The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-04
4 :cAYiV.I." DREAM.

There Is 70 use talking about il. the coun
try is safe. We have passed tie dead poin
- danger. Congress at least the 'tHous
IN Congress assembled at least the Com
.ujtlce 81 Mem Ways OF the House-ha
saved 70 the treasury all of one hundred an,
fifty dollars. This has been done by steal
ing 1t i theft. but then il is economy
Economy, like charity, covers a multitude o
sins. This economy covers the DeleoateG
Stupidity called the Committee of WAYS anl
Means, and there IS more sin there in a les,
compass than any other locality in the worl l.
Speaking OF this reminds US. We had a
dream the other night. We had dined with
an average Congressman at Dognng's sub
terranean indigestion, and found we had
swallowed nightmare We dreamed that
we went down TO hell. We thought for
awhile we were on the floor of the Cave or
the Fog bank-we were puzzled as to which
there were so many Congressman about
when the devil came along with a gayel in his
hand and tail made up Of river and harbor
and indian and other appropriations He
very politely asked us to sit down, ana
offered us a Chris,ian statesman to sit on.
We had little chat tie devil asking rs
The news from home, and We told him Grant
was coming down soon, and vas fetching the
whole country with him. Tno devil said he
was getting too much Of that sort Of rot it
was poo1 stuf. Then we asked INN why he
didn't &c. his net ready and scoop in the
COMMITTEES of Ways ana Means While tie
members ere all together. lie said he id
not for two reasons They were not wor h
the trouble in the first place; in the second,
he woui have them with2u. eff ri.
lie held mortgages on most Of them, and
could toreclose any time. There was Dawes,
ha held him for twenty-elght thousand dol
lars; Kelley was dear at ten; kasson could be
had log nothing: Roberts was III fer the Utica
Savings Bank. The only desirable man was
Burrharl. He wanted good sold head to
break bark over there was a vacancy in shat |
department.. But, said his Satan e Maia- : !
", " have only to wait and save transpoIta-
ton"
His Satanic NJ. then offered us a class of
vine; but it tasted so like Downing $ whisky
Lat we cried out aud awoke.
Il was a strange dream.
Bat to return. This IS The way We saved
he country Oar senior was subIunaed to
'ppear before the Delegated Stupidity on the
in Of January last. He VAS ' discb Dn t,,j
february p. Now, under the law he was
Untitled to four dollars day Our senior
expected that He was fool enough to be-
leve, AL the evidence 10 the contrary, Chat he
vas dealing with gentlemen. He was 50 in
atuated that he indulged IN a better brand Of
IS2rs and invited { congressman now and
hen to dine with him, so as to as.onish his
aw-making stomach with good dinner.
But with the discharge came an account
flowing five days attendance and Instead Of
ne hundred and six.y-tour dollars he was
to draw TWEEN V.
He was indignant. lie felt his creditors
'ron@s boiling through his veins. He adj
fessed the chairman q remonstrance Bat
e suppose /. miscarried tor at the present
rlnng 10 answer has been received. It
lould have been addressed to the paid adyo-
lte Of the Pacific Mail.
But the country is sayed-Doa Pint in
ashtag.oa CtpitH.