The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-03-03
Correspondence of the Cairo Bulletin.
CONGRATULATIONS AND COMMUNE.
CATIVE.

OUT OF THE FLOOD COMES A BLESSING TO
CAIRO - CoNGRATULATING WORDS Il
CHANGE OF SUBJECT, AND Personal MEN
TON.
Moved by the fellow.f feeling that makes
US wondrous kind, join the thousands OF
Cairoites abroad in sending you heart felt
congratulations, not only because Of your
immediate escape from the horrors of
devastating overflow, but because of the
indefeasble guarantee you now have that
you are "masters of the situation" for the
future. With wild ruin wrought the whole
length of both rivers,wit towns villages,
and plantations submerged, and thousands
of people driven from business and homes
to seek safety in more fortunate localities,
the fact that Cairo has fought the great
food and kept it at bay, will inspire an in
crease of confidence in yonr future security
that no amount of theorizng, nothing but
the demonstration you have furnished.
could have inspired, and which no amount
of croakng, conjecture or augury OF evil
will destroy. 1t is not to be denied, how
ever, that the ordeal was an alarming one,
but it has led to results which | honestly
believe will operate to the substantial and
lasting advantage of Cairo. 1t has fur
nished proof that may not be galnsaid that
neither the floods of the Mississippi or of
the Ohio, nor yet of both of them together
can overwhem you, however prolific IN
disasters they may prove to other localities,
Reasoning men will regard the test of which
you protective entertainments have just
! been subjected as conclusive, and dismiss
all apprehension of future peril from a like
cause. The waters Of both rivers certainly
"did their worst, and Cairo stands forth as
one of the very few localities that escaped,
comparatively unharmed. Wherefore, the
subscriber has to say that the price of that
we'll arranged, substantial and eligibly To-
Gated home at 800 Washington
avenue, has been increased just $500
upon the figures at which it was held be-
fore the floods made their last and biggest
efforts>so get in, and couldn't. .(This is not
very good English; but it's the blunt ex-
preston, nevertheless, of an honest tact)
And now again congratulate you and
across prairies, streams and bridges; through
towns, villages, farms and woodlands-from
Chicago to Cairo, | reach out my hand to
you and cordially bid you "shakeW
But let's change the subject.
A wicked man whom | sharply reproved
for his profanity, said IN my hearing the
other day this; "Damme, if it isn't fact
that everybody in Chicago seems to be all
the time on the lookout for chance to put
somebody else in humiIiating and en-
barrassing position" And d-n me (beg
pardon) if it ISN'T "A fact.
was in Lchmans fair short time since,
and had Just concluded the purchase OF II
so cent undershirt, when two handsomely
dressed ladies who had left their carriage
at the door, stopped up to the counter and
commenced examining the fellow to the
shirt had just purchased. II wonder,
said one OF them, addressing the other, iii
this shirt would suit John2 1t looks strong
and substantial" felt hattered--I don't
know why; but only for second, for the
reply was fattened; "My goodness no,
was the answer, "John is mighty proud
Niger, if he wasa hoster.n I'll hate the
memoryPf that woman as long as | live
She thought she had Inundated me, and
goaled over it. OF course, there was nc
chance to get even, but did the best
could. Drawing blue keel pencil from
my pocket and placing the package where
both the ladies could see it, wrote upon
T. in bold, plain letters
GOVERNOR BEvERIpaE,"
and then loftily told the salesgirl to "pleast
send it to parlor No. s. Palmer house.
was politely informed Gas knew woult
be) that the fair never delivered goods
Receiving this information with digniiiec
"ahw strobe away with the bundle IL
my hand, fully conscious of two facts: lst
that I'd left the pert women deeply abash
ed, and sndly, that both of them were wei
settled in the conclusion that tn
3 ex-governor Of Illinois, honorod though h
, be, WEARS MIGHTY MEAN uNDERsKTRTs.
! meet, pass and mlngle with as many a
10000 people every day Of my life, an
: each succeeding day brings q new 10000
} but strange as 1t may seem l have never yc
Q met my friends D. L. or l., L. Davis, The
: are said to be contented and happy, how
j. ever, which is partial compensation 70
t their failure to see me. | meet Dan Nun
!, occasionally. lie has become obese, al
most rotund, and will weigh at least 20