Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-08-10
M Muricrcd the Republican Giant
a vision of Wr. Easby.


Our old friend, Petroleum V. Nasty has
experienced another series Of fliGhttul
dreams. which he communicates to the
Toledo BldGe from the Confederate Y Roads
on June %. After relating several dreams
of a minor political and domestic nature
he proceeds at length to describe an attempt
TO poison the Republican giant. He says
Methawt | wuz in n buildin, where |
coodcnt make out. Stretched out onto n
couch and kivercd with flag, wuz the
body NV an enormous giant-the most huge
and comprehensive giant | had ever seen,
even in drecms His legs wuz like pillars,
his arms wuz like beams, and his hands
spread out like thn map NV our wunst hap
py but now opprest country. lie seemed
to be in the last stages uva fearful sickness.
lie he'd bin, in his day, Il giant nv immense
strength and wuZ even in his illness ez
handsome human btiu cz | ever set eycs
onto. But it WIZ evident that he wuz 90
ing fast. He drew his breath painfully,
and from ugly wounds on his body blood
oozed slowly but dcpletinly.
"Who is he p | asked NV the Goddess
ny Liberty, which sot at his head in deep
mournin and wecpn violently.
"That's epublicanism,'' She answered.
"the only actooal .inuine friend | ever he'd
But they are KILN him. That cash in his
back Chase gave him that stab in the side
was inflicted Randall; the itch wich SO
irritatcs himhc caught from the Blairs, aud
good Heaven! here comes another squad
NV his enemies y
looked, and 10 Boss Tweed. Hoffman,
Seymour, Hendricks, and 4 dozen Nv my
pertikeicr friends Were comm in. They
had masks on their faces made OF MOO y Ork
T1booRS, but kuowed 'em for that. Holt
man scc2ed the head nv the prostuaiL giant,
while Tweed poured down his throat Il
nausnus looid from JUG marked "Cincin-
natl" fairly torcin it down him. The vic
tim shUddcrcd cz he swaIIercd it, ez il it
was his last and liual shuddcr
"Goo've killed him !" shreked the God
dcss
I'VE blceye we hcv madam ~ shouted
the fellows in korus, puliin of their masks,
land you'll foier him within yCcr."
XIII her, now ~ yelled one Of cm who
wuz evidently from Georgy. "shc amt got
her champion to save her, this tine"
And they scczed her and gagged and
bound her, with lriGhlful yeils.
And in their JOY they cXccOo.cd most
demoniac war dance about the corpse, in
which | lined, with an ability didn't know
| wuz possessed. But jist cz our eXhuIla-
ton wuz at its highest the corpse gave 4
fearful gasp-a convushcu Of ten hoss pow
er. lie riZ NJ from the couch. asSoomed y
sttin position, his face Ofa dc9thly pale
ness, and with n rcth that shcok the build-
in vomited cZ | never saw Il human bCin
vomt.
Good Heavens :" shrcckcd Tweed ;
"WC've given him too muCh Of the pZen
and it's actin cz an cmctic.n
The sick man gave heave after heavc.
and in the flood Of bile which he elected
saw Greeley, Gratz Brown, SchurZ, Cox
and score Nv sich. 4 very gentle hcavc
landed Schurz and Gratz Brown on the
floor little bigger one threw out Fcntun,
and gigantic one winch cOnvulsed the
sufferer from centre TO circumference, histcd
out Greeley. But, once over, it was a tre-
menus relief 20 the sick iudividooal.
lmmeitly great change come over him.
The moment they wuZ oil his slumck the
palenis dIsappeared-a healthy color came
to his checks and his week.-Mrs. all left him.
Glarin about furiously, he put one foot on
Greeley aud Brown aud their mizahle COM
paniOns, " n man crushCs beetles, with the
other he kicked the jug out Nv the winder,
which jug wu2 followed by Tweed and his
friends, who went through the same aper-
toor, propelled BY the same motive power.
He cut the bonds Off the goddess, tore of
her mournjn, and wuz in tho act NV en-
braeing NY her when | awokc.
| lay four hours cogitalin over this
dream. Wuz it prophecy or billed pork :?
That's the conundrum. Is it a warDin NY
judgment to come, or is il disordered
slumck IIev we doscd the Republican
party too freely with Cincinnati, aud hez
wat we fondly hoped wood be pizen cnutl
to kill our great enemy, gOin to be an
emetic which will rid him NV the disturhin
humors which wuz dcctroyin Nv him, and
make him stronger than evcrY