The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-06-27

CoNFEDRIT X ROADS, WITCH IS IN THE STATE
wv KENTUCKY, Joon 8, 1851 determined to
hev hand in the nominashen to be made in
st. Loois, for in case we elect our candidate 1
hev a ruther pressiR desire to hev sutbin to say
inIthe distribooshen Nv patronage-that division
nv spoils witch is aluz so pleasin to the weary
soljer who has won his fite.
l wuzn't eggsakly pertikeler as to wich can
didate l supported, for, Jest at this time, / am
ez flexible in my preferences ez kid glove. L
simply determined to throw my Infiooence to
the man who Good the best enable me to git
square with the people Nv the Corners, who
hev so long and pashently give me credit for
the food hev ct and the likker hev con-
soomed. Cloze don't keer much for; for the
summer is onto us, and people will hang linen
cloze out on the lines to dry, and eff an enter
prizin man can't keep hisself comfortable at
this season it is becoz he is averse to midnte
rambles.
j shan't say who it wuz or wher it wuz DONE
but prominent Dimocrat who is anxious to be
persuaded to serve one terra, at least, ez Presi-
dent. did furnish me with money to go to
Washington to inhooence such delegates ez
mite be there in his interest.
When got to Washington l wuz trooly
sorry he'd undertaken the work, [ feared
should fail, and twict seriously thought eff it
woodent be best to save my reputashen, to
quietly go to Canada, and rename there per-
mamently. But felt that wood be breach
NV confidence and, beside, there wuzn't money
enutf to keep me till the affare shood be for
gotten, and 1 Good come back honorably. So
determined that wood be honest, and carry
out my contrack faithfully.
The question with me wuz, how to do it?
Wood Dimocratic delegates take money for
their votes in Convention that wuz to decide
the fate Nv the kentry? Never! felt it wood
be an insult to offer it to EN-, and really didn't
dare to. And my feer increased when [ heerd
dozen on EN- denouncin the yoosin Nv money
to iHtiooence delegates, and l felt shood hev
to 90 back and refund the cash, witch nearly
broke my hart. I wuz sad in hevin money to
yoose among men Nv SIGH Spartan virchoo that
not one Nv EN- wood tech a cent of it for their
votes.
But it happened one mite 1 wuz standin in
the bar-room at Wizards quietly takin an
other wun with passed. Nv Democratic frends
when. under the infooense Nv the last wun,
happened injoodishusly to drop the remark
that had money, and that wuz there to
yoose it for favorito son. 1 hev been leeky
for some time past when hev takin eight or
ten drinks too much, and this wuz leekiness
that wuz inexcoosable. But I sed it, and he'd
to abide the consekences. There wuz SIGH
change come over that crowd ez / never saw
afore come over mortle men.
wat is the number of your room?" askt a
dozen Nv EN- glowcin at the rest, with looks NV
wrath.
swat hour kin see 700 tonight" eagerly
demanded dozen more.
Il controle the delegashon Nv my Stater'
whispered in my ear dozen more.
And immejity twenty delegates undertook
to put their arms thro mine, and haul me off
in different direcshunss and they pulled so
vishusly that my coat, witch 1 borered NV Dee
KID Pogram to cum in, WIZ well-nigh 1ooined.
l got away from EN-, finally, and got into
my room. Then cards commeust comm up
from delegates from every State in the Yoon-
yum, to witch paid no attenshun, for saw the
box he'd got into In about Eve mInits the
cardsi commenst comm themselves, and 1
locked the door. But this did not avale
-Four Nv EN- got into a row at the door ez to
witch Nv EN- shood hev the first lk at me, and
in the skrimmage they fell agin the door, and
bustid it open. There wuz no escape. The
crowd poured in, and wuz pulled and hauled
wus than any stranger is by Moo York hack
men.
II kin kontrole the delegashun Nv nv
State, shouted one, "and wat you hev to
yoose on that State 700 want to give to me-"
Its lie!' shouted another patriot, 81 hey
that State in the holler Nv my hand, and wat
you hev devoted to that State will be wasted eff
1 don't get it,
81 don't keer kuss wat candidate 700 are
mate him till 700 hey seen me-"
Gentlemen shoutid I.
"Hear"' yelled they all.
And one enterprisin man pulled me to one
side and remarked that he he'd the power to
AOuiudlo duy u6 CUOOSeu, Ell a prlf1o over
four thousand dollars Good be he'd to fix few
refractory delegates who were then in Wash
ington.
They worried ma so that l wuz well nigh
dead-at least almost wished 1 were, and in
despare / rushed to my burow drawer, deter
mined to take wat he'd bin intrusted to me and
throw it among EN-, hopin in the scramble that
wood ensoo to git out safe. So the Rooshn
mother throws her children to the wolves to
save herself,
Frantically L rushed to that drawer, but
erasmus heavins! it wuz open and the pockit.
book woz gone! An akoot delegate he'd stolen
it while the rest NV them were fitin over me-
And wat wuz more aggravatin, he had taken
my uther shrtiand box Nv paper kollars that
had been bot for me that 1 mite make decent
appearance among the Washington Dimoc-
risy.
The moment this woz announced they all
left me and went in pursoot Nv the delegate
wat he'd the spoils. But thank heaven, they
didn't ketch him.
It's ruther discouragin when men who are in
pursoot NV reform hev to encounter SIGH venali-
ty. Wat kin be expected Nv government
when party devoted to reform, treets it's
mlshunories in this way? How ever agoin to
meet my candidate is more'than know am
weery and sad, and besides, hewitt got money
enough to take me home
PETROLEUM V. Nasty,
WITCH hopes to be Postmaster.