The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-09-16
Gate Number One VS. The GATE nj
Sandy Hook.

|. Now after many days it came to
pass tn. county court did get. And
all the high priests and sanhcdi i'm
had met together III the piace called
in those days temPu!a juslitia.
= That they sayeth among them
selves, what will we do with the Mt
Pleasant pike?
8. And they did counsel among
themselves to let the people go 1ree
4. But there were come among them
who said among themselves, softly
boys, softly; 'sh Ssh 'sh !"
5. Behold, we knOweth good
thing when we seelh it. For bave
we not three toll gates on eight and a
half miles of road; and do we lot
take in the ducaJs and the h"rlns?
Yea, much more than the thirty
pieces OF silver that Judas Iscariot GOT
when he tOted the bag and Ia died
the cash for the other disciples?
g. And they hardened their hearts
and stifIened their necks ana WOulG
not let the people go free.
| 7. For they sayeth among them
| selves "aur time next; our time
next
8 For doth not the commi ssioner
get six hundred year; and besides
are not the people taxed TO feed the
carp shooters and to pay the bosses
to hustle and learn the science OF
geology? HiggiOn.
9. Bit the Supreme Court sayeth,
"Beho!d you have one toll gate too
many, and the unlawful gate is gate
| No. l-alias the Columbia gate. Let
us away with it,"
10 Nay, verify, saycth the judges ct
al.
IL. "I.et us away with the Sandy
| Il
think you the people seeth the dilter-
ence.
II. "Let us pull down the pole I'll
gate No. l and pull up the pole on
No. t." And they laughed III thrli
sleeves, saying
10. "Hal Ha! boys, we doth cut
cher fat" on the Columbia gate NO. l,
ha! ha! hap
n. And | heard voice coming
from the east and a voice coming
from the west and behold it WAS a
a tired voice.
Is. And then i heard another voice
coming from towards the lana OF
| Yankey Doodle and another towards
the land of Dixie, and it too wa
a tired voice.
is. Aud the voices OF all the pt o.
pc sayeth the one to the other, ibid
not the Supreme Court declare the
franchise or liberty TO take toll on
Mt. Pleasant pike forfeited pr
Il Let us arouse ourselves and
nav no more toll, Tor the laws OF oul
land doth protect us, aHd to pay tolI
is unconstitutional. Melhiglon.
is And hereafter we-the people OF
Maury-will go through gate No.
free. It is unlawful and at the wrong
place and it doth NeX the people 80
| Il friI,IIIa ShEn 1T Il
unconstitutional
49, Yea, it is .Inconstitc-O-o- 900
tionrll, and we will away with gate
number one.
20. Then will three commissioners
and the great Sanhedrim take coun
ell together and say "Aha, aha ana!
81. "Behold the goose that layeii
the golden firkjns is ab*quatulated
and the thing is OBJ Iscated! :" An'
they will go about mourning like th'
whHngdoOdle when she cryeth Tor he
first born, saying it Is not, 1t Is not, l
is not! .r
%. And then the people will b'
taxed no more to pay the guards o
the crap shooters 20 study the sclenc'
of geology,
q. Or 10 deIve in the earth or t.
raise sand or any other creature.
"a. And then the people vii b.
comforted and the Democratic part.
will triumph.
25. And Grover Cleveland will b
elected President; AID Peter Turne.
will be made Governor, and ali tn
ticket pull through, and then all TN
people will rejoice and be eXceedIn
: glad, and then Will be extended tn
/, olive branch of peace, to VeX Ia
: people no more.