Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-06-10
From the Toledo B
N A S B Y
Mr.. N0sby Dreams o. Dream
Sn acEaich the future of u
''gre0t and g00d' man is
fOreSROdOaCed.
Confedrit X Roads
(wich is in the State of kentucky
Mnu Od 1870


years. Time was when ten or a dozen
drinks more than usual didn' make any
difference with me, but it's quite differ
ent now. 1t tells on my old body and
have to be guarded.
We had a ratification meeting last
night, at which l did indulge more than
should, and I fell asleep in chair at
Bascom's and dreamed dream.
In my dream I saw a high, elevated
plain, bounded on three sides by steep
precipice bluff On the top of the plain
(Which was pleasant and breezy place
it was) and back somewhat from the
edge of the precipice, stood that build
ing which was the Mecca to which all
democrats have been turning their eyes
for the past - years, the White House.
On the very edge of the precipice was a
group of individuals which | had no
difficulty in identifying. There was
Grant and Colfax, and around them
stood Morton, Butler, Sherman, Shella-
berger, and thousand others of such.
while just over their heads there was a
floating in the air of the spirits of Wash
lngton, Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln and
all of them deceased individuals which
would have sympathized with the Re-
publican party if they had continued in
the flesh.
Down at the foot of this precipice
there was low, swampy, marshy. NAL
arlous district, which was the most un-
comfortable section of country [ ever
see. The ground was full of cess-pools,
of quagmires and quicksands. Was
bones of niggers scattered all over it
there was ruins of old school houses
there was groceries and saloons scattered
about it in wild profusion there was
broken printing presses, and the cheer
full gallows-tree on which John Brown
had been hung was distinctly visible.
Attempts had been apparently made to
broken printing presses and the gaIIows
with resolutions, but the covering was
too thin and they showed through very
plainly. This spot was tenanted by
Boss Tweed and Hoffman, surrounded by
Connolly, Okey Hall and all of them
fellows, and over their heads was the
ghosts of Wigfall, Yancy and Benedict
Arnold. l thought saw His Majesty,
Satan the lst, sail in about with the
ghost of Yancey, but it might have been
some one else There was one quick
sand marked where Seward went down
in very bad smellin pool Chase was
floating about on board marked "Su-
preme Bench" making feeble attempts
to land somewhere There was few
solid spots of ground, New York, Ken
lucky and Maryland, and on them the
live men were standing From this un-
promising locality there was path up
to the heights above, but it was narrow,
broken, crooked and steep, and besides
that, passage from the lower to the high
er region was desperately opposed by
the array of men who objected to it.
/ noticed that the party on the bluff
all wore sad expression. The ghost
of Lincoln let fall a spirit tear, and
Grant and Morton looked as sad as tho
they were losing their fathers. Colfax
in particular, seemed inconsolable, and
was a tearing his hair with grief Gu
rious to know what it was that wa:
causing all this commotion, shifted my
position so as to get a view of the entire
arrangement, and I saw it at once
Tweed and Hoffman had hoisted up /;
long ladder to the top of the rock, which
was really curiosity. The sides wa
made out of hickory campaign pole
which had done service since the time o
Polk down to Seymour; and the round
were spokes from the wheels of Confed
crate cannon. The ladder was labele'
Cincinnati" and the rounds ..civil ser
: vice REFORM zone term" and so on
Hoffman and Connolly was holding tn
. feet of the ladder steady, and Bos
Tweed stood by them, holding out scroll
labeled presidency" On the top Q
g the bluff stood Horace Greeley, clothe
in glory, and perfectly radiant in his al
t tire. His old head was crowned wit
, laurels-in fact he was a walking arbo
i, of them. He had one foot ON the frs
0 round of the ladder.
o Come back p shouted Colfax.
Come to us p shouted the crowd be
low.
.'Come back to your friends, you ID
: lot p said Morton.
I ''Come to us, and you shall have thisl
: said Tweed. Haunting the scroll
e That settled him. His face change
5 from the innocent of the lamb to til
e hungry eagerness of the wolf, and dow
e he went. He made a misstep and pa
J TALLY fell, knocking off all his laurel
e His appearance changed. The laddt
$ had been roughly made, and was full
splinters. His equal rights coat caugl
one of them and was torn off. A ma
: head on the next round stripped off h
v protection coat, another on the ne,
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