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From the Neto YORK sun.
-r-..r1xeroN. Nov. S.-One of the ablest
- of the Texas delegation is the
David Culberson. His friends in
I ~ tell a good story at his ex-
| peose- 1s.. M,
- If Alabama read law, were admitted
49,, bar. and begun the practice of law in
| W san,e county of Alabama. They were
".,,,eal in a locally celebrated case. inVolv-
- the title to a jackass. 1t was tried be-
Us country justice. Culberson was
Ian Not long afterward he removed to
as Years rolled by, and the Lone Star
s+ate sent him to congress.
f.o- Culberson had been in Washington
.Torai wears, Williams became candidate
~ congress in the Alabama district, where
~ I'D begun professional life. In stump
~ - his district he came into the same town.
~ where he and Culberson had tried the
;actass case long years before. There was
strong feeling against him. In the course
e bis remarks past scenes flashed upon
'a.Certlsnen," he asked. do you remem-
-, +ba great jackaSs case that was tried
here a good many years agoF
vs. replied an old man with a feeble
.-o;ca Il remember 1t.
ives iolned in another. and then YES"
uvss came from half dozen.
| 'Shnd do YOU remember the good old
,.,,,ire that tried itg' quer1ed the orator.
IVES. YES. there he is a settin' over there"
,,isd one. pointing to tottering octogena-
ran.
injured. 81 remember the case. remem-
her it we'll"
w. .Do YOU remember who the lawyers
xrere ,sduire9" asked Williams.
| ives y replied the squire, 81 think so.
| Vas / remember them well. 1t all comes
bacR TO me plain. One was tallow-faced
ronno fellow named Davy Culberson, and
iother a hearty. rosy-faced fellow named
Tom Williams"
land YOU know, squire" continued the
orator sithat Tom Williams downed that
tsIow.faced Culbersonp
,sYes,n responded the squire. che did.
He downed him we'll He deserved to be
dowued."
well. gentlemen" said the orator, 81
am that Tom Williams. Cuiberson got dis.
gnstsd. and went of oTexas, and, do you
know. they've sent him to congress- He
remembers that he was downed in
this district. He hates 1T He's
doing everything that he can
against the district. 1t can't get a
dollar from congress because he stands in
The wsy. | downed him once. You send
me there and I'll down him again. I'll see
10 it that this district gets its rights
These statements were greeted with hearty
appause Election day came and Tom
Williams got nearly every vote in the town
ship. He went to congress and became
valuable member.
In good time Culberson heard of the Incl
dent He determined to get square. When
Williams was a candidate for denomination
one of his constituents here and another
there received life-like portraits of MIR.
Williams His name was written below
the likeness The portraits were received
by his less prominent constituents. The
more important ones got none.
Williams began to receive letters from
obscure citizens in his bailiwick thanking
him for his picture. Then letters came in
from some of his friends, asking him to
send them one of his portraits, as he was
sending them generally throughout the
dstrict He replied that he had no
portrait taken and hadn't sent them TO
ANYBODY. IN some cases he received
rather sharp answers. His correspondents
inslnuated a doubt as to the correctness of
his recollection. They told him plainly that
obscure individuals had pictures of him,
signed with his own name, which they had
received by mall from Washington. AS the
| time Of the convention drew near, the let
/ tiers became more numerous and the matter
grew warm. One of his friends wrote him.
telling him Jhe portrait business was max
ing an immease amount of bad feeling, and
be colldn'u understand what Williams
meant by it. So Williams concluded to 90
home.
On arriving in his district he entered one
Of the hotels
Glad to see you, Mr.. Williams, glad to
see YOU said the bartender land Pm ever
so much obliged to you for that picture you
sent me"
What picture7" Williams inquired.
what Go you mean
Why that picture you sent me three
weeks ago, of course. What else did you
suppose l meant?
My friend, l don't understand you.n
said Williams 81 did not send Won anv
picture. nor have | sent one to ANYBODY
else. I've had none taken for years"
hh III give 1t up" said the bartender.
But box here. What do you call this."
he if1ed piece of mosquito netting that
urapeq portrait behind the bsr. 1t seemed
to be very good likeness of Mr.. VIII
ilgms4an below it his name was inscribed.
WIlIims examined it closely. His brows
darkened with perplexity. 1t certainly did
seem to oe bis picture. But no, there was
aANle scar on his face. He had no such
sea- But whose picture was it?
Iny friend, -" he said, turning to the bar
tsider, that is not my picture. That is a
pqtralG OF some body else. Do you see that
SaIi nave no such scar. It's not nv
pfIure' and don't know who sent it OUT.
ely howP O'''
Aiter refreshing himself he left the hotel
T. uau not gone far when he met one OF
constituents, who wanted a pictnre.
T. cousin, he said, who was no friend of
MAINS, mad got one. He himself was a
Ia JG1 ~, Iiend and had got nothing Williams
pa nm OF bis perplexity, and again Won
Ii0u VINO was giving him so much trouble
No practlcal Joker had evidently found in
Rme picture gallery a remarkably close
AeueSS, and had obtained many copies of
En v! ulsCrloutlon where it would cause
F,lllanls the most trouble
"T Hs. Told that Culberson had put I'D the
r. ullams was not pleased. The Joke
a. oo practical 1t had made no end of
coiu ana Jealousy in his district and
TO- MS friends. 1t turned out that it
Coi Bob lngersoll's picture that Gull
'oou mad distributed. 1t bore a remarka-
Iesern olance to Williams.
gentleman from Texas, who enjoyed
e stories of the Texan congressman.
sr useo ms friends with good Arkansas
IlI[N He told tow the town of Rondo
az, got its name.
=, ie-sS ago." he said, flames Crooks. an
y steamboat captain, who sailed on the
bst '4E G passed above the rift with his
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