Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-07-08
N A S B Y
Mr.. Ndsby has O. Fearful
Dream IN sUIlicb he sees
naaasy things.
CoNFEDRIT X ROADS,
(wich is in the Stave NV Kentucky,)
~ Innr 90 / go 4

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Joon %, 1872.
[ don't know what is the matter with
me but of late l dream more regularly
and more ferociously than | ever did in
my life. | have had succession of
Nightmares ever since gave in my ad-
hesion to Greeley, some of which were
stupendously frightful. 1 go to bed
with Greeley on my mind, -and-tlreafn
dreams SO horrible that / awake with
cold sweats onto me, and shivrin as tho
[ had the ague. Mite afore last Greeley
appeared to me with hoofs, horns and
tail. He perched himself on my stom-
aeh, squatting like hideous toad, and
putting on his spectacles, deliberately
read to me, from an old copy Of the
z1boone, six yards of his own editorials
on the slavery question. He finally
sailed off through the air, shrieking:
'Lost Lost !'' Whether he referred to
me or hisself as "Lost !'' | really don't
know. If he felt as mean in my COM
pany as I did in hizzen, the remark
would embrace both of us.
Last night | had another frightful
vision. We have family in the village
which don't live in harmony. The hus-
band got intoxicated some years ago,
and knowing that it isn't the getting
drunk that hurts man, but the getting
sober, has lodged that trouble by stay
ing drunk. His principle amusement
is whaling his wife The novelty of
this having worn off, yesterday morning
he gave her a couple of ounces of arse
mic. vaulting ambition o'erleaped her.
self-his excessive liberality defeated
his purpose. The dose was too big-it
sickened her-she vomited, and lived,
and whaled him within an inch of his
! life. [ was at the house and late in the
evening left, stopping at Deacon Po-
grams, where we took a genuine Ken
lucky tea, which consisted principally
of corn whisky and cold billed pork
From thence l went home and retired,
with my head full of the pisen, and
Greeley, mixed in about equal proper
tions. Falling asleep dreamed.
Methawt I wuz in a building, where, [
couldn't make out Stretched out onto
couch and covered with flag. was the
body of an enormus giant-the most
huge and comprehensive giant had ev-
er seen, even in dreams. His legs was
like pillars, his arms was like beams,
and his hands spread out like the map
of our once happy but now oppressed
country. He seemed to be in the last
stages of fearful sickness. He had
been, in his day, a giant of immense
strength, and was, even IN his illness, ,as
handsome human being as ever sot
eyes onto. But it was evident that he
was going fast. He drew his breath
painfully, and from ugly wounds on his
body, blood oozed slowly but deplentinly
"Who is he % I asked of the goddess
of Liberty, which sot at his head in
deep mourning, and weeping violently.
"That's Republicanism," she answered
1.-the only actual, genuine friend I ever
had-the only one who really stood by
me. But they are killing him. That
cash in his back Chase gave him; that
stab in the side was inflicted by Randall
the itch which so irritates him he caught
from the Blairs, and-Good Heaven
here comes another squad of his enc.
mics"
I looked, and 10 Boss Tweed, Hof.
man, Seymour, Hendricks, and dozer
of my particular friends were coming
, in. They had masks on their faces
made of New York 7riboones, but ]
knew EN- for all that. Hoffman seizec
the head of the prostrate giant, while
Tweed poured down his throat naus
eous fluid from jug marked ''Cincin
, cinnati," fairly forcing it down him
The victim shuddered as he swallowed
it, as though it was his last and fnal
shudder.
you've killed him l'' shrieked tn,
, Goddess.
eve believe we have, madam !" shout
ed the fellers in chorus, pulling off thei
masks, land you'll follow him within &
year
"Kill her now," yelled one of then
who was evidently from Georgia, ''sht
amt got her champion to save her thi
time"
And they seized her and gagged ant
bound her, with frightful yells.
And in their joy they executed mos
demoniac war dance about the corpse, il
which 1 jined, with an ABILITY did no
know possessed. But just as our ex
ultation was at its highest, the corps,
gave a fearful gasp-a convulsion of tel
horse power He riz up from the couch
assumed sitting position, his face of :
deathly paleness, and with reich tina
shook the building, vomited as l neve
saw human being vomit.
"Good Heavens p shrieked Tweed
We've given him too much of the pizel
and it's acting as an emetic."
The sick man gave heaye after heave