Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-01-03

was evidently studying how ito get even
with me, to use a cant expression. Sud
denly she turned, as il alarmed, felt for he,
pocketbook, fpding it gave a sigh Of relief
and then deliberately took pin and pinned
the pocket nearest to me with an ostentatiou
that said, plain as words: "You can't get
that, you pickpocket, if you did take my
seatn
tried this on male nuisance aud got of
rather more comfortably The car was
crowded found seat near a car hog,
occupied by his valise proceeded to re-
move it, when he said:
Taken, sir. Gent gone to smoke a cigar y
i replied as before and sat down The
fellow twisted himself in shape to make
my place exceedingly uncomfortable, and
was deliberating as to whether l should
negro woman appeared, very fat and sloppy.
with dirty child in her arms l saw my
opportunity and rising, said:
Here, aunty, take my seat You must
be very tired"
"You is berry perlite, sah-berry perlite =
And the colored adipose sank into the seat
as my commercial friend rose
Il hope l have not incommoded you, air >
! said
''Oh, you go to =" Well, he usei
word that We now render sheoL
THANK you" l responded, quietly I'D
rather not go where would be 80 certain of
seeing you again"
The passengers laughed the fellow into the
smoker, and no one enjoyed the joke more
than my colored friend
have a belief that when our Saviour
drove the devil out Of the man into the
swine, and the devil-possessed hogs ran down
a steep place into stream, that they were
not all drowned Some certainly escaped, and
begetting other damned hogs-of course, il
they are damned, SO that's not sweering-I
say believe that the breed here has not only
been continued, but evoluted up to the form
Of man And they appear all over our free
land, in the shape Of bosses and bullieu, to
torture and oppress Christian humanity.
As said, we have no law enforced to pro
tect US, and when the boss or bully il 70
sisted the sufferer takes the fight upon him
self, with consequences 50 doubtful that be
| considers it at last best to surrender
In the large commercial centers, onlv, We
have what we are pleased to call q polica
lt Is a body Of men organized to make mayors,
sheriffs, members Of congress and other
officials This is their principal business
During their leisure they levy blackmail on
timid people and capture thieves, that they
may force division Of the plunder.
How utterly useless they are as conserva
tors Of the peace Cincinnati learned In the
late riots. that spent itself, without check.
after destroying millions worth Of property
and many lives
The worse element, gathered in and about
thess centers could any night get up and
sack the towns, and some time not far OF.
when suffering for food. they will Then we
will have little sense knocked into our free
and independent skulls
The devil possessed swine have spread over
the entire continent
That gorgeous creature known q Q botel
clerk Of first-class hotel, who, from behind
. cascade Of white linen and diamond pin.
pounds on bell while you are talking to
him, is one Of them
Another is the railroad ticket agent whc
tosses out tickets and insults through a hole
50 small that the crowd, surging in wrath.
cannot get at him.
Yet another is the cashier Of q bank, who
regards yo&as cheat or beggar, and acts
- il the Lord had deposited heavily in the
First National Screw, and was thankful to
have this cashier at hand to protect his in
terest
Yet another Is the simple villaser who
turns his COW ont on the road to invade oue's
lawn and horn down ones shrubbery. This
Is the devil-possessed swine that will do you
q malicious injury in the night time if you
impound his milk giving beast
OF all however, the worst is the American
hackman- He is the fellow who proved toe
much for Niagara, and forced the state of
New York to purchase the falls to get clear
OF hinl A hackman Is q scoundrel who win
insiA you il you speak to him, cheat you il
you employ him, and whip you il you com
plain Of him
He appears again as . human tobacco
worm, working the jaws he neglects to use
while bolting his food ON plug Of the nasty
weed, and spreading pools Of sickening
saliva over the floor. or shooting q stream.
with the accuracy Of a rife shot, at the bars
Of . CRATE
poor fellow at Paris, France, once found
himself between . Tennessee tobacco chewsr
tho brother Of one Of our presidents, by
the bye-and the CRATE and as the stream
shot by the young man could not help start
ing. The tobacco nuisance, observing this,
paused in his committal Of nuisance and
said gravely:
II you dodge, young man, you're lost"
Our railroad companies ought to have cars
devoted to chswes. IS they have smokerA
The car shocld be full Of holes in the door
And devoid of heaterx
We elect our judges, 50 q to mako ths |
Iuitors constituents and fetch the legal |
luminary down to proper discipline. The |
result is that NO rope has yet been woven
strong to hang thousand dol |
lars, and our hip pocket is our only con. |
Servator Of the peace
Small wonder all the decent people shrink |
into their shoes, and get US the name Of |
being tame, cowardly psop,e.
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