Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-10-17

mat bloody chasm, nohOw, and he sol
indignant all the rest NV the way 10
Harrlburg-Here the rural Horrjs
come out with more perspicasity than
ever lie sed to the people that skasely
had the last gun nv our CRATE civil war
| ceased to rcyerberatc when his voice yvuz
raised for reconcilishun. AT that time
and sencc, his mishm wuz 60 make the
! people one in sympathy and yoonity un-
der one iiag IN peace and harmony. He
/ desired North and South to stand up To-
| gcther and clasp hands acrossfhe bloody
! chasm wich wJ1z-
The train started here and the speech
wuz unfinished.
We stopped at every siashen ON the
! road. and HOrris made solc-moyin speech
/ es to the people at each. wich wuz cheer
/ ed YOclterOus. After leaving each place
! likewise ! wUZ compelled 10 give auiience
/ TO from ten % fifty patrons who wuz
/ enlisted under the banner NV harmony
and cOnciliashun with all their soles. but
4 who nevertheless wanted to know wat
| wood be done with the offises in the
/ event of H0rris' election.
At Altoona we WIS joined bv repre-
/ sentatiTes from the South. inkloOdin
( Captain Pcltcr ny the Cross Roads.
There WuZ nine or ten coufedrit ollisers.
all uy Wich he'd bin hazed up and down
/ the country FOR indulgin In Ku-kluxin.
! wich is the only amoOZement the tyran-
mike government heZ left high toned
gentleman. They kept aloof from the
party till after his speech AT Pittsburp
This Ole speech uv the great peace-mak-
or want akordin TO programme. but |
I liked it. When he warmed up and spoke
Nv the sOljers which had recently gath
cred there to fan the flames. and sich.
NV civil strife in the interest NV Grant.
and abOo2ed cm. / wcpt Tr0o, il viii
lose us all the sOliers vote. but IL has
/ fastened 10 us allthc lookwarm secession
vote wich hcZ heretofore doubted the
sincerity nv his conversion Coli BLIZZARD
NV Alabama waved his hat in uncontrol-
liable enthOOsiaSm when the great Horris
c0nmcnst aho0zin the soliers Wich he'd
just met AT Pitttburg. and before he
G0t through, the whole nine uvthem wuz
cheerin ez Justify cZ they did at Fort
Pillow. And when lac came to the pa
thetic account NV how grandlY the south
had conceded everything al the close Of
the war-eyerything for the sake Nv
peace, Kernel McPelter fell on the great
philosophers neck and wept
How trne, said the kernel between
his spasns NV tecrS. i never realised
afore how conciliatory / wuz. But now
see it all. How well do / remember
the mOrnin' that ! made up my mind to
concession. It wuz in 1865. Lee had
been mashed, jeff Davis wuz in prison,
my niggers he'd all gone, and there wuz
a company of federal solgers in my front
door yard. | then made up my mind
that ] wood struggle no more. but wood
concede everything. After the solgers
was Withdrawal / did hang a few nv EN-
in spite NV the muskets Nv the Freed
mans Buro, and possibly | may hey
helped to burn ont a hundred since, but
| WIZ alluZ cOnciliatory-allu alluZ.
And the kernel wuZ so agitated thathe
shook from his buZzum 4 most beautiful
pin made Nv the teeth NV niggers and
carpet-baggers which he'd fallen by his
good right hand.
At Pittsburg left in advance of the
party to go on the Louisville to fix for
his comm. Ez Horris g. is to preech
peace / want all the niggers, northeTners
and other Objectionable people TO be
kept out NV the way Nv our procession,
that the KILN Nv a dozen Nv EN- may
not spile the effect NV the speeches Nv
the great pacificator. | shel jine EN-,
however, ez soon eZ possible.
PETRoLEUH Y. Massey,
lWich WIZ postmaster and hopes TO be
agin.)
WISE SAYryGs OF JOSH Billings
The higher mp we git. the more we are
watched-the rooster on the top nv the
church steeple is ov more importance,
altho' he is thin. than two roosters in a
barn-Yard
If men are honest they viii tell Won
that their success in life IL more Of
wonder tcw them than il IL 10 YOU.
Take al the pride ont NV this world,
and mankind would be ike a bOb-tailed
peakOl, anxious to hide under some
body's barn.
think the hcft oy people take az
much comfort in Dragging ov their mis-
fortunes NJ they do Ov their good lux.
\ sekrct ceases tew be a sekrct if If IL
once confided-it IL like a dollar bill,
once broken, It IL never a dollar agin-
All fights. few produce emmy moral
advantage. should end i'm viktory tew one
side or the other. lu will alwus see
dorgs renew drawn battle every time
they meet.
There IL a CRATE difference between
holding hi offs. or having a hi offs
hold rs.
If man IL full ov himself don't tap
him. bat rather plug him mp. and lei
him choke teW deth or bust.
Laws are not made out Of justiss. they
are made ont oy necessity.
The man who kant find emmy yirtew
in the human heart. haz probably given
us a faithful sinOpsiss ov his own
dent think that fortune haZ emmy
fayori'es she was born blind. and
notis them who win the oftenest. go il
blind. too.
Il il a safer thing emmy time 80 follow
mans advice Than his example.
The heart IL wife o. the chead, and we,
(who have tried ~, al llno how pur-
swasiv the wife H-.spcsbilY when she
wants sunthing.
/ konsidcr a weak man more. danger
ous than malishus one one: nalishus
men have some karactpr. but weak ones
don't have emmy.
have noiiese3 one .aing, that the
virtcwous and diskreei folks we haY
among us are those who have either no
pashuns "a: an, or very tame ones-it Is
a CRATE deal caZicr icW be a good dove
than a decent SaTpcnL
Owls are grave. not on account 81
their wisdum. int on account oy their
gravity.
lie who duz a good thing sekretly
steals a march on heaven.
Hunting after health IL like hunting
after feas. the more you hunt them, the
more the flea.
Take the selfishness ont ov this world,
and there would be more happiness then
we should kno what 10 DO with
When a man gets so reduced that he
can't help eny body else then we vote
him pension for the rest oy his days BIZ
calling him a poor devil.
1t is a fax. kOwn 10 us dolztors) thar
yu kan I1ctch the little pox ov a man be
fore it brakes ont on him eazier than yn
kan after it has broke ont. "Iis thus
with wickrdnees- the Ouenly 50 are less