The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-03-26
TIE CHRONICLES OF BiBBLETOWN.

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TIE CHRONICLES OF BiBBLETOWN.
JEFF. DoDGER TAKES SLIDE ON THE CRUST.
TROUBLE WITH THE INDEPENDENTS. Is
CLEVELAND A MUGWUMP?
Correspondence of the Journal
BABBLETOwN, March, 1885. / can
say as did CRATE man on an importunt
okashun 81 still live," an a proper re-
gard for the truth compells me to say
what that CRATE man mite have appro-
priately added, | Amt quite so much
alive as was while ago. have day
once in a while that | feel good deel
alive. \ shadder ov the old feelings
ulster have when my wind was little
longer an my legs considerbul shorter
comes stealln over me, an prltty nigh de-
ludes me inter the idee that I'm bov
agln. Now | have about come to the
conclusion that sdtun sends full-grOWn
Teller these feelings to tempt him inter
some tarnal scrape or uther at any rate
my experience pints that way. Yister-
day had an unusual severe attack ov
these juvenile feelings, an thot | would
give vent to some ov them by takin a
slide on the crust, which is excellent
here just now. borryed Freddy Skillin-
ses hansled with the understandin that
wanted to haul a oX-yokc home from
Jonses. took the sled an went over on
/ the hill back Ov the woods. where thot
| wouldn't be likely to be seen settin a
bad example for the boys, you know,
| II there was anything | eXcelled in
when was a boy it was slidin down hill
on a hansled. 1t has ben some years
sence | INDUCED in that sort ov amuse-
ment, in | think it will be some years
before | do agin ov ray own free will
| On glt,in onto the sled there seemed to
be an overabunddnce Ov me or a lack
ov sled, | couldn't make ont jest which.
There is one thing that I'm pritty sartin
ov, an that is that can slide full as fast
as ! ever could but the art 0v navy
| CATION have )st. | couldn't make that
sled mind her rudder worth cent The
| fust thing | knew | overlook a thorn
| bush an kinder elm into it head fust. 1t
must have ben peculiar kind ov wis
dom that wise man was endoWd with
who jumped into a bramble bush ov his
own accord. believe | never felt quite
so much like number one fool in my life
| as did a goin home arter got mysel!
out OF that air bush. My close would
| have dlsgraced scare-crOW, an my face
| had sonethn the appearance III a full
nloNn colllinelshul map OF the I. >.
| When got home Rhoda made some very
! SpiGS IelildlhS' tileu 10 tel her mat 1
mao mao lulheymeht Win via eat up
IN the woods, but | met with my usual
success in tryin to deceive her She had
4 the whole story out Of me in less than >
MINUS FOR the amount OF chcek | nave
got to-day Will compare laNerbiy with
d apple-tree agent. 1T IS lucky Tor me
thal l doht nave any lnkiynatlon to
lah from lne leelll OF my lace thlhk
a grin would crack my countynance
>" ',i"t IL MouluehI oe Wolth mehd-
III. Mister Byron says IAN tllnes when
va seem good. 40" llllhk Mister
Byron ana hold dlllefent notions as to
what good time IS. Ii live to ENJOY
tile second cllidhood oF Methuserler |
doll | eApeckt 10 so 1ur 1orglt myself as
10 tlllilh oN 'ilat coaStlh eNpEdlShuh oV
ililiie DIS GOOD tllle.
oeiict VIC lieiu tlldI lleetlll d' IoSsGll 5
"h ueclded JEST whose irons should De
iltdV III tue poIitefcal IRE, we nave met
WIN aollie oI1P| IlSliuil from an unexpected
/ quarter we nilu we nave pen houslh a
viper when Is lio" trNlh 10 plte Us 10 a
most Nltul spot. felef 70 the lhdepend-
unlS ;-lhel leI!ers at SiIch IS winch ne
was 50 liaoeliN WIN lasl lall, an lncurlged
III tntlr incarnation 10 vote the Demmi-
cratick tlchet' 1hey held a meetln at
/ '7iloh ldot "eeh' dh t'ualiellnusIH ueclued
thdt iast November S NlctFE was thelTh'
an an us irui's' on the ground mat
Nic' el"Ilu Is more on ii niuSWuHp IMAM
NC ~ DellliIllcrat. we nave pen looNlh
! over Every 'ni!S 'hat ne mas Sald Sellce
iilo nonl'iil "dlloii III lht nope "N Ilildill
soAlethih 10 convince them lheN nave
maze MISTAKE p't we amt Den aole TO
una thlhg up 70 cate Jerry Blunt
was III hel IhlS ioiellooii.-Jerry Is
soou otllllllicfdt an d Sooo leller' one
Wv the ilIoSU cdptIpie uellinlicratS KNOW
oN. 1 nave no dout he mite glt some
ollls worm hoiuil II ne dlueht nave Slch
oecioed oplhullS' or KEEP them leetle
more 70 nliilsel. opeahlh oV NieVeIalld'
ne saio ne was Ilie greatest ieiler iof
tdlhili III c'rcle ne ever see, sad ms
speeches. an letters reminded MN oV the
soiem oracles oV one Jack bunsDy, an
| I1, ~
JACK Sclllcner-ll noI, why hot ! mare
| tore, which .'-tacked onto the end UV
| them lis dpmmprcrats here are manner
INNS in tbo uicl tbo+ M, ilo,,ol,,,a ,,.,,,,l i
~ 1 ~ - 'i'.'' ot",'" "O"i'
saw
an. indebtedness. .l,,, 49,, .. 1;1..
O"i .i''i"4 'u'l0o 0ooih !" oVll0 ing
twins, at time. The next day arter
| that meetin at SlckSeS the hetler we in
vested our DolitercaI finds in died at Ola
Skinehint's barn. He saws she died with
the kolic, but arter viewin the remains
I'm wllin to testify that she died for the
want ov proper nurishment On the
bar an nros+ad tl,n r n''.1 'H "; hia
penuts. Penuts is Pogson's staple com
modify. lie sells more oV them than oN
enythlng else. Some oV hs enemys have
gin MN the name ov 'Penut' Pogson.
Young Cr0aker says that hetfer blzness is
irregular stroke oV Demmlcratck policy
from beglnnln to end. Croaker Is a full
blooded Republican, an views everything
from polltefcal stan pint. Old Skine
hints boys found q pece ov board stuck
up over the remains oV that het1er bearin
this lnscrptlon:-
Miss Bessie Bob veal,
The Demmercraiek Hefier,
Qlpu March 2Utu,-