West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-02-09
CHRONICLES III.
CHAPTER I.

Grandson, otherwise called Benja-
min the Little, that an election was
to be held in the land.
2. Then the officers and the
chiefs of the tribes of the High
Takers, who had fattened and
grown rich of the people, gathered
themselves together unto Benja-
min, their chief.
3. And they came near and bow
ed themselves down before him,
and kissed his feet and licked up
the dust whereon he walked, and
said unto him
4. D, Chief, what shall we do
that we may cat Of the fat of the
land and wear purple and fine linen,
while the common people suffer
want |?
5. And Benjamin said unto them,
Go to get ye to your provinces. and
see that we are chosen delegates to
the great convention that is to meet
in the land of the Dacotahs and the
Laughing Water. SO shall ye &C.
complish your desires, and it shall
be unto you as We wish.
G. Howbcit there were some who
belonged to the same tribe of High
Takers, who put no faith in Benja-
min, but who saw a light in the far
Northeast emanating from one
whom they called the Plumed
Knight,and HIM they desired should
lead them in their contest for the
good things of the kingdom.
z. But when the great convention
of the High Takers met in the land
of Min-ne-ha-ha, the hosts of Ben
jamin routed the forces of the
Plnmed Knight and so Benjamin
was chosen to lead them. And they
put a reed (Reid) into his hand and
hat upon his head, and they bow
ed themselves down unto him and
called him Benjamin the Great, the
Wise and the Good. Howbeit, he
remained all the same Benjamin the
Little.
8. But the common people groan-
ed under the burdens placed upon
them by the High Takers and
chafed under the yoke of bondage
OF their taskmastcrs, and they cried /,
Who, o, who will deliver us from
these CALLING chains and this yoke
Of bondage.
o. So they gathered themselves
together unto the great city by the
lake in the province of the Illinois
and they called on Grover the Wise
and Adlai the Just to lead them
out of this bondage into which their
rulers had brought them. For they
knew these men of old, that til, v
were men of just principles, and
were honest and econom ical in their
administration.
10. But the rulers and the chiefs
OF the tribes Of the High Takers
laughed them to scorn, for they
said, Have we not got the money f?
And few dollars from our great
boards, which we have gathered
from the hard earnings of the peo-
pie, will induce them to continue
us IN power, so shall we ever grow
the richer upon their privations.
IL. So they called on their chiefs
and they poured out their money
by the thousands and by the hun
dreds of thousands, and they laugh.
ed and they chucklcd with glee as
they said among themselves, How
nicely we are fooling the people.
IL. Aud it came to pass that thus
matters went on until the day fol
the casting Of tho ballots.
Is. And at eventide and as dark
ness fell upon the land the light
ming began to flash along the wires
stretched abroad throughout tn,
land, and manifested itself in tick
ings upon the instruments connect
ed herewith. And as the nigh
wore on toward the hour Of mid
night the thunder echoed from tn.
East and from the West, and from
Che North and from the South, an