The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-12-23
BILL ARP
On the Georgia Legislature.

The Georgia Legislature has adjourn
ed-gone home in undignilied haste.
They commenced going about a week
ago--s ipping of on the night trains
with their jaws tied up. Some said
they had important business that had
to be attended to. Some said they
would have to come back next SUM-
mer to fix up the new census; and
some one thing and some another, hut
I found cut yesterday what wes the
matter. The hold concern had the
mumps. It got TO he q regular panic,
and when they did adjourn there
wast'n quorum left to do it legally
l DO hope the boys will get over it
without any unpleasant consequences.
JOHN BrGngon seemed 10 be very much
disgusted. Says he was having good
time anJ, WAS perfectly happy. Never
eat such good vittels in his life as he
got at the Markham, and had gained
ten pounds since he got there-was
about the first one TO the dining-room
and the last one to leave it. Says he:
Il took the little haad bill ut the top
and went through It all alyuodc and
billed and fry-cased ! like the biNrk-
ham splendid. They havn't asked me
for q dollar since | have been here
and l aiRt shore they ever viii, con
gidoring how kind and polite they are
to me. stayed at Il soup house once
in Cincinnati and the waiter went
with pitcher and poured soup in ev-
cry mans plate, and the landlord fol
lowed right along after him with a
big syringe and If a feller diden't lay
down q quarter he just sucked up the
soup in the syringe and went TO the
next one. He said there were so
many dead-beats in that country he
was obliged to protect himself. But
the Markham don't keep nary
syringe.
''New I've got to go home and live
on my fat and a little bacon and greens
until next July. I Ike Legislation
splendid. For the first two or three
days I was powerful skcerd, and
thought was about the only fool IN
/ the concern, but soon found out had
mighty nigh rs much sense as any OF
EN- except Bacon. He knows it all
and more too. Mover saw such man
in my life. He's regular book and
he's man OF splendid disccrnment.
| tIknow he is, for he called me to the
chair yesterday and give me his maui,
and l never felt so big in my life. I
raped around there smaruy to keep
order, and got Hardin to read a bull
or two to pass away the time, FOX the
ladies in tho gallery were looking
ut me with there little douhlo-barrel-
ed spectacles, aud | come mighty nigh
suspeuding the rules and sending for
Il Photograph gallery TO stand at the
door and take shoot at me and the
whole conccrn. thought it would
lie q splendid thing TO hand down To
my posterity. I'd give five dollars for
the picture right now, for / never eX-
pect to feel SO proud again. Bacon
is a splendid man, and has got judy
MENr. His putin me up there viii
send me back here world Without end
! Tm going home IL nay constitIdcnt:
and let EN- know that I presided and
| kept the safe I'll safe Whenever {
fciler goes back he must have some
thing to. swell on. I've got the IN
side track now. Four dollars da,
and mileage. The mileage amt nucl
for me; | wish / lived further of
Them wire grass fclIcrs come three
y!un,!iel miles and get sixty dollar
fal it ana doH't pay uary cent. Free
passes ever the whole line, a.!i the,
bring yittles enough ia there coat
pockets 10 DO 'em all ,he way. I
al. I far. Fly mileage amt but twely
+ dollars. I ha'l q good Ho.En to IL
b sToju5e d. res-jution toabp.ish miieag
= where a feliar had q i,ge rass; aEd