The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-10-14
NO Ia
"R2o."
The cabalistio Figures that Stared
Pulaskians in the Face
Last Thursday.

Thursday morning last when the
busy Pulaskian ventured forth from
his domicile. after wrestling with
the matutinal meal. he was amazed
to find the mysterious figures 1929"
everywhere staring him in the face.
They were either chalked, craven
or daubed on every door facing, GA
every fence, on every horse block,
on every tree, on every shutter, on
every barrel,o every box-in short,
on everything and in every spot
that offered a conspicuous mark for
the public eye. Many we're the in
quiries as to the meaning of the
cabalism. One man was mean
enough to say that it was the work
of an advance agent of the Tenues-
see Conference and was intended as
a hint that 800 fried chickens would
be required to feed that body daily;
but as every body knew that
would be beggarly allowance for
200 Methodist preachers, most Of
them fresh from circuits where sala-
ries are paid ia good advice and
watchpockets, the explanation was
dismissed with the contempt it mer-
tied.
Another individual insisted that
it meant the number o. persons Ia
this community who had gone crazy
discussing the state debt, but this
view of the matter was met with tho
general outcry that the figures were
entirely too low. One person
thought the mysterious characters
represented the number of times
that Judge Hughes, the republican
candidate for congress, had run for
office; but here, again, the crowd
declared that the figures fell short
of the actual facts. A demure look
ing individual, with sly twinkle in
In his eye, said that since Colum-
bia man had been mentioned per-
haps the mysterious 329 meant the
number of candidates Maury coun-
ty would put in the held next year.
Nobody regarded this Ms a joke.
Every face put on layer Of solem-
nifty an inch thick, and n sepulchral
voice was heard to declare that
there were some matters too serious
to be trifled with.
Speculations and conjectures ran
wild until q statesman and patriot
in the crowd announced, with all
the emphasis of a man who knows
what he is talking about, that 329
meant nothing more, nothing less
than the exact number OF dollars
that James A. Garfield, the republi-
can candidate for the presidency,
received as dividends on the Credit
Mobilier stock which he obtained
from Cakes Ames as q bride. Tho
explanation was entirely satisfacto
ry and every democrat present
struck out at lively gait to hunt
piece OF chalk and a marking pot.
This great 800 fever broke out in
Indiana and without any given line
of march in any given direction 1t
has affected all parts of the country
at once. 1t may be said TO have
radiated from Indiana to all points
of the compass. Within the last
IuIcc WGeho SNOi JDoNy ONSi "hNAN
has seen these mysterious figures,
and to the republicans they are as
omnibus as the handwriting on the
wall of Belshazzar's palace. Mr.
Garfield has seen them at his own
home in Mentor and it is said their
ubiquity caused him to indulge in
the following piteous lament:
Three twenty -nine, three twenty-ninos
| y, frightful spectre, am thine;
Thou'rt present even when dino,
Three twenty-nine, three twoEty-ulbo,
i see thee ehalked upon tho door;
track thee in upon tho floor;
With thee the town Is plasterod DER,
Three twenty mine, three twenty-nine,
A letter ruined Winfield Scott
And knocked his campaign all to pot.
But I've boon hit with "wussor" shot,
Three twenty three twenty-hine.
Three twonty-nine, three twenty mine.
o, frightful spectre, l am thine;
Pm dying in that clutch Of thine,
Three twenty nine, three twenty-nine.