Show how ahli 1118 heart was waa won when colonel van wyck was running for congress many years ago in the fifteenth new york district there was wag a certain irishman who steadfastly refused to give the old soldier any encouragement coura gement the colonel was greatly surprised therefore when pat informed him on election day that he had concluded to support him glad to hear it glad to hear it said sai the colonel 1 I rather thought you were against me patrick well sir said patrick 1 I and ye stud by me and talked that day fur two hours houra or worse ye budge me a hairs airs breadth sr sir but after ye auz gone away I 1 got to thinking now ye reached yer berhand hand over the fence and scratched the pig on the back till he laid down wid the pi pleasure basure of it and I 1 made up me mind that a rale colonel was as sociable as that I 1 the man an to vote agin him 1 ne KT braska state journal |