Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-10-27
I'd Letter from Darius PerfOratOrs !.
House ov Kolrecshun fur the Re-
constructed Democracy, the 10th :
month and Doth day 1900 IL 10.

uUuoc Nv hOlTeCoAuH luI tuo No"
constructed Democracy, the 10th
month and 10Th day 1900 Il 70.
Again, II Teller Dimokrats, ! am
called to address you, and not this time
as before, standin on beer key, but
from mi bed, where hev lade ever sinse
partook ov Jchn STRAINS librality, after
the nominashun. Els am just abel to
sit up in bed & rite, you will pardun me
eff mi spellin IL a leete pecocliar.
told you in mi last letter that in mi
next wood show what klames j. 5. he'd
tn the publick konfdense az candidate
fur NJ. G. rust and foremost then, he
takes kare ov No. one (No. ~ which IL
the prime principul ov demockrasy. We
don't and never did kare nothun fur eny
uther party only our owne. We don't
nor never did kare nothun for SIGH MUIR
drin thieves az the soldiers was, only tn
git thare bounty for EN-. End John IL
Jest so. lie will never be SIGH a self
denyin fule as Kobb wuz, az tn vote
agin rezolushun witch put clere thou>
sand in hiz {Kobb's) pocket, but voted
for rezolushun witch give bounties to
the soldiers, wich fit, bled and run away
in the CRATE Rebellyun. No, my deer
trends, John wood pockit the $1,000 and
say, "a big thing; money for 800 more
votes now" witch IL right tn mi mind for
he's providin fur his own housold, con-
sckently he isn't az bad az infdel
There waE q kawkass the other mite,
but wuz not abel tn be there, 80 anoth>
er Teller tuck mi place and drinks fur
the time bein, and arter wards told me
awl wuz DONE witch transkribe:
He sed but flu ov the big lites ov
Democracy wuz thare, Il among EN- wuz
the old war boss, Doc Yandoosin, Sid
korttrill, and sum more ov EN-. Ez no.
body kane, the Dr. remarked she wuz
fur free trade, and he didn't kare one
way or another fur John Stran." So the
meetln dissolved. AFTER | he'd take n
down that acct ov this kawkass, & mi
informent had left, ez | reklined on mi
suherin bed fell tu musin on the vase
ov men and the dooins ov the kawkass,
and SIGH like things when all at onct
the scene changed, and | heerd bands ov
musich fire crackers goin off, guns n
boomin and men a shoutin like awl mad.
The streets wuz awl lit up, and ladies'
were in the dores aud winders wavin
hankerchefs and SIGH | thawt | wuz
ngoin to J. Horns, when | seed this pa
geant, end | stopped end rubbed mi
eyes. What site There wuz torches
ablazin, and ut the he'd ov the pcrces.
sion cum John ridn on a big OK. On he
oxs horns waz big placard, 'wich sed,
"Chycago Kattel Markit Fat X ongress-
nun Sc 50; Lean, $3.50. Keepers for
nothin, Beer fur free gratis. Free trade
or Pertechshun, witch ever you chuse,
Jim Owens WIZ q hangin on tn the the
OK $ tale ~ shoutin, ere goes fur Mc>
Cormick. Next tu him cum tall man
with thin face who rode on q jackass,
and hangin on the donkies cars wuz n
box bound with gold, and on the box wuz
written Bank. We goes for J. 5. He's
got the MUMMY Behind the i,ckass
wuz another tall Teller, with squirt eye
n red whiskers, who wuz punchin the
jackass with stick and shoutn, Vote
fur J, 5, or we'll 500 you Next cum q
short fat Teller, with a shawl, ridin a bob
tail nag, on whose sides wuz painted,
Tho kernel goes fur Stran eff he is
Republican,, Next tn him cum hole
drug store, on a red stallyun, witch wuz
agroanin under the waite ov tall man
with black wiskers and stoopin Shout
ders. In the windocs ov the store hung
transparensies oy bitters, bottles, whis-
key, buqu, and SIGH, and inscribed on
EN- wuz, 1--WE did 60 fur Cothorn, but
now we goes fur j. Stran." Last ov awl
cum j. Horn saloon barroom and awl,
X this wuz Jest krowded with fellers a
drinkin. How mi mouth did water.
Hughie, the konstabel, with his he'd Jest
visibul, had put hisself outside ov Hogs
he'd ov whiskey and wuz bawlin, "Or-
der, boys, we Sc pade fur our drinkin d
yotin, SO no shou:in fur Barber.
Jest as the persesshun turned the
korner to 90 down the hill by the church,
John turned round, a seein little Russell
comm out ov the L. 5. Hotel with
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