The St. Cloud journal., 1873-02-27
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=, ED1roa Jou1HAI.-Did you ever hear I.
briok-bat talk ( II you have not, then listsl
now, tor am about to tell ny story. I
always talk to myself, for have bsen %.
nusA abused In The world that I an sbevs.
speaking 70 tho common sort sf people,. 4
briok bat have story to tell! Yes have;
sad one that 10 really Of far mere interest,
than many Of The stories that srv written
new . days By these chronic story tsllsrs.
Bat - yeu tsrn up your asss already Il
ne, I win just shut dewa On ysu and win
% ever tAs lsas list Of ny vrsass Ill :,
nyssM 1t'a I'll ~ sanso,t I have In this
wsrA aay Aev, tor I Asvs slvays Aad .
hard tine 4 Il, svse siase ! lseans beisk-
bat. I md ~ little eAlas. tAAt vsss 70
b. for asss lay Id, ~ s,As, lssp diva II
tAs great bls6 md ssjsys d'oursslvss play.
ing ''hids and coop, ,'atill st last'vs heard .
great humping overhead and sosa . man
drove sharp irsn down amongst 10 and
ws were pitched out into bread daylight.
Then he squssssd 10 through . horrid ma
chine Of some kind, then drowasd us in
water, then oramned 10 into littl, boxes,
then little boy not much bigger than my
sell, carried u of and laid 10 down in .
smooth and quiet place. Now we had time
to get over our fright and to think how
badly " had been treated. Oh but ws
were snEry-so angry, " were hardened
and vs were % thirsty too and yet not
drop Of water could " got. At last We
were piled up nicely in rows and supposed
our trouble was al over vhs. something
came up through the cracks and filed our
eyes till tho tears came, and then we began
to get 20 hot-why hot 10 no name for it.
vs got rcd and then white and black, and
every other color. Oh for drop Of water!
oh for little fresh air! But iustesd Of
these We only got hotter than ever, till in
ny rage over such treatment, actually
split my side and broke ny back. Aad new
an called nothing but = ''briek-bst'-
Il I could help bsiu9 What I aia. II only
had ssns body 70 talk 70 Who had na1nsrs
enough 10 hstsa T. mo, I could tell IN
''o'sr true tale" never sos.d u2dsrstand
Why ~ companions, Who never rsssltsd
abuse. wers treated - mich better than
vss. They, With their ssft fsets,' wsrs a.
ways handled - easily, while vss pitched
forty feet at . jsrk-and slaae abs.t here
and there, ~ II dida't wish to bs bsttsr
treated. Poor ne! I have always been
stuck away in some little hole o. dark COR
nsr where nobody could 90 me Or know Of
how nueh vslse va. Just think OF the
grand secrets know tso! Why I could
write book. Don't remember the day
there was such . wonderful stir in the
nsighbsrhosd Of the great towsr1 Ny soft
faced brothers were carried of into that
great building. But one day the men oil
quit work. And saeh a~jsbber I never
heard before. It seemed a. il the men
were all bewitohed or drunk or something
else. Father and son quarrsled and could
not toll what they were quarreling about.
The mason thought the carpenter was
poking fun at him 90 hs struck him jost
below the ear. Tho Blacksmith thought
the carriers were oil calling him nold
sooty." And 20 it went on for som, d,y'o
till they finally gave up tho undertaking.
It wss fun to listen to their jabb.rins it was
worse than WAS ever heard on tho quay at
New York whom On emigrsnt ship arrives.
There lay till my reposs wss broken
by the coming Of the great army Of Cyrus.
A great deal has been said about this man.
more 10 true, for I think The man who eosls
overlook NJ, was not very great man. He
didn't know ths value Of . brisk-bat. The
bsass Of some Of biz soldiers 10y beside me-
for losg u.ss till at last ssusbedy~ eail
they were tha bsnss IL Jessph aaa t.,t
them and really sold thsa. ~ sueh. = Oh
what > ehsatl TAsn L. ssw tAs srsaG
Gsnghis Kahn a1d his hosts Of varriors.
don't shihk the Kahn xss anything but . I.
great svsggering out-throat. The only
man who could. appreciate me was the
great Napoleon. When he swept along
with his army he used to say, ':look out
for brick-bats boys" and 90 it has come to
pass that ever since when men reach i'm
portant times when it becomes necessary
to prove themselves worthy men, tho first
thing they search for is tho brisk-bat
Why if it had net been for brick bats the
famous Ninth Of New York City would
have been deprived the privilege Of some Of
its grand displays Of heroism. But the
greatest abuse have ever suffered was
when some country fellow picked me up
and flung mo at the Pig or still worse At
dog. Bat our time il coming, ws will be
honorsd. We hold some secrets that mon
want. Ninsvsh, -Hsreulansum and Babel
are new searching, 10 will bs taken up,
our faces washed aad men will eeax 10 to
give up eur hidden wisdom. Psrhsps "
will And perhaps ws wont. We're harden
I'd customers, have No hearts and will bs
hard to whsedls.
1t tskea . Yankee 70 do things up !
10 style in Earops. An American |
Voman namad 0aka liant AVA. ,h.nd.