The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-02-16

| In speaking OF Mr.. Gay lrcSlucn-
! tial contests Eli said, respectfully shak-
ing his head: abe old mars alters fit
car up TO de chin, but somehow or
nuther he couldn't knock de passimons.
thought he war going to get in shuah
in 1913. Den everybody war singin'
a song dat went like dis;
"'Whcn Jackson wa, The President
And Adams was icft behind,
Henry Clay will take The day
In eighteen hundred AMI tOrty.nine.'
"OIc marse didn't take de day, though,
but he fit EN- like a coon wild four feet
in de water and his back half kiyercd,"
MIR, CLAY's oEAToRY
"lIc was n Spcakn' man, though"
continued Eli us his enthusiasm began
TO carry him away. "IIc war de most
best speakincst man in dc whole coun-
try. remember when dcy war try
in of dat man, Faycttc Shelby, for II
KILN of Marsc HORNE at Lexington.
When it came time for de old marse to
speak he list had ali de- benches an dc
cheers moved out in dc college yard,
and Gee, how he did let his>clf loose.
lie got to talkin' about de scriptlr', an
de women folks dey begin to cry. Den,
YOU see, dc old marsn WAS u maxim his
pint, and bimcby when dr proper time
come, he lest let loose all hOlts an fell
back like he was faintjn'. ! seed de
ole marsc, dough; his eyes was blink
in like toad's in a thunder storm, an
he was a chucklin' in his sleeve. He
warn't no mo ia,utin' dan You is at de
present moment He war maxim his
pint by workin' on sic sympathy of de
crowd, an he made it, too Oh, tell
you, dc old marsc WIS as slick as de
very debbil. HI W." chuckled old Eli,
"you orter seed de trick he played on
all dem lawyer folks onct Oar wus a
man stole hog, an he cum to Marse
Clay an told him he wanted him to de-
fend him in de courts. De ole marse
you see, he goes to work an makes de
man kill de hoe an cut IN square in
two. Den he takes one part hiSscIf
gives de udder to de thief, an when de
trial comes along Marsc Clay he gets
up an tells de lawyer folks dat de priS-
oner didn't get mo- of dat hog dan he
did hissclf. He tolc de truf, too, an de
thief he got off on Marse Clay's say so
without de least-bt of suspicion.
on THE COURSE.
In speaking of Mr.. Clay's fondness
for horses, Eli tells of n fine race mare
the statesman owned, called the Golden
Cup. Upon certain occasion the mare
was matched to run four-mile race
against famous horse owned by Colo
mel Sidney Bwbridge, The race came
off at Lexington, and everybody in that
part of the country was present. Gen
eral Abe Buford, Old Man Shay and
other distinguished turfmen were back
ing the mare, while Colonel Burbridge,
General Warfcld and other well-known
horsemen were playing the horse. "The
race wur rum" said Eli, from eend to
eend, an when dey came out putin
an q snortin' ut de end of de four miles
de Golden Cup was jest de length of
her name in de lead De old marse he
Jest fell on de mars neck an laughed
like he had gone clean mad He kissed
de Golden Cup an sent her home, an
after dat nebber allowed her to do an
other lick of work An | tell you,"
said Eli, growing confident, "Marse
Clay jest won $4,000 on dat race, ease
| seed de money all in big bank bills,
an de very next week he went to work
hisself an guy me pair OF brown-lned
store shoes, dat cost him free dollars at
Lexington
AT TIE BOARD.
Eli says that the last time he saw
his master was at dinner party given
by him at Ashland the night before he
went to Congress in the year he died.