The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-02-01
An Executive Phenomenon.
How II Jack-leg Lawyer Imposed DIN n
Man from Bear WallOw.


An old fellow from Bear Walow visited
the executive Office the other day to talk with
the Governor, and secure something for his
neghborhood
Come in" said pleasant looking gentle
man.
care you the Governor?"
Eyes, Sir"
"Wall, them I've allus been mistaken about
you. had heard that you left one of your
legs on a battlefield, but see that you've got
two legs. How do you account for that ?'
Easy enough. When took my seat as
governor only had one leg with me, having,
as you say, lost the other in battle A short
time after took my seat l noticed that
another leg had begun to grow out. AT first
l was alarmed, having never heard of such
performance, but after while l decided to
await Developments. The leg kept on grow
ing until the ankle was reached. 1t stopped
for few days, and l thought that the rcsur-
recton business was entirely suspended but
| was wrong. The leg was only gathering
material with which to build Il foot. After
while the foot began to make its appearance
1t reminded me of an old woman knitting q
sock. 1t would haze tickled you to death to
| see how skillfully and humanlike the work
| of rounding of the heel went on. Occasion
ally il would drop stitch, but, Sir, it would
hop back and pick it up. Twas very anxious
| about the instep, but my fears were soon
| allayed, for IL was shaped off as perfect MS
anything you ever saw. At last, when the
performance reached the toes, hanged if
didn't think that would itch to death, but
couldn't scratch, for that would have spoiled
| the work. When the job was completed
could walk rs well as any man in town. and
| even ran race with an old negro down on
| the river bank"
"Did you walk around while the CROWN
was goin' onp' asked the man from Bear
| Wallow. regarding the Governor witha cur
ious gaze.
ooh, no, had to remain perfectly quiet
and allow my leg TO lie on kind of cot which
had prepared for the OCCASION" ~
did you talk to any Oft the Doctors about
iii"
EYES, but they did not regard it as remarka-
BILE. One of our leading physicians said that
the election to office was very frequently the
cause of legs and arms growing out, and gave
| it as his opinion that this was the reason
crippled men were always after Offices"
| at may not have seemed strange to the
doctor, but dingedf it don't seem mighty
strange TO me-"
1T did to me at first, but | soon got used
to it and let me here remark that when a
man is elected governor of Arkansas he will
soon get used to a number of things he never
heard of before"
Nov, when go home an tell the folks
that the Governors leg has growed out,
they believeit, for they don't think any
things impossible with him; but when tell
'em that I've seed the Governor and sot down
and talked TO him familiar like, they won't
believe it. Can't you give me some sort OF
receipt, showin' that have seed you? Jes
say: "This here is to certify that John Kill
prune, of Bear Waller, has this day bill con-
versation with me. axed John TO sit down
an make himself ut home, which he done, an
found him mighty cntertainin', and wusl
he'd cum again an fetch his folks" Jest draw
up them words exactly an sign 'em, please.
'"I'll do it, Sir" and the receipt was drawn
up and signed Greatly elated the man from