The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-09-04
"OF A SABLE HUE.
The Republicans Of Hardem2l in
Convention ass mhled.
The Road to Glory Is Never Smooth
A ''StoRe'' Knocks the Chairman
Square Out Of Time.

A vouId-be DeSeg Makes some Dis.
! eord-But sugar is Spread ON at
the Close.
'sFour and twenty black birds baked in a pie.
When the pie was opened the birds began to sing
Wasn't that dandy dish To sit before the king?
Last Monday the Republicans OF Harde-
man assembled in convention at rae Court
House in Bolivar to select delegates to the
congressional convention, and to endorse a
candidate for Floater ana nominate q can
didate for county Representative. The
above proposed end was reached. Dele
gates were selected, J. f. Boothe, colored
was endorsed for Floater, but the Legisla-
tive candidate did not matcriahze. Tell il
not, there Is some Indication Of i Injecting
OF the waters"
The convention was composed in the
main Of the "man ard brother" and this
statement will be sufficient excuse Tor our
not making connected report Of the pro-
cecdings.
\. a. d. Bryant was made chairman, and
we'll be hanged if we ever located the sec
rotary. lie was there, however The usu-
al "forms Of confusion" incident to a meet
ing Of so many american citizens CT Afri-
can descent, the Caucasion element WAS
hopclessly in The minority-were observed
in good order, vixen there appeared upon
the scene a wild-eyeI stranger, and his
name was "Stone," with the "IIon. J. :"
proceediEg it. atss steps We're ~Tcry and
his arms were long and supple. Only one
eye was left by "the poker" SO tradition
says, to shine above the cavity from which
eloquence flowed spontaneously" like
like sausage from a grinder Esc wore his
forehead on the back of his neck, and from
regard for the responsibilities Of his single
suspender, and a vivid recollection OF the
ruin friction he'd wrought upon his pants,
he kept his face to the (Democratic) audi
encc when not taking side view at the
chair. lie had mission, and unlike the
youth who,
Mid snow and ice,
Bore "A banner " strange devIce"-
his CRY was of
'Ways that are dark and tricks that are vain''-
and upon the chair of the meeting" he
bent his "eagle eye" The heaviest brother
en- were deputiscti to "set down on him. but
he was Gas good a Republican as any Of
them,n and "would not down at their bid
ding" buthad "tale to unfold" that would
"make each and every hair stand upon" the
head Of the meeting" like the quilts upon
the backed a" defeated colorcB aspirant for
a post office position.
'Stone" neglected to say that he had been
"sat upon" in the appointment of dele
gates from No ! but did tell tale of inf
deity to the party, and a "colored man."
upon the art of the chair. We might have
supposed that the story was appreciated from
the applause il received, even from in the
vicinity Of the chair. but to Apr, ciate the
applause ones ears would have had to haze
been lined with Tin. But the story went
nevertheless, and 10 this refrain:
"That once upon a time Il young man who
did not believe in tbs doctrine OF his father
Gn-law) held a high position, and that
somewhere in the domain resided a youth
who was as "UySar's vide" Then it came
about that the removal" Of the unbeliev-
ing young man was necessary and the exal-
tation Of the man Of pure faith was in or
der. And he bent his eagle eyc' upon
the chair
There resided at another port in the realm
gentleman Of color who coveted his High
nesses' patronage, and post office position
and his name was loyalty. But with
sublime graciousness the prince settled the
fat office upon another less devoted, because
his skin was white, and--he said he would,
and he would" Aud he sout his eagle
eve" upon the chair
Stone had sympathizers in the CONVEX
ton, but after the "tale was told" and the
chair revived, "Stonc" was fired out and a
grand pow-wuw was in order. When quiet
was restored, DR.. II. Blggs, in whose bonnet
congressional bee" has bUZzed for many
a day, made a few remarks upon "The Tar
ifF and-upon the tariff"
"Stone" had slipped around and got back
into the ring, and when the crowd wildly
clamored for "sugar," "Stone" essayed to
give the chairman "gaul." But upon the
invitation of a "vcnerahle BROTHER" the
heavy man u * trotted out to break up the
little game of "Stone." With an intima-
ton that 'Stone," had record, and the
(which" would re then and there aired, the
heavy man put a quietus upon the Wild
eyed aReHser, and the crowd yelled for.
Hamilton, who is Uaa9iciously slrnamed
"Sugar" by the rabble. Like Or. Bigss,
Mr.. Hamilton is a congressional aspirant,
and declared in effect that but one thing
wouId give him more pleasure than to vote
for ''colored brother" ard that IS tor the
"colored brother" to vote for him. Ham
ilton, it might be said, spread sugar" upon
the whole occasion, and harmony prevailed.
Cheapest school books in town, at Hud-
5 )nS.