The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-11-28

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al don't like to tresspai,s upon hi
/ kindness, but I'll see what i caI
| do. s.1e % ~
When his lordsbip dame dowl
from London, I went I'd see him
/ He said: ayes, see; bat, Somers
1what shall / get out of tlat?" e
SIN fact, my lord, yeu will ge
very little out oft, but we1ls get 4
good deal pa 'nissT Ttri es--1 b
4 Very well, be on the ground to
merrow at ten o'clock, and my. mar
of business will meet yorI there tel
him what you want a
i This did, and his lordship made
the exchange with US and built US
a nice Good Templar's hall. +
| i was then a member of the town
Council. We needed town hall
very much, and we proposed, in
order to get something out of the
/ Government, to have a court house
under the same roof, Ny associates
said; "Somers, you must go to Lon
! don. and see Lord Palmerston about
lit, he'll give you $780," When ]
arrived at his lordship's London
house, found in the courtyard
many carriages waiting, with
liverled coachmen and footman ;
noblemen and gentlemen were
waiting in the anteroom to see the
Prime Minister When entered
the footman in waiting asked me,
l"What name ~ idaI;ysaf lfiE sEd~
IIas "Mr. Somers, of Romsey. ia asn .
When the .nobleman itheniswith
his lordship came out the footman
in, a loud voice said: "Mr. Somers,
of Romsey." There were many no
blemen and gentlemen waiting,
while ], who had just come in, was
summoned before them SJat ar'l
/ found his lordshiplsitting before
the fire. He said: "Well, Mr.. Som
ers, how are'yoti?" 'f'g9T
VERY well, my lord; I hope your
lordship is well, r." Tar .l,7as larb al..e
"Somers, how is temperance get
ting on,at Romsey ~ Fnf7h Z7a
"Very well indeed, my lord. '',s,
"And 'AJ how isa.tthe Maine law get
ting on?" .asm rrass sri-lmorg hrs
sib "That's alsoigetting on very well. ?
HBut, Somers, you'll never have
the Maine law" '1,'s 'iH - i'",n
81 beg your pardon, my lord, s we
shall have the Maine law.'l'q ci iif1 1
every well, then, you must change
public opinion. Her majesty's min
listers are servants of the people,
what they demand the ministers
must concede." nasI .4i.iszoHd
o f:Yes, my lord. we understand that
perfectly, andwe are doing it rapid
ly, changing public epinion" against
the liquor traffic. ...Q .st
"But, Somers, what do you want
of ME 2"
q Ttold him in i1a3 a Il few words the
Whole story. He took his watch out
and started up, saying 49,,
81 haven't a moment to spare,
there's to be a Cabinet meeting, and
my carriage is at the door; jump in
and q, dill III Introduce yon to the Ell Home
'Ts AS we were driving down dN n to
Downing street, tears, in spite of me,
came into my eyes. Here am ],
riding with the Prime Minister to
see the Home Secretary, while he
has left behind 'noblemen and gen
tlemen, waiting to see him. A
drunken journeyman tailor on the
frstof April, 1910, despised by all
who knew me! iainh ae -
y On arriving, Lord Palnerston
whispered a few words to the Sec
retary, and turning to me, said !;
;sMr. Somers, you need not wait, the
affair will be attended to-" We got
s1 900. -, '.3 80 z 80
Not long afterwards, Lord Pal
merston died. Many cities and
towns sent each a representative to
the funeral, Romsey sent me, At
the ceremony, with many noblemen
and gentlemen from all parts of the
Kingdom, / stood upon a platform
raised from the floor. My thoughts
ran back TO the first Of April, 1910,
when i was a, wretehed, drunken
jolirneyman tailor, ,despised by every
body who knew me and now Liam
respected andlhonored by my fellow
townsmen, and am considered not
unworthy to associate with noble
men,and gentlemen. @-ia ~ =. 1oa..bi'.',
- What has brought about this
wonderful change? With the bless
ings of God, it is only my emancipa-
ton from the horrible slavery of the
liquor traffic. % a-sefst ~ 'isf
After more than twenty years of
discussion, the House of Commons
has adopted a resolution by a ma
jority of eighty-seven affirming the
right of the people i'm their several
localities, to determine by ballot
whether they. viii have sgrog shops
among them or not, Mr. Gladstone
has promised to bring in "a bill. to
carry out the will ofthe House: 4siee
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FIVE THOUSAND EGYPTIAN TROOPS
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