The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-07-30

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Hello, old BeeswaX," he bellered
''how's yer grandmaIn2 When you
goin' 10 feed your stuffed animilsy'
Whats the matter with the eminent
physician" pleasantly inquired.
"This." be said. this Is what's tn
matter. I'm 9 habitooaI drunkardi I'm
exsmptr'
"Jes' So
"Do you see them beans. old mann
and he Pinted TO n plate before him.
"DO you zee 'emY
II do. They are . cheerful fruit when
used tempritly."
WELL said he, 81 haint eat any
thing since last week. eat beans now
becdEse / eat beans then. never mix
my vittlesr'
Its quite proper you should eat q lit
tie suthin' once in q while" said. ats
q good idee tO occasionally instruct the
stummick that il mustn't depend exclOo-
Sively on ticker for its sustainance.-
"A blessin'," he cried; "a blessin' onto
the he'd of the man what invented beans.
A bleSsin' onto his hedl"'
(which his name Is GIsoNi He's q
first family Of BOstin," said l.
This il u specimen Of how things was
gOin' In my place Of residence.
A few were true blue. The school
master was among 'em. He greeted me
warmly. He said was welkim TO those
shores. He said had q massiy mind.
Il was gratifyiu', he said. to see that
great intslleck stalkin' In their midst
onct more. have before had occasion
10 notice this schOOlmaster. He is evil
IDENTIFY young man Of far more than
ordinary talents.
The schoolmaster proposed we should
git mp q mass mestin'. The meetin' was
largely attended. We held IL in the
open air round q roarin' bonfire.
The schoolmAster was the first orator.
He's pretty good on the speak. He also
writes well, his composition bein' seldom
marred by ingrzmmsticisms He said
this inactivity surprised him. what
do you expect will come Of this kind Of
doin's' Hiki fF-
"HOoray for Nihilr I interrupted.
"Fellow-citiEens, let's Civ three cheers
for Mill. the man who fitT'
The schoolmAster turned q little red.
but repeated-"NihI IT,"
Exactly I said "Nihil ~. He
wasn't q strategy Teller
''Our venerable friend,- said the
schOOluHster, smiling pleasantly. isn't
posted in Virgil
mo. don't know him. But n he's q
sble-bodied man he must stand his little
draft
The schoolmRster wound up in elo-
quent style. and the subscriber took the
stand.
I said the crisis had not only cum H.
self, but It had brought all its relations
Il has cum, said, with evident inten-
ton Of maxim Us q good long visit It's
goin' to take Of its things and stop with
rs. Ny wife says % too. This h q
good war. For thoss who like this war.
it's just such q kind Of war as they like.
I'll bet ye. Ny wife says % too. II the
Federal army succeeds In takin' WASH
ington. and they seem TO be advancin'
that way pretty often. I shall say IL IL
strategy, and Washington viii be safe.
And that noble banner. as it were
that banner. as Il were-will be
emblem, or rather, | should say.
that noble banDer-ds u tcere. Ny wife
says 80 too. got . little mixed mp
here, but they didn't notice IT, Keep
mum. Teller citizens. ID will be a
proud day for this Republic when Wash
ingtou Is safe. Ny wife says % too.
The editor Of the BHgle- Horn Of LID
erfy here aross and said: II do not wish
TO interrupt the gentleman, but Q i'm.
Portant despatch has just bin received
at the telegraph Office here. I will read
it, Il IL a. follows: Govmeat is about
10 take rigorous measures 10 pat d0irn
the rebeiliOI Loud applause.
That. said I, IL cheering. That's sooth-
ing. And Washington viii be safe
[Sensation. Philadelphia il safe. Gen
PATTERsoSls in Philadelphia. But my
heart bleeds partic1y for Washington
Ny wife says 80 too.
There's money enough. No trouble
about money. They've got 4 lot Of first
class bank-note engravers at Washing
ton (Which place, regret TO say, il by
no means safel who turn out two or three
cOrIis Of money q day-goOd money. too.
Goes well. These bank-nOte engravers
made good wages Iexpect they lay mp
They are full Of Union senti-
msnt. There II considerable Union SEN
timeut In virginny, more especially
among the honest farmers Of the Shsn-
andoah valley. Ny wife says 90 too.
Then Il isn't money we want. But we
do want men, and We must have them
We must carry Q whirlwind Of fire
among the foe. We must crush the I'M
grateful rebels who are poundin' the
Goodies Of Liberty over the bead with
slung-shOts, and stabbin' her with stolen
knivesi We must lick EN- quick. We
must introduce large number Of first
class funerals among the people Of the
south Betsy says % too.
This war haint been too wen man.
Aged We al know that What then.
We are all In the same boat-if the boat
goes down, we godown with her. Hence
We must al hghk 10 ain'tno use 30 talk
Row about who caHsod the war. That's
played cut The war b upon us-upon
n all-and Ne must al fight We can't
'reasn- ths matter with ths foa
When, In the broad glare Of the noon
bay sun, . specified jsekas boldly and
kicks over . pssnut-stsnd do
- ''resso1- with hin1 I gusa not
And Why ''reasons with thoss cthsr
5Cuthera people who are trying 20 kiok
W. tie Rspublics Bstsy, my wife ays
% too
Ths meeting brOls up with snfhusi-
lm.
We sA.ns ar.fs IN BAlainszslis n We
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