Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-10-31
NAsBY .JR.
Nasty Jr., Tells How 1t was Done
Graphic Correspondence.

SlE:-l am not a highly edlcated
man, tho am a dlmocrat, and conse-
guentIy am not in the habit ov wfi ten
fur the papers. But l must tell you
about bein' to town sum time ago and
seein them make what they called a
fnssion ticket.
Thar wuz feller thar, they sed wuz
frum Washington City, and that the
hardest labor he ever dun wuz drawin
his pay when he was klerk thar a
number ov years ago.
This feller sed he wuz the laboring
mans friend and he was goin to form
peoples labor party. He he'd a little
thing pinned onto his coat he sed wuz
the laborin mans badge. Hit was
about the sixe ov 25 cent piece and
he'd peter onto 1t and little tin
spoon fastened onto it. | dunno what
the picture ment but it looked like a
big bull frog either on a rotten chunk
or In frog pond.
He he'd sum more nv these badges
into his pocket, and when he found a
feller he wanted to use he put one ov
the things onto his cote.
The first man that he plned thing
onto his cote was a poor old laboring
man frum the country, thet he'd been
laborin all his life, and he'd never been
able to make more than $4,000 or Co.
600 and he'd never he'd any Office. Out
oy this poor laborin man he sed he
would make kollector, and he cud go
to hun and pay our taxes, and the poor
laborin man would take care ov it fur
US and labor for his per cent.
The next man he decorated, was a
man frum Macon kounty. This young
man he'd been laborin as skool techer
aud practicin ov medicine and shud
be rewarded fur his laborln.
Oy this youdg man he would make
the sheriff and while he was restin
frum his labor the krimnals could all
run away and this wood save the koun-
ty the expenses Nv prosecuting ov
them.
The boss ov these labcrln men then
made them stand up IN row. and ced
this is my ende ov the thing. He then
slowed them around and said now
friends catch on if you intend to insert
your graplin hooks into the machine.
There wus sum more tellers thar they
sed wus the remnent ov party, tibet
he'd died long time ago, but es this
kountry wus adapted to the growth oy
the party they still growed few ov
them and these remained. They told
me these fellers wus all laborin men,
sum nv them wus residents ov this
kounty and sum av them wus frum
Knocks kounty.
These fellers who bossed by laboren
men ov the town. One of these bosses
wus laborin as a doctor and the other
boss was laborln as a lawyer. These
bosses got thar men in line and slamed
them around, coupled them on, and sed
the thing wus fixed.
Then they marched the thing around
to the hall and he'd ratification
meeting. This thing was the funeyest
thing ever seed and 1 gist LATED till
| wus sore. II reminded me oy one oy
these big water leeches or blud suckers.
The frunt end was the least and it
wood stieatch its long neck out and
then tasten its bill to the ground and
try to pull the blgend up; it made slow
he'd way and looked puny. After
rantifcation the the thing broke.up-in
pieces and adjourned to the saloon.
After they got .hrus at the saloon
tney got an old man frum New Maxico
. to take the thing IN charge and EXHIBIT
1t around the kountry. They give this
gooo OLD man the gate muney to take
care ov the thing until Its deth which
viii be- the 4th nv next November and
allow him the privilege ov foraging on
the kountry while on the tower.
NAsBy JR.