The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-11
AN ABLE MAN.
A Legislator Whose Family Ties Were as Strong as the Flow lines of the
 Medes and Persians

Modes and Persians
 Old Morgan Tabman was an able legislator. He is the man who amended the dog law and offered a resolution to the effect that the house adjourn and take drink while the governors message was being read. Oh, yes, old Morgan was an able legislator. Ore day he shocked the more refined members by discarding the cuspidore provided by the state and substituting shoe box full of sand. "Oh, you needn', look like a skeered rabbit" he said to the speaker when he placed the box on the floor and discharged la. pin, of nat'ral" leaf "yaller" exirao; into it. Don't look like suthin' had sna,ched you for when spits spits, an when piddles round simply piddles." Like all grea, men, old Morgan's life had tender and mellow side His family ties were strong and though be sometimes neglected the neces- sary attention which he should have paid to the changing of his shiit. yet he was devoted to his children and failed not to see that his eldest daughter was properly instructed in the accomplishment of handling the wedding hoe, yea, to even see that she learned the art of pulling fodder and the quick, nervous process of taking a tobacco worm by the back of the neck and tenderloin and stretching him until the green ocze announces tha, the victory has been won. To prove his devotion to home, we print the following letter which he wrote shortly afier enter ing upon the discharge of his legislative duties
 My DEAR WIFE: arriv here withou, any accident worthy of mention. Feb Parker come part of the way over the ridge with me an mout have come furder, but the steers run away an killed him. Pore man, he want prepared to die. nuther, fur he had just finished payin' far the steers. was powerful shuck up, an had the bark pealed offen my shins, an small hole gouged in my head. An. Lord, you kaint form no idee of how things is run down here. Al, fust though, tha, six dollars day was a powerful chance of money, an that could fetch home huff to pay of the mortgage on the siill-house, but with all the 'stravagance an style an holler mockery an plug ,obaoker of this place I'm afeerd that I'll haher walk home or kc'oh anu,her steer ~agin. Tha, re- minds me of Zeb Parker. Pore Feb, he want prepared to die nuiher. fur he va Tt in the best of health ln order to save money air.er got here, tuck up my quarters at wagin yard. The eaten was rough, but consoled myself with the idee that was maxim sacrifice fur them what love. One night, las, week, drunk some swee, stuff with the com mittee on ways an means. an, when sot out far. the wagin yard, it 'peered to me like thar want no regular way of walkin' nohow. When go, thar, fumbled around fur my bed, but fell through the lott floor whar some feller had tuck up plank to Pu; on his bed as extra kiver, fur the night was putty shiverish an fell bim inter stall whar a mule was quietly ohawin' his prairie hay. I tried to gI, out but couldn't an to keep the devilish creature from trampin' on me, clim' up on his back. Then he commenced to buck, jump and kick. How he did lam bang his hoofs agin the sides of the stalls, harder and harder till the speaker of the house what happened to be roomin' close by, poked his head over the hay rack an said, wish you fellers down thar'd keep less fuss 90 a body kin git some sleep Al last the mule bumped himself SO high tha, he struck me asin the loft overhead. Hox be managed to keep me up thar don't know, but I'll swaz if didn't think l never would gi, down. Airter long time, the man what owns the place came out an said as he hif up lantern: Come, unstick your sel; from up thar an gil outen here. This here stall va'a't made to 'commodase but one mule at time This made me powerful mad an l would have ft the feiler but didn't want the newspapers to say that the leadin' member of the