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The record-union., 1896-03-13
Opening a S1ufce Gate

Relieves dam of a Superabundance of
water. The bowels are a kind of sluice
gate of the system, and serve to carry off
superfiuities which would otherwise flood
and damage it. Constipation obstructs
this avenue of escape Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters opens it and relieves the sys-
tenn. This it does gently and gradually
but completely, and does not like vio-
lent purgative, gripe, convulse and drench
the bowels, and leave them weak and unfit
for efficient service afterwards On the
contrary, it invigorates and regulates at
the same time that it relieves them 1t
also strengthens and imparts activity to
the stomach, liver and kidneys. counter
acts tendency to rheumatism and in
vigorates the nervous system For the
relief and prevention of chills and fever,
bilious remittent, dumb ague and ague
cake, it has no peer among modern RENE
dies. Persons convalescing or suffering
from the debility or infirmities of age
find it highly beneficial
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Assignee's Sale Of Personal Property.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
the undersigned, as the assignee of the
estate of HONG PING, an insolvent
debtor, WILL on MONDAY, the 18th day
of March. 1896, upon the premises, No
226 / street, in the city of Sacramento.
pursuant to an order of the Superior
Court of the State of California, in and
for the county of Sacramento, made on the
2Sth day of February, 1896, sell at public
auction for cash, in gold coin, to the high
est and best bidder, all the property be-
longing to the estate of said insolvent
debtor the same consisting of stock of
general merchandise comprising groceries,
provisions, ETC., together with a lot of
book accounts and bills receivable belong
ing to said debtor and arising out of the
business previously conducted by him at
said premises; also certain fixtures and
appurtenances belonging to said store,
comprising counters, shelving, etc.
Dated Sacramento, Cal, March 9, 1896.
FRANK II. JOHNSON, Assignee.
Albert NJ Johnson, Attorney for AS
signee mr10-6t
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SEALED PROPOSALS.

BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE
Office of the City Clerk until O'Clock p. m.
on MARCH 80, 1896, for new boilers OF 500
Bidders furnishing estimates on return
tubular boilers must figure on basis of fifteen
square feet OF heating surface being equlva-
lent 20 / horsepower. Said boilers required
TO carry $50 pounds of steam as working
pressure, with all necessary valves, pipes,
breechings, fronts, grate-bars and fixtures
complete Boilers must be set up in working
order ON or before June 10, 1896. Bidders
must furnish their own specifications, and
specify the kind of boilers bid on, whether
return tubular or water tube boilers. A certi-
fed check for 1O per cent. of amount. of bid
must accompany each bid. The board re-
serves the right to reject any and all bids.
Attest: NJ. ]. DESMOND, City Clerk.
mr11-17t
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THR ALPHABET OF HEALTH.

a void drafts and chills,
B ware of catching colds,
G oughs, grip and pneumonia.
ID not take any risks,
E ven if you are quite well,
Z or danger is always near
G rip is in the air,
FL idden diseases hover about ana
/ influenza threatens US
j ust at this season.
X moving this should lead Us to
l. OOk after our health, and
II Get these trying conditions.
n ature must be assisted,
0 ur systems need regulating and
? ure, rich blood must flow
@ uickly through cur veins
z enowned physicians say that pure
S timulant is the best thing
I take for promoting health;
q hitting, also, in praising the
v irtues of Duffy's pure malt whisky,
w hch is incidentally pure, and
K celIent in effect.
7 Oung and old experience renewed
z est and benefit after using it
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SEALED PROPOSALS.

BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT OF
fee of Board of Trustees until o'clock
d. m. on March 16, 1896, for 1000 feet of
6 inch castiron water pipe Said pipe to
be of good quality eastiron and weigh not
coated with asphaltum or tar, and be de-
livered at freight sheds or steamer land
ing in this city. A certified check for 10
per cent. of amount of bid must accom-
pany each bid. Board reserves right to
reject any and all bids.
Attest: M J. DESMOND,
Cffv CLARK
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SEALED PROPOSALS.

BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED AT THE
office of the Board of Trustees until 5
dozen / inch taps, s dozen q inch taps.
Said taps to be of good quality of brass
and free from sand or blow holes, finished
in workmanlike manner and of a standard
suitable to machine of City Taper, and
to weigh not less after finish than 3 lbs
for inch taps and 2 lbs OF for q inch
taps. A certified check for 10 per cent of
amount of bid must accompany each bid.
Board reserves right to reject any and all
bids.
Attest: M. ]. DESMOND,
nr7-St City Clerk
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THE cRoCKER-HUFFMAN LAND q
WATER CnMPANY'S

irrigated lands at Merced, in the ver1
heart Of the State, under splendid
climatic conditions, with the free
use OF water as an appurtenant 10
the land, for sale FOR interest only,
for FIVE or seven years, at the cholea
Inent on the land and cultivation,
dating one year from date OF pur.
chase, being made incumbent upon
the purchasers.
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THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD
CoMPANY's LAND DEPARTMENT

can supply any seeker of investment,
or any home-seeker, with any variety
of land desired, at lowe- prices and
on more fav6rab BILE terms than can be
had OF any other landed proprietor in
California.
The list of land sor sale in this De-
partment embraces bodies Of from
ten to thirty thousand acres, or as
small subdivisions as may be desired
in the form of five, ten, twenty or forty
acre tracts Of irrigated land.
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NEW FIRM.

BERT MARTIN AND WILL H
Young are now ready to receive the pat
ronage of all their friends who wish to
be served with first-class meats of all
kinds. Place of business northwest corner
Twelfth and o streets. Give the boys a
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Frederick the Great had eyes of a
clear blue. One of his biographers COM
pared the luster of his eye to that of
polished steel.
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A cough should not be neglected
| Browns Bronchial Troches are a SIM
pie remedy and give immediate and
sure relief. ..-.s..iAA..11ss; ,ssss
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JUDS0N EXCURSION f9r EAST 81 Rfoips: Rfsape:
Sacramento weekly. Upholstered cars. Man.
ayers through to Chicago and Boston. Lowest
rate. Call on e. ]. ELLIS, Agent 8. P. Co.
Sacramento or address JUDSON q CO., 19
Montgomery street. San Francisco.
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BIDS FOR HAULING WOOD.

SEALED BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED
by the undersigned at their Office, No. 1O15
Fourth street, until MONDAY, March 10Th,
al p. m., for the hauling OF
5000 CORDS
more or less) of four-foot and stove wood
from Fair Oaks to any point in Sacramento
CITY. in lots of two or more cords at each de-
livery. tmr12-4t) EDWIN K. ALSIP & co.
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THE CAPAY VALLEY LAND COM
pLNYyS LANDS

are located in the rich, fertile valley
in the western portion OF Yolo Coun.
ty, California They are splendid
fruit lands, in one of the earliest lo-
ealities of the State, and range II
price from S25 an acre upward, and on
terms OF interest only, for five years;
that is to say, for five years the pur.
chaser pays interest only, at the end
of which time the purchase price be-
comes due. The object of these terms
is TO give the purchaser an oppor-
tunity to pay the purchase price out
of the proceeds of the land. Cultiva.
tion IS reonired of all purchasers.
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SUGAR PINE FoREsTED LANDS IN
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

in large or small quantities, will De
sold for interest only, for five years,
the purchaser agreeing to protect
the lands from all depredationS. The
forested lands of the Central Pacific
Railroad Company and the Oregon
g. California Railroad Company eIi-
brace the best and most accessible
timber land to be found on the Pacific
Coast. They offer special inducer
ments for speculative investmaDt.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
LEAVE TRAINS RUN DAILY. Az
(FOrl (F
ARRIVE
(Fronn)

LEAVE TRAINS RUN DAILY. IARRIVE
(For| (From)
11:OO PIAshland and Portland. $40 A
6:45 AlCalistoga and NapR......... sac
800 PlCalstoga and Napa........ 11:2O a
4:40 p Deming, El Paso ana East $40
BOO 4O.OO
7:10 PlKnights La'd'g Orovtlle T:4o
10:25 AtLlos Angeles....-.~.....-........ 2:oO r
4:4O PlLos Angeles. s............... S:4o a
O = den den and East..,............,. East. ~. 4:3o
1000 p European Mail for Ogden
a:o5 PIorovilis via Rosev'le J'nc 1915 \
A:35 Aired BIuff via Knights
Lad'g and MarysvilIe-I GAO Z
s6:45 A RED Bluff via Woodland 1850
sos p Red Bluff via MarysvtlleI 1O:16 A
1880 A Redding via Willows. 3:56
A:5O PlSan Fran CO via Benicis.. 11:2O
6:1O AlSan Franco via Benicia-- 9:40
6:46 AlSan Franco via Benlcia... 10:35 z
400 pan Fran co via Benicia.. $40 p
$1,000 A San Franco via steamer $500
1O:25 A San Fran. via Livermore 900
1925 A San Jose........................ 2:5G
1929 A Santa RBarbara.................. 900
Gas Al Santa Rosa.......................; S:1O
800 PlSanta Rosa........................ 11:2O a
lU:25 AiStocKton and Galt-.......... $50
4:4O PlStookton and Gait.......... $40
ll:4O AlTruckee and Reno ......... 4:30
1000 PiTruckee and Reno........... 300 A
6:46 A CIV
400 PlValleio o.......-.................. 1920 A
400 AIFolsom and Placerville... fz:4O
$40 PlFolsom and Placervllle...l '9:lo A
SUNDAY excepted. 2Monday excepted.
A-For morning. P-For afternoon.
RICHARD GRAY, Gen. Traffic Manager.
IT H GOODMAN Gen. Passenger Agent.
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sSunday excepted. 2Monday excepted.
A-For morning. P-For afternoon.
RICHARD GRAY, Gen. Traffic Manager.
T. Ii. GOODMAN, Gen. Passenger Agent.
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WOOD AND COAL.

