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RyW A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON.

draught of the sparkling liquid. III
fovorite axe is brought to him by MI
foreman, Mr.. Gordon, and, without
more ado than the selection of tree
for demolition, he commences to GU
at the root of the tree with q lusty
swing equal to the intellectual vigo'
with which he cuts at the roots o.
things generally.
THE SAGE AT THE AXE.
He cuts right and left like broads
word combatants of the Bowery
and il is sometimes awkward to gel
too close to him. Since his nomina
Ition a number of friends have attend
ed him during his short visits tc
Chappaqua, and in all instances ne
has invited them to try their skill in
the ehopping line. 1t is impossible
TO refuse.
TEST FOR WIRE PULLERs.
Even the weakest muscled po!iti'
clan who ever wasted his physical
|enerpies in the dark atmosphere Of
1.-THE court rooms thinks it possible to
cut his way to the philosophers re-
pard bv q dexterous handling of the
axe. He thinks it is at least as easy
as wire pulling until he tries 1t. When
his tender hands are blistered and bis
spinal cord is about breaking, and bis
arms at the shoulder feels like coil
of rope, and be sees the hero of the
pen and the axe calmly swinging
away right and left, one up, one down
with only one or two pearl drops OF
perspiration standing out upon his
forehead, then he gives up that mode
of working lis wires" and ret!res'
usually leaving promising hemlock
gashed into hopeless ruin.
GREELEY AND WASHINGTON.
Mr.. Greeley wears all his visitors
out at this pastirne. George Wash
|ingtou with his little Ratchet lapses
into imbecility beside him. He could
never in his palmiest days have
wbacked big trees with the energy
of the great Horace, nor given the
'slie, you villain" with half his gusto.
"TAKE A DRINK"
When his visitors are all worn out
the great Horace ceases, and asks
them blandly, eff it isn't tine. healthy
exercise ?" and then he usually shows
them his barns, his COWS, his orchard,
his garden, his evergreens, and ends
up a tour Of his farm by inviting all
hands to take q drink at the peerless
spring.
THE VILLAGERS INTERESTED.
Unfortunately for Chappaqua the
Sage spends very little Of his time
there. He usually goes out on Sat-
urday morning and returns to town
Saturday afternoon. 1t is very sell
dom now that he spends night there
at all. Both bis houses are closed.
His family is in Europe, and, except
the foreman and the farm laborers,
there is one to look after his hermi-
tage. All the villagers, however,
keep an eye on it. If they see a
stranger pulling at the crank which
sounds the door bell of his roadside
cottage they all volunteer to Tell him
that nobody lives there.
Sits Mr.. Greeley's place" they say,
"but he's not at home. and the fore
mans out in the woods.
HONOR IN ONES OWN COUNTRY.
Chappaqua indeed seems to be
proud of her distinction, as the resi-
dence of so great a man. The keep
err of the Chappaqua House has been
debating whether he ought not swing
out Mr.. Greeley's head for sign, and
q lager beer saloon now in the course
of erection, is TO be called the Gree
lev House. The bartendcrs even give
a few five cent silver pieces in change
as a testimonial to Mr.. Greeley's
views on the specie payment question.
Every voter in the village, except
possibly three, are determined to vote
for him. One old topper, a type OF
the traditional village TOPPER. said "he
had voted the the starlight democratic
ticket" (he was then taking his whis-
key straight) "for thirty years, but
he'd vote for Mr.. Greeley, and
thought the dimocratic kimmittee
was q dam fool to call another kin
vention, anyhow"
"Do you think he's any chance OF
election 2"
AChanee? should soy so," respon-
dcd the topper. "Why, all Chappa'
quail vote for him.
To what extent the electoral votes
of Chappaqua will influence the COM
ling election had not heretofore dis
turbed the questioner's mind; but
this representative Of the village evil
IDENTIFY considered that the balance OF
power rested within it's precincts.
THE aRuMBLING cHAPPAoUANs:
The property holders of Chappa-
vua repine somewhat at Mr.. Gree
ley's too frequent absence from his
country home. They feel that it is
within their power to greatly appre-
ciate their property. His continued
residence at the village would be bet
ter than new railroad. Even as it
property begins to look up. The
Tavern keeper of Chappaqua has had
number of handsome offers to sell
out, but is holding off for better pri'
tces. But these might be so much
better if Mr.. Greeley would stay at
home that the people will grumble.
The storekeeper complains mourn,
fully that "a great many people q
come here to see Mr.. Greeley if he'd
only stay here"
The man who has wagons and hor'
ses toilet says, Many people in the
back country and toward the Hudson
twould be o driving in every day il
Mr.. Greeley was here more'n te"
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