The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-06-30
UNCLE JIMMY WILLIAMS
MAIDEN SPEECH.
lie Sits Down on Foster. of Obi d,
Amid ROars Of Laughter.

a few DAYS ago, the resolution offered
by Fo.ter, OF Ohio, to furnish members
OF the House with lemonade ard iced
tea being under discussion, Eos ter made
some sneering allu sions to Blue Jeans.
The correspondent Of the Cincinnati
Enquirer giving an account Of the rum
ming debate on the resolution, SAYS tn AT
Foster made a mistake in alluding TO
/" Blue jeans Foster himself thoug ht
so,' says the correspondent, when six
feet and three Of an old fasbio ned ma n,
clad in jeans, aw h wardly loomed up IN
the Background. II was old Jimmy
Williams about TO make his first speech,
and expectation was on iiptoe. Mem
bers hurried TO their seats all faced The
gallant old farmer; the galleries were
silent. and ever ear was strained ocat ch
his first words. The Record she ws
what followed in the next fifteen min
utes.
NusH AND LOGIC
Mr.. Williams. Of Indiana Mr..
Speaker, have been here some four or
five months a silent listener to the de-
bates. have endeavored to- do my
duty as member here in support ng
such measures as | thcngbt right and
proper But this debate, like MANY
others, reminds me very much of cir
cum stance which took place bout the
first year that Indiana was State. Late,
one evening in November. genilcn an
was seen TO rein mp his horse at the door
of a cabin on the road. lie inquired
whether he could stay over night The
land lady. who appeared al the door. re-
Piled, "Yes, sir; j f you will put up W ith
such fare as we can give YOU The
gentleman readily assenicd. for he
was none of your Eastern gentlemen /;
he belonged to the West. Laughter l.. |
Soon after the landlord appeared and
took his horse and put him mp. II he
landlady showed him into room used
as parlor, sitting-room, din ing-ro ON
and kitchen. The man was seated be-
fore pleasant fire, il being the latter
part of November, and over the fire
hung apot of boiling water. The land.
lady soon came i'm again with n pan Of
corn meal and commenced stirring il
into the hot water pouring IL in with
ono hand and stirring il with the other
until she got il TO a proper onsistency
for what we call in the Western coun try
mush. Laughter,
n Mem mber-Oh, yes; we know W hat
that is. Laughter
Mr.. Williams, of Indiana She then
threw in some salt and gave il anot her
stir. Her daughter Sallie came along
and said: Il expect IN other has forgot
ten TO salt the mush," and so she threw
in little salt and gave 1t a stir. The
Ian dlord brought in stick of wood on
his shoulder and put IL down near the
fire saying, I'll expect my folks have for
90 otten TO salt the mush." and he tn rev
in n little handful Of self and gave IL a
stir. daughter. The landlady coming
in. took mp her mush and set II upon
the table and all hands were called 10
supper. The landlord was the first to
discover il. As soon as he took the
Imush and put il into the milk he said
|" Ugh! you have ruined this Tnush: YOU
have put too much salt In It," "W ell
said the landlady, II did not put in any
more than ought to put i'm it, The
landlord said did not know you put
any in 1T, and so salted it." WHY,
m other, sai Ssliie Laughter q salted
II because supposed you had iorgo ften
it, Said the traveller, IL thought Il
was fashionable and so | sated IT,
A nd now il has become SO fashion able
for every gentle man to talk on this floor
that thought would try it, and now