FOR FIRST CLASS GOODS
At Reasonable Prices Call on
TON SCOTT, plumber, nnS
3o3 u STREET.
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III COLONY LANDS.
80 Among the most attractive offerings
are the following:
34OOC acres of oak forest, farming
and fruit laad in the heart OF Cali
"A fornia. Irrigation practicable. Rail-
kH road operated to the center OF che
y 1000 acres Of splendid villa prop.
arty "down by the sea- sloping 70
- the surf of the Pacific Ocean: in part
"a coyered with pine forest; in part nne
garden and fruit land under irr1ga-
ton
IA 1900 acres of Sacramento Valley
IA plain land, suitable for general farm
Ing. All for sale in subdivisions or
8H as q whole.
81 Fruit Lands Timber Lands u
Farming Lands! Grazing Landst
4 Townsite PropertiesI
sA Real Estate
HEs for every known use. on terms attrac-
mw tive to both the speculstor and ths
Ew home-seeker.
~. For particulars aud printed circulars
"a apply TO or address
E& WILLIAM q. MILLS
LAND AGENT,
Hobart Building. San Franctsc@
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TIE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD
rNTpANIV

%OIAG AN
has agricultural, grazing and timber
lands. which will he sold for twenty
per cent of the purchase price paid in
cash, with six per cent interest foE
FIVE years, payable annually IN adj
vance.
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THE PACIFIC IMPROVEMENT COM
PANY'S PROPERTIES,

consisting of town property in 1875
townsites, and all classes of fruit,
agricultural and grazing land, viii
be sold on reasonable terms, long
time and low rate of interest.
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ADVANTAGEOUS
OFFER5.---....
Equally Attractive TO the
Home-SeekeF, the CHihV1toP
of the Soil, or the
Spectator in Land Values.

THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD
CoMPANY's LAND DEPARTMENT
has in charge and for sale, atreason-
able prices and on favorable terms,
the lands Of the Capay Valley Land
Company, the lands and towns1tes or
the Pacific Improvement Company
the lands of the Central Pacific Rail-
road Com pany, the lands OF the
Oregon g. California Railroad COM
pany, and the irrigated lands OF the
Crocker-Hufman Land Sc Water
Company.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-02-06

LOOKED MY PAPERS OVER.
Well let the other fellows do the kill
ing.
You tell him, though, l coun: On him
to fight.
Ea' prove that they were wrong and
was right;
To bravely serve, to die, too, if need be.
For Gods great boon of human liberty
An then he wrote: This sentence dis
approved
While 1 sat there an hardly breathed
or moved:
blinkin',
Restored to his company. 4. Lincoln
"Jest there was where I lost my grip,
my, my!
couldn't say the first derned thing
Jest cry
An wiring his hand an tremble like the
nation,
instead of making. SO to speak, brief
grafton.
An thanking him an promising to
stand,
Both me an Billy, till the blessed land
Was saved. No, sir; lost my head,
Till. finally, mustered up an said
I thought that God would take good
care o. him.
Whatever might become Of discipline.
An'-wall! 1 lad to go without sayin'
Half the things that filed my heart.
but prayin'
Heaven to treat him kind an tenderly
An with the mercy he had shown to
me.
In six months Billy stood upon the
roll
Promoted up to second corporal.
An then, by changes that we under
went.
Was color bearer of the regiment.
We marched through Georgia, conquer
ing to the sea,
Bearing the dear old flag triumphantly.
An there, with solid shot and canister,
We faced the guns Of Fort McAllister.
"A charge was ordered quickly, an our
corps
Made ready for stubborn fight once
more.
At first the rebels fired 1t such a rate
It seemed to make our column hesitate.
BILLY, with face ahame and scornful
glance,
Carried the nag Tar up in the advance;
When out the Colonel spoke an cried:
Bring hack
r. eolees to IL reglDs1t9 ma crack |
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HIS GETTYSBURG ADDRESS.
Words That Will 1.-Two in History as the
Greatest Effort of Lincoln.

