The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-12-11
BILL ARP.
"anaweth a File"
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! And he gnaweth file. Well. it fs
hard vittels, know, but sometimes it
helps a man to explode, and thrash
around under great disappointments. It
sets the pent up bile to working, and
when he gets rid of it he feels better. Mr..
Blaine feels better now, / reckon. Nav
be that Augusta speech saved his life for
1 have heard folks say that he was a yerv
sensitive man and II be got beaten he
would kill himself But the danger Ia
oil over now and the crisis Is past. Let
us pass resolutions of sympathy, for a
great man has fallen this day in Israel,
Well, he fell several years ago, but hs
dident fall 30 far nor go suddenly. and
the whole nation did not see him. IL
was an awful shock this time and he had
to say something. He had to abuse somes
body. He had Beecher and Burchard
and Mast and the Harpers and the Times.
but he was afraid OF them, and 40 he
takes the solid South for his victim-the
old martyrs that has stood the brunt of
| thousand slnnders and still lives. Thank
| the good Lord, she still lives They
have thrown boomerangs at her for twenty
years, but the boomerang is dangerous
weapon in careless hands. They tell mo
a man can throw It clean round house
and 1t will come back and hit him If he
don't dodge. Better quit throwing BOOM
eraDgs. Ihey threw one OF as when they
gave the negro the vote and 1t has Just
got back and hit them terrible blow. It
hit Mr.. Blaine 10 the pit of the stomach
and hurt, and he gnaweih file. And IL
hit Murht Halstead, and he gnaweth q
file: And that Milwaukee. feller gnaweth
file. I'm afraid that files will be scarce
up there, and as they seem to like such
vittels, think I will send them few
old ones from my blacksmith shop-I
reckon they are good eating to folks who
like them.
But am sorry for Mr.. Blaine-I really
am--and hope our folks will give him
the charity Of their silence. Say no more
about Mniligan, or Hooking Valley, or
Joy, or Fisher. Don't kick man when
he ia down. Don't punch o poor coon
just to see him bite the etick. They
punched us after they whipped US and I.
never could understand it unless it was
like the fellow who killed q dog for biting
him, and after the dog was dead he
kicked him and mangled him and cursed
him until a man who was standing by
said, Don't you Tee that brute is dead.
DOG on him." said be, II want 10 teach
him there is little hell and punishment
after DEATH"
But now let US all have peace. Let us
return good for evil. We have got friends
up thore, and for their eakes let us for.
give and forget. wish we had invited
MIR. Blaine down to our jubilee and got
him to make another speech. sIay be
our Sunny South and our hospitality
would have affected him and set his liver
straight. We could have given him some
8. S. s. besides and sent him home bet.
ter and happier man.
/ wonder what Office he would like
| under Mr.. Cleveland-some little thing
to taper off on--a consulate TO South
America, Brazil or Terra Del Fuego, or
maybe the Cape of Good Hope. Good
hopes are good things for disappointed
man. There would be wide field fer
hia philantrophy down there, Cor the pao.
pie are black-solid black. think it
would harmonize Halstead and company
| lots of offices. / was afraid we wouldn't
have enough people to fl, them, but
reckon ws will. Ca. boys seem to he
right patriotic. There are fifteen volun.
teers already for the Cartersville postof.
| flee, and I feel encouraged. They
are all good men and willing. hear
that ono man came hundred miles to
take 1t as coon "a 1t was vacant. Such
patriotism ought to be rewarded. was
thinking about anug little sin cure my
self, and went down to Atlanta to see
about 1t and offer my services, but man
tackled me eassoon as lit OF the cars and
took me away off round corner and said
be was after an Office, and wanted me to
help him get it, and told me how that he
had worked for the party for twenty odd
years and never had had nothing, and he
was poor and needy; and when I asked
him what office IL was, he named the very
one was after. Well, I am easily over.
promised TO do ell I could, and in ten
minutes after I left hi.n I met another
friend whe g.nted It. and so nrcm!sed
him, aud before left town I
had promised six, and felt relieved TO
think that was regarded of so much in.
auence and could do 80 much good in
helping the needy. It is good sign to
see that go many are volunteering, for il
will give Mr.. Cleveland plenty of choice.
It 10 going to be right hard on our mem.
bers of Congress-. They have got to play
| @ new role now. When the E.ssen appli.
cations for the Cartersville postoffice are
sent up TO the Postmaster. General he will
do like that oiIicer always does. Ho viii
refer the ahole lot to MIR. Clements, and
Mr. Clements will look over the nasles to
the petitions, and after considering who
is the beat man for the Office and for tho
people, and for Mr.. Clements too, he will
recommend one, and thereby make one
| friend and fourteen enemiea. So there Ia
going to be the dickens to play in the
districts all over the State, and lots of
disappointed patriots are going to get
fighting mad. ButI hope they will have
sense enough to spell the word "ac.
quiesce," and not go to gnawing file.
Pm sorry for our members of Congress.
. man told me In Atlanta that Governor
Browns mail was now about q bushel
day, and IL took two clerks to read Them
and file them and make out q tally sheet,
so that the Governor could get an idea
without reading them. Governor Col
quit got AZ letters in one mail, and As
Of them we're applications for Office. It
Is very encouraging to think that We
have got 30 many who are ftten, for T
know they are all fitten : their friends
say they are. tt., 't,.sS5 s5S, S,1 3
T Sometimes think would like to get
q good fat Office like MIR; Cleveland has
always got his. That is, have Il al,oyed
on me. was Illuminating over his wop-t
derful career. There is nothing like it
4 since old Father Cincinnatua was called