Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-11-27
LEErsH TEOM SALT R1vnH.


the Head Of Salt RIVERA mass moo-
ing ~ which Thsrs Was NO Agree.
nasnt - weeping and waIlinG - me
soys want to Oome BACK.
SALT RIVER, Nov. 90, 1888.
Mr., EDITOR: The REPUBLICAN l
asked you to send 10 me to the head Of
Salt River has been coming regularly.
l am at the post Office every day walt.
ing Tor 1t. My, but l am glad to get II
and hear from dear little Delaware,
dear TO me, though she has sent me an
exile up here to this God-forsaken, in
hospitable, barren country.
One day heard Governor Biggs,
his eyes red with weeping, make q
very pretty remark about Delaware
He had just been bemOaning his fate,
when, drawing his bAndanna across
his eyes, he said: ooh, Delaware,
with all thy faults love thee still.d
| asked him If those words were origi.
nal. ''Oh, no." he said, "you Will
find them in the Bible. Moses used
them when he was leading the chill.
dren Of Israel through the wilderness,
only he used the word Egypt instead
of Delaware"
But was telling you about the
REruBLIoAN. Well, you see every
body wanted to see Il to hear from
home, and they wanted to hear all
about our journey up Salt River.
Alter they would read it they would
shake their heads sorrowfully, wiring
their hands,, and In the bitterness OF
their souls they would exclaim, "Ah
mel too true, too true, who would
ever have thought it2i And then
they would blow their Roman noses In
their Roman bandannas, while tears
flowed in copious proiusion from their
eyes.
But one day good news came In the
paper. II said that State Senator
Richardson, Republican just elected,
would be counted out on account Of
the tickets voted with his name on
we're not conforming to the uniform
ballot law. This would let in Ridg
ley, the Democrat, and thus the cleo.
ton Of Republican United States
Senator would be prevented. What
an excitement this little bit of news
made. The 'bOys," some OF whom
were engaged in the saloons playing
''old sledge," came running in to see
what was up.
Some OF them had their hats off and
were about TO throw them In the air,
giving three cheers, when a lorg,
bony arm was swung out from the
upper end Of Senator salisbury, &C.
companied with a warning voice:
"Hold on, boys; don't BE- too previous
before you explode with Joy, for | tell
you there is nothing in it and 1t won't
be did, and III tell you why. You
see, II the Democrats 10 the Senate
unscat Richardson the Republicans in
the House will unseat the seven Dem
ocrala in that body from New Castle
county, and then We would be worse
off than ever. We would turn out one
Republican and admit one Democrat,
but the Republicans would turn out
seven Democrats and admit seven Re.
publicans, and seven beats one all
hollow. You all know very well, and
we might as well say so, as there are
no Republicans here, that 1000 Dem.
ocrats voted in New Castle county
that had no votes aud that 1000 Re-
pubhcans were kept from voting who
should have voted.
''You see a contest like that would
send Treat to Congress. tell you,
boys, you had better not fool around
that buzz saw, It's loaded, too.
Speaking OF Treat, wish had one
OF his store orders for some warm
undertaking and pair OF socks, for
really do believe / will catch my
death of cold up here In this miserable,
cold, drizzly, cherries country. Don't
shout, boys, 1t will make you feel
bad"
"What is that you said, Uncle Ell, +"
broke in Congressman PenningtonI
Did you say that contest would let
Treat into Congressl"
'iYes, that is just what said" re.
piled the Senator.
"Well, then, for our poor old party's
sake, said the Congressman, "let US
not have contest. Boys, don't shout,
but come up in Stockley's saloon and
take drink"
You bet we all did shout then, but II
was for our John. We very seldom
get treated since the election. It's now
every fellow for himself, and an old
sooty fellow living down under the
tropics generally for the hindmosk All,
me, its awful. / am AFRAID we have
stepped clear overheard and we are
sinking deeper al! the time. All Ia
gonel
A good many of our fellows up here
set up saloons without license. That
you know is contrary to law, but 1t is
Democratic. The Republicans have
all gone no. &c, and there is nobody
| LETT here 10 enforce the law against H.
legal liquor selling, and yor know
there is no danger of the Democrats
doing 1t. The saloons are right well
patTonized, everything considered.
Bandanna handkerchiefs also meet
with a ready sale.
Secretary Bayard, Lawyer Wolcott,
Uncle Ell, and his nephew, John F.,
though the latter has never been known
TO weep much, uses three bandannas q
day. Ii looks to me as If Secretary
Bayard and Uncle Eli's fountain OF
tears would forever flow, indeed, /
think sometimes they will weep them
selves away to the little end of moth
ing.
! Sometimes my heart beats in tender
sympathy for our much-abused Gov
ernor. He is real good man. He
don't shed tears so much as some
others. II looks 10 me as ii his toun-
tain of tears had dried up, and / have
heard him read from well-Worn book
he carries with him, "oh, that mine
ewes ware a fnnnlhin of teara. that