The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-08-10
Tho Campaign in Ohio.
RosEoRANs AND HIS MILITARY GLoRY-
A DREAM OF Nasty.

h0SRCRANS AND HIS MILITARY GL0RY-
A DREAM oP Nasty.
The Rev. Petroleum V. Nasty, addic-
ted to dreams of late, has been having
one inspired by the recent gubernatorial
nominations in Ohio, in which he saw as
follows:
Methawt the Dimocrisy NV Ohio wuz
in council, seekin for leeder in the comm
confick. they trotted out in review all
Nv EN-. but they couldn't find man in
the party who wuz not so fearful defective
ez to be totally and entirely worthlis for
the posishen. Vallandygum wuz ez spot
ted ez leper Ranncy wuz tinged with
the rather advanced Dimocristy Nv 1868,
and the other men spoken Nv wuz full Nv
politikle ulcers, biles and running scars.
The menshun of their names made the
people hold their noses. One more wize
then the rest,in fit Nv inspirashun, sung
out "Rosecrans !" and the ice hit him.
Rosecrans wuz trotted out, and they all
fell to admirin him. He wuz well bilt,
and comly,and his fgger showed strength
and endoorancc. He wuz encased into a
glitterin coat Nv blood into witch shone
the most gorgus decorashen witch Good be
conceived. In letters Nv light Nv exceed
in brilliancy wuz the words "West Vergin-
n.y." "Stone River" "Inky," and "Chica-
mauga," with the names ov other ache
evements more or less notorious, and these
decorashens with his epaulettes, military
sash and sword, and SIGH, enveloped him
from head to foot in brilliancy the
gorgiousnis Nv witch wuz beyond compare.
The managers Nv the show witch trotted
him out squinted at those things mint,
but they squinted more pertikelerly at
the multitood witch surrounded them To
see the effeck witch it perdoosed upon EN-,
they slidin out ev site ez he advanced, so
that they woodent obstruct the view. The
site took the people-ther rose up from
the throng most enthusiastic cheer and
hats went into the air by thousands.
It'll do it'll do! Thank the lord it'll
do" shouted the managers, and they i'm
mejitly fell to embracin him in their ex-
tacy. Vallandigyum fell onto his neck,
but the spot where his hand struck the
General obliteroted "West Virginny"
another delegates paw blotted out Stone
River and the next embrace bustid
"luka," "Chicamaugy," and the rest Nv
it. An anshent delegate from Holmes
county, which had taken an active part
in resistance to drafts, silly drawed his
sword and threw it away another dele
gate hacked OFF his sprurs (; a third snaked
OFF his epilets, and before the poor fellow
know wat waz bein' done to him they had
gobbled pretty mucht all Nv the ornaments
wech had glittered so bravely onto him.
"Don't-for Heavens, sake don't !"
ejeckilatid one who wuz a candidate for
county offs in close county. "Wat are
you doing?"
these things must come OFF NV him to
make him acceptable to our people," and
they sagerly stripped OFF one thing and
another.
"Get out NV the way, there ?" shouted
another party, commin' up "Put the
resolushens onto him, and he's ready"
"They clapped EN- onter him-he stag
gered and gasped, but managed to stand
up"
"For heavens sake" he said in
pleading tone, "for Heavens sake, take
this orr"
Impossible -, returned them which
he'd the matter in hand. "You'r all rite
newsstand 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 tho
they smelt suthin, aud Kissed ominously
instid NV cheerin.
"Show us our Rosecrans," they cried.
This is Rosecrans /" replied Valandy-
gam, putting his arms around his neck
affeckshnitlv.
I'VE don't know him in them clothes
and in SIGH company" returned the null
titood, leavin in disgust.
"In my dreem, the managers, when
they saw the multitood treat their man so
skornfulw, fell to revillin NV him. |
woke jest ez he wuz tryin to get away
battered, bruised, besmeared, and besmick-
ed.
1t thought, ez | lay bordering on the
vision, that probably when soljer trades
his military repetashen for nomenashen
at our hands that dose strike the people
jest ez tho they had traded uniforms doo-
rim the struggle, and that possibly the
specclashen won't pay either him or us.
Bul wat kin we do?