The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-08-13
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Petroleum V. Sees Visions and has
Dream that Was Not All a Dream.
CoNFEDERIT y ROADS,
(Which is in the State NV Kentucky, I

Dream that Was Not All a Dream
CoNFEDERIT y ROADS,
(Which is in the State NV Kentucky,
July 10, 1890.
! In all ages NV the world dreems hev
| bin considered prophetic. Jon Bunyan
yooscd the simlitood Nv a dream to por.
tray the struggles and vicissitoods NV a
| Chrischen life, and alluZ dreem when
anything especial is agoin to happen to
the DimOcrisy. I differ from Bunyan
in this: he didn't dTeem at all, but he
writ eZ tho he did, while l actilIy dc
| dreem
Last evenin Bascom give a spred in
| honor NV the nomInashen NV Hancock
and eZ the pTovender wuz free, and the
| ticker likewise, he'd, for wunst, eggs
ackly all my system Good hold, and my
system is trooly holder. Bein very full,
l went to my couch, troo DimOkratiC
| Bunyan, to dreem.
In my dreem the Presidenshal struggle
took the very material form Nv q race. Ii
wuz all regelar, the two parties trottiu
out eech a boss, the winnin post helm the
White House.
The Dimocrisy trotted ont their boss
and l felt ruther pleased on the hull
He came up prancing with a free sort uy
step, and didn't look eZ tho he he'd {
blemish. Indeed he cum up so gamey
that l RELY he'd faith in his sucksess, tho
the other hoss had a winnin look about
him, and cum NV a stock that hez bin
winnin for SO long that they hev It
noshen that they can't be beet.
Our boss wuz under the grOomin o.
Senator Wallace, ov Pensylvany, he wul
backt by the entire south, and Tammany
Hall, and also by scattering polittiklt
sports from the other states.
Now" sed Wallace, everybody KEEP
away, and don't spoil this race by eny
cussid foolishness. hev fittid this hos
myself, and eff | ride him he's sure t.
win. Keep cleer Nv him and don't say
a wurd.''
"HOld on a mint" said long-hairet
Teller from Virginny, "we've got to he'
some assurance to testify US in backing
this hoss,'' and he flung onto his back al
enormous sack labelled Louisiana ad
ministration," and jumped on hisself t.
keep it in place.
jest a mint" sed a PensyIvany
Demekrat. HE must carry this" ant
he hove on package labelled "proteC
tive tariff" and he climbed on.
HE kin never run without this" SCI
a Moo Yorker" and he histed up yer,
heavy sack labelled free trade"
Another Moo Yorker and Massey
c1oosits man climbed up, each with
very heavy package of honest money
and InieaEy mau climbed ON with al
immense bundle of fiat money. Thi
he'd no weight. but it took up a grea
deal ov room, and them which keTried /
/ made great deal ov noise.
JiSt afore the start gang Nv Ku Klu.
from Mississippi climbed on, and DIES
pite Wade Hampton's entreaties, soutl
Kerliny Rife club scrambled up, and c;
eff that wuZn't enuf John Kelly with tn
entire Tammany society delibritly tool
seats on his back.
Then came gang loaded with Estates
Rites" and a Catholic Bishop or tw,
Sided into seats jist where they cooC
hold the reins, aad ten or dozen Con
fodrit Brigadeers, witch woodent TAX
their uniforms off, climbed, up and
full five hundred southerners with dc
mands for appropriations hung off to hi
tale.
Senator Wallace demonstrated but j
wuzn't no yoose. Every man Nv EN- re
mark that eff the boss coodent kerry him
wat kind Nv a boss WIS it anyhow, anC
they all yelled start HIM 50
The word wuz given, the poor brOo
made convuisive stagger, and imme
iitly went down under the load that WI,
; put upon him. He recovered and man
aged to keep on his feet till he strucl
= / NilC 1uSt ADokJ CilAO- HEGn M
strength give out and down he wen
rollin over his miscellaneous load witt
, great effect The other walked over th'
. track, and came in easy winner
"How could any boss run, so weight
ed" yelled Wallace in a rage 1T WOO,
hev borne down Ginral Washington, lie
alone SIGH a Ginral eZ Hancock. It's NJ
yoose. The boss wuz good enuff, bu
great Cesar what load he he'd 4
Kerry"
While the crowd WIZ a stFugglIn e
git cut from under the eggsaustid char
, er, awoke.
Is this dream troo? Is Hancock to b
loaded with all these weights afore h
,, starts: Is Their no way NV keepin GU
, NV site what we don't want TO be seer
, till after the eleckshun
/ fear not. We are neither eZ wise G.
serpints or harmless eZ doves. 1t is
providence agin US. We never vii he
. show for success that we did not i'm
mejitly fool il away. The radikeIs ar
, forchunit in our stoopidity They he
! lived onto il for ten years. Eff we onll
he'd the sense to run Hancock on hf
style and military record and say moth
in about anything else, or eff we coos
, keep our votin element out NV site til
j eleckshun day, we mite 90 through
But ez it is, we are hopeiisly gone NJ
! My hart is sad
PETROLEUM Y. MASSEY.
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