The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-06-26
Nasty.
Mr.. Nasty in Westinghouse Brief REM
lj}9I iniscences, with Comments sisibi0s
WASHINGTON,
witch is in the Deestrict. of Columby),

lf 7 witch is in the Deestrict of Columby),
Joon {, 1879.
It's long time sence I trod the
streets Nv the Fedrel CITY, Eff I re-
member arite I hewitt bin here sence
the saintid Johnson's time, when I re-
EseeYed from the hands Nv that -gileless
patriot my commishun ez Postmaster at
the Gross Roads, witch wuz ruthlisly
torn from me by that military trent,
Grant. It hez changed much, and, /
thank Heven, for the better
Washington hez bin attacked by the
Confedrits at two different periods.
From 1861 to 1866 they failed to pos
sess it, but their second invasion wuz
more successful. They hev it now. In
the Capitol, witch is the nashen's pride.
| see ez many military men in posseshen
ez ever, but thank the Lord they amt
the same kind. The "gol-darn" Nv the
Northern man is heerd no more. and in
It's place my GERS is delited with the
more-f amilyer "dog-gon Nv the sunny
South. No more is my feelins aggrava-
It'd by seein the tall man from Maine.
the hatchet-faced Rhode Islander, or
the stout Pennsylvania in the Capitol
holdin offs. They are gone, and the
swarthy Southerner fills their places and
draws their salaries. @"
There are one-armed and one-legged
Northern soljers enuff here, but they
are walkin the streets. They amt in
place no more 'ceptin those wich is in
the departments controlled by the min
yuns NV Hayes, and, thank hevin, when
we elect Dimekratic President in
1880, we'll clean them out. Eff the Con-
federacy can't controle by the bullet, it
will by the ballot.
l wuz never more encuridged in my
life. The bar-room is crowded with
Suthern patriots, and they are now in
favor. 1t filled my eyes with teers to
read petition for the appointment of
a Georgia man to position under the
Clerk Nv the SENT. I've seen them
petitions afore. They used to reed
that the party named he'd lost leg
at Gettysburg and an eye at Fair Oaks
while gallantly carryin the Stars and
Stripes in defense Nv the Fedrel Gov
erment They reed quite differently
now. They all set forth that the petit
toner lost his legs, or arms, or eyes,
ez the case may be, in carryin the Stars
and Bars in defense Nv the Confedracy,
and that his sacrifices for the South
entitle him to recognition.
] WIZ amused at one Dimekrat from
the interior Nv Injeany WITCH hedn't
heerd Nv the change. He in moment
Nv insanity forgot his obligations and
volunteered in the Fedrel army. He
come on here with his one leg and his
honorable discharge from the servis, to
get place.
He wuz sternly rebookt, and very
quickly made to know that he pinted
his rife the wrong way to hope for
place in Washington. The posishen
he wuz after wuz given to one ov the
heroic men who fought at Fort Pillow.
He may get place after sufishent re-
pentence, but I doubt it.
[ am wunst more happy. The Con-
fedracy is success after all. We shell
carry Ohio this fall, and that makes a
Dimokrat President in 1880. Then
but the prospect is too gorgus to think
about. Oh, how I long for the day to
come!
Fly swiftly round We wheels of time
And bring the welcome day.
PETROLEUM V. NAsBY,
witch will be Postmater's)