Greatest Effort of Lincoln.
Four score and seven years ago our
fathers brought forth on this continent
new nation, conceived in liberty. and
dedicated to the proposition that all
men are created equal.
Now We are engaged in I great civil
war, testing whether that nation or any
Gated can long endure. We are met on
a great battlefield of that war. We
have come to dedicate 4 portion OF that
field, as final resting place for those
who here gave their lives that the ma
ton might live. 1t is altogether fitting
and proper that We should do this.
But, in larger sense. we cannot ded-
icate-we cannot conservative can
not hallow this ground. The brave
men, living and dead. who struggled
here have consecrated it, far above our
poor power to add or detract. The
world will little note, nor long remem-
Der what We say here. but it can never
forget what they did here. 1t is for us.
the living, rather to be dedicated here
to the unfinished work which they who
fought here have thus far SO nobly az
yanced. 1t is rather for us to be hero
dedicated to the great task remaining
before us-that from these honored
dead we take increased devotion to
that cause for which they gave the last
full measure of devotion-that We here
highly resolve that these dead shall
not have died in vain-that this nation.
under God, shall have a new birth Of
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-02-06

So when Steve Douglas said, right fail
and square,
That this was treason lurking in the
air,
I run my flag up, an says, says l,
B jinks! like old man Adams, Live or
die,
Survive or perish you can count on me
As for the Union an for liberty
can so is Billy says my wife-our
Bill,
Jest barely turned fifteen, but wlo
could fill
The place Of any Teller of his size
That ever walked beneath Ohio's skies.
"'Of course says, but Billy he must
An pillow an SOW an make the corn
an hay.
I'm still the fightin' member O. this
firm,
Though some 'ay lately I amt worth
dern.
But anyhow, there amt no use of pray
in.
I go and you and Billy do the stayin'.'
AN then, although somehow the tears
would start,
marched away to try and do my part,
With little Billy cryin' after me:
4 want a chance to strike for liberty
"Just then 1 never thought the time
would come
When Billy couldn't fairly stay at
home.
But thinning ranks require new bone
an muscle.
An so recruiting officers must hustle;
An when two years had passed l heard
one night
That Billy had enlisted for the fight.
God. how I watched that boy: Some
times with pride,
Then fearful as he kept step BIZ my
side
Into the battle-up the mountain
height,
Trying to keep his boyish form in sight,
Praying and sometimes swearing too,
maybe,
When he exposed himself too careless
~.
For boys, somehow, with twice the
cause to live,
give.
AT vicksburs. in the charge. the ras-
eal eained
The parasst bat ten haek. erusAel m
0aimed,
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They wouldn't let me ID. although I
told
Ny story to them; men are mighty cold
When griefs are common, as they were
jest then,
An all sought favors Of the tongue or
pen;
But l was watching, an one pleasant
day
saw the Lincoln carriage drive away,
An in an hour return at rapid rate
An turn in quickly at the White House
gate.
1T rolled up swiftly to the entrance
door,
an he stepped out, his eyes upon the
floor;
HIS lips were moving as il in his mind
Some question he debated. but his kind
An gentle face-wall! it invited ne,
An l was starting forward eagerly.
When jest as had almost reached his
side
They roughly called to me to stand
aside.
he glanced once at the officer so grim,
While l looked up beseechingly at him.
Then said: Who is the man? What
would he do?'
Only soldier said they, after an in
terview.'
4 ca:I hn
'Periling his life for liberty!
Only soldier! Marching near an far.
Fighting the battles of this awful war.
Come in, my man. Thank God, to
speak to ME
You need no other name or pedigree
An then he led me in an up the stair.
While Ministers and Generals waited
there.
L told him, with the sobs half choking
me,
The story of my grief and misery.
His face was sad an furrowed with
That l had never seen mortal wear:
But still he listened, an he bowed his
head
Sometimes at what felt or what I said.
He looked my papers over carefully.
Then turned an smiling, gently said
to nc:
They say we must be stern if We would
win;
That pardons are the death of discip-
line;
But still think the country would sur
vive
With that boy loose an running round
alive
heaven willing.
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REDEEMED AT LAST.

