Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1880-06-11
BOB BLAINE TAKING AIN.
Mr.. Editor OrungcJurq Times:

bow an response tn hiz inkry. picket
knccd' ut think Bob IL dcd every TYNE
he IL quiet, fur it haint so. spcck
tn putt off dying fur the las thing on
ycarth, cfposablc, ard think every
censiblc man vii du likcws. never
seed man di rite square out, provid-
ed he cold help hizsclf, unlcs he AKA
IDENTIFY got Kid. No, I've bcin lain
quiet wachin the kalnpain, IN offs
ccekcrs, thinking prohaps mite git
u chance tn slip in sum little shady,
sait place MKT up wild koncidrablc
little grcczy fat about hit misclr. But
every whar l turn sum Capt, Col
Lawyer, or som ov these sortcr fish
look me rite squar in the face.
Now Mr.. Editor don't think thiz
II fair. You kno when YOU keep Il
hoss in nice stable wil plenty ov
good pickin an then hich him up he
Nortcr feels hiz oat an IL nifty apt to.
so to kovcrlin.
Now Mr.. Editor, | hnv delt in
stock konsidrably an | waz alwayz
afraid tn pompur Il hoss IN make him
too fat. That ar nifty apt to make
tai! gestures avid their hinc irtc cl
you hoddcr them, an never corld stan
gestures pintcd rite strait at me.
Fur that recon alwaz trycd TO get
them oil ov hand an risk that chance
ov fatin Il lccn won. Et' lccn fcllcr
gifts to kiliin, YOU can tail him an keep
him on the groun. Efyou keep hoss
III the saim stabcl too long, he srnc
Gums TO the konkluson that hit
blongs to him an no other hoss amt
got cny buSiniss in hit.
But | tel YOU Mr.. Editor, sum ov
these lccn hosscs ar the hess ov hosscs
cf YOU vii only give them trial.
Now I'm gwinc TO tell YOU some
thing hclio | begin. don't kno who
Picket il, whether he il Il klass
lcdcr, turpintiuc man, or boss trader,
but Of the latter, he maid Il missteak
IN toll the truth, when he said these
candidates maid > bows whar thay
didn't make but bcto.
Now Mr.. Editor, fine lit liz uitiu
cNpcncivc to Il poor man like me-
Bout every ten steps itz how -do-you-
do dd-feilcr? Bob how il your fami-
~? Bob you'z lookin finc-lnc in
dcdc, and stulis the taiy down mi
throat I'll mi chess feels like the gabcl
end "v hacc drum: grab mi hand IN
squeeze hit til the likrish runs out:
scrapcs IN bows like q rumplcss rus
ter III grub wurln scson. The thing
IL gllinmity cerious. I've pulled mi
hat i'll acknowledgment to soIutcs SO
often Till hit vii now sunc hay to pas
III hits checks. The krown IL almost
g"n. \ mlsk"vy duck kan jump
lhro MT bakwardS an never tuch no
wll;tr. W hen drgs fur church an
set hit gracefully upon mi lied, mi
mar silks throu the top like the hlaIl
III side "v Shuc brush. Mi gal Sal
Sr| got wun "r ) things 10 do-quit
p"litlkS; quit howln, og stop "oin to
church.
Now Mr. Editor, this IL what YOU
call lhihSs comm home TO Teller, an
| when YOU sit home bchn YOU hits
weep little chlld'in, weep" | viii
now dlsmis this snhirrk i'ilr this
lynn" an tell Ticket snrnthin about
town. AZ he seams ankslius on this
Suhlcck, sposc Int vii set wei on
nm. wei Int rains hear purity
often an sum or the danpcss rains
you ever seed. l started home tothcr
nue. h'' Wa% m'dlin dark or so, an
wheh s"' rouh tlic korncr knowcd
mar 'S.'r oc Il iii'legnllv thar, an
was S"rier kerlul. But mi friends
,t' me 'c' YOU ln;'l ram had kausGd