The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-02
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Ex-Governor Warmoth Tells "a Good Stor,
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GX-GoverIi0r VVarnAOth Tells u Good Story
Mt Hen Buffers Expeusc.
81 was at q State fair at Manchester, N.
H." said ex- Governor Warmoth, of Louis
lana, the other day to a Washington Post
man, s'avay back in 1873. 1t was the usual
sort of u New England fair-an agricultural
horse trot with bruss band and political
speeches. Ben Butler was up for the
speech. The audience was on tho grand
stand, n side tho race track, and Ben
Butler and the rest of us big guns in the
judges stand on The other side.
"sFellow-citizcns of my native State be-
gan the bold Ben, Il shall address you today
on the subject Of Federal, State and munich
pnl taxation
"Butler sailed along and had got we'll
warmed up when a corn-fed farmer drove
along the track with twenty yoke of ken
and acart piled up with corn, pumpkins
and other farm products and IL couple of
buxoM country girls on top. H was proud
OF that turnout and took his time getting
by the grand stand. OF course Butter had
to stop till it got out of the way. Then he
began again and warmed up once more.
BY that time another farmer had got jeal-
Gus of the impression the first one had
made, and hc came jcc- having down the
track with thirty yoke OF cattle md u still
bisSSercar io;dedaw up with big sQuashes
andpnmpk MS and four slashing-looking red
checked girls on his load, each one holding
. red car of corn in her hand. Well, that
OUTFIT made big sensation on tho gr. nd
stand and attracted more attention than
Jim Robinson driving u twenty horse circus
chariot would. OF course Batter had to
stop again. He was getting mad.
"tCan't this thing be stopped!' he asked.
sIHnn't Sy,.tnty IA Iva Y, ,,1ol ~ l,y 1or,
Jake in New Hampshire who wants to make
q holy show of himself
$50 some one was sent off up tla track to
stop further interruptions, and Butler got
alonyas far as filthy, and was getting red
in the face, when Whist Should come along
the track but another caravan This one
had nearly forty yoke Of oxen, every one a
seven-footer, as sleek as bulls and as fat as
butter. The cart was fuilo of a~pple-buttcr,
school-marms, aud the grand stand knew
them oil, and went wild with delight. TO
shy that Butler was mad would be useless.
Hc got his eyes almos wide open.
".If another one OF those Internal cattle
shows comes along. said he, IN leave the
platform. I'll be hanged i'll am going to be
broken in upon every ten minutes
'sThis time o messen ger was sent up the
track, who headed off all the rest of the PRO
cesslon, ana Dutler went along sVlmmingly
for . quarter Of IN hour longer, when a big
brass band struck up back Of the grand
Stand. 1t was q visiting band from some
where up State; it thought it was some
pumpkins, and it Just put In and blew fer
dear life. Lord, what a noise it made! But
Butler wasn't going to be 'phascd' by a big
brass band, even If two-thirds OF the crowd
were craEing their necks for n sight of the
musicians. Just then thel irc.bciis over in
Manchester setup nninfernal clang-wlang-
ing, and every engine in the city had
paraded out into tho fair grounds. Down
the track they tore ut full speed, ono after
another, fires up, smoke rolling out of the
stacks, bells changing, and horsos laying
their bellies almost on the ground, while
every boy In Manchester chased along BIO.
hind, yelling like demons, and tha ESand
stand tumbling oyer each other to q
the FIRE wae. So
ssThat wassthp end OF Il Butierx
his noteaN1x 11s1anced all over the platform:
blue w3thIH16N and swearlng like trooper.
while Ix1fmbed down behind ths stan6
wheresJsc could laugh