The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1880-08-11

she is afraid that something might
happen. Little Carl is her idol and
yesterday he was footing around shut
ting up humble bees in gimpson weed
blossoms and got stung and his hand
and his arms are all swelled up and
my wife, Mrs. Arp, she Lad read
about a little bee sting killing a man
and of course q big bee sting could
kill a little boy all the easier. Then
again the. grapes are ripe and the ap-
pies are green and the children ham
ker after EN- and might get sick, and
there's some little clothes to make;
and the winter socks r to be knit
and so on and so forth, audlastly but
not leastly there seems to be some
trouble about something to wear:
When she puts on her best clothes
she always looks mighty pretty to
me, but I suppose Tn no Judge OF
such things. I told her that every
blessed woman at Catoosa a srxactly
in the same fix. They had rothins
to wear. But after all, that is n little
pardonable weakness that we men
have no right to complain Of, for they
are a heap better than we are ~heth2 r
they have got anything to wear or
not. We must all do the very hest
we can to clothe EN- decently. When
old mother Eve had to leave home
she made the same complaint and
father Adam did the best he could
he got her some fig leaves and a few
straws and fixed her up.
A farmer has got some leisure nov
to ruminate upon his State and his
country. It's every patriots duty to
reflect upon the political ait''at'cn'
and prospects and get all the light he.
can. For several years we have been
mostly concerned about our State
prizing her out OF the mud. But now
she is all safe and it's a fitting time
for us to consider our national affairs:
Our national politics is a big thing.
1t always was a big thing, ~buti@scetns'
to me now that the coming presidential
contest is bigger than it!ever was be-
fore. I've been hoping Sra Grange
ever since the war, but it was a weak
sort of q hope that was prepared in
advance for a disappointment, bus
now I've got an abiding, conso'ing
faith that the end of the lane is IN
sight-that we are bound to whip EN-
horse, foot and dragons. Ny hores>
are so pregnant and e%xhilerating that
I could hardly bear up under defeat
The calamity to the nation AID to me-
would be awful. AS one of the oily
two original Hancock men, may be 1.
take it to heart too much and feel
more responsibility than I ought.
Me and Mr.. Stephens gotoD the same
line together somehow and started
the Hancock boom. We are the only
two pure and unadulterated originals
jim Waddel comes next. He was
mighty close on behind. We three
will live in history like them fellers
who arrested Maj. Andre in the reyo-
luton. They saved the country and
so will we. The Democratic party
took our advice and now, if it don't
make any mistakes or blunders, the
country is safe. Another revolution is>
going on. Ofce-suckers and Office
seekers are fleeing from the other side
in gangs. I hear the futter Of their
wings and their p~laiutive screech'
sounds like the wild geese flying south
in the fall of the year. rs most
astonishing how some men can dag
nose on election and how sIi!ty they
suddenly become. hear men hol-'
lerin for Hancock now who have been
side-wipin around Grant and Hayes
and Sherman and company ever since
the a They are trying to initiate
the regular Democratic yell, and are
ready to swear they never was any,
thing but a Democrat. These Office
suckers and seekers are the best sort
of diagnosers. It's a good sign to see
EN- slipping and sliding back into
ranks