The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-06-29
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Exit Congress--Enter Mrs. jerks
Music, the Horse Marines.
Mrs. Jenks's French accent totally
echpses Anderson's red head.
Springer gets the worst of it every
time from Mrs. jerks; but then almost any
body could tangle up Springer.
If there were more women like Mrs.
jerks in politics what would become of
the men?
Mrs. jerks is dreadfully cute and
saucy. She is almost as lively in COM
mlttee room as wasp at camp meeting.
The feminine side of Louisiana poll
tics does not suggest the sweet influence of
the home circle or the gentle nurture of the
Sunday school,
The lively Mrs. jerks does not i'm
prove on further acquaintance. Even her
irrevelant audacity and tlippant tongue
cease to be amusing when administered in
large doses.
Mrs. jerks has more useful knowl-
edge of things than John Sherman. She
knows Sherman did not write that letter.
but Sherman himself hasn't got so far
along as that yet.
Mrs. jerks disremembers all that she
remembers and remembers all that she dis
remembers, and there is no more evidence
of design in her than there was in Dr.
Wares watch, which had a beautiful face
but no works at all.
Probably MIR. Potter and the better
class of his comrades have much less fun
than Mrs. jerks. They must be conscious
that the country, which is amused well
enough with the witness, is looking at the
examiners with grave but comical sort of
pity.
The assumption of shocked virtue with
which the Democratic editor regards Mrs.
jerks is beautiful to behold. He is espe-
cially sorry that Secretary Shermans case
is so desperate as to require assistance
from so dreadful woman. Mr.. Sherman
will probably be able to stand it if Mr..
Potter eau.
General Buffers private opinion of
Mrs. Jenks's testimony is said to have been
given to friend in this characteristic way:
"That is a splendid story, and any id
fool can believe it who wants to-" The
trouble most apparent, General, is not to
find brimstoned fool to believe the story,
but wise man who can shake it.
Who was it that first denied the re-
ality of Shakespeare woman? Yet here
we have one of them at Washington
With her imperturable audacity, her airy
self-possession, her thorough knowledge of
her own woman's strength, her quick ap-
probation of the precise value of each of
her antagonists, Mrs. jerks might have
walked out of one of Shakespeare's come
dies.-Neoc York World, (Dem.)
If Mrs. jerks story is true the noun
tain in labor has brought forth ridiculous
mouse. But even if it should be made
probable that Mrs. jerks lies, and that Mr.
Sherman did write the letter, we cannot
see that the establishment of such a fact is
of any great political consequence. Such
promises were made right and left by both
political parties in Louisiana, in Florida
and Oregon, the person making them being
always careful to assume that they wanted
only honest action and promising rewards
for nothing else.-Neao York Herlald Ind J
Anderson is troubled in his mind about
the way Mrs jerks has "gone back " on
him. He doesn't say anything about the
authorship of that dictated letter, but he
dips into history for the purpose of show
ing that she was of slight account in Lou.
isiana. 81 knew her thoroughly down
there" he says. "She has always been
considered bore by the leading men on
account of her persistent attempts to med
die in politics. | have seen her sit for
hours in kelloggs Office waiting to catch
a glimpse of him. while he, meanwhile,
had slipped out and gone home to get rid
of her." She seems to be bore now-to
Democrats.