Then wrapped the Stars and Stripes
around the one
They all did honor tony son, my son!
When loving hands arrayed the boy
that night
In his new uniform, with buttons
bright.
They found his treasures, an among
the rest
An written on the back, like prophecy:
I've fought. great friend, and died for
liberty"
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Was said to make or mar hero's fame;
They kindly spoke-told me to wait:
they sent
NY papers to those near the President:
But one by one they all came back, no
sign
OF hope to me in any cruel line;
Only the words that showed no heart
was moved
The sentence Of the court has been ap-
proved
II wrote his mother. an said. My
dear,
God has forsaken Us an ours, I fear.
Weary an sick an growing gray an
bent,
Tn going = Try to re the President
An thon give IL up. an you an
Had hetter lay our old bones down ~
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Abraham I.incOln's Son.

Robert T. Lincoln, son Of the mar.
tyred president. is q resident of Chi
cago. He is the attorney for the Chi
cago Gas company. His salary is va
riously estimated at So. 900 a year. He
served as minister to England while
Blaine was secretary of state. He
married one of the H0nore sisters and
resides in a marble-faced mansion ON
the Lake Shore Drive. His sister-in-
law ia Mrs. Bertha Honore Palmer.
president Of the board Of woman man
ayers Of the Worlds Fair. Ars. pal-
mer's father Vas 1t one time client
Of Abraham Linceln.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-02-06

Before the sweeping fire of that red hell
Jest by the spot where gallant Nevis
| fell.
| Il took him in my arms and bore him
back
Down under shelter, where the fire was
slack
Then called surgeon, while I cried
an swore
And dashed myself against the fort
once more.
"He rallied from that wound an he
Walked side by side on that fourth day
O. July
When Pemberton begged Grant the
siege to lift
An we marched in with arms right
shoulder shift
$50 time went on, an We had stood to-
gether
In lots O. battles an in widest wealth
er;
But, some way, he had never seemed
SO sound
After the day he got that ugly wound.
used to take the little fellows place
On picket, specially when there was 4
trace
OF wandering in his manner or kind
OF strangeness, like he didn't know his
mind.
Zone night-'twas in the midst of that
campaign
When skirmishes were daily, an the
aim
OF Sherman an of Hood was, day and
night,
To get a chance to start a winning
fight
Billy was placed on picket duty, where
The danger seemed to hover in the air.
He had relieved me, strange enough
to say,
Ar I had charged him, as came away,
To keep his wits about him an his
eyes
Wide open. or he'd meet with a sur
prise.
Il didn't like his looks: he turned from
me
An kind o. grasped his musket care
lessly,
Walking away upon his dangerous
heat
With dreamy look an kind o dragging
Il rolled up in my b;anket. but some
I eoul1a't s'sep: seasrs - plaia = |
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-02-06

An crash Of guns the boy replied: sYou
bring
he regiment to the colorsv Then with
swing
An shouts an cheers at Billy's brave
reply
The whole brigade came rushing madly
by,
An almost fore they sensed what they
had done
The fort was taken an tie day was
But Billy had gone down; Jest at the
last.
His fingers holding to the flag SO fast
They had to pry them loose; an on hi,
face
y smile thousand years cannot efface.
An though my eyes were full an
trimming DER
never felt such pride on earth before.
Redeemed at last. The General cane
and said:
Place his name first among the GAL
liant dead
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1896-02-06

A Soldiers Story Of tho War.
By COL. GILBERT A. PIERCE.

n TALL, gaunt man,
with grizzled
Nll, beard and hair,
@SCT And something of
W. " the soldier in
0CoM = his air,
&WkN/ He told to us, in
L$S&F simple phrase,
9TTlM this story
INK v About himself, the
.I%\ army, and 'Old
Glory"
They're talkin' nowadays" said he.
right smart
About the great Napoleon Bonaparte.
An t'other day the boys says, Uncle
Dan,
You tell us who you think the greatest
man.
4 don't know. boys 1 says: there's
Washington.
An Alexander. an Napoleon.
An lots Of others. but my way O.
thinkin'
There's none Of 'em come up to Old
Abe Lincoln
For greatness isn't jest bein' stern,
An solemn-like. an carin' not dern
For anybody on the top Of earth
Except yourself. an thinkin' NO one
worth
The powder n lead to blow him out O.
sight,
Unless he bets on you as jes' bout
right.
Now, Uncle Abraham could hoe his
roe
With any of 'em argyin', you know,
And then, some way. he kind o. had the
swing
OF them old prophets. when he come to
His English; an guess. take him all
round.
He was the biggest man on top o
ground.
sYou see, at first, I, bein' reglar 'crat,
was thinkin' that the savage little spat
Betwixt the North an South was all .
OWN
TO what them Abolitionists was doin'.
But gosh! / soon got crazy - the rest
An, carried coal oil lamps. an yelled
my best,
An pretty quick I got to howlin' round
9eut John Browns BODY m6ldefing u.
the ground.