Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-09-07
erin a abolitionest with snm of mi
skornful frouns.


Wei, arter long jerney, we ariv at
the station whar wuz tn git orr; and
there sede more people than ever
seed afore. Pretty sumo tina al begin
tn holler hurra for Haze and Wheeler,
til tina made every thing trembel-me
Pretty sumo big Teller
sed "whi in thunder don't you holler?"
SEE i my friend, that don't suite re-
former marry a bit" Whareupon he
seized me and jerked me around as if
i was cheap. til at last a big mustash
Teller sed "hold, holdl" Then tina all
stopped. Sed he, don't xii the GUS
and sed il wud make a speech tina
wud let me go. SEE |, ii am Re-
former and cant make no other kind
of a speech" "All rite" he sed, "git
on that box" So got on the box,
tuck orr mi hat and, swellin out as
big as cud, and luckin as sour as
picket and speakin in a sho actin
voice, sed, "Wal, mi disgized gal
lutes. arrize tn git up above w tn
sa a fu remarks upon the CRATE por-
litical pints of this fall. Sirs, the sun
nor any other Pan never saw the
world in jist SIGH fix as it is jist
now. Sirs, thar is nuthin but Ref
ermation viii save us frum the devel.
Sirs, onles yu put the government in
the hands of the Reformers this fall,
all is lost, especially the Reform party.
Serz, we must repuderate the big Diet.
We cant pa it. Serz, we must pa fur
the frede myers, and al damage dun
tn our Suthern Brethren. Tha must
be paid tn the larst sent. Serz, we
must let EN- al vote-evry man ov
EN-, sept the myers as ante Reform
ers. Also. we must pension the suth-
ern solgers and suthern statesmen,
and
stop, STOP sed wun armed SOL
ger. "Git doun frum thar, or lie
mock you doun hire nor kite, sed
wun-leg solger cumin at me with
cruchers. 1 got doun rite quick and
Lit doun strete at the rate Of 2-l4}
and was sumo out of site of the kroude.
And sein was out Of danger went
slo til saw sum beer kags sitten III
frunt Of a store. So went in and
sede them drinkin, and one Teller sed
"Vel, here ish du Dildun und Hend-
reax unit te crate Reform bepels. y
See i, ~bully for you" SEE he, "vos
yer pin Won timergrat?" SEE !, Il am
dimercrat Reformer, hoo never
skrached a ticket" "Vel den hav
sum peer" So we drinkt severl times
until / Sc must be orr So axt a
Bruther Reformer how fur 1t was to
the Confederit X Rodes, whar the
CRATE Reform Sante lived. He said it
was acros the river, about 25 miles,
in Kentuckey, and, seq he, you will
hav to walk there afoot" SO orr
started, feelin as though | he'd wun a
victory over mi enemies, as all santes
du. On went til near dark, and then
put up for the mite with gud Re-
former, hoo sed he had fout the Yam
kies for four years and wud du it agin
for the sake Of the CRATE Reform
Principles He sed he wud bet all
the myers he ever had oned, that Til
den wud be elected. We talked til
late, then went to bed. Got up in the
mornin, got breakfast and mi bottel
filed, bid the gud old reformer gud bi
and started.
Landed at X rodes about ten A. NJ,
but bi the wa the station got orr at,
was Sinsinnatty, tina wus moste al fur
Haze and Wheeler, no wunder tina
ackted so unpretty.
Wal 1 went ter the X rodes' houce
and axt the lanlord IL he cud tel me
whar the CRATE he'd center Of the CRATE
Reform party lived? SEE he, hoo du
yu mene?" seq |. ii meme the he'd CEN
ter of the CRATE Reform party-P. V.
Nazby, that's hooi mene.' SEE he,
"if it is Mr.. Nazby you meme, he
lives over in that big wife houce,"
pointer to the houce and larfin like
the devil; but 1 didn't no wat in
thunder he ment, but orr went tn
the aforesed houce- went up, rapt on
the dore and out cum a man. Gum
in-tak a sete-warm da-ben trav-
lin, sir?" yes, SIR" says i. Sir"
seq /, "is this Nazby, the he'd center
Of the CRATE Reform party9" He
larft at me and sed, wal mi name is
Nazby," and kept on larfin and sot
down.
We sot thar for about. ten min
utes and not wurd was sed
Finely he sed, wal, wat IL yure
name?' I told him hoo / wus and
wat mi dizziness wus. He still larfin
until at larst got riled and sed. "Mr.
Nazby, | sot here fur half a our parsin
ye the sines, aud you don't recognize
the fust wun SEE he, was sines?"
SEE |. ~the same sines we used durin
the war" SEE he, @ino of no sich
sines." SEE |, ~Nazby, be / mistaken
in the MANI" seq he. @yu ar" /
jumpt up tn run, seq he, ~don't be in
hurry" seq /, Il am" lit out and
never stopt til got hum 1t was
bout nune and hammer jane had fist
got dinner reddy. ct dinner and
went tn 50 Squire Slabslammers. and
told-iifn aliabout mi trip and trubels,
to wich he sed he had no faith in
Nazby. See /, Il bleye he liz darn
aboitoinist, but meyer mind, lie feet
him yet. Hele cum to Indeana, then
lie devour him; but buzines is buzi-
mes, and must be about it and wat
corse du yu think he'd better persu
and whar he'd better locate?"
wal, 'sez squire, ii think yu he'd
better 60 Brod Cast" WAL" SEE /,
ii am good on the SKATER" Il
mene," sed he, @yu he'd better go war
everyu ar needed wust, or like the
Sioux injuns, tern up whar yu are
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