New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-10-21
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i L0rcM4k- Sessions Describes Tight. Els
he wasaa Once While EectioneerinE.
| Senator Warner Miller, with his
wife ard daughter, and Secretary ).
W. Vrooman of the Republican State
Committee and his wife have beenpass>
ing a fewsdays at the Chautauqua as>
sembly, and the Senator was in James
town on his way to Titusville and,a.
trip through the Oil regions, under the.
pilotage ct DR.. w. B. Roberts of oil.
well torpedo fame On the trip down
Chautauqua Lake there was a party
OF twelve oF fourteen on board the
steam yacht, one of whom was Loren
3. Sessions
The members of the party told
stories, and Mr. Sessions story was :.
this:
sYou never know how handy it is,
to have a brother until you are in a i.
Tx and want some one to stand for
JONA' ACAACItlOOI NACl1 WIS
| mated for the senate had never gone
INTO Cattanaugus county, and as the
democrats there that year, were as
lively as cheese in July, I concluded
lwould run over. So I put on clean
choker, and made my way to the
home OF an old deacon, who volun-
teered to show me the school districts
In his vicinity. Hitching up his old
mare into a ee-spring, the deacon
drove me to his nearest republican
neighbor, and calling him out to the
| wagon, introduced us.
"'Well, you needn't give us a knock
| down to each other, said our friend
who was beaming on me- Il met Mr..
Sessions at Chautauqua this summer.
am glad to see you, and how is the
good work going on up there? How is
my Sunday school class?'
81 managed to make reply that
satisfied my questloner and our mutu-
al friend ,and,. after a little talk about
politics, In which my Sunday school
acquaintance promised me his sup
port, we said good day and drove on
to Horse Corners, SO called because
OF the unusual degree Of interest taken
in that locality in all things pertaining
to horses.
"Now it CHANGED that while I was in
Buffalo a few days before, Hound time
hanging heavily, and did an unusual
|. thing with me-went to the races In
the grand stand | saw countryman
who had pool checks IN his hand.
Let me see what horse you are bet
ting on, I said, and then told him that
he was wrong, and had better hedge,
as the horse he held for a favorite
would get beat. He followed my adj
vice, and by the merest good luck
! there Mr.. Sessions gave sidelong look
that meant Maybe didn' know what
horse was slated to win, and maybe I
did the horse named came in first.
The man had put up his last dollar
and made a purseful. He wanted to
hug me in the presence of the crowd,
but told him we would defer that
luxury.
'Well, to return to my drive through
| Cattaraugus county with the deacon,
| who had become firmer friend than
ever since he had heard Of my zeal in
the Chautauqua Sunday school. At
Horse Corners who should be the first
PSAoO11 sow OuO my luOluellil lilCllu
OF the race course. However much [
would have liked to avoid him at that
time, had nothing else to do but to
sail in and trust to good fortune to
save my character from being wrecked.
The deacon stopped and said, Mr.
Blank, this is Mr.. Sessions OF Chautau-
! qua county, our candidate for the
| Senate
II reckon you can't tell me who he
is, said my horsey friend. How are
you, Mr.. Sessions? Didn't we scoop
those fellows out OF a slick sum at the
Buffalo races? There amt anything
too rich for you about here. Ii you
don't see what you want, ask for it.
'"The deacon's face blanched, and a
letter OF withdrawal danced before me,
but an inspiration came, and I replied
as readily as l could: Pm glad you
had good luck at Buffalo, but you are
mistaken in the party. 1t was my
brother Walter whom you met there
/ 1t was a mighty narrow escape, Iwant
you to understand, and | told Walt
when got home that he would ruin
my character if he didn't look out. l
was elected, though if it hadn't been
for my Chautauqua experience and for
Walt, guess q democrat with my pre-
tentions to being pious would havegot
| there"