New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-13
r.a New York SUMS John.
John has been to Auburn, New York, and
writes from there:

John has been to Auburn, New York, and
writes from there:
Auburn il the capital of Cayuga county,
New York. Owasco lake is near here.
| William III, Seward lives right in the mid
| die of the town, in nice cosy house that
| set in back from the road, lots of trees and
grass growing around it. lie is very much
respected here; he is called the Sage OF Au-
burn There amt 3 prettIer town IN the
world thaa Auburn, and it reminds me OF
the Girls, it has so much hustle to It, The
Auburn horse came from Auburn. Some
Auburn horses are black horses. Auburn
means red, so 1 suppose this is well read
Mace hired team to-day to ride to- the
lake. There was a discrepancy between
the man and me. He had the horse all
barnessed up, when / thought I'd ask him
his price.
Saws he, 1.-TWO dollars"
Says /, II guess not"
Says be, Il guess yes. never hitch up
under two dollars"
Says |, "You dOn'tW
SAYS he, "No. l don't.
Says /, !'Well my friend, you're hitohed
up this time for less than two dollars"
Then left.
Too many Auburn whisky straights Will
make you walk crooked.
A servant girl in Auburn last week over
heard some conversation in the family
about notorious characters. A day or two
afterwards she called out to one of the
young ladies:
Here goes the gentleman you were talk
ing about the other day."
The young lady approached the WINDOW,
and looking out saw q poor old man with
out feet, shutting along.
''Why, Mary" says she, what do you
meau?'
"Why," says Mary, 81 thought you was
talking about notorious characters, and
isn't he no-toe-riOus character y
She left her place that night to ind bet
ter place above, up in Geneva.
The sun crosses the line in Auburn this
month, and darned if 1 don't hope it will
TN II COMM coming from Syracuse i met with a
eo1ltreteBaps, or rather country-temps
Saws he, ''Be you from York"
Says l, '"pm your vinegar a,
Says he, t'Much acquainted down there!'
s SAYS |, ''That's me exactly
Says he, "Do you know Ann Street Y"
Says l, ''Unusually So"
Saws he, .fWeH, declare, want to know
if you really do know Ann Street"
Saws |, HSure as piokery."
Saws he, "Well, how does she get along!"
SAYS /, ashes fourishiDg."
Saws he, 81 suppose she's growing fnely?''
Saws |, ''Growing guess she is growing!
4l6y are pubbluE UP 81 $780,
eight stories high on one of her corners Tor
the Herald"
lie looked at me amazed, and, says he,
Putting up building on one OF her cor
ners :"
Saws I, eyes"
Says he, "Look here, stranger, there's
some mistake guess the Ann street you
mean and the Ann Street mean are two
different people. | was talking about
niece of mine, who went to York year ago
to learn the millinery business"
Says I, "Why in thunder didn't you say
so 2"
Says he, ~ did"
Then we both laughed and got on to poll
tics That fellow cussed everything, his
fence rails had warped, his pumpkins had
withered, his watermelons were dried up.
his corn stunted and his cows lame, all on
account of dry spell of weather.
Says I, "There's only one way to remedy
this"
Says he, " How"
Says l, Vote for the right man.
Says he, WHAT'S voting got to do with
it ~"
Says I, "a good deal. Hain't the ad-
ministration at Washington held the reins
of government for four long years, and
right through that dry spell, when You were
praying for rain, didn't they hold on to
those reins, and not let you have darned
bit?"
Says he, :" BY gosh, that's So
l don't know whether l converted him or
not, for just then the cars stopped at Mar
cellus, and he got out.