The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-29

Newriggle is not far from Wingerts Cor
ners, where Nasty first got his idea of the
Cenfedrit y Roads. 1t was there he heard
a sermon over the body of soldier, it is
claimed, which gave him the idea which he
sfterward carried out.
Newriggle is a strong Democratic strong
hold, and according 10 law must have three
members of the successful party in the pre-
ceding election as election judges, etc.
Three Republicans had to be imported this
year into Newriggle before the election
could be held according to law.
Newriggle 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 cross
ing the line at a fox trot aud picking large
pieces of rock salt out of his legs as ne ran.
My brother spoke at Erin Prairie once on
the living issues of the time. He was a
young man, fired with ambition and will
ing TO speak almost anywhere that the COM
mittee sent him. He had good voice, and
1t was no trick at all for him to have an en-
tire petit jury bathed in tears. He spoke
feelingly always, and scalding tears chased
one another down the furrowed cheek of
the juror who had not formed or expressed
an opinion for or against the accused.
So my brother went out to Erin Prairie
by order Of the committee to make Re-
publican speech. He noticed when he got
lU6Ec budI Tue Uduu Was uOb lueTb u He6G
him, but he got some tea and inquired for
the hall. 1t was plain hall, with frayed
photograph of forgotten one-night ven
trilCQuist hanging from the walls and per-
chance three sheet poster of the Goldle-
McCracken Legitimate Hippy-te-hop
company.
He went in among the voters, but he saw
no kindly look of recognition. Erin Prairie
was always
NOTED FOR ITS SMOKING TOBACCO.
1t was grown on the place and said to be
cured by the farmers there, but always
claimed that it was not radical cure by
any means. 1t was called the international
smoking tobacco, because you could smoke
1t in this country and smell 1t in Europe.
My brother went back to the end of the
hall and took out some notes he had made
which went on TO show that there had been
less scsb and hollow horn among sheep and
cattle since the adoption of the war tariff,
and that pip among poultry had decreased
one-half of one per cent since the protec-
tive tariff had become q settled matter in
this country.
While he was writing line or two for
introduction, as if to refute his argument
on the spot, a typhoid hen hit the chimney
of his lamp and popped. Then suddenly it
made few offensive remarks and became
disagreeable omelet on the side of the
lamp.
My brother is a calm man with light
blue eye and a stiff upper lip on which
there is vigorous growth Of moustaehe.
Tossing back the moustache and allowing
the hot, mal8riRl breath of the egg to grap-
pie with the fumes of the International
smoking tobacco of Erin prairie, he began
his speech in clarion notes.
Now and then the parent of an orphan
kitten would come whistling through the
air, and cries of Shut upl" and "Go
home!n might have been heard by one VINO
happened to have his ear to the ground at
that time.
My brother looked little pale, for his
health was not very good and the room was
very close indeed. but he spoke on brayely
till, like the Glover club, Erin Prairie had
made all the remarks it had to make. and
then it simmered down. When he closed
he got hand or two, and one old man with
thick red fur down the outside Of his throat
and medicated flannel lining to his mouth
paid as he shook hands with the young
speaker.
mir. Noye, ye done dom well wild dom
poor chance, and be CORY ye must not
Judge the town by the dom hoodiums and
root skoof and Hoon We Hoons and ragts0
and bobtail that was here tonight. for he
CORY it was not what we moight call a rip
risintitive audience at all. livery mon in
Arm Prairie that had dom bit of sense
staid at home"