The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-12-12
nrsunrrssloN on pay CREEK.

and take q chair;
'rnint liEely I'm a-sOln' to preach with you
Yos seen 90 be an honest man who doesn't
know q all,
sofTI give you my experience in resubmis-
sion hall.
It must have been q month ago, q month OF
theFeabOut,
vas played out;
And The boys aid. kinder sly-Iike, that % I
would Be on hand
That night I'd hear a gun 20 on would para
Tyre the land.
Well, strange. sesin' how I'm glad 10 see the
world advance
Iyesi made up my mind I'd 20 and give that
gun q chance.
HE meetin' had been called for over simp-
What used 70 be q whisky yInt-I'd been In
there before
4 recken nigh 10 twenty men and boys were
aittin' rOund,
ground
There waren'i no gospel augiu' and no
when old JedEe Thomas jefferson was call
I'd 90 take the chair.
I never hseri he had = case, or why they
called him ledge,
Although be had powerful mind for whisky
and Old siedge.
And when q came 10 sIneIIin. drinEs and
iO-atin' the l'ints.
You bring along your camel and the Jedge
VIII give him p'lnts-
Aud there was Billy wIIdermann, was us-d
10 keep saloon;
For days and days that man has kept me
fuller than a NOON;
And Jim, his brother; Silas PeRse. who's
liyin' on his wife;
And BogEs. uho never did an honest Hex OF
work In all hts life.
A candidate fer congress si'nt-red In and
trSsk a seat.
tine OF the SIrt what wants 10 know u In.
gals cant br israi.
jest was on the pint 20 ask " he'd go In his
stead,
When sosnsIspIy cried ''Urdsr'' aud the
JedEs si'SSl mp aud said:
10y friends and Teller citiEens"-as I can
Tsr0llert-
we've met tonight Ia talk nI.oui the
Wrotss Ne must CBTrrrt:
"ShEll submit our frrrmeu's rights Ia
sumptuary laws"
tCries 81 IVA, Mo- and .',iOod' and sIch
like tokens Of applause
The IefIrrsonian Incirine gives us all the
right ta think:
II does not say what, when or how much
We shall eat or drink:
10 says: he men, assert yuur~elvss' demand
YOUR rights la ilfss'"
fEbthusiaSiir cheers irpIn P-asr. who's Iivin'
of his wife.
Look r0und. my fyIlrr ritIE-us. and see the
brought down by tyranny upon this bIeetiin',
our business busted. credit gune. to satisfy a
within"
f"IIOJrayt' rrirs RiII. the harkertar. Hoo
ray" cries Br"tI-T Jim.l
Thank iIod. the light i Brcakin'. II T.
streainin' in the east:
In Wichita ant I.-sy-nWorih our Mayer arr,
hpnTti ~ ltsust:
wave of rrsubniiSsi"n = a-r"llin' "n ihis
way.
come tu stay
81 reckon, JcIge,' says 1. that what you're
trllln' "a u right,
But Wichita aud Isayrnw"rih ain't Kansas
by sight;
Aud II YOU think that what they do Is rnIn'
o. 81 n pace,
why, Jc,lE-. I make u moii"n YOU'RE a little
OIL your bass"
"Im nn great shake AT arguin' 'buui SumP-
tuary laws,
The lIls:riy uI person nr any other causr:
But we've had the driukin' period, ard we
found, when most late.
That the mo q Ne men Vas dTankin', why.
the les the women ate.
This 'lihrTty,' u s-rms 10 mr. was not n
sgunrr divide:
The eHiin' and TIA" drirkin' was too much on
our side:
AAh FNAAAAAAgNH AAAfAl NAlAlflhA W ANAfs-
sonian Spuuk.
WHEN haiti the town was s"l,bin' aud the
other haiti was drunk.
Them Eo1I old ,Iays you speak uI, them
gDOsi old customs when
The neiEhboFs Used Ia say: 'Thrrr's Tote,
pssoT man. he's drunk again
Was when the children saw me come and
ran for dear life.
Aud had oniy .iih"riy' &" fcrd them aud my
wife"
Well. sirnngrr. n YOU might nj ow. this talk
was pretty plain
So BnEgS he moved a squad 81 three he
p'intrd 10y the chair
Aud there i~'in nn INFECTION ! was speedily
elsewhere.
somr four or ave days later l picked up In
u store
A Kansst city paper printed jest the day be
fOrp:
A headin' DRY Creek Az ALIarc.' Wa nrsi
o. meet INV sight,
And. darn my skin " twaTu1 nbuut our
ncetin' ioih"r Light.
The editor allow, Il &" print the blarnr,Icsi lot
ct stun;
I laughed tin Wa sick aid then I haiIn'i
Laughed enough;
d didn't take mr long To- sI.nt the rriSpn ur
the a0urcr.
whats that you saw this paper" prmn-
crRiic- Why uI ruur>c.
This RrtIrle went ON to tell nl,nui n tidal
wave"
And the '.rrsuhIniSsinu fever which tho
great mass m~riin" gave:
The Jedge n chairman q Eur-,l a. our "shin.
Ia legal light
Aud ~ was - 'uion-I Prasc.'' man Whu
''st"od mp tor the right"
Aud hin and Jim why. they wrr,. two 81
by Crerk's s'liJ Iuru.
Aud Boggs was spoken at n Our suhsiau'
tial Citizen"
Their Was 'ringin' r,-SnIui IONS" which W.,
taken n n sign
That Dry Crrek's population has n"W fallen
Into line"
WIN rrsuhmisSinn carry: Stranger, I"rI
acrOss the waN:
do you see that new white srhopl house " itI
the bays and gals At play
DO you see that liiLle EHl la red. the rUsl
little chunk
That, stranger y NV liitlr gal: she's urVr
seen me drunk.
Size came the last 81 I'll. thank God, an,
never knew the shnmr
Which only siN short years ago was Un hr
fathers name:
Them little chaps arnund them there. the,
meet mC without fear:
They never saw "a whisky sign tnurh less
glass uG beer.
will resubtnls>inn rarTys Stranger. Ionl
about the town.
You don't find many shauti,~. many hOus,a
tumblin' down:
Things seem go move Uu easy like WIthuu
the aid VI drink.
VIII r,-suhmi>Sion carry MrIi. M friend
what do you think.