The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-11-01

ia tltIelIbll.
heerd the ncozc fust, 81 | sposet, tho
ez bad news travels fast it WIZ at Bias
CONS afore | got down in the mornin,
and am a tolerably erly bird thare my
self am alluz there ely, ez every day
| Their is travelin men wich go over to
| Bascom's to git Their mornin drink, and
| it is we'll 20 be around on the chance Nv
| invtashens.
Deprest ez | wuz, | determined not to
let any NV en- know that felt it. | as
| soomed a serene lock Nv cam satisfaction
and sailed ir with Smile onto my face.
found the Deekin, Issai,er Gavitt, ker
| mel NJ Pelter, and all Nv EN- sitting there
in state Nv eggstreme discomftoor.
BAscom wuz, not putting it too mildly,
| furious.
"ilz yoosual," sed I, sdIin up to the
bar.
Not quite ez yoosnal,' replied Bias
com. L irv inos geratid a new system
this morniu--wc depart from the yoosual
custom by requiiin any sich man eZ 700
| are to lay down five cents onto the coun-
ter afure place the bottle in his too
wiilin grasp. From this time out it is
cash list afore the delivery NV the goods. .
why this suddin, inconvenient
change ," | asked.
"Hcv WOO heerd from Ohio ," wuz his
| chilin response.
"iIeerd from Ohio - scd I, valin my
agoay with a smile, ''uv course | heV
heerd the glorious nooze. We hev got
EN- ~
"G,orirus nooze - he responded with
a sneer. Maine puIed us and Gi:io hcz
| phisiked us A majority Nv T., Geo agin
us. Wat kind nv cit is that
&c. w, >" wuz nay cam response, for
b. this time he'd got control nv myself,
''yoo don t understand polltikle tactics.
The only trouble we hcv i'll Ohio is, the
Republican majority WIZ not large enutf.
However, We shell pull throo with wat
we hev, tho we shood hev let EN- carried
it by p, 000.'
81 spose eff the Republican majority
he'd bin 30, 600 we wood hev ded shoor
thing onto en-?
"Certi,.ly. The trooth is, our people
is lethariik, and spopine, and wat we
need is defect to awaken 'em. Oul
trubble is over-confidcucc, and We want
id a back set to awaken the Slumbrin
lion. We played the same tactiks III
Mime and in all the early States. Wat
we want is to save our strength for the
linal fife in November, when we shell
show 'em wat Dimncrisy reeiy is. In
| view nv the trcmen JUS success Nv cur tao
tiks III Ohio. Bascom. please set out that
| bottle
Bascnm declined to do it; in fact, lie
sed that he'd bln the coz NV the room
nv the Coruers. On the strength Nv my
| prolesies that we shaGd carry Ohio by a
majority NV %, 600 he he'd bet his good
money. and he'd lost it. And now voc
cum in and say that that wHz percisely
wat the D;mocrisy intendid to do. CIT
out ~
That ended the matter. | borrered
five cents and hoomiliatinly paid.
must confess that things don't work
in Ohio ez | Good hcv wished. Somehow
things don't work for MS. We countid
on the Independent Republican move
ment, but that Eez petercd out TO merely
| George Wilynm Curtis, the Moo York
Times, and Carl Shurts at $3.50 a speech.
| Nobody seems to hev pade the slitest at
tenshun to err. We hey showed up
Blame ez a feerlul bad man, but ez the
people feendishly persist i'll v"tin fol
him. wat must ther estimashun of C!eve-
land be? IF they do believe in the 500
preme onfitnes nv the Republican party,
wat must be Their estimit Nv us?
These be conundrums wich | can't an
ser.
But one hope rcnlanes and that | hev
determined onto. Onr only hope is in
in2uoSin the ProhibishnistS to support
St. John in suttiShnt numbers to lei
Cleveland slide in. The post offs at the
Corners depends onto it, and it is the
only hope | bev.
hev resolved oAto bold stroke.
am soin into Ohio to help the Prohib-
ishnists. | hev detailed the plan to B:s
CON aud he sees suthin in it and hez re-
lentij, perviHin me with an outfit and
money enuif to get t. the scene Nv my
labers. after witch | must depend onto
the tampranse organiZashenS.
| Bascom hez given HE two white shirts,
four collars, two pares NV cuffs, and a
| SCOT NV black clUZe, SO that | kin appear
suthin like Temperance Kepublikin. He
heZ also lent me pare Nv boots NV hlZ-
zen wieh are actooally mates, Tor it wood
never do to make speeches for st. John
in one shoe and one boot, cSpeshly ei the
toes proiecti! thro en-.
Then hev shaved LAY entire face and
| ka!Somined my nose to a degree that
wood deserve the elect. | hcv metam-
| orpaoreh mysel! so that, ei not inspected
too closely. | mite pas fer a sooperinten-
dent Nv a Sunhay-skool-a Alabama
hard-sheil Baptis Sunday skool, any how.
am tryin to appaer Ike a RupuGiikin,
from the border STATES ut least. aha
with the eileen shirts ny liSglse is per-
ieck.
Saul "a iutJ OHIO and make speeches
!os st. John. ! slel INSIST that this is
the time fer rInnlGisI;.is.s to stand 'irnl
and lie troo to ther p.i.>iples. | shell
show ca ti'at the Republican party cz a
naShucl organizaShcn hez not taken the
agg>tiofne ground on this CRATE question,
If:,i Shoud therefore D. driven from pow
Ct. Bat my CRATE argument vii! be this:
shel paint the Dmocrisy in Ell bad
coiors ez possible, witch wont need no
eggsaggcrashun. Then when the Pro
hibishmsts ash. me what we expect to
make by Dustin the Republicans and put
tin in the D:mocrisy my anser Will be
prompt. | shell say 80 EN- that physc-
ians pnke ez well ez physie Their pashents
| The best cure for a evil is to give the pa
silent double dose NV it. Ef the Pro