Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-02-13
From tho Toledo Blade.
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Moo York SO ignominyusly, on foot, wuz
. serious disappointment TO my friends
at the corners They felt when / left EN-
that they had me fixed for life, and ther
sorrsr At my ontimely return wuz psuu-
inc. BascOm, sz soon ez he saw me enter
his bar weary and foot sore, remarked,
with = profane ejaculation, that wood
be hiS room yet.
/ am man Nv ackshen. To wuust I
called q meetin NV my friends 10 consider
the situashen, and to arrange for another
roncher. / r0markt to en- that had nor
lost faith in Moo York; that wuz Ger.
tain that that city wuz my field. | pro.
posed that another outfit shood be fur.
nished me; the same ez before, and tha,
should hev one more trial. But they
yoonanineusly declined, fcelin that 1
hsdD't sufficient control NV my own ap-
petite for gresery keeper, and that in.
vcstments in that direcshun wood be a
perpetual waste of capital, wicb the
Corners Good not afford.
Various methods NV maxim a liyin wero
sejested, but none met my approval
One wood sejsst this thing ~ San Fran
cisco; another that in Alaska; and each
wood swear that every one wuz the vory
thing. Their readiness to agree and the
nutnersusnis NV the miles the places wuz
away, satisfied me that distance wuz the
main pint with EN-. That miserable
wretch, Joe Bigler, happened in at a
moment when they WIZ discussin the
feasibility NV conductorship on u street
railroad in Moo Orleans-as Though the
conductors NV the companies hein't all
got dissiPated ncphews to fill rich re-
sponsible places-wheu he remarkt that
the obtooscnis NV humanity wuz one uA
the wonders Nv the nineteenth century.
MAKE NV him." seq Joe, "a DINO.
kratic organ-grinder-saw off his rite
leg, dress him in bloc, git him an instroo.
ment wich will play Dixie the Bonnie
Bloc Flag and sich toons, and plant him
on the sidewalks NV louisville. Moo
York, or any Dimocratic city, and his
forchoOn is made"
"But why dress me in bloc? WHY
not in gray, eff play Confc,lrit icons ?''
"Innocsnce! Didu't the Dimocrisy
always wear boo, while they wuz whist.
lin Confeerit tooDs? Even in the North
they don't object to bleo coat, SO that
they know there's a Contedrit heart
hnder it"
"Rut," replied I, az wasn't soljer-
wich is, only ez draftid man, aud then
only for short time"
THAT doesn't matter" remarkt Josef,
no more wuz the heft NV the Dimocrisv.
The bulk NV en- wich served, served ez
draftid men. But that circumstance is
in yoor favor. The rcgler organ-grind-
ers, them wich WIZ volunteers, put QUITO
a placard wich hangs onto their instroo-
ments, words to this effect:
Enlisted July 10, lss2-shot thro the leg at Ance
tun."
"Yoo kin put onto yourn this proud
inscription:
Draftid Sept Il iss3-,lescriid Sept ~ 1sG3-lost
re lss In an encounter with Provost Marinls Oct TO-
"Sich an inscripshen wood melt the
heart NV every Dimocratic passer-by, and
they'd fill your cigar-box with coppers.
Mlch NV EN- rood resist sich an appeal :?
Think NV wat a harvest you'd reap in
Locsisvills, when Brsckinridge Genes
home, and in Frankfort, when he is in
auggeratid Guvner NV Kentucky. It's
the dodge for you, Parson."
thot the matter over for a minnit,
and IT pleased Inc. The life NV an organ
grinder is by no means to be despised.
It's dreamy, poetical, contemplative
sort Nv eggistence. Ez ther aint no
manyool labor in it beyond the mere
turnin NV crank, am satisfied that it
wood SCOT me. Then one sees SO much
NV life. Constantly before you is an
everchsngin panorama-yOo see human
lty In all its phases; and when mite comes
how sweet the rest, how inspiritn the
hkker, wich you hev honestly earned by
yoor manly exertio=s.
=" 10 it necessary that shel hev leg
ampitatid ?" askt !.
"Certainly" replied josef
"Then ! decline p sed ]. Aside from
the pain, hev a regard tor them legs.
They saved my life in all the skirmishes
l wuz in doorin my breef term NV servis
sz draftid man in '63. / will not part
with one NV en-"
"This is tritiin with your friends, sir!"
ejacoolated Bascom." "You hev the
way opened for honist livin and yoo
rcfooze to walk ye into it. This can not
be permitted" ..- '..'".'.
at caA not be permitted !" ekkosd
McPelter, Pennibacker, and the rest NV
EN-. -......
Joseph hev 700 sufficient skill to am
pootato limb?" askt Rascom.
"l hev," replied Joseph, "ef yeo will
furnish me carv;n knife and = hand
saw. I've seen il done in Confedrit
hospitals. Tros, the victims didn't most
allus survive. IF 700 stand it, Parson,
think nv the glorious life organ-grindin
ia; ef VOC die under it, console yoorself
by thinkin how much organ-grindin
yoo've escaped! Bring knife and saw,
and somebody twist hankerehsr about
his leg" 1 'f
And forthwith they ceased me, throwed
me onto tho bar and tied me there, and
brot dull knife and hand saw, and
that euss wood hev hackt into my leg he'd
it not bin for Deekin Pogram.
"Joseph Biglerr' sed this moro than
saint, "trooly tell us, wat are the chances
NV his survivin this operashen ?'' 81.
/" About one in thousand, l shoed
saw and that's whv / am an anyious IN