Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-12-02
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Loves Labor Lost - How Major
LOflnnd Tuned Some Strings on
sunday and How They collapsed
"A Sad Story bus n True One-A
big Ride and an Interesting
Stranger 80 supplemental Returns
From Sussex Since EIection-AlI
About IA Grip Sack.
Special Correspondence Of State Journa'.
MILFORD, Nov. &c, Our friend, Major
Lof1snd, is not exactly "the very model OF
modern Major General" but he is quite
a model of a Major generally, and entirely
a model of a modern politician In small
way. He had something to do, we already
know, with the late political canvass in
Sussex, but made the discovery ut an early
hour of the morning after the election
that wen models of politicians in a small
way miscalculate their plans Il is not
matter of record at what time he found
that things had not gone entirely right,
especially in Sussex, bur it may not be
uninterestlnR TO know that he came home
with a handsome acknowledgment when
he did
When the polls had closed, the Mai n
walked over to South Milford, and in the
fuiness of confidence begot of bis Sun.
days work in the Sussex hundreds. with
Bill Bum and the money tags of the State
COMMITTEE, startled several prominent
Democrats by cheerfully announcing,
Boys, if the strings haven't busted, we
have got Sussex by 400 majority, and
Bayard is beat "
This characteristic and terse expression
of our friend, the Major, had consider
able Significance which would have been
inatuntIp Il hu ulr a,uA Oh
server who was in Georgetown on the
preceding Sunday. The good people of
the town. with prayer book and hymnal,
were winding their several ways to church,
| when the Major dashed up 10 the prin-
cipal hotel, dew mp his foaming hors,s,
called the stable boy, sprarg from his
carriage, followed by his Philadelphia
friend, and after getting firm possession
of capscious grip sack, went in and
ordered a private room. Consultations
! followed with the local Republican chiefs.
in which the contents OF the grip sack
formed the principal subject$
''rhe strings have busted" discooso-
lately remarked our modern Major gen
orally" three days later Did his mind
then revert sadly to the Georgetown botel
room and the confident apticipations of
/ Ahb EHI'1 EtNAFIFAl tItFb Ol lIlhl Nultt
Sunday morning
The children on the way to Sunday
school, stopped along the way and gazed
in wondering surprise at the gay turnout
wbirling away from the square out OF
town and eway in the direction of Days
horo' and Roxana But keener eyes than
theirs watched the flying couriers, and
during that whole day from hundred IL
,.-.ft a. :.
and grip sack and the hashy stranger
from Philadelphia were now far
away from prying and yiglant eyes
What was Maj3r Lotaud with his CAREFUL,
guarded grip sack and the stranger from
Philadelphia doing While pious p, opl
were at church on this Sunday morning
October Both.
He was gliding the "strings" with tn
golden duca,s of the National Committee
That they busted was his misfortune
Let Us be- charitable and say that it wa
not his fault.
The details of that Sunday ride would fur
nish excellent entertainment, mud may d,
so at some future time. Il is enough nov
to say that the grip sack was empty LON
before midnight aud on Monday mnrninl
the pair of Sunday pol ticians with j ,d,t
steed+ and ilud spiAtteied earfinge, drnv
thouIhtfully into Milford, and. klckin
the now contemplate grip sack from til
buggy to the porch OF the M-jpr's house
vent in to sip hot coli ~ d ehucke owe
the strings" that they didn'i know woul
soon he "busted
When our friend amour ced that tb
. Strings had hu1ed esp clsliy IN Sussex
he didn't have she data which he has sire
obtained to aid HIM in the EXPLANATION b
has since mad to the National commit e,
y At that moment, VIII u be saw that all h
fonttst expectations had @ wrecked, b
t was SIMPLY making u statement of matter
} of fact, quite evident but also quite une.
planned Since then AN confident tn
i he ha, been furnished WI b a full, fair an
> impartial statement of how it was "ll
strlufs had busted
Al If he mas not b. ell furnished With sue
document l can help him get one
:" fact l will ngreu to pualsh. from iActs
my possession, such q stat meat as W
l. show strings thrt nd busl sgi display N
RELATIVE stree 9Th OF tht Strings that didr
bust. await bts pleasure, Rnd in II
absence Of repy from MN, | ,hall t,.i
it that be wants thu reade rs of EgEl
EVENING "a he he III dum for the tran
M m,sstuu Of The fncis Inc pathetic pa
-ege of tele2r4phe inquiry and respou
brt~e"n ihf Ahjlr and Dorsey Attract
an considerable putHc atteHi on, and Il
-. bseuce ot r'turnsfroal Suss was sour
., ~ grrpt K publican grief But II
- hnw.o II about ,be strngs tuued To gold
melody On SUNDAY mnfaiue WIZ rot
- less ent1rttiaiuE Ihsu thr story If I
~, teleR nph. We hty ihe Mai word (
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