The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-12-11
BILL ARP.
"Gn,!wetli a File"

BILL ARP.
"Gnnweth File"
atlanta Constitution.
And he gnaweth a file. Well, it is
hard yittels, I know, but sometimes it
helps man 10 explode, and thrash
around under great disappointments. It
sets the pent up bile to working, and
when be gets rid of it he feels better. Mr..
Blaine feels better now, | reckon. May
be that Augusta speech saved his life, for
l have heard folks say that he was very
sensitive man and if he got beaten he
would kill himself But the danger is
all over now and the crisis is past. Let
US pass resolutions of sympathy, for
great man has fallen this day in Israel.
Well, he fell several years ago, but he
dident fall 30 far nor go suddenly, and
the whole naticn did not see him. It
was an awful shock this time and he had
to say something. He had to abuse some.
body. He had Beecher and Burchard
and Mast and the Harpers and the Times,
but he was afraid of them, and so he
takes the solid South for his viclim-the
old martyrs that has stood the brupt of a
thousand ISLANDERS and still lives. Thank
the good Lord, she still lives! They
have thrown boorneraDgs at her for twenty
years, but the boomerang is dangerous
weapon in careless hands. They tell me
man can throw it clean round house
and it will come back and hit him if he
don't dodge. Better quit throwing BOOM
eraDgs. They threw one at US when they
gave the negro the vote and it has just
got back and hit them terrible blow. It
bit Mr.. Blaine in the pit of the stomach
and hurt, and he gnaweth file. And it
hit Murat Halstead, and he gnaweth
file. And that Milwaukee feller gnaweth
file. I'm afraid that files will be scarce
up there, and as they seem to like such
yittels, I think ]. 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 I hope our folks will give him
the charity of their silence. Say no more
about Mulligan, Or Hooking Valley, or
Joy, or Fisher. Don't kick man when
he is down. Don't punch poor coon
just to see him bite the stick. They
punched us after they whipped US and
never could understand it unless it was
like the fellow who killed a dog for biting
him, ard after the dog was dead he
kicked him and N angled him and cursed
him until a man who was standing by
said, "Don't you see that brute is dead.
what are you kicking him now for?"
"Dog on him." said he, 81 want to teach
him there is little hell and punishment
after DEATH"
But now let us I'LL have peace. Let us
return good for evil. We have got friends
up there, and for their sakes let US for.
give and forget. wish we had invited
Mr.. Blaine down to our jubilee and got
him to make another speech. May be
our Sunny South and our hospitality
would have affected him and set his liver
straight. We could have given him some
S. S. S. besides and sent him home bet
ter and happier man.
wonder what Office he would like
under Mr.. Cevela nd-some little thing
to taper off on-a consulate to South
America, Brazil OF Terra Del Fuego, or
maybe the Cape Of Good Hope. Good
hopes are good things for disappointed
man. There would be wide field for
his philantrophy Gown there, for the peo.
ple are black-solid black. think it
would harmoDize .Halstead and company
to give them an Office, and we will have
lots of Offices. 1 was afraid we wouldn't
have enough people to fill them, but l
reckon we will. Our boys seem to be
right patriotic. There are fifteen voun.
teers already for the Gainesville postof.
flee, and I feel encouraged. They
are all good men and willing. / hear
that one man came hundred miles to
take it as soon as it was vacant. Such
patriotism ought 10 be rewarded. l was
thinking about snug little sin cure my
SELF and went down to Atlanta to see
about it and offer my services, but man
tackled me as soon as lit off the cars and
took me away off round corner and said
he 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 asked
him what Office it was, he named the very
one was after. Well, / am easily over.
come by friend in distress, and so l
promised to do al I could, and in ten
minutes after / left him / met another
friend who wanted it, and so I promised
him, and before I left town l
had promised six, and l felt relieved to
think that was regarded of so much in.
fuence and could do 80 much good in
helping the needy. 1t is good sign to
see that so many are volunteering, tor it
will give Mr.. Cleveland plenty Of choice.
1t is going to be right hard on our mem.
bers of Congress. They have got to play
new role now. When the fifteen appli-
cations for the Gainesville postoffice are
sent up to the Postmaster-General he will
do like that officer always does. He will
refer the whole lot to Mr.. Clements, and
MI. Clements will look over the names to
the petitions, and after considering who
is the best man TO-: the Office and for the
people, and for Mr.. Clements too, he will
recommend one, and thereby make one
friend and fourteen enemies. So there is
going to be the dickens to play in the
districts ell over lhe State, and lots OF
disappointed patriots are going to get
fighting mad. Bu:I hope they will have
sense enough to spell the word "ac.
quiesce," and not go to gnawing file.
I'm sorry for our members Of Congress.
a man told me in Atlanta that Governor
Browns mail was row about bushel a
day, and il took two clerks to read them
and file them and make out tally sheet,
so that the Governor could get an idea
without reading Them. Governor Col
quit got Al letters in one mail, and 45
Of them were applications for Office. 1t
is very encouraging to think that We
have got so many who are ftten, for i
know they are all ftten; their friends
say they are.
Sometimes I think would like to get