Connecticut western news., 1891-04-01

HIS Dc1t 1u41 O1 kL1peS a1u uOSS p1SC11S, axes one of the Browns to take drink. Brown refuzis, which is the fust instance on record whar Brown deklined sich invite. Mister Blanc, who is dark bearded feroshus lookin person, then axis him whether he's fur or ferenst Slavery. Yung Brown sez he's agin it, whareupon Mister Blanc, who is the most sinisterest lookin man ever saw, sez liar, har, har! (that bein his stile of larfin wildly 6 ups 6 sticks knife into yung Brown.
 has killed me Ber-ruther!' Moosic by the Band 6 Seen changes. The stuck yung Brown enters supported by his two brothers. Bimeby he falls down, sez he sees his Mother, & dies Moosic by the
 Band. I loolzt but couldn't see any mother. Next Seen reveels Old Browns cabin. He's readin book. He sez free dom must extend it's Area & rubs his hands like he was blessed abovt it. His suns come in. One of 'em goes out & cums in ded, havln bin shot while out by 8
 Border Ruffn. The ded yung Brown sez he sees his mother and tumbles down.
 The Border Ruffins then surround the cabin & set it a fire. The Browns give
 hired gal diskivers a trap door to the cabin 6 thay go down threw it & cum
 up threw the bulkhed. Their merraklis
 scape reminds me of the 'scape of De Jones, the Coarsehair of the Gulf-a tail
 with a yaller kiver, that onct red. For sixteen years he was confined in a loath-
 sum dunjiu, not tastin of food durin all
 that time. When lucky thawt struck
 him! He opened the winder ;,:l rot out.
 To resoom-Old Brown rushes down to the footlites, gifts down on his nees & swares he'll hay revenge. The battle of Ossawatermy takes place. Old Brown kills Mister Blanc, the sinister indi-
 vidooal aforesed Mister Blanc makes a able & elerquent speech, sez he don't see
 his mother much, and dies like the son
 of gentleman, rapt up in the Star Spangled banner. Moosic by the Band
 Four or five other Border rufins air kill
 ed, but thay don't say nothin abowt
 seein their mothers. From Kansis to
 Harper's Ferry. Picter of Arsenal is
 represented. Sojers cum and fire at it. Old Brown cums out & permits hisself
 to be shot. He is tride by two scoops in
 milingtery close, and sentenced to be
 hung on the gallus. Tabloo-Old Brown
 on platform. pintin upards, the staige
 lited up with red fire Goddiss of Lib
 erty also on platform, pintin upards. A
 dutchman in the orkestry warbles on a
 base drum. Curtain falls. Moosic by the Band.
 HOW OLD ABE RECEIVED THE NEWS OF HIS NOMINATION..
 There are several reports afoat as to ] how Honest Old Abe" received the news of his nomination, none of which are correct. We give the correct report. The Official Committee arrived in Springfield at dewy eve, and went to Honest Old Abe's house. Honest Old Abe was not in. Mrs. Honest Old Abe | said Honest Old-Abe was out in the ] woods splitting rails. So the Official Committee went out into the woods,
 where sure enough they found Honest Old Abe splitting rails with his two boys It was a grand, magnificent spectacle. There stood Honest Old Abe 1 in his shirtsleeves, a pair of leather homemade suspenders holding up a pair of homemade pantaloons, the seat of 1 which was neatly patched with substap- tial cloth of different color. ''Mr. Lin. coin, Sir, you've been nominated, Sir, ] for the highest office, Sir -27 ''Oh, don't bother me-" said Honest l Old Abe; "I took stent this mornin tc l split three million rails afore night, and
 don't want to be pestered with no stuff | about no Conventions till get my stent done. I've only got two hundred thou. | sand rails to split before sundown.
 kin do it if you'll let me alone" And the great man went right on splittin
 rails, paying no attention to the Com.
 mittee whatever. The Committee were | lost in admiration for a few moments, | when they recovered. and asked one ot Honest Old Abe's boys whose boy he
 was? "rn my parents boy" shouted the urchin, which burst of wit so con. vulsed the Committee that they came
 very near ''gin'in eout" completely. s In a few moments Honest Old Abe finished his task, and received the news
 with perfect self possession. He then
 asked them up to the house, where he | received them cordially. He said he split
 three million rails every day, although
 he was in very poor health. MT. Lincoln is jovial man, and has keen sense ot
 the ludicrous. During the evening he
 asked MT. Evarts, of New York, "why l Chicago was like hen crossing the
 street?" MT. Evarts gave it up. Be.
 cause," said MT. Lincoln, ''Old Grimes
 is dead, that good old man!' This ex.
 ceedingly humorous thing created the
 most uproarious laughter.
 | Manners, Not Mannerism.
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