Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1880-08-19
NAsBY,S DREAM.
THE PRESIDENTIAL HORSE ROSE


the State NV Kentucky, Jooiy 10,
1880. In all ages NV the wurld
dreems hey bnl considered prophetic.
Jon Bunyan yoosed the similitood nv
dream to portray the struggles and
vicissitoods of a chrischen life, and |
alluz dreem when anything especial
is agoin to happen to the Dimocrisy.
! differ from Bunyan in this: he
didn dream at all, but he writ ez
tho he did, while | actually do dreem.
Last evenin Bascom gave spred in
honor NV the nommashen NV Ham
cock, andlas the provenderlwpz 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, Invent to my
couch, troo Dimekratic Bunyan, to
dreem. rI..y.J
In my dreem the Presidenshel strug-
gle took the very material form Nv a
race. 1t was all regelar,ie the two
parties trottin out each, u hoss,
the winnin post bein the White
House. am t.
The Dimocrisy troited out their
hoss and felt ruther pleased on the
hull He came up aprancin with a
free sort Nv step, and didn't look ez
tho he he'd a blemish. lndeedh he calm
up so gamey, thet | RELY he'd faith
in his sucksess, tho the other hoss
had winnin look about him, and
cain NV a stock that hez been winnin
so long they hev a noshen that they
can't be beat fr
Our hoss wuz under the groomin
of Senator Wallace, NV Pennsylvany.
and he WAS backt by the entire South,
and T.mmany Hall and also by scat
term polittikle Sports from the other
otates. irsni.io sat t1 sp. t,....s
Nov, said Wallace, everybody
keep away and don t spoil this race
by any cussed foolishpess. | hev ft--
ted tins hoss myself, and eff | ride
him he's sure to win. Keep clcer NV
hm and don't say a word. .'sesa
Hold on a minit, sed a long-hair-
cd feller from Virginny, we hev got
to hev some assurances to testify US
in backing this hoss, and he flung
on to his back au enormous sack la
beled louisiana Administration
and jumped on hisself to keep it in
place. '''7
Jest mint sed "a Pennsylvany
Dimekrat, he must carry this and
he hove on a package labeled Pro-
tective Tariff and he climed on.
He kin,Beyer run without this
sed a Moo Yorker, aud he histed up
a very heavy sack labeled 'lNree
Trade.'u Y3yDEt 15.i.igoe...
Another Moo Yorker and q Massy-
chootis- man climed up, each with
heavy package Nv honist money, and
a lnjeany man climed on with an i'm
mense bundle nv fiat money. This
he'd no weight, but took up a great
deal of room, and them which car
ried it made a great deal Of noise.
! Ji't afore the start n gang nv Ku-
klux from Mississipy climed on, and
despite'Wade Hamptonls entreaties,
aSouth Kerliny Rifle Club scrambled
up, and ez ef that wuzn't, enuH, John
Kelly with the entire Tammany So
ciety deliberately took seats on his
back. Then came a gang loaded with
States Rites and a Catholic Bish-
opIor two Sided into seats jist whore
tney Good hold the [reins, and ten
Confedrit Brigadeers, wich woodent
take their uniforms off, climbed up,
and a. full five hundred Southerners
with demands for appropriations
hung on to his tail. se.1sl,~.1
Senator Wallace demonstrated, but
it wuzn't no yoosc. Every man Nv
EN- remarkt that eff the hoss coodent
kerry him. what kind NV hoss wuz
it anyhow, and yelled Start him.,
The word wyz given, the poor broot
made a convulsive stagger, and i'm
meiitly went down under the load
that wnz put upon him.d lie recov-
cred and managed to keep'on his feet
till he struck thi fust quarter post,
Ohio, when his strength give out, and
down he went rollin over his mis-
cellaneous load with great effect
The other walked over the track and
came in an easy winner yls,
How Good any hoss run, so
weigbted?" yelled Wallace, in n rage
1T wood hev borne down Ginrnl
Washington, let alone sieh a.Ginral
ez Hancock. Il It's no useI The boss
wuz good enuif, but great Caesar,
what u load he he'd to kerry
While the crowd wuz q strugglin
to git out from rnder the eggsaustid
charger awoke. y Yggia Iooq
is this dreemr troop Is Hancock to
be loaded with, all these weights afore
he starts? Is there no way up keep
in out nv sight what we don't want
tbbe seen till after'the election?9l eta
-7Idfear not. q We are neether ez
wize ez serpints or ez harmless ez
doves. 1t is a providence agin us.
We never yit he'd a show for success
that we dident immejity fool it away
The Radikels aare fortunate in our
stoopiditysa They hev lived onto it
for ten years, .Ef we only he'd the
sense. to run Hancock on, his style
military record and say nothing about
anything else, or eff we Good keep our
votina element out tuv site until cleo
ton day, we mite go through. ~ But
ez it is,we are hopelissly gone up.
\ My hart is sad.'vs 10 1 isssoilo3
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