The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-03-29
A TALE or THE TlMhs
.....,0r .ne Moral of Candidacy b
Oflice.

To any who in the impenall NUN ~, poi com
crisis may aspire to pubhc once wi v OK.
mend the moral pointed IN INC io'i0"'e
tract from an exchange
now JONES RAN FOR OFFICE
Jones was as peaceable man as , ever ~ Ho
=, Ha was sober, honest, respected ~
I iad raver rounded his wife. Never .oon
n,,, i nv in dog fight. Had never peo1
%ny INV 90 ,,awn somebody else's watch A III,
i hnowN had attempted to steal saw'n1 M
I Ioa, ohorocter was above reproach' io
U ,vos shining light in society, Al '9 one
WIS vas aI 5n 20 and honored him. But
Nance y came.a fearful, direful change an
~, wi hour Jones accepted she Hoh'iii ,ti
o. constable of his native village, ans H
D. o. S LINES Little did he understand t-ie
dacait and treachery of tho wicked WoL, o;
I Ie Lass thon week after he was nomlnateu
~ 49, '' onnosition had fully and conclus'vely
s,iH l,Iished the following damaging charse'
AGAINST his character ..o,1 ~, irfdel.
. Thae he had fed his neiSnbors mems
,,oisnnod corn. 8. That he had broken
On pn,nthcr.in laws Jaw with an iron boot-
lack. A.. That he on one occ"Sloli 90 81 10
whole wagou-load OF green Wl'e snS so,,ceJ
nm orphan asylum. D. Ih"' ne il'u ,,o 'o stooI,
a term in the State prison Tor hots ;,, ayt
mo G. That he had set ire TO ms sl nio~I
nciahbor's barn, merely because Nc lol''I bo
to lend him a hoe. Il mat peV" ..I lis
found button of his SHIRT ne tieV u,,. ,,l
wife TO the bed.post and mashed III ~, liz ~,
Of her ribs with stovepoker' o. ny" n ii,'
chief Sunday amusements were eoGh, ~ ~
inc and card,playing. .. mat ne soi n
his vote every year regularly TO clle ill5l W,
bidder. 10. That he wasn't III loF 'N'
place anyhow -,,,,,,o1, without III,
slightest foundation, were Iellglou'l'
believed by the majority OF the voters y
Jonesyille. And Jones political goose wa
oonlled His chances for being elecloI
,nora NOT worth three cents on uoi
Iar. When Jones passed along the street ~
na;ohbors looked at him with susplclon' an
nrossod over on the other side. Jones was
Miserable being. The day of town-moen9i
s oo,,,o at last. and his opponent Scoopeo
e tbe constabeship by a two>th'rds YOU
The anti-Joues party swept their candidate
into Office on the tidal wave OF popularlt.
ard moor Jones was left perched hlgh
on tie gplke-mounted picket fence OF 40 90
oo;r ZONES will never run for othce a5s,i
Is not p even for president, He says IT is !,
r nUoo+ a etrain on the character. II he CT
" SSa0ain The esteem of his neighbors
# ornbbipg along in the old way he lnteh'
~ p 40 il and leave ofice-seelung to Peep
10 of cast-iron reputation. Jones ~ J0
" coming to his senses.
'e 1t is proper to remark that the Jon
mentioned in the above melancholy u
is not our excellent friend Jones, OF WIN
!, na-of the Winona Advance, now ca
j. didate for Circuit Clerk of Montgone
\ county. Though the reference to the gu
- tion of sawmills Sc ems to point at hlm'
-, the body of the story exhonerates III
II Clearly be is not the party the author L
in his eye when he wrote the SAD 'ale' :
ba ,yae unfortunate in ringing in the Sa
mill A sawmill is a tender point for
Jones. But Jones Identification Wltn 5"
H. mills is altogether honorable ana abe
susnicior. He never carried a sawn
away in his pocket, and he spent MS MOI
freely to keep the steam up on his Sa"l
II, until the sawmill got the best OF his poc,
9 ~, then he let the sawmill go and betook NJ
NV self to a newspaper, tho place nature
rise tended hiu to fill
ie, The case of Jones pre7ents SlpSo
be refutation of the rule elaborated IN
ish above discouraging narrative. There is
Sc, man in all the State who can accuse 10
NY of any improper act. His eScutcheon
TO untarnished. There is not ragged pl
wv, in it. The man who would accuse nm
ppi an improperly would be laughed at L
n So, has an enemy any where he is sileneed
md the overwhelming sentiment of the put
IN THAT sentiment is that Jones is truly g
On man, and eminontly III for the office
mi Circuit Clerk. That public sentln
f lad should be respected, and Jones should
md elected.