Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1872-07-12
vol. XVII.--NO. so.
" Bob Frigzle Men.

A late citizen OF Alexandria, noted for his
genial humor and relish Of u joke, rs well as
Cor his excellent qualities Of head and heart,
used to relate with great pusto The story Of
Bob friZgle, as mn illustration OF the deter
mination Of obstinate men.
Bob frzzle il seems was u citizen of our
neghborng county Of Fairfax. He was rather
fond Of going to the county court, and doing
as many cohntrYmcn are too apt 10 do there
on court occasions, "when drouthy ucebors,
meet. On ono of these days Bob had taken
on too much conyisiality, aud late in the day,
on his way home, in walking over small
/ bridge had taken one step too many in side
long direction and gone down into the small
stream beneath. His head being sufficiently
| lighieucd to float, lie did not drown, but his
4 legs being Interchangeable under water he could
not e&trieate himself, so he snt very ruirtlv M
/ to his waist in the wave, waiting fo be sub
/ sldencc of the flood or Of the mudtllc m Ma
brain, which would enable him to navigate.
TO land, and looking rather less like pictnfn
| OF patience on monument than Of dieaifv
lmperurable by undignicd surrounding cir.
cumstances, In this position he was found by
a helghbor who was vending his way home
ward, WIN Il little less inspiration and more
discrimination than Mr.. Frigzle. - Halo
Bob, = he exclaimed, on seeing the figure of
his friend with the waters having its base, and
It's unsnbmerged portions swaying TO and fro
like the wlndrocked branches Of the overlutno-
willows, Halo, Bob, did You fall in tie
branch ~ All the dignity and all the ire of
the untrammelcd freeman was aroused in the
bosom OF Robert. He felt hcsting Of The i'm
pnlation conveyed in the question and the re-
lection il seemed cast upon his proper appre-
citation Of the franchise Of individual liberty
g Yes, " he replied, il tone Of lofty defiance,
(morally lofty notwithstanding his abused
condition phYscallr,) YES, fll in, but
in mgStY, and fell in agin, If choose 10,
The moral Of the story is apparent and
would as we have said, lie applied by our
lamented friend with relish to those men Tho
called them Bob Friazle men) who bent on doe
ing foolish and useless net, would bodily put
down condemnation by an assumption Of tho
inalicanahlc right Of the citizen to efrll inp
any puddle, or get in any muddlc off he
choose to =
The men who pcrsistenlly proclaim the wis.
dom of square fieht by the Democratic party
are surety g Bob Ftizzle men. y The Demo-
cratic party has been trying 10 cross the bridge
witch leads over the stream Of contest to The
vantage shore Of success for many years. We
do not say they are in Bob Flizzlos condition,
but circumstances are against them e In the
attempt they have had sunlry falls They fell
in 60, and on came the war. They fell III, IN
Ga, though the trnest and best soldier Tint
war brought ont on the Federal side was their
candidate. They fell in, in Ga, when they
had as far show and MS straight path as
they could desire, aud are now. some Of theni
proclniming their determination to " fel IN
agin.'
Ger' men, it will notdo we, ite SOC Fit
ern people cannot allow3as ihal pits ilegcj let
now. We are iniher too mHeh ateresled Ii
wonld do very well for "a la et ven Glf III
Yourselves, but then youaiag os ID wt,n YOU,
don { YOU scc2 And thn fra4,tfa l., thn. ~