The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-10-13
SEVER N'5
EDITION
ON THE STREET.

Gieauings by Reporters During walks
About Town.
One Of an interesting group seen last night
was Hon. VI. p Fowler, who was drawing
upon his fund Of good old.tmc election tories
and one Of which the listening reporter select
ed for this column. The story was related
somewhat in this style: "The people of
Tamsqul used to feel an intense interest in
politics, and during a campaign there was
always a good deal of excitement The bit
terest struggle that the town had for a long
while was that in which a Jack Lovett
figured as a candidate Jack was one of the
most popular men in the place; everybody
liked him. A few days after he was nomi.
mated Jack was standing in front of his
hotel talking to a friend about the election,
and happened to remark, I've got to win
A woman was going by at the time, and rs
Jack was speaking very rapidly, he pro
nounced it like this: I've got win; and
the woman passing thought Jack was telling
his friend that he'd got ticins. The woman,
inst like all her sex about such matters, at
once went through the town spreading the re-
port that Mrs Lovett had twins. So, of course,
there was fuss right of; and the boys said
that as jack was candidate and a mighty
good fellow anyway you took him, it would
be nothing more than fair to congratulate
him ON his good luck by getting up some kind
of a demonstration.
"Wen, you never saw such enthusiasm.
l. .,1 I
all hands agreed that we ought to have a
parade We hal one. That night some of
the folks drummed up Bituer's band and
Classy Bioomsock, otherwise known as
.Tuscarora, allies fer lora, six and four are
ten led it of The band played the most
gorgeous music-'Star Spanged Banner,
Life on the Ocean Wave, Beautiful
Dreamer. Home Again and all those things
And Jack never knew anything about it
Il was a perfect surprise to him. And when
the procession scopped in front of the hotel
they gave him three cheers, and he came
rushing out on the pavement to see what al
the noise vas about. AS soon as he appeared
the band struck up See, the Conquerinl
Hero Comes, and everybody cheered.
Jack bowed and made little3speech
and told how honored he felt by such
demonstration, aud said he felt certain 0
victory, and when he was in Office he woulC
do his best to serve his fellowcitizensl faith
fully. jack thought it was a poitca
screnade, and when he got through Dan
Kemmerer cried
Bring out the twins
Jack looked puzzled for a. minute, an,
then he said, I don't think l understan,
you What do you sayY
Bring out the twins, less look at 'em.
"Twinsr said Jack Twins VIII
what do you meanY
"Why, the twins. Rush em out. Ho
'em in the window, SOS we can see EN-.
" Gentlemen, said Jack, there must b
some little, some slight mistake respectn
the-that is, you must have been misiI
formed about the-the -er-er-why, theI
are no twins about this house
"Then the crowd thought he was iokin
and the band broke in with Listen to tn
Mocking Bird and Jack stepped forward
get the drift OF affairs. And when he reall
convinced them that there wasn't twi
anywhere about the place, you never saw
worse disgusted crowd in your life Mad {
fury. They said they had no idea Jacl
would descend to such trickery as that. S
they broke up. And that killed Jack The
beat him at the election, and all on accouI
of the woman misunderstanding him."