The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-11-06

Granny got her match once and she
kept her mouth shut. They said
Pa was sure to be elected, he was
such good fellow with the boys,
besides he's all right on the tenn
perance policy too, and that has to
be thought of nowadays, only he
don't believe in making a fool of it
one of 'em said it's Il political
question and you've no business
taking it into the church or the
Sunday school; and it's such a sa-
cred moral question that nobody
but (he said bad word) crank or
idiot would think Of taking it into
politics. The only trouble they
can see about Pa being run right
into Office with flying colors is the
tomfOolery of the Prohibs being
bamboozled by the Democrats to
go and throw away their votes.
After they had made speeches and
laughed and spatted their hands
awhile, they all went away, and as
granny started off up stairs she put
her hand on my head and looked
kinder wild at me through her
specs, and she told me never, new
er to have anything to do with pol
itics the longest day I ever lived,
and l promised her / wouldn't.
After they had been gone a while
Pa got better, and was sitting up
when Ma came in. You just ought
to see how tickled Ma was when
she found out Pa was nominated.
She put her arms around his neck
and hugged him till he pushed her
away, and told her to let him off
light. When the girls got home
Ma took 'em up to Pa and told 'em
she would make 'em acquainted
with the Hon. Samuel Sweller, M.
c., and that we could all see how
we were coming up in the world.
Angel began to claw into PAS
pockets after candy and black
jack, and Cythie danced till her top
knot fell off, and she fairly
screeched she could feel the dia-
monds dangling in her ears and
Dangling on her bracelets, while
she was dazzling Washington folks.
Granny poked her head down stairs
and told Cythie to let up on her
performance for it wasn't every
fool that could go to Congress, and
Pa might get left after all. Then
Ma got us some pickles and cake.
Pa is gone most all the time again
making speeches suppose, and
Ma has got three of the high toned
est dressmakers here from the city;
and she goes off every day calling
on missionary folks, and fanatics
and cranks and things, and she
goes to all the church sociables and
prayer meetings and temperance
lectures she can hear of. Ma knows
which side her breads buttered, so
she's pretty careful where she
shoots of her mouth. This morning
a Prohib preacher called in, and
Ma began to give him taffy pell
nell. She told him how awful glad
she was to see him, and what nice,
beautiful long sermons he preached,
and what pretty little girls his were,
and what cunning little dog he
had, and what wonderful worker
his wife was, and what perfectly
lovely suflowers he had growing in
his potato patch-so Ma sailed
round till finally she swooped right
down to business, and asked him if
couldn't lend his influence to help
Pa get to Congress. She told him
about the brave ones that went and
saved the country and freed the
slaves-like my Pa did-and to-day
only have four dollars a month,
when they ought to have all of the
offices, and their pensions raised to
boot. He kinder figited in his
chair and looked out of the window
and said sab" and "hum;" but Ma
stuck like sheep tick, and told
him what great hand Pa is for
Sunday schools and churches, and
the missionary business, and what
Il right straight up and down man
Pa is on the temperance policy;
that he said at last he would think
of it. So he went of, and Ma is
sure she made good impression,
and that he will get quite a few
fanatics TO vote for Pa. Ma hit it
right in the BULBS eye when she
said Pa would get to Washington
yet, for they got up new deal in
the ring-that's what l heard her
tell granny-and Pa got nominated
for Congress. spose it makes 'em
sicker to be nominated for Congress
than for most any thing else. Cythie
will hardly speak to the neighbors
any more, and she tries on dresses,