The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-02-09

Qsestion Of bread ana Butter "a Mar
row Escape. s.
Fron the Toledo Alad& s
Eosrs OFF1s. GoNFEDnr x ROADS,
! (Wicll is in the State NV Kentucky
Jan. IA, 1869.
The question wat kin /, do with nv
self P Is not solved. Ny return iron
Moo York so ignominyusly, on foot, wu
1 serious disappointmentfo my friend.
at the corners. They felt when Alef
\ ,em that they he'd me fixed for life, ant
their sorrer atsmy onimely return WI.
genuine Bascom, ez soon ez he saw ms
enter his bar room weary and foot sore
remarked with q profanet ejaculashor
that Tide be his roin yet. op ~ fsd 81
am man. Of acshun. To wunst ]
called meeting of my friends to- con
slider the situation and to arrange fol-
another voucher. l remark ID to EN-
that he'd not lost faith in Moo York
that wus certin that that city wus my
field. I proposed that another outfit
shood be furnished me; the same ez be
fore, and that shood hev one more
trial. But they yoonanimusly declined,
feeling that hed'nt sufficient control
Nv my own appetite for grocery keep
er, and that Investments in that direc
shun wood be q perpetual waste Nv cap
tai wich the corners Good not afford.
Various methods of making living
were sejested, but none met my approv-
al. One wood sejest this thing in San
Francisco; another that in Alaska: and
each wood swear that every one wus the
very thing. Ther readiness to agree
with the numerouSness NV the miles the
places wuz away, satisfied me that dis
lance was the main pint with en-
That miserable wretch, Joe Bigler,
happened in at that IN oment when they
wuz discussing the feasibility NV con-
ductorship on street railroad in Moo
Orleans-ez tho the directors NV the
companies hed'n all got dissepated
nephews to fill rich, responsible places
when he rcmarkt that the ohtoosenis
nv humanity wuz ole NV the wonders
NV the nineteenth century. issi.I 10 ~
Is Make NV him., sede Josef, "a dime
cratic organ grinder, saw off his rite
leg, dress him in bloc, get him an in
strument wich55will play Dixie .the
Bonnie Bloc Flag. land SIGH toons, an
plant him OH 1.-THE sidewalks of Louis
yille,a Noo5York, or any other dimecrat
=
but why dress me in bloc? Why
not in gray, Of. play confedrit' toons 2
, Innocence !asDidn't the Demrocrisy
always wear bloc while they Vt uz, " hist
lin con fedrit toons ~ Even in The North
they don't object to bloc coat SO that
they know there 8 a confedrit heart nm
der ~ q .osruose Ilaw 30 EsTao. 4
But replied ], II wusun't la3tsojer--
Il, !. e.. 4
only for a short stine' ais s4iz CO aoiasi.
That don't NATTER aremarkt Josef.
no more was the heft Nv the Democrisy.
The bulk nv EN- witch served, served as
draftid men. But the circumstance is
in syoor favor. Thereglsr organ grind
ers, them wich wuz volunteers, put onto
. placard witch hangs onto their instroo
ments words to this effect: ..s..e.
Unlisted July l962-Shot thro the
leg, at Anteetam.' ah "a ob to= @3@ -
'Yoo kin put onto yourn this proud
paz ss 4n aeia cee
'Draftid September~5, 1S63-desertid
Sc ptem Der 80, lS63-lost rite leg in an
encounter with Provost Marshals, Oct
10, 1862 4ll = 9dad : IS ~ O.
'Sich an inscripshun would melt the
hearts NV every Dimecrasic passer by,
and they'd fill your cigar box with cop
pers. WITCH nv EN- Good resist SIGH an
appeal Think NV what a harvest yoo'd
reep in louisville when Breckenridge
comes home and in Frankfort when he is
Governor NV Kentucky -
It's the dodge for you, parson.'
thot the matter over for mint and
It pleased me The life of an organ
grinder is by no means to be dispised.
It's a dreamy, poetical, cout emplative
sort nv existence. Ez ther is no man.
J ool labor in it beyond the mere turnin
Nv a crank, am satisfied that it wood
SCOT me. Then one sees so much Nv
life; constantly before 700 is ever
changing panorama-yoo see humanity
n all its phases-and when mite comes
how sweet the rest, how inspirn the lik
ker, witch you have honestly earned by
yoor manly exertions!
"Is it necessary that shell htv a leg
p askt I.
Certainly p replied josef
"Then Decline" sed I. aside fi ON
The pain hev a regard for them legs
They saved my life in all the skirlnishes
wuz in durin my brief term NV service
ez draftid man in '63. I win not part
with Que NV en-" e.:a --
''This is trflia with yoor friends, sir !''
calculated Bascom "You hev the way
open for honest living, and 700 refuse
20 walk ye into it. This cannot be per
nitted. ''-o1u Hoa" 9af 5aat
1t cannot be permitted = echoed Nc
PETER, Pennibacker, and the rest Nv en-
Josef, hev you sufficient skill to am
petate a limb 2 asks Bascom. ~1@ -
4 hev,' replied josef, 'ef 700 will fur
,ish me carvin knife and hand saw.
I've seen it done in Confedrit hospitals.
rroo the victims didn't most alIus sur
rive. Ell you do stand it, Parson, think
If the glorious life organ grindin is-ef
,ou die under it console yoorself by :
hikin how much -grindin you have
Bring the knife and saw, and |
twist handkerchief round |
lis lep rug 1868 Or -3Ef ElaE5 E0E 81 |