The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1878-10-16
From the Raleigh Observer. Oct. tih..
SUPPOSED CORRESPONDENTS
oLD JoE Tu PENNINGTON.
BRISDrrr,rr CRoss RaAps, |

BRTSDLET,iL cRnss RnAps,, |
80 "'ht s#" 1851 4tli 0ctot,er. IS7S. y
MY DEAR JoHN: The further / g, an
this confound.i Ka,licai raad lie worSS I
seem TO fare. I'll. fact H.. john, tlIings
haven't gone right With me mt all since I
i,pgan To- work ugly in tho Drnnrrssic
I,arne~. and tried 10 cheat Joe Davis D,if
NJ the ,nsnins,inn far Cm,gress kur years.
agn. after he hn,l beat me fairly for u Ire
forr tile T. n entim' 10 fact, ! have l'.en
going dawn hill ever since, aud am now
pretty near the lntton, for yen know it
aint hut oIie step fron the bosom of iI,@
Radical party, where Inow ain, to the
DEVILS avn. IL makes me pretty nigh
crazy. sure rI.,ugh. @,lnetiaier, tothink of
the fine chances have thrown away.
And here. even ~ late ~ since the lat
August rlesiion, u had only kept quiet
and gone To the Legislature ami brhav-d
myself, aud showed the penlile ] was
l,onrst In my talk a'out wanting TO do
soa,-thins for their g~al. the Denrmratic
PARTY. w,.ukl have fargivea me. and niie
chances toone ! would have i%em sent Co
Congress im the o;d respectable way twa
years fron now. Yuu knew its human
nature 10 E,rgivea f.llow for hitting you
II yua know he'll hit you again u y"u
don't forgive him. Aud then, ton, 'lo
say the Democrats are the nn~t krgiying
f,iks ever see aryhow. But instead of
,.oing what t"ld the I'eol'Ie of Orange
wa,ned to do, that isto say, togo m the
Legislature TO break ~ the rings an! ail
that, I must go and put myself up for
Congress a-tra.i,lle ofthe Radical party. |
Ind not lWen there no time hardly, how.
ever. i,efor- found that tl,eoId Radical
hnrse's tackboie, while II was NJ ~eaS M
u wilIow. WAS ~ sharp as a meat axe. aud
Il l,as b.-ru ainut tlie oBeasirst iiding ever
I trird 10 my life, aud ifit WAS nat that
lad little mutton suet along io rub on the
CALLED places don't know what should
iu, and rs Il Is I dmn't EXPECT 10 set down
cnn,fnrtS able lor six mouths.
taIN'T SURE oF nv NEW FRIEHDs.
I tuid you old n,an Reade w"uld l'ear
Watching. have known him for long
time. aud now you see was right. They
say I've won't run, hut siu't so sure about
that, for u he has ever failed to run f"r M
office, Federal, Confederate ar Stsie, when
he had rliance, unless he had ain'lher,
don't know when u was. He and inr has
l,epn n running Eor affices im iining c",iii-
Ties for nigh on 10 thirty years. Aud tiIei,
too he has gol Il In just the fix he likes
alnve all things, for he can ray he MAS
not running u he is beat aud The seirc-
tel Il would .bea fine thing 10 tell nj
Washington, that The peolle spontane-
ouIy called him from his retirement with
out his knowledge or solicitation. L tell
yuu Isra,le IL ~ cuningas he can be, aud
Bin smith. ym knnw I never did like
BiII Smith, knew mighty well what be
was ,iuing, when he worked up the Con-
y.ntiun last Tuesday In Raleigh. lrr
hard iimes . AM having nav. i tell yo'',
Joliu. Richard Badger aud tile tao
Isaaer, Isaac Young, aud Isaac 81 ray horn.
my law partner before | became l'or',y'
hsn.lsSl son of tpli. are abuut all "f iir
faithful that stand squaie upto me- lrsse
siraylWTn dies say that Govrrnor Holden.
or Biii Holden. as I used To call HIM, stand
by me, aud by the committee that nomi-
mated me. aud he told the meeting at
Hillsboro Monday night that he had letters
from Guv. Holden saying that he endorsed
aud approved my nomination, but asil'ry
were private letters he could not shaw
them. Hut however this may be, ! ain't
sure aI,out Holden being on my side. for
dan't see how aiog even could think $"
little of himself As To lick my hand afier /
had treated u ~ I did Holden. But that
H. what lie sirsyhorn, my old law part
neT, tol,I the negioes Ia HIllsboro nj n pub
Tic meeiind last Monday night. BIN
Smith and IsrindIetail BIe,lsoe and their
csnlmnded Convention have knocked the
spots right out of me. I on'tknow what
Henry Brown will do. for he hates Reade
alnit as had ~ he dues me, and then
there IL no telling what Catts's Baby. or
anyi,ody else's l,ahy, wilt d. any way.
Hut tile way the thing lopks to me now 10
that J~ Davis aud Judge Reade aud my.
s-If will have the Held 10 ourseIvss. Oi
coir~. u In convenient in good many
ways TO have BrindIeiall Bird~oe "ui oI
the way. You may know I've l~dherr,l n,e
right smart err I never would have rung
that cnwbelI at him. But on election day
Rcade II man much more 10 be feared
than Brin,lleiaii Bie,lsoe.
HOW 1 r,nI.Ep TINE FARMERS.
The rscti- Join. fain't happy any
way. rheFe sws ltenp nfpecpie in tie
District. aid going around IN tobscs
wagons while II has SINE advantages b"
slow. powerful sIn~. One man can IN
right smart bush~hacking in . single
county, but when 10 con,ss TO hush ~hsk.
Ing whole Congressional District single
handed it, up hill work. don't mind
tile walking, that II 7 sayr don't, for you
must know I ANA "lsboTing man." and