Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-08-09
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PHANTASMAL.

4 was 20 near the petitions from earth
/ thought it would be hard work fol
some of them to pray. However, rec
objected that mans necessities, either
real or imaginary, control his thoughts
and that mans extremity is Gods Op.
portunity." Having exhausted his own
means and reached the extremity of his
rope, instructive he will turn to the der
nier" resort. Like the craven he is,
blindfold him and he will sing. Tickle
the fancy and he will desert reason and
pursue any Jack-with-a-lantern, bull
without horns, or even the horns with
out the bull. Arouse his passions and
offer him quick gain, and right, justice
and future results are as dust in the bal
ance, as against his special object.
Right or wrong, he is always right.
\ But had no more time for moraliz-
ing. The angel informed me that the
Gods were now assembled in the outer
court to hear the prayers of the faith
| full on earth. Thither he conducted me.
Magnus Greenback was on the throne
and the lesser ones were ranged around.
All was quiet and still. Solemnity
shadowed every brow. All at once a
thin voice from earth broke in upon the
Stiffness: 't4 =
Great Father, pity Thy poor chill
dren. See how we toll here below for
our bread while a few bankers eat up
all our substance. Oh! Father, damn
these bankers, and let the lightnings of
Thy wrath strike the houses and drive
| the money trunks down into hell. The
Republican party built these banks,
while the Democratic party furnished
the material; now both parties help to
keep them up, Then both old parties,
Oh! Father, have put men in the Court
House to feed upon our substance. My
husband and his friends belong to the
Irredeemable. Oh! further the cause
of the Irredeemable, that my husband
and his friends may work in the shade.
Give unto my husband high place and
his friends can look out for themselves.
But, Oh! Father, make haste and delay
not to tickle the Devil, and cause hell
to rejoice by adding more terribly to
the regions Of !. the damned, and
filling all with the Republican
and Democratic parties. Then there
is the bloated bondholder, but I
don't know what that means; my hus-
band says he is cannibal, and feeds on
the bodies of laborers. Put him in the
hottest corner and put "Brick" in
charge. For the success of the IRE
deemable we ever pray. Amen"
Then another prayer came up:
Great Father, listen to my weak
prayer. My business is to sell eggs.
The market is very dull and eggs are
low: The profits are so small! Send
cholera among my neighbors' chickens,
preserve mine and give the people plen-
ty of Thy grace. the Irredeemable; then
can | live. This morning before pray
ers l carried three eggs to Mr.. Hams
printing Office. He would not buy. He
said all his gold was invested in his pa
per; for eggs he did not care as he had
plenty of ham. Oh! Father, damn the
Democratic party, and choke the hogs
in the Mississippi, then will there be
market for eggs. Oh! Father, bless the
hens, and cause the fax to grow, that
there may be plenty of eggs. Strangle
the oysters In the sea, to the end that
there may be great panic in the rise
OF eggs. Let there be more Iowa Diyis-
ions of the Illinois Central that our
hens may have more hills to climb. The
Republican party has dug down all our
natural hills in making railroads, but
this party did not make the roads like
the Central. The Central is monopo-
lized long ago. There are not hills
enough to exercise my hens. Send
plague upon the Republican party, and
blast all their work. To Thee, in the
name of the great Bantam, be all the
praise. Amen.
Then came up another.
"Oh! Father, in our trials and troub-
les, to Thee we may come. The Tree
deemable is always at hand in wish and
never turns from us in thought. My
trials and ups and downs have been
many. l have always been weak Re-
publican till within few days, and now
l can scarcely sing new songs in
strange land. My prayer shall be short.
Times are hard and my family is large
At times am driven to think the chill
dren are too many. But the old man,
until week ago, has been strong
Democrat. The Democratic party is to
blame great deal and the Republican
party little. Let these parties be cut
of and let the 1rredeemable reign
Amen." ..---- ,-.
Scarcely had this prayer ceased when
from the hay NOW came up the prayer
of her husband:
oh! Master, until week ago | have
been weak Democrat, and until few
days ago my old woman was strong
Republican. Work is scarce and the
weeds grow. Our family is large, and
in my despair / sometimes think too
large. My trials and pains have been
many. Now me and the old woman see
that both parties are the cause of all
our troubles. We differ little as to
which is the greater tyrant. She con-
tends that the Democratic party is the
greater sinner, while I contend that the
Republican party is the greater. Give
us to see Alright and alike, that our ups
and downs in life may be fewer, and
that we may be able to take care of this
our Republican-Democratic family now
in our keeping, and that we may grow
in the grace of the Irredeemable. Break
the shafts of Eros, that the now naked
may be clothed and the hungry fed.
Put grain in the bin, corn in the crib,
potatoes in the cellar, wood in the shed,
and coal in the scuttle, that weary man
may have time to learn of thy doctrine,
hunt, fish and rest. Send poets in the
land, and give them knowledge accord
ing to zeal, and zeal that.will not make
them ambitious and aspiring Send out
those to organize thy churches who
have no further aim than the advance
ment of the good cause. Let them be
men of truth; such as will say, give
me an Office as the reward of my efforts"
when they desire one, and not seem
to make their acts and words disagree
If it be thy pleasure, give US Offices for
all our people. May they rule the land
Then must the Republicans and Demo
Gratis: be hewers Of wood and drawers
Of water; then must they carry "Brick"
without straw. Grant us travelling
printing presses, and lengthy editors.
Then can the necessary printing be done
for all the counties, in one paper; then
will the county treasury, and the P. 0.
Be left free for the support of this ON
nipresent paper and its omniscient edi-
tors. Grant our,dear "Brick" fertility
of resources and creative genius, that
he may manufacture truth to suit our
times and needs. Grant that the edit
ors of our flying Alliance may have
that honesty of heart which will not
lead them to deceive the people; that