The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-30
NASIsY.
Mir. Nasby Indnlgcs In "a sleep and Dreams
His Horrible Dream.
CuSFEDrRT Y RoaDs.l
(Which Is In the Safe nv kculuckvtL

(Which Is In the Safe nv Kentucky
July 10, 1850.
In all ages uy the world dfcems lac,
bin considered prophetic. Jon Bunyal
yoosed the simiIituod Nv a dreem Z,
portray the struggles and vicissltood,
uy a CrisclIcn life, and alluz drccn
when any thing especial IS 4 guin Il
happen TO the Dimocrisy. Iliher from
BunyaH in this: lac didn't dream at all.
hut he writ as thong he did, while | ne
lilly do dream.
Last eyrnin Blscom give a spread
IN homer NV the nOminashun NV Han
cock, and ez the proyender wuz free,
and the liker likewise, | he'd, for
wunst, eggsackly all that my system
Good hold, and my system is trooly a
holder. Bein very full, / went to my
couch, a troo Dlmekratic Bunyan, TO
drcem.
In my dreem the Presidenshei
struggle took the very material form
ny a race. 1t wuz all regeler, the .
parties trotten out each Il boss, the
winnin post bein the White House.
The Dimocrisy trottcd out their
boss, and I felt ruther pleased on the
null. lie cum up prancin with a free
sort NV step, and didn't look as tho
he he'd n blemish. Indeed, ne cum
up so gamey, that | %rcealv he'd faith
in his suckseSs, tho the other boss he'd
a winnin look about him. and cum nv
n stock that hez been winnin fer SO
long that they hev a noshen that they
can't be beet.
Our boss WIZ under the groomin
of Senator Wallace, Nv Pennsylvanr,
and he wuz backt by the entire South,
and Tammany Hall. and also by
scatterin politikle sports from the
other States.
Now" sed Wallace, Everybody
keep away, and don't spoil this race
by cny cussid foolishness. | hey fit
It'd this boss myself, and eff l tide
him he's sure to win. Keep clear Nv
him, and don't say Il word"
Hold on a mint" scd a long.
haired Teller from Virginny, sac hey
got to hey some assurances to testify
us in backin this hoss," and he hurg
onto his back an enormous sack la.
belcd "Looisiana administration"
and jumped on hisself to keep it in
place.
Jest a mint" sed a Pennsvlyany
Dimekrat, she must carry this and
he hove on a package labeled "pro.
tcctive tariff" and he climed on.
HE kin never run without this"
Sed a Moo Yorker, and he histed up
a very heavy sack labeled Stree trade.n
Another Moo Yorker and a Massey
1hoosits man climbed up, each with a
very heavy package nv honest money,
and q Injealty man climbed on with
Nnimmcnse bundle of fiat money.
THIS he'd NJ weight, but it took up a
great deal of room. and them which
kerrled 1t made q great deal Of noise.
Jist afore the start a gang of Ku-
kluX from MiSSisippy climed on, and,
despite Wade HamptoE's entreaties
IA South Kerlmy Rifle Club scrambled
up, and, ez if that wuzent engff, John
Kelly, with the entire Tammany So
ciety,, delibritly took seets on his
back.
Then came a gang loaded with
Estates Rites" and a Catholic Bish-
op or two sided into seets list where
they Good hold the reins, and ten or a
dozen COnfedrit Brigadeers, which
woodcnt take Their uniforms off, clined
up, and full five hundred S~ontheners,
with demands for appropriashuns,
hung onto bis tale.
Senator Wallace demonstrated, but
it wuzent any yOose. Every mn nv
remarkt that ef the boss coodent
kerry him, wat Nv Il boss wuz it, any
how, and they all yelled, Start him.
The word wuz given, the poor broct
made a c%OnvulSire Stagger, ond i'm
mejitly went down under the load
that wuz put upon him. He recov-
cred and managed to keep on his feet
till he struck the fust quarter post,
when his strength give out and
down he went rolliu over his miseel-
Iaueous load with great effect. The
other walked over the track, and cum
in a easy winner.
"How Good any boss run, so weight
yelled Wallace, in a rage. ut
wood hey horne down Ginerel Wash.
let alone SIGH a Giherel as
It's no yoose. The boss
wuz good enuff, but great Cesar
what a load he he'd to kerry
While the crowd wuz II strugglin to
git out from under the eggsausted
charger l awokc.
Is this dreem troO? Is Hancock to
be loaded with all these WEIGHTS afore
he starts? Is ther no way Nv keepin
ont Nv site what we don't want to be
seen till after the eleckshun?
| fear not. We are neither ez wize
cz serpents or harmless ez doves. 1t
is a providence agin us. We never
VT he'd o show for SUCCESS that we
did not immejitly fool il away. The
radikels are torchtnit in our stoopid-
ity. They hcv lived onto it for ten
years. Eff we only he'd the sense to
run Hancock on his style and militia.
ny record, and say nothin about any
thing else, or eff We Good keep IL vo-
tin nlemnn ont Nv Cite I'LL nleckshnn