The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-06-29
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p situation a. br Row sees IL Ills fac
assumes long dpyology look wheI
tne .bad""s % broken prouA ises fit
, q cross 1t aud has ever meliiioui
( ,oice takes Oh IL bencdiction pathcg
, when hs. recErs 10 the late cam
paiGu If there il an innocent, gui.
less ni4n in the world il is Bro. Sam.
der3ili, and he is just the man to h
! - tiuiized hy the galtures who
! tatteu upon The government in
Washington. was apprph~nsitt
That >oB4r uupieasantuees would cotnr
r. u him bat did not expect it would
Icbme 70 soon. and inthe sh4peih which
! IL has come. II is reported hy one
of the wicEed female clerks i'll his
Office that he wears PANTELETTs, Ii
/ Is. an outrageous Islander, an is the
work Of some creature who wants to
bCIiEtie him on account of his ALI
ance aHtccedcnts and associations at
/ hJme. | write about it now So that
his host of friends throughout the
State may be VARIED against the
story as it appears in one. of the
! New York papers. ..-
| HAS JOINED TIE kED-LEGGED GRASS
/ HOPPER BRIGADE. s-.,.
Bro. Bell left Yesterday for his
summer vacation. lie marched at
the head Of the Cleveland process
ion last March, His. step was proud
AID strong, and his bearing was that
OF conqnerlng hero. He was pro-.
fusely decorated with gay and re-
splendent' democratic emblems and
mottoes. The Hurrah. of his voice
was heard above the screams Of the
Taininany tiger and wed with the
tunuItods Strains Of a thousand Grass
horns. 1t was the voice of victory.
Tbe day. was a godless one. A hur-
rlcane swept T., Pennsylvania Avenue.
The stoatest men guailed % before its
fierce cruel biting blasts, but
Bell was in it at the finish. 1t was
the proudest day of his life he said
afterwards. He was bouyant, san
gulne, expectant, hilarious. When
the question was asked, what will |
Bell get" the prompt answer was,
Whatever he wants." After his
sorrowful leave taking yesterday
2ome one asked, 'What did Bell get'
and aswearing man who is in the
same hole with Bell and knows how
1T is, replied, @"Not a id thing
But The SWEARING man didn't know
it all. 1t was a dry ghostly, grin
that Illuminated Bro. Bells. face as
he SAID goodbye. | saw, that he was
Suppressing something, and some
thing he wanted to tell he about. 1t
troubled ME. His manner said, 'sthe
democrats have lied to me all the
way through, but I'll get even with
hem yet. Ny first impulse was to
BOARD the train ard give him "a
chance to nnbosom his soul. A lit
lie inquiry, however,, in the right /
Erection discovered the secret: Bell t
lSs joined the democratic Lfa-ua
II Red-Legged grasshoppers." About
he first of July be will be appoint
d d revenue tore-keeper, guager, !
n raider. | rejoice at this happy
'onsunation. "Bell and his Win !
hester will be the new Democratic I
var cry in the mountain counties. c
nd every "moonshiner' shall bite S
he dust, rot in the Albany peni- /
entlary or vote the Democratic tick /
t. 1t is happy solution. Bell is !
manly fellow and he didn't relishILL
lls .eNFeriencein Raleigh last winter
When Simmons pensioned him on.
he legislature as witness against
he .'Gideon Band.' Then, as now. a
he places were all given out, but his ?
estlmony was important aud thew b
made place for him. They were b
erfectly willing to support him at 2 2
he public's expense. Poor Bell, he +.
tayed around here month after :
Month a typical office hunter. One :.
ay up in the clouds with visions of "
big fat salary followed the next n
ay by a perilous decent into the n
epths of woe and disappointment, 81
ntll finally the pie counter gave o
ut, and the poor fellow left here a h
'alklng skeleton. It is a lesson for n
ne generation that is now coming & 3
n, and there is material enough in =;
for whole summers reflections. II
HE PREACHERS MAKE A RAIN on el
.- THE PIE COUNTER. 81
My stay in Washington has pre- q q
AIRED me for almost anything, vet | II
m constantly surprised at what Il
appens. Mr.. Cleveland inquired ii
,metlme ago if an epidemic of any ly
md prevailed in North Carolina. X
he hen assured tol.osthe contrary. "
e said his reason for asking, was 81
e I humber of people in the State 81 81
no wanted foreign appointments. 4,
' oW what is the matter with the ~
teachers at homes Bro. Sanderlin y,
the Baptist church was the first ";
'pilcant for an office. Then fol- in
wed Bro. Barrett of the, North ca
lrolina Conference, who has been Sc
re for several months IN quest of Ga
4 pie: He wears long So
efferlan whiskers, gordon sash. s np
upper looking Paroma straw, and pe
oWs no signs of approximation. Is To-
art, active, and persistent, rises no
tn the sun, and retires long after ST.
n ~. 49,,