Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-05-02
THE PENALTIES OF GREATNESS.

HE rEHh IL LIN -
tud now comes the Washington
correspondent fthc Ny. Tribune
and pokea fun ut our Jonncf King; !
]. Flovd King represents the With !
District of Louisiana in the House. |
| don know that he has ever done
any thing remarkable, but he has
at least posed a great deal. lie Is
firmly convinced that there exists
4 striking outward resemblance he
tween him and the great Napoleon.
True enough, there Is a certain re-
scmblancc between the two, but Ii
| is not by any means striking.
What amusc6 people is that Mr..
King loves TO attitudinizc, to take
the positions in which the outward
| form Of the great Corsican has been
handed down 10 poSterlty IN pc
lures, prints and portraits. lie IS
rarely seen, for instance, except
with his right hand placed in the
| the breast of his tightly buttoned
coat. his left behind his back. The
head is always bent low, and
special attention is paid to the cut
Of the hair. \ "curl right IN the
middle Of thc forehead" as the
nursery song has it, copies the we'll
known picture by DalaToche OF Ma
poleon at Fontaincblcau. In this
attitude Mr.. King loves to be seen.
1t Is his fayorite one.
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This has rather led me out OF the
, wav of what | was going TO say. Ii
is this, that Mr.. King, almost like
Napoleon you might say, is able to
: rise to an occasion when it presents
itself in proper form. Some tlmt
ago he went to the Department o
? Agriculture in search of some seec
wherewith TO allay the wrath o
some neglected constituent. Hunt
ing about the seed bags he stumbled
across pile of pamphlets issuc(
by the Department, which descrIb
Ell in glowing terms the virtues o
/ the liking Turnip.' 1t didn't re
auire any length of time for thu
Louisiana statesmen to take in tn
: situation. He promptly bough
!. the entire edition of the pamphlc
and gave an order for several thous
and additional copies. He tioOde'
o his district with descriptions of tn
G "King Turnip." The pamphle
was in evcrvbody's hands. Their
wasn't voter that didn't think Tn
o Department had named the turni
= in honor of the Hon. J. Floyd King
( 1t was a recognition Of his cminer
}. services, his constituents thought
His popularity increased wonder
) fully. His opponent in the distri'
Il convention was nowhere, and Whc
&c the time came, Mr.. King was II
umphantly returned to Congre'
on his turnip platform. Let oth'
is congressman heed the lesson.
re That our Jonnef should /
l. handled in this way, is intolerabl
1t would be bad enough, if tru
but who, in these wildwoOds, h;
.e seen the NapoleOnic curl, or h,
J. been the recipient of a package
'c the King Turnip seed? Echo
wild bewilderment answers who
N Who has seen the above mentiOnC
T. pamphlet? And above all, wi
a has eaten one of the King turnip
1t was matter of general know
edge that Jonnef had a patent SEE
oi distributor, by means of which
70 buried all other questions out
IS sight, with delugc of seeds, b
Il, this Napoleonic curl, and t
III King turnip is not so general
known. Can it be possible tn
* Jonnef, our own lowland Jonnt
st has neglected his overlooked co
In stitucnts, and sprung the Xii
a turnip on the hill people exclusiv
cl ly? Where is the river pari
" man who has seen a King turnil
This is an important political m;
ter, and if Jonnef has stocked I
S. the hill country with King turniI
ne and left the river parishes to {
OF along on second or third class tt
IL nips, or worse, no turnips at a
oh there will be trouble in the nc
nc convention, and Jonnef will L
'Sc have the enthusiastic support
ee the turnipless river parishes,
'uf future. Take your choice JOnn
nc turnips or war.
nd The Woes of Poverty.