Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-08-01
ELDER Toors MAS ADREAM.
Political EmenatIons from the.. In
spired Fer Nv Elder Tim0thlns
ToOtS.
IFpr the GsArnlc.l


But whereas in the natur Nv human
events it beeums necessary thet every
4 years, about the full Nv the July moon
The Demokrttic party Decums full to
over aoln, " enthusiasm, luv Nv ken
!ry loyalty to flag, and hankerin fur
office.
And whereas this eperdemick is con-
tagious like the cholra in fantum IN
children, we all take it and enthuse to-
gether. When the muse NV the nom-
ernation " Cleveland and that old
war hoss, Hendricks cum 10 me / was
si.ten in m! sanctuary a musin on the
goodness uY providence in sendin US
good craps and blessin us with pease
and plenty. My hart was full Nv glad
ness to oveifowin, (as he'd just tap
ped my little brown jug, previous to
my meditatin,) and / was In good con-
dition to eE.huse.
Itiz oneuv the leadin demokratic
ijears to enthuse early in the season,
and as JOY is apt to be Nv short dura.
ton with Is, we make the best of it on
the start.
After the first food uy JOY had sub
sided and took more careful sur.
way Nv the ield / wuz still NV the opin.
ion thet the konvention he'd acted wise.
ly in selectil the standard bearers thet
they he'd.
One shur pint fur Cleveland is the
fac. tibet hehes no record. If he he'd
a record it wood give the republicans
a chance to use it agin him, but happily
fur him they can't cum thet doge on us
this time.
A Big Boom fur Hendricks is the
fact thet he les barrel. Now if he
only hes the yisdum to tap thet barrel
on time. we lev the republicans on the
hip in this race. This barrel tapped on
time and gudcially disuibited will be
certain to save Indiana and Ohio to us.
If the prohibiioners will only keep on
munkeyin with the Ticker bisness, Illi-
nois, Iowa and Kansis will 60 demo-
kratick stone Ilind. Then Gums New
York the pivitol state. There we hev
Carl Shirts, G. w. Kurtis, Harpers
Weaklye, Tom Nastiness and a host
Nv other liberal republicans rairin
and klckin like the blsness eand of a
mewl, agin Bhin and Logun. This
will be sure to give the state to US, and
the Dimokratlcip party and the kentry
is saved. 4sa
Oh, what glonous time we will hev
a reformin the poiticks Nv the kentry,
and fillin Nv the Offices.
Now, with all nv this COY and happi-
ness there IL wun little lncerdent tibet
recured TO my mind, tibet brings pang
to my hart. remember on previous
ockasion like this l he'd dream. 1,
WIS when we run thet old philanthrop.
ist and filosofer, H. Greely agin old
Grant. l dreamed thet l saw the race
frum the beglnin to the end. re-
member yit the entire vision. The
whole thing was so indellibly stamped
onto my memory tnet it kin never be
eraced. The steed that old Greeiy
rode wuz an old dekrepit mewl. Il
wus lame and sore frum long usage and
wus blind in wun eye.
On the blind side it wus branded
Liberal Republican and on tother side
it wus branded Demockercy. What
seemed strange to me was tibet the
gamblers present, all wanted to be,
ther muney onto the mewl.
After great amount Nv confusion
and cheerin fur the mewl, the heralds
announced the race about to com
mence. was stationed on an emf
nunce where I could see The whole
length NV the track. At last they start
ed and l tell you thet mewl run like
sixty fur part Nv the way, holding HI:
own like blooded courcer, but wher
they got about half way through the
course the mewl began to fail and tal
to fhe rere.
l noticed him begin to fail and stag
ger under his ponderous load ant
finely he stumbled and fell and in faller
he killed his rider and caused a grea
komotlon in the krowd.
The white hoss thet old Grant rode
run on thru and karried his rider safe
ly to the end. Then the Greeley
men swore thet it wus tr1ck and die
not want to give it up tibet the Gran
hoss won, but the gudges Civ it in ful
Grant and we he'd to be satisfied.
This vision was profetic, and pannei