The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1880-11-13

here and listen TO the soft notes Of
the music as it comes stealing up
from the saloon and mlngling with
The dull sound Of the putting pipes.
l love to listen to the regular clat-
ter o! the wheels, as they make
such sweet music as they strike the
water The fact is, | am very happy,
and could sit here and dream all
night, without going 10 sleep. 0,
lhese wide awake day dreams ;
how delightful they are! / am IN
one of those dreamy moods now.
and wouldn't exchange that feeling
for anything on earth.
"All right, Scottie | think I'll
join you in a dream or two; but |
am so happy | cannot be still"
"But you must be still if you re.
main here. ! have made up my
mind to have a dream, and don't
mean to be disturbed. There, now,
take a seat and let us watch the
moon till she passes that cloud
yonder."
"Ah, now, you strike my weak
point, Scottie, for | could sit here
and gaze at The moon for a month,
if it would stay in sight that long
Let me hold your haVd in sine
give ne me one tha6 life srrel
bit. All, there ; now, for the moon
just look at that fellow in the
moon he seems to be making a
brush-heap. | think he has been
at it long enough to have finished
it. remember noticing him at 1t
fifteen years ago, and my mother
says he was at ii long before that"
20, bother the man and his brush
heap. Can't you be quiet and let
a body think awhile %
"Ill try my best, though | think
t doubtful whether | can or not.
Look look there! Aint that mag
liicent. See what a delicate linge
he moon gives those clouds; did
'ou ever see anything more grand?"
70, 1t is splendid. See that cloud
here on the lett doesn't it look
Yes; it is delightful, amt it
?"
"Pshaw! it is gone; that black
loud has passed under it-but
.onder comes another; let us
1atch and see What shape it will
AXE. But now we are 100 late
he black cloud has put an end to
he show" /
"Well, Scottie, let the moon 3
it is a tickle planet, any i,
'ay, and am afraid you will learn
s bad habits" {
" think | have already learned a
lem. But-hush some one is a
Stening to US. VINO is that" D
"Do you really want me TO tell 9,
ou who he isS"
Yes. by all means"
well, thai is the Hon. Zacha-
all TOadpole, a colored member .,
The Mississippi Legislature. You
e bow large his nose is, lld hO&
gin is his bee gum hat2 he feels
Ie the fate Of the nation rested ON Ct
s shoulders. | served In The Leg dC
Iature one term with the Hon. -
r. TOadpole. He was quite a Gu fo
han, but he has improved IL
cry much by experience. He sc
mt read nor write, and he ha the ot
most contempt tor a man who h,
IN ; aud when | was a member
lere were fOrLy-six members just =
ke him. | must tell you about !,
me amusing incidents thai DC VI
lrred during that reaSiOn. A bill ;,
as introduced to make a large i
preparation OF money to be used f
secret service fuuds-the real
was to make a huge steal, at
benefit a few hungry politicians. G
determined 10 deteat the bill at (
| hazards. After II had been in
oduced, and considerable discnS-
on had, began 10 see that if we L
I it come to \ vote it would he
'r'ain to pass; hence determined II
resort to strategy to prevent it. :;
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