Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-11-29
Nasty.
The Result Petroleum Indulges in
Prolonged Wall.

Nasty.
The Result Petroleum Indulses in
aProlonged Wall.
(From the Toledo Bladel
CHAPPAQuA,
(Which is in the State NV Moo York;
November :, 1872.
hev heard the news! Grant is
elected. | acknowledge it. He is
the most elected candidate ever
he'd any knowledge Nv. lie is so
much elected that the other candi-
dates vote might very properly be
put under the head ofscatterin.
The great and good CIR,
which is to say, that sodden old ass
Greedy, is profoundly affectcd-more
so than l am. He isn't so much
used to bein beaten ez l am, and
then he heznt the philosophy to
endoor it. He reely he'd noshcn
that he waz agoins to be elected.
He knowed he scd, that he he'd agin
him the trained cohorts NV opprcs-
hen, but he never feared. There
was the people. lie depended onto
the people and the zriboon. He
felt that he had personal strength,
and he he'd given it full course to
be developed. lie he'd showd his
self everywhere. No matter about
the result in October. In October
he wuz embarrassed by lokle tickets.
Objectionable men he'd ben put up
en- tickets wich weakened en-. But
now that the contest was narrered
down to him and Grant he he'd no
doubt NV the result. He he'd no
doubt that he he'd carried Ohio, In.
jiana, Illinois, Moo Hampshecr, Con-
necticut, shoor, and ez for Moo
York, he wished he he'd ez many
dollars ex he'd carry Moo York.
The only thing that troubled him
now wuz the formation NV cabi-
net.
And the oil loonatic meandered
on in this sort NV style till the tele-
graph come in short and broke his
dream. Ohio come fust, Penn
sylvany next, Injeany, Illinois,
Michigan, Connecticut, Moo Hamp-
sheer, each staggerin blow. 1
will not dwell on the harrowin
scene. We put him weepin to bed
at 2 a. m., and immejitly packed
my trunk, putin into it, in fit NV
observation-disclosures to which | am
subject, sich loose articles Nv cloth
ing and sich as happened to be lay
in around loose. l shell hev yoose
for everything kin capcher.
/ wuz in most depressed con-
dishen NV mind, and while in that
state writ the followin, which may
he of sum comfort to the Democracy
who he'd longin eyes on post-offices
and sich.
A PSALM OF DESPAIR.
Life is a dream, hope a delooshen,
and cxpectashen snare.
Man gooth out in his strength,
and boastcth wat he will do-hc
returneth scooped, with his tale
fethers a dragglin in the dust.
Wat is man that he should take
pride in hisself-wat is the son Of
man that he elevatcth his horn?
The OK nips grass and provideth
not for 1.-THE horse wantcth not
the post Office that he may live.
The coney be feeble folk, but
his habits are simple, and he need
eth not small change fur drinks.
Weeping ! wall, and wailing l
weep.
Mine eyes are artesian wells,
wich spouteth brine continually.
In the wilderness abide There
is no comfort in life.
For the great and good Greeley is
beaten and my hopes arc bustid.
/ turned me to Ohio and Ohio
ansers, "Grant."
To Injeany we held out our hands
and Injeany sez "Grant."
Illinois we implored and Pen
sylvany we entrcated, but Illinois
and Pensylvany both say "Grant."
October WIZ pizen, but Novem-
Der is pizencr.
As November is colder than Oc-
-tober, SO is the woe wich is on us
now worse than the woe we en-
cOuntered then.
We offered EN- Greeley but they
latft at us.
We took Greeley to our hearts
and scd, 'Lo, we are like him."
We wh;tewashcd Seymour and
Blair, and Breckenridge we painted
four coats.
And we sed, we are no longer Nv
the tribe wv Hookannon, VIC be even
as yoo are, only more so. Hut the
people tiouted and ieercd.
The Democrats rose in wrath
sayin: Ef must have a Republican,
give me Grant and not Greeley.
The Republican sed: Lo, Greeley
may be yet Republican, but his
surroundings are not pleasant to
the smell. He is with Blair and
Seymour. Kin man tc:ch pitch
and not be dcfiled? And he voted
for Grant.
He'd we got the Democrats, we
shood hev spoiled the enemy.
He'd we got the Republicans, we
shood hev conkered and then tho
camp wood hev bin ours. But wc
got neither NV them.
And the Post Offices are theirs,
and the Custom Houses likewise.
The Postmaster will rise merrily
in the morn and draw his pay, but
he shel not be one of us. .
The Assessor shell warblc cz he
pounches his pay, but we shcl not
warble, for pay we shell draw rot.
The Custom-house officer shel
hev horses and chariots, and men
servants, but we shel be in rags and
shell 60 on foot.
A vision rises before me.
Lubbock, whose skin is the color
NV moo molasses, keeps the post
Office at the Corners.
Pollock will be the Assessor and
will yex the righteous.
! shell go back with my throat
parched, and without the where