Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-07-28
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The Nomination Of ROseeranS in Ohio
A Dream.

The Nomination Of ROseeranS in Ohio
"A Dream.
PEPPERS TAVERN, HOLMES Co., o., Z
| Jooly II, 1869
| 1 feft the Corners the day after lost
my position, and without any speshl
purpose wandered up into my old
stampin grounds in Ohio. wuZ re-
ceived with a corjality wich affected
me perfOundly. Them wich he'd bin
| turned out NV Offises Good sympathize
with me, and them wich he'd never
got EN-, felt it still more deeply ez
they eggsaggerate the benefits to be
derived from offishl position, and ac-
tilly wonder how 4 man wich ever
held an offs kin survive decapitashen.
he'd no difficulty in bOrrowin enuff
dollars Nv the sturdy yeOmanry NV
this section to not only keep me aflOat
here for a time, but to pervide agin a
passage through an Ablishin country
eff sich need be. My expenses here
will be light eZ 1 am bOardin and
drinkin on tick exclusively. l told
the landlord the first day to mark it
down. ez it wuZ ineOnvenient to make
change fifty times per day. He may
possibly wish he had taken change.
The day after the Democratic State
Convenshen at Columbus we held a
informal meetin Nv the Democracy at
the tavern, to which / wuz stayin,
the most NV the veterans bein there.
The scene reminded me Nv BascOm's s
so much that I actually shed teers.
DimOcracy is alike everywhere. Their
wuz the bar, with the big-bellied bottle
with tansy in it, and the big-bellied
bottle without tansy in it; ther wuz
the box NV pipes, the two lemons
which are doomed never to be yOOsed
ez lemOn-joOse weakens hkkeri ther
wuz Pepper, the landlord, with his
sleeves rolled up, leaning onto his
elbows onto the bar; behind him q
portrate Nv Jackson, on his fomin
steed, wavin his sword toward the Brit
ish; beside hand bill for a mass Con-
venshun NV the Deestriek last year,
commensin with the trOOly orthodox
line: "Do you want to marry a mig
ger ?" in large black type, with pie
ture NV Wendell Phillips kissin a
weneh, at wich the DimOcrasy have
indignated reglerly for ten years.
See.id on bustid cheers, empty nail
kegs, and leanin on the bar, wuZ
groOp wich was simply dOOplikit of
the Y Roads, and so akkeTit that /
caught my self sayin ''Deekin" lots
NV times. 1sed "Captin" toaman who
wuz so neer like McPelter, ez to justi-
fy the suspicion that the father NV
the present Hugh he'd many years be-
fore bin a citizen Nv that visinity, but
l wuz keerful not to do so again.
Ketchin me by the thrOte, he sternly
remarkt: "Sir! don't put any NV them
titles onto me, sir. | wuZ no Captin
thank heaven" He was satisfied
when told him that his remarkable
resemblance to a COnfedrit Captin Oe-
casioned the mistake, which pleased
him so that he to wunst askt me to
take suthin. This opened a new field
to me, when worked. diskivered
to wunst q amazin resemblance be-
between all NV em and distinguished
Southern commanders.
While watin the return of Squire
Pettibone, wich wuZ a delegate to the
State COnvenshen we fell to talkin Nv
the old times wich tried mems soles,
in the earlier years NV the war. Pep
per. the landlord, gave a most afeetin
remeniseene NV the shOOtin NV two
returned veterans, in the very room
in wich we sot. The spot on which
they fell, he he'd put the stove over