Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-03-27


nbly-I bust into tears on the threshold
aud jincd the other wecpers Who LoJ
been dis'illin briny giiei for some hours
Indeed, so long he'd they bin wccpin that
one friend NV tho President, who he'd a
Kentucky countcnance, howlcd pitconslv
for some liquid TO replace that wich he
he'd lost. a bottle wuz handed TO him
and he wept no more I tried tn
strengthen me agin the waste that |
knowd must ensoo. Ingratitood is not
my failing. Till y. johnson gets back
TO Tennessee, my eyes shel not he dry.
The President wuz terribly calm and
composed.
Weep, my friends!' sod he, sweep
| can't blanc 700, for 700 are about 10
hc deprived uv me! But in this irwin
hour will be calm. hey swung around
the ontire circle NV otisbcl honor. bcy
bin"
At this pint his voice trcmbled and
his eyes wuz Suliooscd.
"ljut no! will be myself Sekrp-
tary Seward, is there any more acts of a
uncopstooshmel Gongris to veto?"
"No- -pockiiin nv en- anscrs the pur-
PCS. '.'
rs thar anybody to pardon ?"
"No one-but stay. Now that ,IirL
NV If, two kounlcrlitcrs, enc whisky
specnlator, a Coniedrit officer or two, au,
watts left NV the assasinashcn party still
languishiny either in Bastetls or in
exile"
81 must finish my work. Hand me
them blank pardons."
lie wrote with firm hand, n film nv
em out, wich only took second. ~ he
hes blanks priniid for all the various
otienses men kin be gilty nv.
snow, then, my dooties is accom-
plishcd, and chcelfly rcsinc the bower
wich wood hey laid down long ago lut
for the sake NV my bIecdin country. |
wood hev saved my native land but,
Emit Admit OR tiicndS.n
Mayor Munro, NV Moo Orcens. Mrs
Cobb, n score or more NV Coufcdrit Off
GERS, aud Il tlud of unforchCnrt men who
had bin nccoosrd uy tamrrrin with an
nnconstitooshncl currency, and hun
drrd, wore or less, NV Frdral oils hold
crs filed in and shook the President cor
jelly BY the hand, drorpin silent tho
clokent tecr cz they passed. There WIZ
in addiShcn to these sevral hu.drcd poor
wrctches who he'd bin layin about WASH
ington for months waitin Tor posshcns
but who hcdn't got en-. They he'd no
money to get home with, and they in
sisted that the President must and >kood
furnish Ell means. One nv en- demanded
nv Randall $500, but that CRATE man
finally got rid NV him by oanin him a
clean shirt and a box NV paper collars.
Tic man wuz dcprest though still
hopeful. .
"This," scd he, wavin the Shirt in the
air, "this is all ,.lev to start on arin-
when | cmbarkt into Johnsonisri nv
friends fell off. In remorse | took to
l'kkcr, and step by step went down till
became the loathsome objck You behold.
But L shcl now reform and try to he
somebody. Disguised in this Shirt
may inspire confidence and find a hcl,in
hand. But don't none nv you Spcck to
me on the street.
Ez l saw him the next cverin in
state NV hilarity hangin to u hmp-post,
Irpeatln porshcns Nv the late Presidents
farewell address to the passcrs by with
out clean shirt on, Judged emorsc he'd
overcome him agin, and that the clean
shirt he'd bin pawned. Poor fellow!
Then come the most saddcSt scene nv
all. The President he'd to bid adoo to
his Cabinet. rsr.
"Aly tried aud trustid friends" he
ommenced, when Randall broke in with
the ohfeelin remark that he'd better say
"trustid triends,' Without tie "tricd."
My liege, your tried friends wuz in
that gang NV connterivtcrs witch list left
the presencc. They WIZ not onI Iy tried
but convicted"
Sckretary Seward wuz y;zaLIy affected.
That afternoon he had heard NV an island
f@r sale, the principal volcano on which
he'd mostly stopped gushin, and he wept
TO th'llk he hedh't time TO complete nego-
clashehs Tor it. Itwuz otfcre, for $40
600, 600, and lie considered the price II
mere lagaielle.
Se':feiary Wellcs was tie ouly cheer.
inl Que III the party. lie he'd no idea
That 9q was to stop being Sckrctary NV
lhe Navy he Nxpcctcd to 90 along cz
tao ntthlu he'd happened. Seward and
ha,uq. he'd bin tryin for an Tour to
make h.m comprehend the sitooaShrn-
that there WIZ to be Il change-but to
no purpose. lie ccodent get it through
bim. ] undert ook to impress it onto Ills
intel!eyk, but my eilolts wuz futile.
lluggin 10 his buzznm model of Eric
canal,boat, wich he had determined to
remodel into q revenoo cutter, he Kept
on sayingl"Why-why Should. l go
out? | wilz under LinEin and then
johnson, Thar aint no more difference
between Linkin and johnson than there
is between Johnson and Grant, is there?
! agreed with Linkin and with Johnson,
and shall agree with Grant, doubtless.
Why should | differ with Grant, ...
Randall smiled a sardonicle smile at
the aged infant, and remarkin that he
(RandalD he'd he'd good time ny it any
how, the recolleeshnn whereof the d--d |
Abolishnisis eoodent rob him NV, shook
hands, with a, j., adddin that he didn't
bear him any ill-will. ,...
''Im rooined man." eontiny ood Ran
DALI ssbut Pm ~ much 10 htoAln ey WOO