Lees troops were picking corn in
Pennsylvania. Amt it odd how
the Radicals have fixed this bond
matter? You wouldn' t hardly believe
that it costs Ned ten dollars year
for the privilege Of grinding me,
and the rich men has fifty thousand
dollars in bonds without . cent Of
taxation. But then. -
- "My country It's Of thee
Sweet land Of liberty" ..-
And the loss Of Ned's leg at
Gettysburg was only q little thing
compared to that mans assistance
to the country in buying bonds at
forty-tive cents on the dollar, SO
that the national debt might be con-
6aed to our own people. We've
seen some hard times lately. We
used to make = good living in the
start for the "copperhead'' papers
picked up the hand organ business
and held it pp as the result Of j ac-
obin promises, and men seemed
ashamed and hardly one passed by
without dropping penny into the
box. But it's an old thing now.
Men 90 by without a halt !; indeed
the sweetest tunes I play seem to
hurry them to bed, and you can
see for yourself that Ned must
wear old clothes. ia4& - s.
Still with angels III so marching,
With bright lsurels on my. blow.
Do you s'pose Ned will ever go
up there among the angels I
sometimes think that 'one-legged
soldiers will have no business in
heaven. At least having turned
me SO many times in the last three
years, Ned will care nothing for
music. But he's got to march
around with me on his back, and
his back, and his old hat there ia
all the laurels he ever received for
the loss Of bis leg. 80 y. Ftp. ~ :
d You're getting tired. My! how
the sun comes down. If Ned could
only step in after . glass of soda
once in a while, how cool and re-
freshing it would be. But FIVE
cents would often drain the box,
and besides, people don't want one
legged soldiers hobbling around the
gentry. @'
Was l at. the Jubilee No.
Strange enough hand organs were
not called for, and the men who
went down to the front wern't
wanted to sing of the peace they
helped to conquer.
It would have been grand thing
to have opened the programme with
music from the ten thousand hand
organs being ground by ex-soldiers,
but am afraid the Jubilee would
have been a failure. Must you go?
Well "f
Then conquer We must, tss Il 6.
4 Dor cur cause It u just, sp.fIs ....z.
And this be Dur motto to the hind organ we
n. trust. -. - --- Fl. F#4
That vase shrewd girl. and not
devoid Of sense either, who remark
ed, whsn other girls were making fun
Of her short pants, and affected to be
much shocked at the exhibition tberv,
rofss = party: ''If you'd only pull