Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-09
NO. 4S.

it. He wantid purity-he yearned fol
return to suthin beside offis-seekin
Hence, he had decided to support
Greeley. But, F" res umed he, stI hey
made sacrifices in this, and I must hey
ashoorences. | wuz an unsuccessful
applicant for the Pos offs in this wi.
lage under Link in 1851
then agin in 1865 I succeeded
in getting it Nv Johnson in
1865, when the then incumbent wuz dis
mist, and held it till April, 1869, when
the tyrant Grant dismist me and reap
pointed my predecessor, and left me to
languish all these years without offishel
position, and to subsist on the petty
earnings Nv my wife, which is a mill1-
ner. Eff Horace is elected, kin have
that offisa [ kin control the Liberal
vote Nv this county, sir. [ hold it in
the holler Nv my hand.
Say no more, sir, sed I. "I fully
approximate yoor posishen Nv course
| kin make no positive promise; but it
IS safe to say, s1r, that the posishen
shell be yoors. But that Liberal Re
| publlkln vote, sir, must be all polled.
We shell hold 700 responsible for it."
He left the presence profoose Nv
thanks, and [ took four drinks. hand
ruDnin.
Mr.. Slodgers hedn't any more than
got out when another citizen entered
and announced hisself ez Liberal Re
publ1k1n, which his name was Perkins.
He wanted to be understood, to begin
with, ez holdin the Liberal Republican
vote in his hand. He Good control if
Without his aid nothing Good be done
with it. He created it, and he held il
to-day. But he had made sacrifices.
He had been candidate for Treasurer
Nv the county reglerly from
1856 to date; but he'd alwars
been defeated by fraud. The
last time he wuz defeated-by fraud
he hedn't but two votes in
the county convention-his uncle and
brother-in-law. He was disguised with
the ofis-seekin party, but Good he be
assured of the Post Offs in the
event of Greeley's election. He felt
that eff he ever wuz agoin to hev an offs
this wuz the time. He wanted that
Post Offs from the time he wuz 21
years old. without my infooence, y
sed he, ''the Liberal Republican vote
in this visinity wills be nothin, I, sir,
hold that vote in the heller Nv myhand.
Kin [ hey that offs 9"
| l he'd taken two drinks while talkin
| to him and, wuz oblivius of everything
that preceded it. [ replied that NV
course we coodn't make promises now,
but that he shood rest easy. I felt that
there would be nothing In the way uy
his appointment the mint the Farmer
Nv Chappaqua should be inoggereated
"But, sir, the Liberal Republican vote
must all be out; we shell hold yoo re-
sponsible for it.
Trust me-" sed he, with a look OF
gladness on his hungry face which ]
never saw exalted; and he took his
leave, and I took two more drinks.
/ Skasely he'd Perkins disappears
afore another cum, vino announced his
self ez Mr. Eli Matchitt. Matchi5t re-
markt that he reioiced at the move
ment wich led to the nominashen Nv
Mr. Greeley at Cincinnati. He had al
luz acted with the Republican party,
but the offs seekin tendency Nv the
members thereof he'd disgusted him,
and he he'd determined to quit it. He
he'd infooence He controlled the Lib
eral Republican vote-in fact he held it
in the holler Nv his hand, and without
his infooence nothing Good be done
with it. But he he'd made sacrl-
fees. He was an unsuccessful ap-
plicant for the Assessorship in 1861,
and again in 1865. President johnson
wuz pleased to give it to him, but ne
wuz removed by the merceless tyrant,
Grant, in 1869, and one of his mln1ons
appointed in his place. He had sed at
times that he would accept the post
offs, eff it was rendered him, and ez
sum slight acknowledgment Nv services
in controllin the Liberal Republican
vote he should expect it. In case the
good Greeley is elected, kin [ hev it?'
We drank, and forgettin' all about
Perkins, [ replied promptly that. Nv
course, no positive promises GOOD be
made at SO early date, but l Good say
frankly that there coodn't be any doubt
about it. And Mr. Matchitt took his
leave, thankin' me profoosly, and prom
isin' that the Liberal Republican vote,
which he controld, shood be out.
[ then took several drinks by myself.
X X x eaG
How got the train that mite OF wat
transpired [ know not. | hev an 1nd1s-
tinct idee Nv hevin' mob Nv men IN
my room, and NV much drlnk1n,. Sui
flee it to say, [ woke on the cars, and
found myself some hours alter IN New
York, and then back to nay quarters at
Chappaqua.
Ten DAYS after received four letters.
Three Nv them wuz from Messrs Slod-
gers, Perkins and Matehitt, each re-
proachin me with doophclty In prom1s-
in the Post Office to the two others, and
each ashoorin me that he alone control
led the Liberal Republican vote NV the
county. The other wuz from the land
lord, inclosin bill for busted
furnitoor. and statin likewise
that I he'd made an ass NV
myself, ez the only Libral Republ1klns
there wuz in the county wuz olodgers,
Matchitt and Perkins, and that they
wuz Nv that pekoolyer stripe that the
Republicans reioist more terventiy
when they left the party than they dld
over their success IN North Carollna.
I must quit either liker or pol1tlcs.
They don't work well together.
PETROLEUM Y. NAsBY,
witch wuz Postmaster, and hopes to
be agin.)
Reform in Japan.
Among the brief items Of news frase
Japan by the last steamer was tm
statement that the Mikado had had his
photograph taken, and that the picture
was selling for fifty cents copy. This
may seem an insignificant bit of intel
ligence, but it means great deal IN
Japan, where taking any drawing, linn
ming, sculpture, or other portrait of
the Son of Heaven had been puni ha,
bic with death. For centuries untold
the Mikado, as divine being, has been
exempt from sitting for his portrait !;
and when, few months ago, cunning
German artist succeeded in getting. a
negative of a great public ceremonial
in which the Mikado figured, great
panic ensued the kingdom was turned