The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1889-12-07
TWINS IN roLIrIUs.

The little twin daughters Of State
Treasurer Noland, Mary sud Margaret,
were extensively advertised during the
last State canvass by Mr.. Noland's fire.
quent references to them in his
speeches, says letter to the New York
Morning Journal.
The facts were the Democratic can
didate for State Treasurer, though a
good conversationalist and an active
party organizer, had never indulged in
speech-making, and when called upon
to perform this necessary duty he
found himself ct great loss to collect
his thoughts so as TO make satlsfac-
tory impromptu stump speech. Early
in the canvass. on q very important
occasion, 1t was Mr.. Noland's duty to
make the opening speech to an i'm
mense crowd at some point in the
southeast. The audience was a mixed
one, a great many ladies beng present.
The speaker was introduced as ~the
eloquent Ed Noland, of Kansas City,
who will now address you upon the
political issue of the day. Mr.. holland
began by saying
ladies and gentlemen am here to
toto talk of the dement's of-of
tariff reform" But, despite his efforts
at concentration, all his ideas upon the
tariff seemed to have taken wings.
The speaker was in desperate
strait, be could think of nothing, and
was almost in the act of taxing his seat
in utter disgust at this mortifying fail
ure, when be mechanically cast his eyes
In the direction of the audience-per-
haps involuntarily to witness the effect
Of his failure. In doing so he caught
a glimpse of a crying baby, whom the
neither was Intellectually striving to
quiet.
That was Eds supreme moment
His self-command was partially re-
stord and he began with, Il must
excuse myself for lack of preparation
to-day. The truth Is We have pair
Of twins at our house. For several
days | was busily engaged in prepar-
ing speech for this occasion, and Q
rattling good speech It was, toe, as fal
as ii went. had clippings from al
the great Democratic tariff speeches
delivered in both Houses Of Congress
on the Mills bill and was arranging
them to suit my own convenience
when my wife came and said:
"Ed, l do wish you would take Mar
and get her to sleep, for am 81
wearicd with the care of the twins tina
can scarcely walk"
IL took the crying Mary and tn
soft, soothing tones Of my melodiou
voice soon put tho babe to sleep.
had just begun with my speech whel
my wife again came IN. and, seeing til
child sleeping so soundly, she said;
"Now, as you have had such goo
luck in quieting Mary, please see If yo'
can't succeed in getting Margaret t
sleep.
aWell, | laid down my pen an
paper, and, by strange processes know
only to the father of twin babies, littl
Margaret was soon in the land Q
dreams. But In transferring her I
the cradle accidentally woke up Mar
and again had TO devote my attention
to her.
"And so It continued, first one an
then the other, until | was compelle
to leave for this appointment with m
speech unfinished, and this Is why yo
must excuse me to-day for not maxim
, the best tariff speech you ever heard
Just then some one yelled; "Whl
will you take for them twins, Edp
He replied; "They are not for sa
/, at any price, would not take mi
: lion for them, but in strict contidenc
! my friend. would not give a sixpen
a for another pair. But these twins pr
, cured my nomination by acclamatio
for previous to their coming oil n
= efforts to be placed upon the tick
were unavailing."
Il Mr.. Noland, ever grateful for favo
and ever mindful of a friend who stc'
= by him in the hour of need, In Q
!. Acknowledgement of his obligation I
. the services rendered by the twin cir
!, has had their photos Autographed up
q the State Treasury checks, so that eve
h one drawing a check from the treasu
n might sec and admire his "mascot
4 Mary aud Margaret.
n An old friend recently, looking
= the checks, remarked: "Ah, Ed, y
VI put them on the checks now, but
a long you will have to put the chec
,s on them"
~ !, Eds twins are now just years
"A and as pretty as their sweet faces
q pear on the state treasury checks.
q These twins took the first premi'
10 at the twin baby-show at the Kan
,e City fair year ago