The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1867-05-11
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= nan efefHuslhg with wiz humor
and TpHI naiufeh genlal' uthy
J neve arelks without Yylng SHINE
thing w. aeliom mys something
without giving The luvefa N fn WI
the meffimtui they desire. NJ
Okley, On "Wednesday evening ht,
went II Hfung ~ ihe ncw capitol
hll, We give hla speech vefhalini
1 Me-. Chairman + intend 10 hvof
this bill, md yet | should not
When ! rrcnllecl lhai The rodfsh
arisioemcy Of Albany Il noi worthy
of q decent red herring, ! am tempt.
~ 10 say, Oakley, do not make ~
ass ~ yourself by voting for the new
capitol bill, not because | like Al.
bany, but bcmusc I love Tie State.
Mr. thalfman--I once Thought
that TO hc u member Of the Assembly
was 10 be high cockaorum NJ
worlds poultry show. have lived
10 see my mistake. An Assembly
man Il some pumpkins IN New York.
lie Is looked upon as n Cicero in
Duchess county, and ~ lycurgu-
IN Schoharlc But II Is moi 80 in AZ
bony. In this city of surgeons aud
stickups, Legislators are small pota-
toes, and lew to the hill. The first
day after reached Albany, hunt
cd round, with u shotgun and
pointer, to find boarding house. /
found one kept by u night-cop aud
E mammoth waterfall, tho widow of
D dciunct gentleman in heavy West
India goods. asked the widow of
said deiunct il she desired another
boarder. She replied, "that depends
on circumstances"
| informed her ! was member of
D the Legislature. She became cold as
an iceberg, and informed me that re-
spectacle boarding houses did not de-
, sire patronage from Asscmblymcn or
] colored people. She shut the door
+, and retired. / sought another
c lady. She was more complacent, and
she did not mind boarding one or
two Assemblymen, provided they
would pay in advance or give secu-
rity. Is this the way, Mr.. Speaker,
10 treat the successor of Solon? |
fancy not.
But while / am down on the peo-
> pie of Albany as community, /
!, have found some individual excep-
: tions, who deserve the highest marks
/, Of my esteem.
A few weeks ago, gentleman,
loud in praise Of the new capitol,
# says to me In quite friendly way,
!, Oakley, let's go to Peck's and get
;, some oysters" Oakley said in reply,
: Nothing would afford me more
g pleasure" We went to Peck's. We
d ordered oysters, venison steaks, green
e seal, and all that sort Of thing. Ny
:, friend left the room TO obtain some
!; cigars--ffty cents apiece. lie did
J, not come back. He has not come
t back yet. He left Oakley to pay the
. bill, seventeen dollars and sixty cents.
k You may laugh, gentlemen, but that
!, is not the worst Of il. He got four
r fity-cent cigars and had them charg-
ed TO me also.
Last week | gave eight shirts out
to be washed. They came back in
9 the shape Of five collars, four dickics
and one corded skirt. Now what do
! | want with a corded skirt? | am
not an old granny, like my friend
over there, who believes the Erie
2 canal has injured the State, nor am |
= a female brother like Susan Antho-
: ny, or those other specimens Of un-
( feathcrcd poultry who cacklc at hen
conventions. do not want thcskirt.
. A short time ago visited the
= Baptist Church, one Of the great
o washing machines of the city. An
: elderly gentleman addressed the Sab
D bath school children, and pointing to
0 this building, said; "Afy young
a friends, that's the lunatic asylum,
Y to which ,one hundred aud twenty
: eight crazy men are sent every year
: TO make laws for four millions OF
= gulls." / could stand no more. |
8 seized my bat and lett the edifce, |
: don't suppose ! could have carried II
along II / had tried, but / did not
try. As | said before, ! LEFT the ed
e iiicc. But while / cannot and will
y not 20 much on the red herring aris-
tocracy Of Albany, / must be allowed
, 10 say that have received nothing
: but kindness from the representa-
II tives on this floor. Robinson never
!, smokes a cigar without asking me to
"smell its navor,n while Smith never
!, sips glass Of Madeira without say
!, ing Oakley, chew the corkscrew."
: Robinson and Smith are clever fell
n lows, especially Smith, and particu-
!. larly Robinson.
or There Is an unknown gentleman,
who resides In the Bowery, to whom
/ am also under obligations. To
n, every chicken dispute and fight whicl,
u has come of in that part Of the city,
l. this unknown friend Of new api-
= y iol has sent me no les than twelve
= free passes, one for myself, three for
ss w Dan. Wood, four for Parker, and the
. other four for reporters Of leading