The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-03-16
NASBY.
Mr.. Nasty Dreams a Dream in Which
The Next Contest is foreshadowed
to Some Extent
CONELDEkAIL y NVADS,
witch is in the State Nv Kentucky,1
Eahr,1orv LET 1871

February LIST, 1871.
Last mite wuz one of the most heaven
,ly, all things considered, l hev ever en-
joyed. Iwuz in perfect peace and per-
fectly harry. [ he'd sot with my friends
in Bascom' S indulgin in that free, unre-
stricted conversashen WITCH kin only be
among friends, and ever and anon
quafed the cup that cheers and does in
toxicate, till late hour in the nite. One
by one my friends departed, till [ wuz
left alone and asleep in my chair. Bas-
com, with that tender regard for me
Wich haz alluz characterized him, wood
ent turn me cut in the cold mite, but
dumpin me out onto the floor, put
chunk Of wood under my head that /
might rest comfortably. and left me to
sleep and dream. I wuz in the most ia
vorable condishen possible, to dream Nv
Democratic struggles, und I dreamt Nv
EN-.
Methaut the great and all-important
struggle Nv 1872 wuz at hand. The two
giants. Republikinism and Dimoerisy
he'd bin brought out by their respective
trainers for the reglar battle witch they
hev wunst in four years. The two
giants wuznt SO far different in pint Nv
size, and they was both sadly delapida-
ted. Republikinism WIZ well made,
| but there wuz suthin about MIN that
showed his anibiIity to make a success
full shindy. He stood badly on his pins,
he wuz weak in the back and there wuz
evidently pizen in his system. Wat vuz
the matter with him in pertikeler coodnt
be diskivered, but that there wuz suthin
wrong with him wuz evident.
Dimocrisy wuz in still worse plight. He
wuz rotten from top to bottom, and all
through. wuz bleary-eyed and weak
every where, yet he wux splendiply sup
ported. The hackers Of Republikinism
wuz ali a fghtin among themselves,
and all Nv EN- silly stabbin their champ
ion, while the hackers Nv hiz opponent
were perfekly harmonious. Bill Tweed
wuz dosin him with a tonic from bottle
| labelled Treasury nv Moo York, the
Pope nv Rome hisself held him up on
one side, while the English manufactur
ers supported him en- the other, SO that
he made very respectable show Nv
winnin the fife.
Republikinism, however, took his po
sishun with his back to the capital. Jest
in front NV him, and regarding him crit
ically, stood BillTweed and Hoffman,
with their followers, gnashin Their
teeth ez they lookt beyond him at the
! treasures witch his vigilance alone kept
them from possessin.
''Heiil die soon-he can't live long
sed Tweed, ard then we'll hev a
nashen to ylunder, instid Nv one paltry
State '
''When he does die" said Jim Fisk,
I'll hev all the railroads atween Moo
York and Washinton, and I'll have the
Twelve Temptashens played in the old
theater wher Linkin wuz shot"
''I'll go ez Minster to England shoor,"
sed Vallandigham.
''There be enuf Fedral ofises to per-
vide for sich Nv the Salisbury family
ez can't be Governors and Senators
from Delaware scd the ghost Nv the
father Nv the present Saulsburys.
In the meantime Their wuz trouble in
the other camp. Repubikinisn, a. the
final mint, wuz found to be so dcbilita-
ted that he could scarcely stand On his
feet, and his hackers wuz eggsaminin
Nv him to find out what wuz the mat
ter.
"Why he kivered all over with YER
mini" exclaimed one, "and it S exhaust
id his strength y
''Yis," sed another, ''he's eaten up
with EN-, and his day Nv yoosfulnis is
over.
look at this San Domingo inseck
whose rite claw is reachin toward the
Treasury"
Look at this monster under wich
thousand imbeciles, wich kin do
nothin but suck his ife-blood, are bar-
bored.
"Twuz these that eat Cox out W the
Interior.
It wuz too troo. There wuz on him
every SPECIES of Fermin, all Nv en- with
two claws-one fastened into him, and |
the other reachin past him into. the
Treasury, and those who shood have !
bin holdin nv hira up were paying too
much attshshion to the Treasury clan