Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-30

TIE BRIDEGROOM.
h. started up wildly at every station,
/ tginsing 1t was his own destination. He
/ qid be- was from Newriggle, o., where
!, is said that man was killed in
| church did not learn what his offense
was but no doubt he richly deserved his
| h,1 Possibly he put a pants button ON
the plate.
! Nswriggle is not far from Wingert's
/ Corners. where Nasty first got his idea
/ dtha Confedrit y Roads. 1t was there
be heard sermon over the body of
/ sthrr it Is claimed, which gave him
/ tie idea which he afterward carried ont.
4 Newri-Gle Is a strong Democratic
/ snn-hold, and according to law must
hive three members of the successful
party in the preceding election as cleo
ton judges, etc. Three Republicans had
/ % be imported this year into Newriggle
before the election could be held accord
Ing to law.
New-1ggle reminds me, in this respect,
Of Erin Prairie, town in my old state,
where there was only one Republican in
eighteen years, and he was last seen
crossing the line at fox trot and pick
i ins large pieces of rock salt out of his
less As ne ran.
Ny brother spoke at Erin Prairie once
On the living issues of the time. He was
ayouns man, fired with ambition and
willing 10 speak almost anywhere that
the committee sent him. He had good
voice, and it was no trick at all for him
TO have an entire petit jury bathed in
tears. He spoke feelingly always, and
scaldlng tears chased one another down
the turrowed cheek of the juror who
mad not formed or expressed an opinion
for or against the accused.
80 my brother went out to Erin Prairie
oy order of the committee to make Re
publican speech. He noticed when he
got there that the band was not there to
Meet ann, but he got some tea and in
CURED for the hall. 1t was a plain hall,
with frayed Autograph of a forgotten
one night yentriloquist hanging from
Inc walls and perchance a three sheet
poster of the Goldie- McCracken Leggitti-
mate Hlppy-te-hop company.
de Went in among the voters, but he
Jaw no kindly look of recognition. Erin
Prairle was always noted for its smoking
"oaeco 1t was grown On the place, and
s'id TO be cured by the farmers there,
OaJ always claimed that it was not a
"lIeal cure by any means. 1t was
called the International smoking tobac-
9! because you could smoke it in this
country aud smell it in Europe.
My brother went back to the end of
'Ae nail and took out some notes he had
made which went on to show that there
ASa been less scab and hollow horn
among sheep and cattle since the adop-
"oh OF the war tariff, and that pip
among poultry had decreased of / per
VTn' since the protective tariff had be-
0ihe settled matter in this country.
"mie he was writing line or two
d" al introduction, as if to refute his
"5uhent on the spot, typhoid hen
5S mt the chimney of his lamp and
ppped. Then suddenly it made a few
o4ehslye remarks and became dis
@s,eeaO!e omelet ON the side of the lamp.
Hy brother is u calm man, with "a
n5n' blue eye and a stiff upper lip on
MN 'ilrre Is avigorous growth of mus
%G"e Tossing back his mustache and
a"'"ihS the hot, malarial breath of the
- 10 ggapple with the fumes of the In
p.N','onal smoking tobacco of Erin
turf ne began his speech in clarion
L.. NoW and then the parent of an orphan
.'.'gh would come whistling through
t an, and cries of "Shut upr' and go
~5'Ie. might have been heard by one
"' happened to have his ear to the
S'S9nd at that time.
hay. ny brother looked little pale, for his
.a''N was not very good and the room
fla very close indeed, but he spoke on
pTl".sly TIL, like the Clover club, Erin
70 aI'e mad made all the remarks it had
wLIl"he' and then it simmered down.
ava 1SN he closed he got hand or two,
Do ohe old man with thick red fur
M MI the outside of his throat and a
al 'ated flannel lining to his mouth
snsst Is lie shook hands with the young
aor- NJ Noye, We done dom we'll wild a
mot poor chance, and be CORY ye must
Inn! uNge the town by the dom hood
And md ana roof skoof and Hoon We Hoons
As'ag and bobtail that was here