The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-11-22
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 I sWsn, vafl, deaf lDok - coadsnDel solems,s saia tAe esoceymaa so ths had boy, as he cAme in and ieanea As1innl tke show cns4 pat his kands in his peek- eas, and looked dewn q the aoer vish his eyes @soes "Whaas the naslex o1 yoas What yos tAinking ofr'
 si was iass thinkisg and wsadsring | t vas night for pafenss to encourage boys by telling then of she glSsioas future thai is he6oee any American hoy, the prospect th.s he mAy oee day be peesdeef of the uniaed SfaAas- think it wonid be hesnex to encouFnGo boys hy peinfing out so them hos. hy cnadocsia9 shsaselsss right tAey can sscape the fac q ruaning fpr psssident. WAaa I slnsy ia ske-> in hsiae psesidsnsf fa psssidsnt amounn 0 anything hs gses sAoe, ed n deceot Dan runs fnr pseei- dent Ae is abased vone thSn . piek- pocksG WasAingtun vss an igAt eneaeh, bscanse hs oppoaenss never 6ound out any of Ais cussednssA and d tAey did they dasseat tell of t, for fear ha wosld take shos gun and hlow ,em fun of buck shot. But the psesideats. since can rs- member, have been psssty tnG. ce eot murdered. No, sir, vhsn pa sslls me so brace up and be . man, and come day may be president. l say Pa. l .iat . SO ing to be that kind of . man. puliiics are demorahzing tho boys sorse than anything. Some of us boys doat know whether we are democxass or repub,icans because both parties have hired us to carry torches Say, what is the best thing to cure a prohibitioniss's headacAeT
 Cure a prohibstioniss' headache P asked the grocerymAn in aseonishment. "what does . psohibiioniss want with . heAdache3 Who has got onsR
 sOh. pa. suppose he had the wort headache ID this county, and all fSom prohibition. Pa has beaonged to both parties. during the campaign, and up so election he was pretty sober, tos him. but all last week, when Blaine wns elected one day and Cleveland was elected the next day, 1t was too much for pa, as he had to change parties about twice day, and he got SO full that he s,uste,ed He shouted until he got hoasse, and came home one night v,tA . rooSer tied by one leg. and he tied il to the bed post Pa vas feeling funny, and when ma asked him what he brought home he told her 1t was . rooster he had been carrying around all the evening, and she would ind 1t m the morning tied to the bed post l thought it vas time pa was broke of politics. So took big rai which ve caught in trap. aud united the rooster, and tied the string to the rat, and lett 1t there. When pa woke up tn the mom- kn L.. N would show her the rooster he carried around all night. and he took hold of the string and pulled, and said |: Come up here, cheeky and he pulled the rat right up on the bed. Well, you'd a dide to see pa look at tha, rat, and know you would have dide to sec ma get scarce. She made one jump and landed on the bureau. and yelled aipe kinds of murder EA looked at the rat sort oi dubious. and rolled over, and looked the other way, and then he wanted to saiisfy himself that it was not a rooster, % he pulled it up again, and the rat ran under the bed- clothes, and then pa had had rsss enough and he jumped out of bed too quick. Then you ought to have heard the tem- peiance lecture ma gave pa. She told him If he had got 60 far gone that he would carry house rat around in a pro- cession half the night, thinking 1t was a rooster, he was in good condition to 20 to the lunatic asylum, and unless he swore od drinking from that minute ste would make application 10 have him shut up by the authorities Well wAen ma gets excited she make pa pay atten- ton, and % pa took solemn oath that he would join the prohibinoc party, and be did, and he has not drank . drop tor three days, and he is oflul nervous, and his head aches % every hair stands right up straight. have been putting pounded ice on his head two niRhts, and he has got % think can tell him sith saleey how the rat came to be there"
 We'll am glad your pa is going to be . man again." said the srocerymaa, but you boys shoaldnt have anything to do with poaiticA You are too young, aad u might injure your reputatioas."
 "Yes. but VI are taught that the high ct ambition of maa is to be psssident, and that ws may ore day occupy that exAlted of6oe that Washingtoa once held, but ve can't ees there without besng politiciass, can vel Haven't vs rot to learn how to pack csucuses, and run in tellovs that hAvest been nAuraljsed, and lie about feilows that beloag to the other party! Why. in every school tn town the boys are divided into democrats and republicans, and vs 6ght each other jass like men, and fnd oss mean things boys have done, and tell of 1t, and ve are growing up to be model poGuciass-- The teachers laugh about II, and ] doat sse as there is anything wrong. We have got all the boys that ever stole anything, or robbed orchards, spotted, and their records win come up ag ainss them fl they ever run for ofice. O, e boys are ieAm- ing pretty fast from the men vho think they are setting a good example before the rising generation. But since ve have read hov mean Blaine and Cievelasd are, in the papess, you can't ges any of us boys to have ambition to be president. l