, 1879-02-13
A "REMINISCENCES.
Gin r{puufs EfunfyftkH

Grandfather LIcksh!nEle was very indignant
tho other evening when he ascertailcd that the
newspapers were giving prominence to tho fact
tint Pennsylvania Burgess knocked down m
Alderman OF tho same place, aud then fined
himself for sllsorderly conduct.
"That's nnthin',n eal he, stabbtng tho floor
spitcfuIlv with his htel;ory-canc, 'and the uews-
papers arc losin' caste, AM dignity, an money
every day Of their lives by no.icIl' surh small
l,osatocs. Now, when l was Mayor Of
Yorkn-
"whv, Grandfather. you were mover Mayor
Of New ~
"Ycs wns-forty Or fifty years aforc any OF
sou una was born; wns elected by the largest ma-
Jorfty ever gven tt candidate; run aun Gen.
Jackson OH t,lo Democratic ticket. jackson was
hard.tnonoy Republican: A man named John
siirr1nan legged iur lstn, but busted 'cm both
vide opcn, ad marchcd into tl,c ofllrc 10 the
music Of the Union" And Grandfather, re-
tncl,bcring tho deGeneracy Of the timcs, re-
marked, " AM no clnher dispatches, either, my
dear children" nud wiped awny tear With the
| butt.end of Ills cana.
tinuol Grandfather, 'utl, Ii I NH not mtstakcn
| this wus In the year scyentcGn hundred md
| sonnetn'. a nun catno into my otlieo ono day
to ret building permit to dig Il well, an we
| he dug. Tic man wautcd tile privilege of dig
gln' it deep enough tn flnd water, but told him
Il he did That ho would ilaye to tako out water
permit also, which would bs 'lcyen dollars cx-
/ tra.n
Grandfather pause1 to pull hair out OF lis
nose, md tllcn continued:
~ dtsrcmetn',+r currectly whether the man
got mad Or ~'ottcr got mad; but / suppose
it was the ,t,au. Anyhow, It resulted DISASTROUS
~ for HIM, Tor your grandfather Immediately
knocked lin down md stopped on hls stomach.
N!d asacss Il AMc u I've cents or SO aga.nst
myself, and make great l,ouralI about 1t In tho
3t1rn fh4 tD1xirnh11 TNt1nAV1rntn Hnft,1t.
| mnMt Not II Tho Court k,lowH ilnrself. | ap.
prcctatcd t,r great truth tllat had bcen elect
ell TO rreserVu tbs peace asA maintain HE honor
And dignity OF the Commonwealth. 70 l said
to myself: 'sce here, suu old batd-headed snpu
OF tho valley, what In thunder did you do tint
for4' All, Without Clyln' myself tlnld To answer.
strl,rk u,ysclf over tho lead with mace al.tt
rsso kicked myself ssyera! times 10 tie
riGs urd caycI n thirteen OF lem. Then
elappu! lIa'r of tandet.tts OH my wrists,
entered ctlargas aganst myself Of tnritIn' au
insurrectl0ll, Mansauchtcr ~ the first degrees,
abu.ln' family, drunk and disorder'Y. couiInn1i
tlIat's tlle way your grandfather did busacss,' u
renlnrkea The old Euntlea,au, agatn smiting tt.e
-" sIioii! stopi There was moro than t'lat,'
thought, and hu hastily enumerated The charges
ho l,aa entered against himself. "Your granl
father didn't stop lhere, *hi!dren. Come tG
think ot it, turned myscit }uosc On tho wite
world on my own rcc0guizanre, nttl eatd II
cycr was up again for hcartn' would ~ 0!li
fnr six munths, ur tluro's no herenitcr, us Mr
Ingersoll would say"
Grandfather 4ohbied nj, dovottug to the IN
tcrEul gous s1ch one-hors0 blrgrsses a. the fcl
low UP IN renusylyah!a.
oLDs1oN "I.ACK or rcoNrrDENCE.,
atlanta tt7a., cun.ttsatiun.
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