The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-12-06
THE NAsBY LETTERS.

THE Massey LETTERS. al
The Resuls-Mr. N.ssy Jaa.ises In = Pro-
From the Toledo Blade.
| .f CHAPPAQUA
| (Wich is in the State Nv Neo York;,
Nov. Z, 1877.
/ hev heerd the news Grant is elect
ed. ! acknowledge it. He is the most
elected candidate eyer he'd any knowl-
edge NV. He is SO much elected that
the other candidates vote might very
properly be put under the head Of scat
term. ;. aa stf. .sTe3
That grca. and. good CIR, which
| is to say that sodden old ass Greeley, is
profoundly affected-more SO than
am. He isn't so much used to bein
beaten ez am, and then he heznt the
philosophy to endoor it. He Greeley he'd
a noshen that he was agoin 10 be elect.
ed. He knowd, he sed, that he he'd
agin him the trained cohorts NV op.
preshen, but he never feared. There
wu2 the people. He depended onto
the people and the 1ribooa. He felt
that he he'd personal strength, and he
he'd given it full course to be developed.
He he'd showd himself everywhere. No
matter about the result in October. In
October he wuz embarrassed by lokle
tickets. Objection BILE men he'd ben
put upon tickets wich weakened EN-.
But ow 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 had carried Ohio, Inji-
ana, Illinois, Moo Hampsheer, Connec.
ticut, shoor, and ez for Moo York he
wished he had ez many dollars ez he'd
carry Moo York. The only thing that
troubled him now wuz the formation u
cabinet.
And the old loonatic meandered on
in this sort NV style till tn telegraph
come in short and broke his dream.
Ohio came fust, Pennsylvany next, In.
jeany, Illinois, Michigan, Connecticut,
Moo Hampshire, each staggerin blow.
will not dwell on the harrowin scene.
We put him weepin TO bed at . a. M,
and immejetly packed my trunk, put
tin into it, in fit Nv sintminded-
ness, to which am subject, such loose
articles Nv clothing and such as
happened to be layin around loose. l
shell hev yoose for everything kin
capcher.
wuz in most depresst condishun
NV mind, and while in that state writ
the following, which may be Of some
comfort 10 the Democracy who he'd
longin eyes on postofIices and sich. 1t
wuz an outgush Of q broken heart:
A PSALM OF DESPAIR.
Life is a dream, hope deloosion and
expectation a snare.
Man goeth out in his strength and
boasteth wat he will do-he returneth
scooped, with his tail.feathers draggin
In the duat.
Wat is man that he shood take pride
to hisself-wat is the son Nv man that
he elevxieth his horn.
The or nips grass and provideth not
Tor 1.-THE horse wanteth not the post
offiis that he may live.
The coney be a feeble folk, but his
habits are simple, and needeth not
small change for drink.
Weeping wall, and wailing weep.
Mine eyes are artesian wells, which
spouteth brine continually.
In the wilderness abide There is no
comfort in life.
For the great and good Greeley is
beaten, and my hopes are bustid.
l turn me to Ohio, and OHIO ansers
"Grant."
To Injeany we hold out our h 'nas,
and Injeany SEE Grant
Illinois we im1lored and Pennsylva-
ny we cntr. ated, but Illinois and Penn
.ylvany both say "Grsnt."
October was p;zen, but November IL
pizener.
As November is colder than O,to-
Der. SO IL the woe wich is on US now
| worse than the woe we encountered
then.
We offered EN- Greeley, but they laiit
at US.
We took Greeley to our hearts and
sed, /" Lo, we are like him."
We whitewsshed Seymour and Blair,
and Breckenridge We painted four
coats.
And we sed, we are 70 longer Nv the
tribe Nv Book annon, we be even ez 700
are, only more so. But the people
houted and jeered.
The Democrat rose in wrath, sayin !:
Ef must hev Republican, give me
Grant and not Greeley.
The Republican sed: Lo, Greeley
may be yet Republican, but his sur
roundings are not pleasant to the smell
He is with Blair end eymour. Kin a
man fetch pitch and not be defiled ?
And he voted for Grant.
| IIoI ,ro r.t kba nop,ocrafr rho,,l IN
hev spoiled the enemy.
He'd We got tho Republicans, we
shood hev conkered and then the camp
wood hev bin ours. But we got neither
NV them.
And the posiofiices are theirs, and
the custom houses likewise.
The postmaster will rise merrily in the
morn and draw his pay, and he shel not
be one of us.
The assessor shell warble as he
pouches his pap, but we shall not war
ble, for pay we shell draw not.
The Custom Aouse officers shell hey
horses and chariots, and men servants
but we shell be in rags and shell go on
foot.
A vision rises before mo.
Lubbock, whose skin Is the color o.
mola,ses, keeps the postoffis at the
Corners.
Pollock will be assessor and will We,
the righteous.
shell go back with my throat parched
and without the wherewith to buy Al
assuager.
| l shell 60 to Bascom and shel say
Give me, pray thee, drink"
| And Bascom shel harden his heart
and stiffen his neck, and shel say, elk
ker is cash."
| His bottles shell be filed with nev
whisky. and old Bourbon shel he hav,