The Fremont Weekly Journal, 1867-08-16

"But Egypt does not Kgypt lie here here-shootr - shootr here-shootr -' ! ' : ' ' '---i "O aot Egypt is over yonder., Soutbera Illinois. ' "How eame it to be sslleel Kgypt in the tint place? It ia a aickasme, I suppose." -From the Esrvptaia darkrem that ea' shrouda it,deabtiesa. Tbe popular aionia Egypt ia, that 'lira no mar talk' is exclusive y for the nee ef penple who pel oa airs and wear 'store ctose.''' ,t ' "I suppose putting On 'store close' there, i counted ell one with putting ea aim" - ' -Exactly. A short time ago a man buried his wits in C-:: county. The asother of the friend with whom I was atoppiof went to their house to assist tbem, snd saggested to the bereaved widower that a dean shirt was a proper preparation foe tha solcmaitiss of the occasion.. ..'Whatl. aaid the members of the family, 'pot on sirs st s funeral! Why, f the ole man Ft la on a etean staart, aa wool come home fur a week.' Aad the wtr was not pot on. One old lady said she would not like to be buried ia such a way' 'Hi, ols 'omaa,' said tbe man, 'yon msy be glad if you get buried at all!" ' i "The attendants do not follow tha body decorously ; they go before, behind, and at the side, without any attempt at order. Praying at the grave iaalao held to ba put ting on sirs.. This, however, is only a modi modi-ricauon - ricauon modi-ricauon of the silly sentimentality which prompted George Arnold to request or direct that there be no sieging or praying at his Stve, or over Bis remains, ueerga meet ve bad kesa seaanef the worth) emarea of his poor clay." . , Da mortuii nil nisi Sorrum. " Wbaa axsamadrtn die, let ail barooaa "em.' Not that George was a scoundrel only a wishy-washy poet, and, when a wishy-washy poet makes such a request, a, ra. well envugli to bluet bis arrows by telling the world lhat be is wishy-washy, and let it go at that." - 1 he ipTtikna are tne poor w kites ol toe South come so far north. They have the tree poor white contempt for ajggera aad New-nglanders : the latter beiug held, if aay thing, somewhat inferior to the former. Yon can judge how-. well grounded is thia sentiment of contempt. One of the families knew of 'nana tne cows,' waters tne'noaa. and washes the family linao (which is a somewhat extravagant appellative for the family apparel) in the earn bucket! -.- If oat of the dwellers thereabout keep their eut eut-lery - lery eut-lery by splitting s crack in ooe of the boards or logs of tbe cabin, sad sticking tha knivaa and forks into it. . If anything bappeaa to get misplaced, the inquiry ia Whether the seeker has looked into the crack.- i A few dsys sgo a neighbor called on my friend's wife. Wheat-bread was on the ta table.' - ble.' table.' The agreeable visitor doclared her io- abilitT to eat it. 8 he said it stuffed her. ut) las. - Besides she didnt think ft was' fit for whale folks, though she expressed bo opin opinion - ion opinion sa to its. fitness for niggers. .Her taste was for own-bread." " '.' "" "Corn-bread ia an azeelltat thing to hara taste for." "And I must say that core -bread is good; They had wedding there the other, day. The , ceremony was uniqoe. After it was over, tne clergyman said to tae newrr mar ried psiz, that, acvording te tha laws of the State of Illinois, he would wink them luck snd shake hands with them, "f - good " ' Bd ate what shulde Tree do?" ."There at rusty p-- ...li amwhair ajuaiii'git d it givee) aa a good laBr about.' inarsBeari aou for liking the. p: all the potatoes berseu. aod men Wheel ed them into the cellar! ; . - " : .. Thev tell a story 1 don't know, how true it is of a man named Hogg, who went to the ferobitnre to ret his name enraged. The Solons were complaisant. What would he like to be called T u snyuimg; aewasn t Darticniar. So the leeielatora very obliging ly called him Thing , JLiast Sunday out ooe, a oaoy uiea in tne ricinity. - True to the prevailing lash Km . oogth not to be called 'polieyT' the family ilrcllned to put on clean ciotnioe. Aiao-tuer went to tbe funeral barefooted. The- next daw the babv's sister came down to see a ser rant of my mend a. ooesang a song waicn . - J . . ,L 1 ' . ran thus:? - !