Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-09-29
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Lesson L-"How IS the President Of
the United States chosenFa
by the ballots OF the electors"
How many votes does each eicctor
havc?" :.
Only one. hut there arc several on
sets. He can bet on his candidate, get
drunk on election day. and abuse his
hest friend because he votes the other
way"
GLOW often is a President chosen?''
Once in four years. Three years
OF this is devoted to wire-pulling. aud
the other 10 knocking the business OF
the country into a cooked hat"
rs 1t wrong " bet on electionPr q
Not If your side wins. II your
party gets left It is very-very wrong"
What is meant by universal SUIT
frage?"
1T means that a man who has little
natural sense or judgment can sell his
vote for u sack OF flour, while a
woman OF wit who hus received tho
highest education must stand back and
let the gang run things as they please"
What is the ~sacredness Of the bal
lot-box" q;
Getting in the most votes for your
party, and it doesn't matter how you
get them. either"
LESSON H.-"why do the men
quarrel?"
1T is a citizen jawing with a farmer
about a barrel of cider" h@t n'
Didn't he like the cider2.
"Hc says il was hall WATER
"And b does the farmer say?'
lie denies 1t in a vigorous man
ncr."
"Apd does he tell the truth?';
''He does. He made that cid err with
his W hnnds and he put in only c
third water. When o man charges
him with putting in half water he Is
going altogether too far and tho farm-
CIR does right TO stand on his dignity
and wear an injured look"
LESSON Ill" Does the man rum"
Yes. he goes rs fast as a horse
'Is he flying from the ~police?"
"Oh, no. He is hying from hts
friends"
.'Aro they too good 10 him?"
"They are. He was n candidate inr
Office and was elected by a handsome
maj ority. All this mob voted for
him."
And have they gathered to con
graduate him?"
"Sorter, n sorter to remind him
that he promised each an office, aud
that they wan It right of quick"
land can he escape them by rum
ning?"
only temporarily. They'll make
him the most miserable man in Amer
lea in the ext month, He might
better go and hang himself at once"
LESSON Wis the mar disguised
with the weather." -
oh, no. The weather just suits
But something troubles him."
Yes. ho is the proprietor OF
creamery"
"And-Whut?".
When no started out this morning
he met Il man who is going TO estab-
lish a milkery. Five minutes later he
asked to name a location for n
buttory. a little later he encountered
n man making ready to set up an egg
cry. He headed for home, but was in
vited into n coffcry, and he hadn't got
through lodging when the owner OF a
butchery asked him II no thought IL
would be profitable to open a honeyry
In connection. Just now he is hurry
ing to get away from II chimp who pro-
poses to open n fruitery on the corner
having como West to try his hand.
after failing in a vegetablry in tho.
East."
LESSON v" Does tho grocer
laughP"
"Ah! he shakes all over"
" Business must DO good with him.
1t isn't that. A woman just came
along and inquired for apple butter"
And didn't he have any?"
Not to suit her. Sho looked nj It
and was not pleased. She said she pre-
ferred her apple butter done up In
pound cakes md rolled In cioth.-Dc-
troit Free Press.