The Hillsborough recorder., 1878-09-25
. HIIlSBOROUGH, N. c, SEPTEMBER Is, 1878.


tiem md there ism rest Of nights for
their whickering and paving and pran-
cling. If nn convention Ii called Bledsoe
win have the inside track and he as good
~ Il regulargennine no,nilise, for he has
put himself npas Radical candidate,
sul,ject To the action of The Radical. cpn,
Eyrnlion, and he h going around every
where telling the people he Is q Full
tl~aled Radical, and daring me to cay
what ani. And be has got me N 4
fiieilofa 4 iix i,y b. ataos Fsr .if IssIAI't say
ttlat ann a Radical square out, aid ulat-
faote,l. !wen't etapy Radicals votes IN
Wake, an,iifI d. | won't yet any Deno-,
cratic votes any where, and both ways /
ann heat. can't seeiu save MY life how
i n,n,, cal, have 10 little nhodesty and so
little selsrespect M to conie out ansi'lFin-
iIerailit like Bledsae IL ,ioing. Butt forget
was writing letter 10 you. Thought
was making speech, or would not have
wasted my time saying that last ! can't
help from saying cilss words when /
Think nfthe way Bill Holden is .IoinR me.
It's all IN Guihrie's name, hut | know IL n
Hol,len's work. for IL h H0lden's hair that
isonthe ialiow This time sure. .....s. ..:.
i / begin 10 think sometimes have been
n damned fool right smart in my life.
Afier the Kirk war ! ought TO have laid
down and died. and then would have
!l,e.n martyr for all time To come. Aud
Iihey wnui,i have sbrnlght ME from Hills
inro or wherever else 1 died. and laid me
In state In the capitol aud the Raleigh
bays would have sioni guard over me and
ev-rything would have heen black with
cra;,e. and the whule State would have
been la mourning, and every ifeiIest man,
woman am. child In il would liave been
sicS at heart. that IL ali that didn't know
me. But didn't du II. and now ere'y-.
body kmass me. and u was 10 die to-day
,lnn't know stray yallar dog even that
would give an extra howl for me.
An0tIlrr time played the fool WAS ~heil
lI refused To take S.DOW and seat III
Congress for The SENTINEL wi,en Stock
hol,ier Biauknall offered IL 10 me. that Is
ifiteve was oflerr,i to me, AMI J reckon
Il ~as, least ways. / have told the story SO
often that / seem to believeit, specially
abont the S2D,NH. am not 40 sure about
the seat In Congress. At any rate, now.
havn'tgut either tile SENTINEL. J.UW.
Iora seat iIl C,,ngress. II was cuSsed had
Judgment II I did get over S7O.OOO Ia cash
fir i.uhlie printing. flsA~a e 10
by tire way. talking about Stockholder
i,lacknail; you know he always was an
enterprising man anda tip top hotel
keeper, allihe time trying to please his
gursis. Well his .asi heats all. He kept
Isaac Youug's spotted coach dog about
the ao,el until he stoppe'i drawing even
flies. aud wheiI he found that out, what
must l,ndo but send away down TO Mexico
for a new dng; he Is ~ spotted ~ he caiI
Le. but hasn't got hair on him. in fact
ne. u bal,lsl,eaded all over as Isaac Young
l. abovc Ills ears. II isreported thai some
nfthe ladies don't.Iike toieok at him tie
cause be lnks ~ naked like. the dog
mean. mt Iss,ac. The ladies all like To
ln,k Ht him. ! thlnk ! was cus-ed fool
ton 10 think Holden would Le for me I've.
cause Richard Badger aud Isaac Young
aud Timothy Lee had taken me un IrT
had counted the Radical votes they took
4 way from Bie,lsoe In the August election
when Holden siood by him could have
knnwr better. The f,ct IN, john, / laint
happy. am In a euli perspiratioui all
over. ! never was ~ shouk in hy life. ~
Isus hal great many more tIlings 20
write ID you ahont; ia fact I have hardly
got started. aud here am at tlieein of
lmy second sheet of Paper steckhoIder
placknaI always sends hislove. I will
wtite a,aii, soon' fH-f9 ara aiIt q e.. 90
HHE 4 -* Yours IN purihcaiion. (.
gig fS@ 5"''f ~at oLD JoE.
PS. have had lad luck In John
sion county, one Of my strngIoljs. The
people. would not come to my appoint.
mcnts until, Joe Davis Joined me. Things
look squally. ......- OLD jos.
Il. i. Peru Tom Settle, rs We used to
call him In love, isat The Stockholders
hotel. but have not had chance to final
nut whether he Is with us or hot.
tasa~ @ssf# @8s@f 3, t#s OJpJ
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