Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1880-06-01
-sTAUNToN SPECTATOR AND GENERAL ADVERTISERS

have for the benefit of the church p
Well. the County Superintendent sed q |
kind of benediction over him, and thar
he stood and thar we stood as silent and
dumb as the, statues of the Seven Sleep
ers. He was, waitin' for the breakln.
forth of the enthusiastic ebullition OF
our pent up feelins upon SIGH distin-
guished arrival. Well, we were SO
dumbsfou nded that every cussed enthu-
siasm we had saved up for the occasion
oozed out afore it exploded. You ought
to heard the crowd talkin' to one an
other soto UOce.
An Irishman next to me SEE, Faith,
and is that him? Bless his little sowl
why he looks jist loike the figger of
Punch in Punch and Judy at the Fair"
Then the fellers got talkin' among
themselves about how big he looked,
| list like you've heard children talkin,
of the size of the moon. One says it
looks to me about the size of the bottom
of a pan. Another that he thought it
was as big round as sitter, and various
sizes, up to the forewheel of wagon.
| After various comparisons and sug-
gestions the prevailin' opinion of the
crowd seemed to be that he was about
the size of a pound of soap after hard
| days WaSnln1. M is%
But the wust trouble was the speakin'
was about the same size. REIMBURSEMENT
won't thrive under SIGH treatment
But here's where the shoe ptnches.
The State debt is bully good thing for
the politicians. It's like the nigger's
rabbit, it will do to make a stew, bile er
a fry, but to the people itdon't iist come
quite SO handy. If a chap wants to go
to Congress, which has about as much
to do with Virginny's debt as the Khan
of Tartary with the Missouri Compro-.
mise, he mounts the bondholders and
rides them bug-huntin', he c4sses the
}Fundin' bill and the McCulloch bill
, and all the other bills, except Bill Ma.
hone. He will tell them how he is goin'
, to wipe it out and lift all their burdens.
If a Teller wants to go to the Legislator
or SENT it's the same story. There is
, | not office voted for by the people OF
the State from President down tc village
dog-pelter that REIMBURSEMENT Amt the
big issue. Well, it is all talk and no ci.
der, There's an eternal talk about re-
adjustment, but there is never any re-
l. lief from taxation, what the body Of the
: readustin' people want. They are gittin'
. tired bein' penny dogs to set of one
horse demigogs. When they went for re-
adjustment they expected that what the
term implies would be accomplished
lThey didn't bargain to be dragged
8 through all the stinking slime OF all
kinds of parties at the heels of few
. Headers for their own selfish ends.
The railroads are boomin' agin. Jist
/. exactly how many we are goin' to git
this time I can't tell, L haven't had time
to count them up. Our men have been
on agin. They say they got the thing
., all clinched this time for certain.
axed them when they were goin' to Icy
the track? They couldn't tell that, but
they said they certainly would lay a
mortgage very soon. There are heap
of kinds of roads you know. There is
r broad cages and common cages and
! narrow cages and mortgages. They say
that the last kind lasts langerthan any
v of the tothers. Mr.. Garrett is the pne
that's goin' to lay the golden egg at last
Yours, till deth,
G.. WHILLIKINs.