Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-08-15
MISCELLANEOUS
a VOLUNTEER NEWSPAPER CON-
DENSER.

Tinslcy, of the SIsuu,on indicator, does
the thing up brown il tie i0llowing:
I've taken some trouble .bout that, I can
tell YOU said Mr ,!cGonIgau, as he So. down
with a va!ise and carre, bag on either side of
him, aud put a haI-Jox % cur desk, land l
think I've got just what You want" We had
asked him 70 bring IN \ condensed report of
the ASSOCIATION he had been attending .'Do
you KNOW he remarked. & lie unlocked his
carpet bag. al the NcGoa:gaus have 9 kuack
Of condcuslrE. Ny grandfather gos up a re
port OF a synod once for ;hc C~gtrni PresLy-
terj1R, ard pr Brown aid he never saw any,
thIcg Ike j; in his life. Now. what did | do
With the report Of The morning session.? Alb!
here it j." and NJ McGouig.a unrollcd
about nine feet Of manuscript aud reprint
I'm a.c-it is too short. hut YOU sad con-
dense 1t. % ] did, bu: I lcf: Gu: lots of good
things. There's Stuart Eot-ru's sermou.-
l LETT that ont. 5uS perhaps you can get it in
To = suggestion that probably we could man.
age 10 do w::Lou: NJ. Stuart Robson's ser
mon, Mr.. NcGoui-an said $50 you cen, but
it was mighty good Let, me read you what
he says about VIA. Interests every Southern
man After rcsi:uE ior= about three quarters
Of 81 hour. We asked # there had been anv
evening session .: 4. ..E.euinc session p
said Mr.. NcG;gu'-an. tskiuc out the contents
of his v~ali>c. ari u=-7'I5r- about twenty Yards
o!'mauuscE.: Il should think there was.
Il Tss the most !mEor'snt session Of the whole
thing. Eou nay think ,Lat . little lour hut
some Of the tbIaE- IN It we're 50 good tLzt If
you left ous one The whole thing Is spo,led
I've got Rei.Cw speech IN there. and YOU
must send HIN = cry os your paper yShcn it
comes our. I Promised IL I,Il be a good
thing fyr tlo paper Hes got Z heap Of
friends. AID they'll al! wait TO see IL" We
limited that II We published tho Rev. Bellows
speech in the Tuu3i-a'o~ there would be
nothing else in for : mouth That's bad"
said McGoni-7r hut | to. YOU it gould
pay, Wh--c oaa man wou,! read p~el.tiezl
speeches a tlau--ud would .aai Bellows re-
marks. l think :. would ID ECU good if YOU
could get i in aavway. But me added
hurrisdiy) you wait a full accoun. Of the hos
pltaIltiez the citizens showed Us" and With
that he dragged the top IF the ha,-box, and
extracted about fifteen columns of resolutions
OF THANKS tor private hospi:aI.tjea. 'sAnd,"
said he, don leave on, Pc.;iugiil; he's a
nice te.low-varg kiud-therc were tour of Us
a. lis house. ami ioa't FORGET llcDouysI. he
Just ogcnci his hou~.. Try rad get EN- aI
In, my boy, We eve % - en-. indeed We d.,
and II just consider In paid for all Jwy
trouble Ia c91fs1~'a- 'h.- report" We felt
very faint, g. ls pat ;ie top on the ha.-box.
alter =c5opiug OK It's contacts. and shou,Gered
his vaiise sn1 carPet-5ag 70 lea-c. As he
went out hs tu7Es1 round to ask that we
would give him . pros: q al IF it in q half
hour, 50 he c5l-a correct i, p he wanted
EOme copies = nal.
We tod him 10 vag.l telegraph for two
or three hundred mare ,rs-r1gs. aa8 two or
three crowtars t. el-er-e the paper with. and
would see whE. could be done. And then
We sat down, ana ia.GEd: That is the man
that promised T. Z condensed report. God
bless him -