The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1888-01-13

December ~. 1851
Yesterday received the folleriu' dis.
patch:
Washington, Dec. iith, iSS7.-To the
+. NJ. at the Cross Roads: In the inter
est NV Civil Service Reform the APP
pointees nv the President are expected
to see that his utteranees are indorsed.
See 10 this p. d. q. LAMONT.
A wink is just ez good ez a nod to a
blind hoss, and ! immejtly called a
meetin NV the Dimocrisy ut the old
meetin' house, and then set to work
reedin' the message NV His Eggleucy
and studyin' the pints which | wantid
to elaborate. alluz like to be prepar.
ed so ez to be effective. hate gcin' of
half-c0cked.
The pint wich struck me with the
greatest force wuz the assershun that
the present inikitus tariff forst the
opprest and sufferin people To pay for
goods above wat they shood. jist the
amount NV the tariff levied, which levy
went to build mp oppressive monopo-
lies; wichisto say that on every dollars
wurth Nv English goods wich we bot.
we paid, adshnel TO the dollar, 40 or
whatever per cent. the inikitus tariff
imposed. Ef it was 40 per cent. we
paid for the dollars wuth $40, and ef
5Oper cent. dollar and half and SO
on.
Ez teach the best ilustraslen, the
mint got this fact fixed in my mind
perceeded to arrange the Illustrashen.
hev bustid, afore now, by not bein'
fully prepared.
closed up the Office and stepped out
in to Baseom's to git a nip to stiddy my
mind, which took, payln' him fur il.
| am payln' cash half the time for my
drinks now, and actilly payin' suthin'
(ez little ez possible) on Old account.
Steppln' out into the street, who should
| see comm out Nv Oppenheimer's
clothing store bat Sim.Gavitt, "A nlgger
which belonged to Squire Gavitt, afore
he wnz robbed NV him by Linkin, and
wieh hez the gineral cast Nv the Gavltt
feechers so much so ez TO perduoe a
coolnis betwixt the old squire and his
wife years ago. Sim wuz drest from
top to toe in a entire moo SCOT NV clOze
hevin' his old ones done up in paper
which he kerried in his hand.
A ijee struck me 10 wunst.
"SIm." SAID l. "wood dollar indoost
you to cum to meetin' tonight and
wear them clozeg"
as you to speak 7" he asked"
"Sartin," sed l."
"a dollars purity eheep-make It q
dollar N 'alf and it's a go.
"An' yoo will glt up and come forred
and be talked at, when | call yoow
Eyes"
"1t's go. BE on hand early ant
ware them cloze."
| hli llltf bbSos
The evenln' come. the horn was toot
ed, aud the Dimocrisy filed out Nv Bas
combs, and lilled the houst to over
nowin'. i red the message TO EN- ant
seezin' upon the central Ijee IN 1t tha
the consoomer was taxed to Oil III,
pookits NV the blotid manufactures
worked EN- up toa flt of desperashen
wich wuZ singler, eZ the colze on tn,
seckshun NV the Dimekratic party In
that meetin' house woodent lev in
voiced at that mint fifty dollars
However, | hev notst that the mar
whose sole posseslun is yaller dog
and whose wife takes In washin to sup
port him, is the heftiest complaner u'
the burdens NV taxasben. myself hes
dun suthin toward settlln' the nashne
debt.
The time for my ilustIasheE wicl
wuz TO clench things he'd come. Is.
wish to make practicle lllustrashen,
| sed. 81 see Simon Gavitt in the aw
jence. with u moo SCOT NV cloZe on. viii
Simon step fOrrered?' p
sim. walked up. rather embarrassed
at helm the best drest man in the room
"Yoo notis this SCOT Nv cloze, m,
friends. ain't just shoor wat the tar
i'll Is on woolen goods, buttons, threat
and sich, but | will presume that !
averages 30 per cent. Estimatin' tI
home vayoo Nv the goods ut say s2C
my FREUD Simon wuz compelled q
add si2, which hez run up the cost u
the cluze. maxim and all, to suthir