St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-09-22
A New Chapter of Samuel.
TIE MAN WHOSE TALK Is OF "oNEN AN
REFORM.

REFORM.
From the Rochester EXPRESS
|. 50 Samucldwclt ahont two full wears
in Albany. and saw not the White
House i'll Washington.
=. And II came To pass after this that
Samuel prepared him chaIi"t> aud
horses and fifty men of Tammany To
run before him. Now the men and the
money. VIII" they were. and how he
came 10y This house full ot silver
and of gold" i it not written in
the Book of the Chronicles of TammanN
and ot Tweed and while thy servant
WAS busy i'll receiving money 10y the
barrel. from Tweed. lo he was gone,
:. And Samuel lifted up his voice
and wrpt. that William. whose surname
WAS Tweed. should have left him with
all the work of REFORM" on his hands ::
and he cried lamcntably. William.
where art thou Whittier gne>t thou !.
And William. putting his finger t" his
long n"S,.. answered and said. Thy SCI
want Went no whittier. Tell it not in
Albany. publish it not III New York
that Nou know where am we'll enough ::
and my strong box. with what You have
grabbed from the railroads and saved
from false return of your taNe>. will
help l"u t" money enough only cry
"Rctnrm.
/. And Samuel rose up early and stood
beside the way of the gate. and il any
wanted any cattlr-sh"w speeches. sam
uel said. Here am |. | can pull the
wool over H"ur eyes. and my talk is of
oxen and reform. Moreover am | not
. 4 ,l,
not pushed my old friend George with
the horn of Reform or divide ?" aud
as he divided not. he pushed him to
the wall and cried. SO save the State
of New York taxes ,
>. And il was ST that when any man
that had II controversy came to Albany
to judgment. Samuel called unto him
and said of what city art thou And
he said. Thy servant is of one of tribes
either of New York or Saratoga. And
Samuel said unto each. See thy matters
are good and right. but there is no man
who can I've dcputcd of the people to
reform all the evils but thy servant
Hard or soft. nothing is too hard for
me. and can he soft where that goes
for gold. Now doubling Thomas WAS
to help Samuel in this matter
Il. Now about this time it came to
pass that Samuel sent To New York for
one William, whose surname is BRYANT
lis he was Il man goodly to behold, and
waS easy i'll his ways to reform, and
having withal il newspaper called the
Post he could help Samuel nightly.
So Samuel played before him with his
harp of thousand strings till Will
danced almost as David before the ark.
and William went home and wrote in
his Post that "Rcform' was begun.
And William '.wrapt the ,lrapery of his
couch about him and laid him down to
pleasant dreams"
!. Samuel said, moreover, Oh. that
were made President in the land, that
every man who had Il railroad. or any
other business suit or cause, or any
question of hard or soft money. or any
question about marriage or usufruct
that Is how to put money into the pco-
pies pockets with one hand and pull it
ont with the other might come unto
me and | would do him Justice
:. Now Samuel WAS bachelor, and he
had been for full forty years having his
pictures taken for rich and fair ladies,
but none fell down and woishipped the
image that he set up. And it was 50
that when any man, or clacquer, came
nigh to him to do him obedience. he
put forth his hand and took him and
kissed him, and gave him his picture.
and every editor, great or small, can
have one 10y giving it Il place where it
will do the most good.
y. And i'll this manner did Samuel to
all Tammany and to all Saratoga
Kelly and Morissey. SO he stole the