Montgomery County sentinel., 1877-01-19
Blabber's Letter.
Great Trouble and Suspense at Barnesoilte, and
all about the Presidential Election-or nan


Great Trouble and Suspense at BarnesVilte, and
all about the Presidential Election-or nan
Election.
BARNEsvILLE, Jan. 10th, 1877.
Mr.. Editor :--Somethng really must be done
about the Presidential election-we are get
Ting into bad way altogether. don't know
whether every place is suffering like Barnes
vile, but presuming that such is the case,
why, ii is fairly TO be concluded we are in
bad way. Sometimes we have the prospect of
TWO or three presidents, and then the next
thing we know, we have a prospect for none
at all. Now, this kind of thing won't do.
The only thing we can think about is the
muddle, and that thinking is throwing out or
freezing out our sentiment Of cohesion-and
il we don't soon get president in some way,
every man will be a sort of little president to
himself.
These, however, are mere general views of
our troubles. Let US 20 Il little into detail
and euumerate some Of our difficulties. There
is q tradition to the effect that once upon
time, about the holidays, people settled up
and paid their debts. They didn't do that
this time--very much. But how could they
when they don't know who is elected pres-
dent. There are dozens able bodied persons,
colored and plain, who haven gone to work
or made any arrangements for doing SO.
Why2 Why because they don't know who
will be president while they will be dropping
guano or drinking harvest whiskey. Then
think Of the many citizens who have bJnder-
ed over the vexed question so much, that they
don't know their own corncrb from any
other man's-forget, in fact, that they have
no cOrncrib of their own at all, and only By
a lapse Of memory remember that their neigh
bors have.
Our old friend Maripebble up in the noun
tains, just reject on his case. 1t is his habit
to name the new arrivals in his family after
the Presidents. Well he used up all the de-
ceut names in The list some two or three years
ago and now he has ii younker on hand--two
of them believe who are growing up name
less. settlement of the question in the or
dinary way would relieve him some, but TO
grant him full relief he must either commit
infanticide or insist on IL quality in the office
of chief executive.
Sam L. was going TO quit drinking,
swear OFT, when somebody was elected | for
get which candidate that event attached to-
No one is elected and Sam is perverse enough
to look upon the complication as providen-
tial dispensation in his favor, and he still
''smilesn
| can't tell how many were going TO be
married, but have had to postpone the affair
on accoant of the variableness of the politi-
cal atmosphere | think there are as many as
six who are awaiting settlement to make
matrimonial proposals, and even more than
that who are in suspense as 10 answers 10 pro-
posals already made Armswills boys can't
90 TO school, nor can Tunesmths' nor Mob
bles'; they are so much engrossed'in the great
question of the hour that they can get their
minds down 10 their books. SO they are grow
ing up uneducationless; they may do 10 rep
resent us in the Legislature, if our standard
remains AS at present, but fear as useful and
steady citizens they won be much. What
few days they go 10 school they complain TINT
they have no opportunity Of expressing their
opinions ireev-the teacher interferes and
stops it--aud this they think is a clear case Of
intimidation, and justi6es them in not making
any ''return'-to school-for several dlvs-
The other day they stole some planks and
went eoasting down the hill, and when the
teacher compelled them to bring them back
they couldn't help saying that they had Sc
rious objections to returning boards"
Now | havn' I told YOU half that we are suf-
fering under the present state of miXedness
but you can form some idea Of the other half
and if you will call the attention of Senator
Eliza Pinkston Sherman, and some of his
sweei-scented colleagues to the matter we
may get trelief and may not.
You VIII observe that all the proper names
use are fictitious. find it won't do to call
people by their own names in print, and if
should do so and even describe them as angels
by breve' they would be offended and think
it an ironical way of raking up some OF their
Weaknesses, Shortcomings or over-comiugs
You see, AS grow older | learn something
happy new year to you-happy ut least
for the eleven aud half months to come
Yours, BLABBER.