The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-05
AN EXECUTIVE PHENOMENON
How the Bear Wailow Man was Enter r.
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 An old fellow from Hear Wallow vis- tied the executive office the other day to talk wi,h the governor and secure some thing to "blo~ about in his ne,ghbot- hood.
 "Come ,n,, sand pleasant looking gentleman.
 Are you the governor t''
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 Wall. then. I've alius been mistaken one ot your legs on battle held. but sec you've got two legs How do you account for that:
 "Easy enough When took my sea, as governor. only had one lex with me. haVlng, as you say lost the other one Tn battle. \ shor, tune alter took my scat, noticed that another leg had begun to grow out. Al hrst was alarmed, having never heard of such a performance. but AftCi a NHlAt tp aW At dt'NioP ments. The leg kep, on gro~ing unui the ankle was reached. IL stopped then for tc~ days, and l though, that the resurrcti ton business was enutely sus- pended but WAS wrong The leg was only gathering material with winch io build a foot. Alter awhile the foot be- gan ;o make its appearance. l, reminded me ot an old woman knitting a sock. IL would have ticklcd you to death to have seen ho~ skiiliully and human like the work oi rounding of oi the hcel went on oocaslonal., |, would drop sti:eh, but, e,f, Il would hop back and p,ck i, up. vas very anaious about the ,ns,cp. but my fears were soon allayed. for Il was shaped oil as peftrt, IS anything you ever saw. At last, when the performance teae he'd he toes, hanged fl didn't think ,ha, would itch to death. bu, couldn't sefa,ch. ior tha, would have spoiled the work When the Iob was completed. could walk as we'll as any man m town, and even ran atate with an old negro down on the tNet bank
 "Did you walk around while the growin was goin on = asked the man from Bear Nallo~, regarding the gov efnor ~ith 4 cufIqus gaze
 Oh no. had ,o tema,n petice,i, quIet and allow my leg 10 he on a k,nd of cot winch had prepared io, the oc- easlon."
 "Dld you talk to any of the to, tors abou, |, :"
 "Ycs, but they did no, regard Il as re- markable. One of our leading physlclans said that the elecuon ,o office ~as very frequently the cause of legs and arms growing out, and gave II 4s his op,nlon that ,his was the reason crippled men were always after offices"
 Il, may no, have seemed strange To the doctor, but dingcd fl It don, seem mighty strange to me-
 " utu NO Itc N bfst put $OtH got used to II, and le, me here remark ,ha, when man ls elected governor of Ark ansa~, he will soon ge, used to a number of things he never heard of before.
 Now, ~hen 1 go home an tell the folks ,ha, the governors lex has gro~cd out, they'll beheye II. for they don, think anything impossible ~ith him, bu, when tell em that I've seed Inc gov ernor an sot do~B an talked to h,u. fa- miliar like, they won't believe H. Cant you giye me some sort of receipt, shosin' that have seed you. Ies say, this here IS to certify ,ha, John k,Ilprune, of Bar Waller. has this day hi conversation with me. axed john to s-t do~n an make himself at home, which he done an found him mighty entertzinin', an wush he'd come asin an fetch his folkA' Jes draw up them ~ords ena1kly an sign 'em please"
 -l'il do II, sir and the receipt was drawn up and signed. Greatly ela,ed. the man from Bear WAilow ~en, down. A, the state house gate he met the watch man, who asked:
 That feller gone d. ~n from up yon- der yess"
 "Whai feIier.-
 "That teiier in the governors room 7"
 .Ain't he the govcrnor!"
 Governor, the deuce. He's q jack-ieg