Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1885-04-23
soUNDS FROM 5osfAz ALLnN's

[From Cow Boy Bullstin" Arisonal
Il 'tains no surprise to mel kAovsd
jest what you was goin' 70 ~, when
you lads Of yer sun-bunnst, and squatsd
eggsausted like in That ere chair. Ef
the people Of this ere ueishborhood had
oae-hundredth part e much regard fur
sellin' the truth a. they hev fur gstsin'
their forked.tungs inter uther folkes
sop dishes and then goin' round sdifyin'
the cummunity By electerfyin' the "sksle-
tun behind 70 door" q they call it, M
I'll il 'psrss like Twin animul, thar
viii be some sense 10 thinkin' that the
doctura Of endluss damuashun wus :
cunninly devished fabal. ! tole Josiah
when be went TO Washiniun that no wun
wud believe what he went thete fur that
the tung Of this 'ere town was hung JET
cs electric needel--a universal brackut
like--and he had scarsely gct out q site
Of ole Dobkin's ferry before the strset
gossup begun. Josiah u kinder simple
.ik, and ever se,,sc hc wus boy he'd !
wonderful AdmurAshun for George Wash
intun; and when that ere monamunt
wuz crectud--to which josiah he'd sabs
scribed-he he'd curaocety to see fur
himself, ef il wus put up jet q the
papurs sed i wax; ef il il WA reclly 6vt
hunderd and fiftse.6ve feet, e. II they
jos. called it that in GROUND numbers like"
1t wusant Josiah's falt ef tho monumunt
happuned tu be cumpleted jest = Mr..
Clevelund wuz elecktud that wus sim.
ply coincaduncs. Ef Josiah he'd yotud
fur Mr.. Blain, he wud hev jcst = gud
ritc to visut tho monumunt and And
out how hi it wux. But, no; the fGnl
thing wus to impunc Josiah's motuvs
be went fur an apintment 'he wantud
tu be tha Guvinor Of Arsxona, o. proba.
bic administrator er gran marshul d
the tcretorey, cr sumtllun else. Ef ]
he'd gone along wid josiah, they wud D
he'd il that / wantud u be post lnastul
Of Tuskerorcy, u "natruD of The Injur
Buro." cr, mabc, tu be admittnd u Tho
barr, fur womun Il no moro c:ssenf
frum the vial tung Of SANDER than !
man.
OF coars, i wus 20 more than cny on.
| wud hev done fur Josiah tu 20 and se,
Mr.. Clevelund while he wux thar; i
cost no more than tho he didunt sc,
him. The truth ia, I told Josiah tu se,
Nj. Clcyelund and introduce him % /
friend Of the family Josiah's unkl'
uzod ter liv in the countey sete Of th'
same countey where the fathur %
the man, who nomenatud Mr.. Clevelun,
in abe convenshun wus born. Hence
tolc Josiah he ortu sho himself it'll
frendley, insomuch AZ he wus in th'
capi.ul on uther bizcpus. But q fu
Josiah goin' fur situashun, thar ain
,cun ,oord o truth in 1t. Josiah ain
| one O the kind who seq stu the yictuu
belongs the spiles," and he hcs alwsy
he'd too much respeck fur himself, :
well as his neyburs, to ask Mr.. Cieve
lund 81 eny body clcc fur an offus. An
Joalsh Does. hi shsrnt re, that Il / IN
Of BIZ totea OF 70 .isshingt % isr i
apiutmint under III presint II IL Of II
"sivil saryise buro,' that I aud ostsraia
him fnreycr from oyur contrac Of matel
nony. Ef he got an spintmunt by far
meens, and wuz selected fur his moru
wurth, as he justley dezarvcs, and with
out the humileashun and egspence Q
goin' tu the capitul ter ask fur persl
shun, will succome tu it---fur Josial
hes dun enuf fur his cuntry to be d.
sarvin' Of reckognishuu. But he dor
cgcpect no offus--and dent want enJ
| All Josiah dun fur Mr.. Clevclund WI
gratus and voluntary on hiz part. Nj
Cleveluud didunt solicsut hiz pataunas
no more than mine. And jest becau
Josiah wuz wun Of fu (and preshus {
at that) who he'd enuf Of the luve I
ccntry burnin in hiz busum tu pay 81
tadle rcspeck tu the monumunt Of Ii
"Father of his Cuntry," and also tn !
abul to tell the pecpul its egsact dinner
shuns, hiz name must be made 70.
ball fur everybody to Xix, who aiut ha
as gud as he be, and be branded as
disapinted ofus seekur. But I she
let the peepul Of Tuskerorey kno tha
Josiah Aliens wife don't hold her piec
when the karactur NV Josiah is assaled
+ aud his gud intenshuns put to the blush
Eff wuz Josiah when gut hum,
wouldent tell 'em the furst thing abou
the monumunt; whether its wun feet q
|. Eve milliun foot hi; and iebt let 'er