The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-11-24
JAYBIRD RANCH, Nov. Is, 1888,


60 sense 4 years ago. Yes, changed
Ke1nop with the haIleluja side on top
TINS Time. An 1 think it's time sum-
thin wuz happenin tn put the PEG.
pie IN a better umer.
haden't bin so cused mad sense 1
commenct farmin as wuz fur about
forty munths after the returns cum
in fore years ago. had nuthen per-
ticler agin Grove, 1 wished him well,
wee'd bin perfectly willin tn see
him 90 strait tn glory-up yonder-
with his boots on. if he preferred,
but Wnen it cum tn putin him in
the White House. bi thunder it rally
seemed like carryin the joke a leetle
tn far.
AS l sed everything went a ry;
aWl the animels got cranky. Ole
Rover, the dog, got the mango, the
horres got the yaller waiter, the cows
civ buddy milk, the pigs died Nv
kolery, an tn cap the clemax the pol
try got beside itself.
mad little risky white Rooster
who had never dun nuthen tn distin-
guish hisself unteIl he heard Cleye-
and wuz ELECTED. an then fur too solid
.Uunths he, jest sot up NV mites an
dej6xes, erode frum dark tell
oroA Gay lite, in seezin an out NV
seezlnsas did awl the rest NV the
dlmmNats. Well. he finally got
intlreiyoo big fur his briches and
wanted run the ranch, an even
got III spuen the ole woman an the
Kids, an Ven l coulden't stand it
emmy longefI finally tuck him out
AN chopped Is head off, just as the
people hav do Grover fur meddelin
where he had b put.
But as l WI sayin things is
changed mitily now, 1 tel We. 1
node Harrison wd be elected, l felt
it in mi bones an al over me. Every.
thing got just rigt at the rite time.
The evening beforethe election frum
kan an peeseful aarlit ski the moo
moon looked downbenignantIy, an
semed tn smile on Ill the ,good Re-
publicans. Its hOrns)inted strait up
on both sides. which Nuz a shore sine
NY a nu man, an that he wudden't
slip off or spill out, which ment Har.
rison just as shore as shootin.
That mite me an the ole woman an
the Children went tn sleep airly an
slep the slepe Nv the inherent, an, az
it happened. diden't dreme AIRY bad
dreme. hav a well regulated ole
rooster now, which croze every morn
in at 5 o'clock sharp, an on the
mornln up the lection promptly as
the clock struck five, the Rooster
exclaimed in full sonorus tones,
"Harlson's the Bo.o-o-yu, luck
luef!" By this 1 wuz greatly in
ccbuased and had a mind ter bet ten
ckS SAse general result that da,
bY dorsot it.
Wien 1 got to the poles 1 found all
then e boys that wore the blue, an
so many more of thar wa of thinkin
that the Dimmys war a nifty blue
lookn set, tel we. That mite slep
as usual tell mi reglar gittin up time,
an when 1 awoke 1 node it wuz all
rite. The ole rooster wuz Groin hiz
purtyet tn make things lively, an
ole billy. the ole buck sheap, was
purcled up on the end NV hi log a
singin. He sung base an seemed to
be chantin NV sum sort NV dox-
ology, an tn realize his Importance
in a wa tn make tree-Wool Dimmy-
crat ashamed ny hisself.
ASH listened tn the melting strains
of Billy an gazed on him admirinly,
me thawt that as name "Billy wuz
tn komon, was not sufficiently poetic.
YOU no. Just then 1 happened tn
think NV the farmer in the West who
had SIGH uncomon fine big bull calf
that he didn't no what tn do with
him. an as the best wa out NV the
scrape he just kalled him "Groyer
Cleveland" an thot how consolin
it Wud be tn pore Grover as he lade
aside the cares of offus, an repaired tn
the repose Nv "innocuous desuetude,"
tn no that he had place in the hearts
NV his countrymen-tu realize that
tina remembered him, tn the extent
At least NV calm thar Rams and
Bulls otter him. An now that
sleeps name is grover; an I've bin
a tryn tn figure out which one. the
laffWill be on.
Well, mister editer, az 1 wuz g
sain, things or lookin better. Grove
IL the grandest ole sheep ever see
now, an the orneryest sheap 1 have
sum 1 intended tn xii tn save win
term eff it had went the other wa
lust looks bully now. and ar Wutf