The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-06-20
A PERSONAL BOOM.
jeremiah Jenkins Sets Forth His Many
Merits.

jeremiah jenkins Sets Forth His Many
Merits.
Especial Cor. of STATE CHRoN1CLEl
Mr.. EDrToR:-When 1 seconded my
nomination thought I wouldn't write
again unless I got SO disguised with
office-seekers that 1 wanted to resign,
but have changed my mind. I'm be-
ginning to understand what makes can
didates get their friends to puff them so
much. IT'S because they love to look at
their names in the papers. The reason
l know, is from experience. I can't
hardly wait for the paper to come, and
l don't stop to even see what Congress is
doing or who's married or dead before I
turn to my column and read clear
through it once or twice, although l
knew every word Of it by heart. It
grows on q man just like using tobacco.
l tell you l can FEEL 1T GROW. know
one thing. Whether am nominated or
not, am getting to be man of some
note in this county. Why, as soon as
my first piece was put in your paper,
Squire Perkins come over and says he,
Jeremiah, didn't know you'd been
hiding your light under a bushel all
these years!'' And then was so
proud could feel the skin
stretch right tight across my
chin and my back felt like one of All
cocks porous plasters had just been put
on it and / couldn't say single word.
Everybody is taking an interest in me
and tells me write real nice for far
mer. think so too, and I'm getting SO
fond of seeing myself in the papers that
3 I feel that I MUST write some more.
forgive my competitors. I'll take bach
, everything said about false modesty
: I reckon they feel sorter like l do. pu
i satisfied that they CAN'T HELP wanting
to see their names in print.
@ I've made up my mind to be speake
4 as we'll as writer, and if I'm nomi
!. mated I'm going to stump the county
4 I've got some gift of the CAB. You Sc
v used to belong to the Gossip's Gross
roads Debating Club and l was mas
a ter hand at argument. Well, I saw il
h your paper that Rev. Mr.. Dixon wa
i coming to Raleigh to speak, and
thought it would be good chance t
le srn some more about speaking an
a ting Il never was much at acting), s
tlat's how come me to hear that speec
about "Playing the Fool" 1t was
q. powerful good speech, and whe
he was talking about the 'one-eye
70 FOOLS and .'the cross-eyed fools" an
ut the other kinds too numerous to mentio
as I couldn't help thinking about my con
in petitors and how nice Mr.. Dixon too
them off and 1 wish they had all bee
~ ~ present to get the benefit of it. WIZ
VI he was talking about ''mule-heade
Us fools" l said to myself "that's exact
vi like brother james, He sorter touch'
ei Moriah's case, thought, when he W
;. speaking of the stools We love-" q thil
~ heap Of Moriah if she is opposed
Gu my going into politics) but was Nigh
70 thankful that he didn't say anythi
Oh that folks would think suited me.
-. told some funny yarns, too. One "
about the nigger who got the doctor
souirt some fiery medicine into his mi
that had baked. The doctor did so q
that mule went away like sky roci
and then the old darkey wanted doul
Re. dose to make him catch up with
HE mule. It tickled me nearly to death.
forgot all about politics. l laughed
the way home. When I got there N
riah was asleep and woke her up
tell her that yarn but it wasn't funny
m her. Says l, "Moriah if I'm nominal
on for clerk of the court or sheriff, will
ant like that mule and my opponent will
to like that old darkey. He will pee'
double dose of the fieriest kind of me
cine to keep up with me-" and she sa
,ou says she, Jeremiah you didn't fail
es. learn all about Playing the Fool q
The she was snoring again IN two minutes
~. Your obedient servant,
JERElEIAH JENKINS