The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1869-07-10
M'CARTNEY.
A Very Remarkable Man.
what He Don't and Does Eat.

Everybody knows NJ CARNEY, prosecut-
ing attorney Of this judicial circuit At
least, everybody ought to know him.
There can, we affirm, be no doubt OF this;
since he Ia remarkable man, one among
ten thousand, and, II not altogether
lovely, possessing features which never
fail to attract attention, and which would
be Of invaluable service In crow-pestered
corn fields.
For long time we were under the i'm
preston that Mac was remarkable
man, but were not thoroughly con-
WINGED Of the fact until we read late
number of the Mound City Journal
when all doubt on the subject vanished
from our mind. He ~ remarkable
in many ways-has remarkable
eyes, nose, mouth makes remark
able speeches, remarkable blunders, and
remarkable remarks; Is remarkable in
his comings in and goings out; and, in
general and particular is a most remark
able man, man, man,-a most re-
markable man.
In the matter Of his diet he is very re-
markable. "He has not" says the Jour
nal, "tasted animal food, malt or spirit
uous liquors, tea, coffee or tobacco during
the past fifteen years" We thought as
much. No beef-eater could possess rs
delicate an appearance; no drinker Of
malt or spirituous liquors, could be the
owner OF such face and no
tobacco.chewer could boast Of linen as
Immediately white as that owned by
Mac. or course not. To look at him,
one would think he had been fed from
babyhood on rose leaves and lucent syr-
ups tinctured with cinnamon. But he
wasn't. "He subsists," says the Jour.
nal "upon vegetables, fruit, milk and
cold water" There can be no doubt Of
this, either. Every person acquainted
| with him knows him to be n 'milk and
water" man, and his favorite vegetable,
is difficult to beat him. Hicks and Line
| gar know this to be true. The fact is,
Mac beats almost every body he has any
thing to do with. Query: Is he dead
4 beat? +f H" -
We have designated the beet as Macs
favorite vegetable, and in this we are at
| issue with our Mound City contemporary.
4" His principal article of diet" says the
| Journal sis the potato. He alone con-
sumes as much of the Irish potato rs a
good-sized family generally does" This
habit Mac contracted while he was can.
didate for Office. In order to conciliate
the Irish electors of Cairo, he took to
Irish potatoes, and has not yet succeeded
in breaking himself of the habit.
Indeed, it is growing on him;
and he occasionally finds himself
fiourishing shelalah and asking some
body TO tramp on his coat tail. A pleas
ant brogue is very perceptible in his
| speech. All attempts to WOO him from
the Irish potato have been futile. Even
Cruel has been tried without any
effect. A wet nurse might sue
! coed, but he has very sharp teeth and q
pestlferous habit of biting. In conse-
quence of this fact, no nurse can be OBJ
tanned who Is willing to say: "Come
rest on this bosom, my own stricken
dear" He must, therefore, breast his
his fate, and continue to eat mealy Irish
potatoes, in quantities at once surprising
to the world and ruinous to his hotel
Keeper. ir@R mol iumt9 hns yn,bfgerU
The Journal truthfully says: at is
needless to say that Mac is radical, and
a firm believer In negro and 'femaie Huf-
trage.nu Menlike Mac take to radicsiisff'
as naturally as porkers to wallowing in
the mire. He is postedia all the naya-
terles of the parry, and Is very well in-
formed in everything outlaw. The
truth Ia he Ia not n Iawver blIt n very RI.