The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-07
Socksie Is a Sluzeer.

The social and living headquarters Of the
alliance statesmen is a fine old mansion
IL stands high on Thirteenth and X
streets. Washington, d. @. The fine
old mansion has become 3 boarding
house. but has some very good neigbbors
Warm nights the alliance statesmen. when they
are in town, gather on the lawn in front Of their
Dig boarding houses. and the voices Of
fener, Jerry simpson and Polk, as they
wax warm over questions Of fee
nance, are waited right into the open win
| doWs OF senator Sherman's library. Some
times cases of state are thrown aside and tie
alliance leaders tell stories The other night q
newcomer from Kansas entertained the crowd
Win "a ssory Oh Jerry Simpsons capabilities
Jerry was q candidate for the legislature be-
Tore alliance days and was beatea The day
after election he came into Medicine Lodge.
Inc Fellows who had carried the county put
their heads together and set up a job to ru0 it
IN on Jerry. They hired an old fellow to toll
the market bell, which was hoiSted on q pole
ABOUT forty feet in the afr. Every time the
bell tolled the ringer wauld shout at the top
OF his voice, Jerry simpson is dead.
Everybody but Jerry and mis- friends
laughed loud and long. Jerry stood around and
didn't say much. After awhile the tolling be-
gan 70 grow monotonous. The vicJors put for
ward big blacksmith to start argument
with Jerry and see if he couldn't be 'riled.' The
olacksmita made e number of ride remarks but
jerry was silent. At length the bully. address
ing nlmself directly TO Jerry, said: You and
your lazy crowd had better stop talking
about high taxes and hard times and go 70
work
That was enough Jerry looked the black
smith square in the eyes and retorted: You
are the last man who ought to say anything
about other people going TO work. l knew you
wnen decent dog wouldn't look at YOU |
gave you 81 once to keep you out OF the poor
mousse. IL was true that Jerry had loaned
the blacksmith the money. The black
smith was shut up He rushed off. got
a couple OF dollars from somebody, aud i'm
gave you the money for charity and | never
take that back This made the blacksmith
blazing mad. He doubled his fist and made a
rush for jerry, who parted the blow, stuck out
his foot, and trtpped the fighter Before the
blacksmith could recover Jerry was on him
pounding and kicking without scien e but with
paralyzlng effectiveness. The blacksmith did
not try to get up; he Just scrambled AVA
on bis hands and feet through the crowd
until some OF his friends pulled OF
jerry Then he started down the street
on the run. AS the blacksmith passed the mar
ket house he heard the old fellow shout; Jerry
Simpson is dead:' Not by sightr The
blacksmith shouted back and kept on. Mean
time Jer y was hitting aud kicking right and
left. He had as many as four men on the side
walk at once. The cLowd scattered and es
some of the fugitives went by the market house
they told the bellringer what had happened
and he too Joined n the stampede. Jerry didn't
stop fighting as long as there was a man to
st nd up against him There isn't much sci
ence In Jerry's fighting, but for a rough-and-
eumole he's the best man in Medicine Lodge"