The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-29
THE DEMOCRATIC BREATH.
It Gets Into the Ear of Colored Mugwump
and Does It's Terrible Work.
he Ed,tor ~ the rndianapoIis journal:

To the Editor of the ndianapolis Journal:
has les returned from takin' my pore boy
Julius to do loonatic 'sylum. His mental state
was parsed upon by two jestices an a ole school
doctah. Dere's no doubt he is as vile as March
hair. hev had a good deal of trouble wild JULIE
nevah consolidated him bright as de odder chill
LEM mean inteectooly, not as to cullah-an'
so vile greatly iniuhed in my pride when he
jined the cullahed mugwumps, OWN to his men
tai defshuency, could not be harsh wild him.
De fust symptoms of his disordah was he be-
gin to loaf roun' in de 'sinity OBJ de pos'office,
talkin' Democracy in loud voice, hopin' Pos
mastah Jones would hear him an give him job
cleanin' spittoons or some SIGH neat an easy work.
| suited to mugwump wild civilsuvyice idees.
But Julius an his two or three companions
were lowed to stand an fry and szzle in de sun.
while Pos'mastah JONES' wild his palmeaf fan,
was sittin' in de cool in de lobby. 1t showed
putty cleah dat not a single cuspidah was
comm to my Julius an his bruddah 'wumps
In de meantime nevah see SIGH season TO-
whitewashin' and kelsominin'. Mo- work dan /
could possibly do, an did miss Juliuss suvvi-
ces. / he'd to put my mex ol'est boy, Jerry. on
de bresh, an he at once showed ovahpow'rin'
Artistic genius. really believe its in de Smith
| blood.
Well. Julius KEEP astandin' roun until finely
de BALKAN and Bynumb split came an bofe
dose remarkable men were nominated In dose
| two remarkable convenshuns. Mediately dere
| seemed to be a demand TO julius Each side
wanted a genuine cullad man TO exhibition
purposes De Balaam side, dats de side man
age by Hon. Sim Coy an Mistah English, cotch
julius fusts Holy hominy how Julius did
revel in two-fers an sod.co'n whisky! His
k.aA vYn ali 10 nh1
to make julius sleep out on de roof. During dis
period Mr. Coy was his bosom frien'.
Mex de Bynumb gang cotch him an perseeded
to undahmine his constitution. At dis juncture
Mr. Sam Dinnin was jules pahticlah frien'.
| From dat time on it was nip an tuck. Some
| times de Coy gang have julius sometimes de
| udder gang, but whether TO Balaam or Bynumb
| de whisky was much de same in its unhallowed
an punnishus indooence.
| Julius bout dis time begin to develop sing
lab complaint Doctah Ebert say he nevah see
| anything like it. Jules right year was parched
an blistahed like it been roas' in ole-fashion
| Dutch oven. 1t look mo- like roas' coon than
| anything l evan saw. De ear swell up like hog
cracklins an begin to shell off. De doctah
| finely decide dat de year had cotch de Demo
cratic mouth disease. an was pizened. De Dem
ocratic breath breathed into Juliuses ear in con-
| fdenshal momence, said de Doctah, "witherd
| like de smoom's blast"
| He advised julius not to allow any mo- of
ethan gang to use his ear confdentially, or if he
| did to get long ear-trumpet wild medicated
strainah in it. piece of de year which crum-
merd of had been give to a chemis. We want
| to fin out if possible whether de Coy or de Den
min brand is chiefly sponsible for de trubble.
| We he'd hopes of pullin' julius through his
year trubble, but he was headstrong as mug
wumps are, an thought he know'd morn his
| fathah, morn the doctah. We tried to keep a
watch on him till de tinnah could finish de
trumpet but in de meantime de change in de
situation came, de call TO- de ole convenshun
wat nominate Bynumb and BALKAN. De formal
| to de colecshun was resumed, and in a few
| hours de minglng of de whiskey whispahs he'd
done its awful work. Yestiddy aftahnoon he be-
| came raven mailman, an to-day de 'sylum
opened TO him.
Yours, in a disturbed frame oh mind
J.tSEAZER SMITH. SR,
Witewasher and Kelsominer