Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-26
MORE ARKANSAS ELoQUENCE.
The speech of Baker, OF Benton, In
Changing from Barry 10 Jones.

MORE AKhANSAS EL0QUENCE.
The speech of Baker, of Benton, In
Changing from Barry TO Jones.
Mr.. Baker, of Benton, says The
Little Rock (Ark) Gazette, when mis-
name was reached, rose to his feet
and said: Mr. President, / cast my
first vote in this senatorial contest for
Gov. James II. Berry, and / have
continued to do so up to the present
time. know him and / like him
He is a good man, and well qualified
to fill the ctiice; an honored citizen,
brave soldier, and an able states
man, he is high in the esteem of the
public. | am rough man myself
a man from tn e mountains-and I'm
one OF those men who stick by their
friends. / stick by my friends when
they deserve it, when they are able
and well qualified, until they fall,
and even then I'll not desert them
am like Collins Sheep when they
fall | fall with them. 1 hated to see
Coy. Berry withdraw from the field,
but when saw it must be, l looked
about me and took the thing under
consideration and thought on it. /
thought long and carefully over it,
and | slept with it, Laughter. l
saw | must cast my vote for someone
else, and | must make a choice of the
other candidates. I'll tell you how
/ did it. l looked over the field /
have met the. other two, and | had
studied them. ! met the Hon. Poin-
dexter Dunn and | saw in him many
good points. / saw a fine head on
him Il greatly admire a fine head
and saw IN him great coming man.
But tell you what did the work for
me. | met Mrs. Jones-the wife of
the Hon. James X. Jones--and that
settled ii. This is how it was | met
and / went and called on her-yes. /
did. The room was full of beautiful
women. | didn't hardly know what
to do, but she sat by the piano and |
asked her to play a little tune on it
for me- laughterl-I asked that very
thlng--asked her if she could play
My Old Cabin Home. She said she
would if / would sing a verse of it,
and | said I'd try. Cries, Sing it
now, let's hear it. You wait. /
said | would, and she touched up the
piano, hit the very keynote of the
piece-the tune | know aud love best
on earth. 1t rang and echoed about
the room. The place was full of
women, and pretty women, too.
Applause. And among them saw
Miss Roane, the daughter Of old Gov.
Roane, the lady of whom Mr.. McMll-
Ian spoke so beautifully a while ago.
They crowded around, and right there
stood, and sung the verse. Cries
of 'Sing-sing-give us the verse. ]
All right. gentlemen, 10 accommodate
you Ill sing it, and clearing his
throat the gentlemen from Benton
struck up bear tone solo, and sang
wen hunt no more the grizzly
In the nook.
We lleave the canon all
So dry;
We drink no more OF the
Clear crystal Brook
SO, my log cabin home, good -by.N
As the 'good-by" floated up among
the cobwebs SIN the dome Of the hall
the densely packed throng burst into
cheers and shouts, a tornado of
applause shaking the old house, while
bursts of laughter broke out like
thunderbolts, and handclappings
sounded like hail among the confus-
sion. At length the orator succeeded
in getting silence again, after bowling
and gesticulating several minutes.
and said Hold on-wait and hear
the chorus and then he sang:
"weI mind nomore, but play
j never shall forget
That log cabin home
That log cabin home far away
Again the storm broke forth, and it
was several minutes before he could
proceed. When a lulu came he con
tinued. "Well, those ladies crowded
around me, and when Mrs. Jones
stopped playing, / seized her hand
and | said, Madam, / am in love
with you Shouts. Yes, | told her
had fallen IN love with her, and she
said she wished I'd fall in love with
her husband as well. She treated me
nice-they all did, too, Now, am a
rough old man, but ladies have great
attractions for the old mountain
boomers. I know [ do CHEERS and
I never forgot that visit They looked
so sweet and nice l wanted TO hug
them all. When I met Mr.. Jones |
looked at him closely, and saw in him
man | could well support. He had
big head too-a head like q washtub,
eyes set away back n and deep,
thinking look III them, and so, with
al this to think of, after looking well
about me, after considering the mat
ter well, after sleeping with it. / have
concluded to vote for the Hon.
James K. Jones" Cheers, long and
loud
The first annual report of the
New York State Dairy Commissioner
has been forwarded to the Senate.
The effect of his work, he says, has
been to suppress over seventy five per
cent OF the sales of spurious butter
in this State as compared with the
sales Of 1888 The reduction of the
sales Of these goods in 1884 amounts
to fully $4,000 pounds daily, equlva =
lent to protecting 400, 600 persons
from being imposed on. He is as
sured by many merchants and dealers
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