The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-08-01
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don't know wat Is tho matter with
me; bat uy late dream moro regularly
and more fcroshusly than ever I dld Ia
my life. hes bad succeshuu uy mite.
mares ever since gave Ia my adhesion
to Greeley some Of which waz stupen-
justly fritolul. SO to bed with Greeley
on nay mind, and dream dreams SO houi-
Die that awake with cold swcls onto me
and shiyoreu ez tho I lied the ague.
Mite aiore last, Greeley appeared 10 me
with horns, hoots and a tail llcpcrched
hissell on nay stomick, squattn Ike a
hidjus toad, aud putin ON bis speetacles,
deliberately read me, from an old copy of
The 7rjb0oa six yards nv his own edito-
rials on the slavery question. lie finally
sailed into the ain shrickin' Ldstl I.ost!
Whether ho referred 10 mc or hissclf cz
Lost freely don't kuo, III he felt ~
mean In my company as / did IN hizzcn,
the remark would embrace bothu ny It's.
Last mite hadc another triqhtful Wis
ion We hey family in the village
chdon't live in harmony. The has
band got intoxicated some years ago, and
KNOWN that it isn't the getdn' drunk
that hurts a man, but geltin sober boz
lodged that trouble 10y stayin' drunk,
His principal amoosment is whnlin bis
wife. The novelty of this havin' worn
Off yesterday monin he gave her "a
couple Of ounces OF mscenic. Naulting
ambishon o'erleaped hersell--his excess
i've liberality defeated his purpus. The
dose waz too big--it sickened hcr--she
vomited, and lived, and whalcd him with
in an inch Nv his life. waz at the house
and late in the eyenin' left, stoppn' at
Deckin Pogram's, where we took genu-
inc Kentucky tea, which consisted prin-
cipally nv korn whiskey and cold bilcd
pork. From thence | went home and re-
tired, with my head full Of the pison, aud
Greeley, mixed in equal proporshens.
Fallin' asleep dreamed.
! Mcthawt waz in a buildin', whose, |
coodent make out. Stretched out onto 4
couch and kiyercd with flag was an en-
ormous giant-the most huge and com
prchcusiye giant had ever seen, even
in dreams. His legs was like pillars, his
arms was like beams, and his hands
spread out like the map of our wunst hap
Ipy but now opprest conntry. lie seemed
to be in the last stages of fearful sick
ness. lie had bin, in his day, a giant OF
immense strength, and wuz even in bis
illness as handsome human bein' as
ever sot eyes onto. But it wuz evident
that he was goin' fast He drawd his
breath painfully, and from ugly wounds
on his body blood oozed cut slowly but
surely.
Who is he? | asked Of the Goddess Of
Liberty, who sot at his head in deep
mourning and weeping violently.
That's Repubicanism, she answered,
the only aetooal, genuine friend | ever
had the only man who rcely stood by me-
But they are KILN him. That cash in
the back Chase gave him; that stab in the
side wuz indicted by Randall; the itcl
which 50 irritates him he caught from the
Blairs, and-Good Heaycnsl here comes
another squad of his enemies looked
and 10! Boss Tweed, Hoffman, Seymour
Hendricks, and a dozen Of my pertikleI
friends were comm in, They had masks
on their faces, made Of New York 1ri,
4 to0pS, but | knowed en- for all that
I Hoffman seezed the head Of the PROSTATE
giant, while Tweed poured down his
throat a nauseous flood from jug marked
Cincinnati, fairly forcing II down him.
The victim shuddercd, ~ he swallowed
! It, as tho il wuz his last and Gual shud.
der.
I You've killed himl shrieked the God,
dess.
We believe we hcy, madaml shouted
the fellows in korus, pullin OF their
masks, aud you'll follow him within a
year. .......
/ XIII her, nowl yelled one nv 'om who
wuz evidently from Goergry, she amt
got her champion TO save her this time
And they seized her and gagged and
bound her, with iriteful yelles.
And in their joy they eXecooted a most
demoniac war dance about the corpse, in
which | jined, with an ability didn't
know possessed. But Just as onr exul-
tation was at its highest, the corpse gave
a fearful gasp-a conynlshen Nv ten hoss
power lie riz up on the couch, assumed
sitting position, bis face Of healthy
paleness, and with a reich that shook the
/ bildin, ,yomitcd ez / never saw & human
bein yomit.
I Good lleavcnsl shricked Tweed We
have given bin too much Of The pizcu, aud
I its actin ez an cmetic!
The sick man gave heaye after heaye,
aud in the food uy bile, which be elected
| saw Greeley, Gralz Brown, schurz, Cox
and a score Of sieh. A very gentle hcave
/ landed Schurz aud Gralz Brown, ON the
floor; little bigger QUO threw out Feutou
and a gigantic one, which couyuised The
sufferer from center to circumference,
hisied ont Greeley Bnt once over il wa.
"a tremepjus relief 10 lhe sick mdigidooal.
lmmejitly a great change come over lin,
The moment they wer of bis stomiek thc
paleness disappeared healthy color
came 10 his checks and BIZ weakness left
him. GlafiB about iaioasiys he pat oue
foot o. Greeley aHd Brown, aud lheir
miserable companions, g nan cfushes
beetles, viii The other, be kicked ihc ug