The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-06-18

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Elder N. 8. Ragsdale prospective Re
publican candidate for Congress, in thi,
district, to be walked over BY John II
IO'Neall, delivered . Decoration Da,
speech, ct Monroe City, and then went
on and expressed his sentiments In Z let
ter to friend in Olney, ILL.,, which w
print, and which the Olney Advocate
lprefaced as follows:
Eld. N. 8. Ragsdale IN Q letter to q
friend In this city opened up bis soul
and voiced the sentiments that We give
10 the extract below, which have doubt.
less often been felt by those engaged in
spreading the gospel.
II was at Monroe City yesterday, and
delivered . decoration speech on which
] was very much complimented--I am
getting 90 that can live on compliments
fairly well--you don't have any idea
how they fill an empty stomach, and the
amount Of good clothes they will pur-
chase. have almost got rich on COM
pIiments lateIy--have got : surplus on
hand, and have notion Of setting up
complimentary shop, or starting : ped.
ding wagon, with view Of distributing
few Of them among my neighbors and
brethren. Oh! tally, taffy, thou art
indeed jewel Of rare beauty and much
sought after, but 'pertaters' and hoe
cake !: 'nough sight better for the
stomach
Il sometimes get very 'lemoncholic, 4
and feel mighty lonesome but when II
look over my immense stock Of compIi.
ments and imagine what On immensel
fortune they would be at dollar piece,
can think myself 'heaping up riches
equal to j. Gould, or some other smuckleI
headed miser, aud | got 90 nifty big'
that "a yards Of cent calico wouldn't
make me smoking gOwn--provided Il
I never do, unless by
myself or with somebody. But as soon
- dinner time comes, and in the Ian
gusge OF some great philosopher, that
internal machine, sometimes mistaken
Tor the stomach, begins to demand its
luota OF internal revenue, suddenly \
1rop from the immense fortune realized
'ut Of compliments, and feel like seeking
'ome lonely spot and singing psalms
to sick eat
"Oh! taGy, taffy, thou art indeed q
'Weet scented geranium - lovely forest|
'ose-the nectar Of thy bonied lips in
oxicates the soul Of man, and swells bis
,ead until Il 10 liable to bust with Y
elf conscious pride but give ne Z glass
u buttermilk and . few 'taters' 10 first
'ettle the internal demands or my reve.
Tue cOllect0r-tbe stomach. ID
"Oh tshy, taGy. how men seek for thy
miles, and what . holy, sweet inefiably, Y
nexpressive, inconsprshensible. untold. !
nxeIic, seraphic, pleasure there Is In thy
eclusive embraced A dude will wor-
hip At thy shrine rather than hug bic 3
est girl. will follow IN thy footsteps and '
y on the wings Of the morning 10 do G
ny bidding but as for me please give
le hog and homiuy. Il
''Oh! tahy, tafy, sweet. angelic, se- g
sphic creature. thy beauty outshines the Y
right twinkling little star how l won- II
er what you are and thy seductive y
nile makes the heart Of the dudine v
arm with giadness. and the bosom PAL ID
tate without the aid Of corset stays OF,
double rugged, self-acting, psn-electric, v
ropelling motor. and the sweetling n
niles in half human and half horse al
shion. as she touches thy sccptre and cI
, We at the h0wery shrine - but please II
We me my proportion in bread and q
eese, hard tack and SOW belly is
"Oh taffy, tady, taffyl Reverse your ev
ogramme, pity my 'lemonch0lic' state III
q bestow on me just small propor- "
20 OF the root Of all evil and you will th
eatly alleviate the consolidated, double W
listed, back-acting, 'iron-clad' poverty.
'icken state Of my evacuated, desolate, NJ
q much abused lonely stomach, &c, lei
!, &c, &c, &C., &C, &c. Of
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