-'- -' . 'Let the world wtg sa it will, 111 be gsy an' happy still.' They say she was gsy snd happy, if the any earthly row sua madeiaaieaiea a nappy con. rlitian of mind." "I suppose the poor thing had been brought up to it, or down to it, all her ii?.". . J , ' O yes. . They sre pretty much on a level. Men, women, and children chew tobacco and swear. X wa iitue neignrwr-cnuarea caueu at my friend's. One of then wss four years old,aad expectorated a yellowish fluid, which quite alarmed my friend' . 'Why,' said she to tne cider oi me two, -wnai ia toe matins matins-with - with matins-with your little sieler that she spits sdI i.-'s 'Well, was the answsr, ma sort oi in- ignsnttone, I. s pose our Lucy kin chaw tobacky if she wants to!' ' -. . i : v

s a Tba Democratic party ia ecooimg even less popular, among sensible mea at the South than it is at the North. We find evidence of this &ct from the whole tenor of eur eschangaiL. 1 The following extract flow. the Charlottesville (Va.) CAroiucfe expresses concisely, clearly and sensibly what msy ha regarded as the prevailing aentrineBt of a very, large class at the South who have hitherto looked to the Democratic party for' succor: !--i r We therefore repeal wbst we lava already frequently, called atyentioit.tn, that the first stern for the Southern people to Uke 1- , 1 .- I 1 . 1 r . 1 la to aiBcimm au connection wita toe nueixi nueixi-srn - srn nueixi-srn Democracy. They got us into our troubles and basely abandoned us. Aad they are doing na infinite injury now- by obstructing the settlement of recousturction. They nee us merely aa so much political capital1 aod - am , no true . friends.: But whether friend or foe, Inay hsve no power, -and are a perpetual koinaoce. We have got to make terms with the KepuUiean party tt they are the government, and will be for a good many years. ' tow let im rn pablie Ml l " I J I t J l ' I meetings ay it govs w-ss we no nop loteno to set with the Northern Democracy. We shall now make eur position clsagr by adding that we (individually) are not going to the Republicans. A great many people are; a great : assay r respectable peonle - who - act ' chiefly from eoBaideratiens of policy are.; wo are not. If the Republicans will treat na properiyr wa will in tha Federal eke tioa vote for the beat man they pnt np; but we shall not join the party, rolicy suggests that the Southern people go over te tha Republican party ia a body that all of oa call onTselvea Republicans. . . But we do not see how any ttmacientfous man can describe himself by a Sims which is not tree; wn do not see how say Southern area can put on the livery of the Republican party with with-eat - eat with-eat losing his sellrespcet. Bat the thing is going to be done by a great maay ; people do aot reason nicely ; oaths, nsmes, emblems are barriers of straw where a powerful, in induce - duce induce men t draws a man en to break through them.' "'-" ; ' '- . " ' ' " -- We are entirely of the XhrentoU'e -epmien that the Democratic party ia a "nuisance'' which ought to be abated. ' There is nik objection to trying the experiment el Demor eratic tickets at the coming foil elections, but as one after another the Southern States wheel into Republican line, aod roll ap great Radical majorities, it will be time for the eons pint tore to give np the rebellion ss bad job. -As Ue-.tVoioi ssys. ."Policy suggests that the Southern people go over to tho-':JtepubHcaw party ia a body,' and what policy suggests they will certainly do, snd the aame of that great political body which struck the fetters from the sieve, "and crushed the- .rebellion, j will - be -honored throughout the South, while . the term "DeTDocrBV- will he a by-word And a bi-ein; ia all the laud., ; rj ......