Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-07

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tbss Suz yofial esatest for sxsyeraor
Jaaass h Barry. aad / bave eontinusa
- d. 50 1p g tbs pF,sent time.
kao~ him sal ike ana. Hs Is . coed
naa. aEd aeI 4gailned % al the ozles;
"a hoaoFsd eitlzsn. = brave solder. aad
an abie stateslnan, ae IS biga ia the estee1
of the psbl.e. 1 aBa = rough man myself
a man lreaI the t4aoQlt4lns-and / sa ons
Of those men ~ho stick - their friends;
stieS ~ ny frieais W4sa they de-
serve u. ~hea they are able aad VEL
qaalned, uatl thsy faL. and evsa thea
III u0t desert tasm; / an like Collins
sheep they fAll fa1 With them /
hated 70 see Governor Berry withdraw nom
tle neli, but xhsn / sz~ it must Be looked
about me, and took the thing under con-
sidsrati0n, aud thought Ca it. / thought
long and carefully ever il, aud l 81 pt With
10. Laughter. l sa~ | must east my
vote for some one else, aud must make a
choice II the other candidates. I'll ten
you how did L. l looked over the aeld.
l have met the other two, and l had
studied them. | met the Hon. POindexter
Dunn and / saw in hinl many good points.
l saw a fine head on him Il greatly admire
a tine head) and l saw ia him a great
coming man. But tell you what did the
work for me. l met Mrs. Jones-the wife
OF the Hon James h Jones-and that
settled it. This Is how il was. met her
and | went and called on ker-yes, did
The room was full Of beautiful women. /
didn't know hardly what 10 do, but she
sat by the piano and asked her 10 play
little tune on IL for me Laughter ~ asked
her that very thing-asked her II she could
play Ny Oh Cabin Home She said she
would II | would sing verse OF it, and
said I'd try. tCries, Sing il now, let's
hear it, You wait | said l would, and
she touched up the piano. hit the very key
note Of the piece-the tune / know and love
best on earth. II rang and echoed about
the room. The place was full of women,
and pretty women, too. tApplause.l And
among them | saw Miss Roane. the daugh-
ter OF old Governor Roane, the lady of
whom Mr.. Mcmillan spoke so beautifully
while ago. They crowded around, and
right there l stood aud sung the verse.
lCries of 'Sing-sing-gv US the verse"
All right, gentlemen, 10 accomn odate you
I'll sing it," and, clearing his throat, the
gentleman from Benton struck up bear
tone solo and sang:
Wen hunt no more the grizzly
In the nook.
Wen leave the canon all
So dry;
Wen drink so more OF the
Clear crystal brook,
SO. my log cabin home, good by.
As the .good-by" foated up among the
cobwebs in 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 hand
clappin-s sounded like hail among the con-
fusion. At length the orator succeeded in
getting silence again, after bowling and
gesticulating several minutes, and said ::
'Hold on--wait and hear the ciorus;"
and then he sang
Wen mind no more but play.
L never shall forget.
That log cabin home-f
That log cabin home far away.
Again the storm broke forth, and il was
several minutes before he could proceed.
When lull came he continued: "Well,
those ladies crowded around me, and
when Mrs. Jones stopped playing,
seized her hand, and l said: Madame,
l am ia love with YOU lShouts. ]
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 treat
ed me nice-they ali did, too. Now, l am
q rough, old man, but ladies have great
attractions for the old mountain boomers.
| know l do lcheersl, and l never forgot
that visit. They looked 50 sweet and nice
that wanted TO hug them all. When
met Mr.. Jones looked at him closely, and
saw in him a man 1 could well support.
+ He had big head, too--a head like O
washtub, eyes set away back in and a
deep-thinkin z look in them, aud so, with
I all this to think OF, after looking well
ABOUT me, after considering the matter
we'll, after sleeping with il, | have con-
claded to vote for the Hon. James h.
Jones'" [Cheers, long and loud.l