Telegram-herald., 1891-07-13


vided up the exercises OF the day into
two parts-viz. Part l. morning exer-
cises n. the grove; Part II. evening exer-
cises also nj the grove.
In speaking of the grove did SO more
for devilnent than anything else, for
this end CT the state is all grove. being
u virgin wilderness against which u
tongue Of scandal has never breathed the
breath of the deadly upas tree. nor bigot
forged chain. Oh. would that were
safely back in that bright land again, rs
the fellow SAYS.
The morning exercises consisted OF the
usual America" on the or
ganette, accompanied by child voices;
reading of the Declaration of Independ-
ence and few selections from the pro-
ceedings Of the Tennessee Legislature:
complimentary PRAYER by the chaplain;
singing of Red, White and Blue" by u
man from Statesville; piece on the melo-
deon, entitled pee wee Bird Waltz" by
young woman from distance who is
visiting North Carolina. and who was
left at Busbec Station by the train whilst
gathering golden rod: address by me
touching on Tho Growth, Progress and
Final PUNK of Nations"
There is hardly room here for more
than resume OF the address, for it was
long. covering. as it did. the history OF
man and the evolution Of government
from the feudal ages. and even back OF
that extending through barbaric centu-
ries, and so on down TO the present time,
when national and state government be-
comes not only duty but pleasure.
The speaker touched with great power
and feeling upon our duty as citizens. ow-
ing it as we do. he went on to say, to our
selves and our posterity to suitably pre-
pare our minds and hearts by early edu-
cation and association for the great du-
ties Of citizenship. and both by our pre-
cept and our practice so live that We
may safely leave the mere act of voting
to other heads. The speaker said also
that to the newly arrived citizen voting
is new and thrilling experience. Why
not allow him more Of il to do, while we
who have the taxes to pay and who
therefore need rest and change Of scene,
may safely take much needed relaxation
on election day. and il we do not like
the result we can write piece for the
paper signed TAX Payer" and marked
on the top communicated.
This was followed by applause. which,
on being looked up, turned out to come
from the wife OF the speaker, who had
been huckleberrying. and hearing
noise in the direction Of the speakers
stand had drifted around that way, and
having met the audience before shook
hands with him and sat down to hear
the address.
The speaker touched lightly on the
subject OF the presidency in 1892, and
said that while his health was never so
good rs il was at this time, yet he did 10.
wish his name used for two reasons. One
was that he had been too fearless in his
denrnciation of large moneyed interests.
and the other was that he would rath, :
lecture all winter at his present prices
than 10 deliver ten free speeches per day
out of the tailgate Of sleeping car and
then get up three tirnes in the night In
suit of pajamas to inquire the name Of
the station and then make ten minutes
cyclopedia speech on its resources.
The audience agreed after the address
| to use his influence toward seeing that
the speakers name was not brought up
before the convention. After the adj
dress the mayor of Skyland, who owns
the sugar bush in which the opera house
stands, opened a fresh case Of Bents
justly celebrated water crackers. together
with a new Chalybiate spring that tasted
Ike the basement of n wholesale hard
ware store after the big FIRE in Chicago.
After this came a spirited two-old-cat
tournament in the afternoon and q basket
picnic. during which the little child Of
the audience by his first wife. discovered
the deserted rest Of one % the celebrated
Little Mammoth Black Hornets Of Ten
nessee. This insect is called in the south
the Typhoid Tonch-me- not Of the Tropics.
and wears a platinum singer. with an
alcohol lamp for same. all the tine.
The black hornet Is now said by a
writer on war topics. whose article was
returned u him 10y some Of our leading
~ law tfF7it ttfc tart-fc ~ ttfc
mastery forced march from Bull Run 70
| Washington. The black hornet has broken
up eight district schools In Tennessee,
ard 10 the colored Zion NJ. f. church as
East Conquest IL barred ont Of parsdiss
| by the committee on credentials the
black hornet that built his ne<t In the
hot air register during the summer viii
be to blame for IL.
Let others admire the delicate texture
/ Of the black hornets deserted home, but
blowing down the barrel 81 . deserted
shotgun Is good enough for me. More
/ over. will lock tn~t - well on the fol-
/ lowing day and suffer less
We buried the little youngstcr In TIE
eool. yellow mad down At the branch
/ all bnt his head. and u we poaitleei
with vet Plug tobacco and ammonia
till toward evening. when he could bear
/ 20 have hss fathers hat on and 60 home.
He dii not see my fireworks lie had
20 worry along with those he had stirred
mp ia the elinker bnilt household of the
| black hornet
| We otensd Tie EVENING With soax