Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-07-24
NasbY on Rosecrans.
The Pdrson has 1nother Dream.


The Rev. Petroleum V. Nasby, who
is addicted to dreams Of late, has been
having one, inspired by the recent gu
bernatorial nomination in Ohio, in which
he saw as follows: ..I
Methawt the Dimocrisy NV Ohio wuz
in council, seekin for leeder in the comm
conHck. They trotted out in review all
NV em, but they couldn't find man IN
tho party who wuz not 80 fcarfuliy de
fective ez to be totally and entirely
worthls tor the posishen. Vallandygum
wuz ez spotted ez a leper; Ranney was
tinged with the rather advanced Dino
crisy NV 1868, and the other men spoken
NV WIZ full Nv politikle ulcers, biles and
running sores. The menshun NV their
names made the people bold their noses.
One more wise than the rest, III TIT OF
inspirashun, sung out "Rosecrans u and
the lice hit him. Rosecrans wuz trotted
out, and they all fell to admirin him. lie
wuz well bilt and comfy, and hiz figger
showd strenth and endoorance. He wuz
encased into glittcrin coat Nv bloc onto
wich shone the most gorgus .decorashun
wich Good be conceived. In letters Nv
lite NV exceedin brilliancy wuz the wurds
"West Virginy," "Stone River" "Iuky,"
and "Chicamauga," with the names of
other achievements more or less notori-
Gus, and these decorashens with his
epaulettes, military sash and sword,
spurs and sich, envelopcd him from head
to foot in brilliancy the gorgeousnis
NV wich wuz beyond compare. The man
ayers of the show wich trotted him out
squinted at these things a mint, but
they squintcd more pertikelerly at tho
multitood wich surrounded them, to see
the effeck wich it perdoost upon EN-, they
slidin out NV site ez he advaEst, SO that
they woodent obstruct the view. The
site took tho people, there rose up from
the throng n most enthusiastic cheer,
and hats went into the air by thousands
"It'll do! it'll dol Thank the Lord
it'll do !" shouted the managers, and they
Immediately fell TO embracin him in their
extacy. Vallandigum fell onto his neck,
but the spot where his hands struck the
General obliterated "West VirgiBny,"
another delegates paw blotted out
"Stone River" and the next embra &c
bustid "Iuky," "Chicamaugy," and the
rest NV it. An anshept delegate from
Holmes county, which had taken an ac-
tive part in the resistance to drafts, silly
drawd his sword and threw it away, an
other delegate hacked orf his spurs, a
third snaked OFF his epilets, and before
the poor fellow knew wat wuz ben done
to him they had gobblcd pretty much
all NV the ornamets wieh he'd gli.tcred so
brayely onto him. s liza. ..t
"Don't-for Heavens sake, DON'T"
eiackilated one who wuz n candidate for
n county offs in close count .'Wat
are you don?" ....,
'"rhese things must come orf Nv him
to make him acceptable to our people,
and they eagerly stripped orf one thing
after another.
"Git out NV the way, there !" shouted
another party comm up, "put the reso
looshens onto him and he's ready"
They clapped EN- onter him, he stag
gercd and gasped, but managed to stand
up. ef ...... ....
"For Heavens sake - he said in a
pleadin tone, "for Heavens sake take
this orf." ........ .........
"Impossible I" returned them witch
he'd the matter in hand. "iOu'r all rite
now, stand aside all Nv 700 and see how
the people take him now" ...,......
They stood aside, but to their surprise
the people turned up their noses ez the
they smelt suthin, and Kissed ominously
instead NV cheerin. . ......
"Show us our Rosecrans," they cried
"This is Rosecrans ?" replied Vallandy
gum, putin his arm round his neck af
feckshnitly. ....
"We don't know him in them clothe:
and in sich company" returned the mul
titood, leavin in disgust.
In my dream, the managers, when
they saw the multitood treat their mar
so skornfully, fell to reyilin Nv him, and
kickin and kuffin NV him. woke jest
ez he wuz tryin to git away, battered
bruised, besmeared and besmicked.
l thopght, ez ] lay ponderin on the
vision, that probably, when asoljer trades
his military repetashen for anomenasher
Mt our hands that does strike the people
!jist ez tho they he'd traded uniforms
doorin the struggle, and that possibly
the specelashen won't pay either him OIL
us. But wat kin we do?
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