Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-21

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 THE FINGER OF sCORN.
 When colored man asks for money ahead of what he has earned. we may well inquire. What is to become of the country?
 Below is the pitiful appeal of Henry Clay asking fer rations and offering that the first work that Jaffrey tlis s"n) do you coud talk it Back"
 And vet We have been crying out for months. Give Us more 'Rashing,' whether you demonetize silver or not. We need the Rushing bad"
 These letter, are absolutely genuine, the names only having been changed:
 ,TUNE r., lSgrS Mir. How ard Ialcumb:
 DEAR SIR write tu tell Euu I have Verry Bad Palm in the Right Side Work from my Side to my Back Tuseday Evning sick think it Is simmer Cunplafid Please Sir let me have fifty cts for tn get Sumc Flashing the first days work JatfrrH d" You Coud talk il Back need the Flashing Bad HENRY CLAY. The following indicates the state of the money market also the fin de siecle method of spelling allow" It also shows how the writer understands that vague allusiuu tu death will get funds sometimes when all other efforts fail. He does mot state whose death he Is go- ing to blow in the $i21 upon. but prob ably il will go Ia buy cut flowers for tie grave of Ham. who was cut down couple uf thousand years ago by mala- rial fever brought on by the surface wa ter and hot weather around Ararat: MR. BAIcuNnu- Please arlOw me to have one Dollcr tS :j cts this wccl, for | am in Sure beth. like io pay Hour>
 JOHN C. CALHOUN
 MT. Calhoun. on the back of the note. states that he k not a bimetallist, but d Baptist with a tendency toward som- nambulism. Many are the times. he says. that he has awakened from sound sleep and found himself ill the middle of watermelon patch bathed ill cold sweat and big melon rind in his hand.
 Mir. Mason. who accidentally discuv- cred last week that he had been emanci- pated 30 wears ,lss" while Il" was serving a term with the gang. writes as follows: Captain please Sir M can Be kine anuft 10 let me have laN thir~ day money and will pay the Day on next week if yo Will Do So for me please Sir that is all SLInEIL MASON. Mir. Lemons. who writes below. no doubt indicates as fully and uncon- sciously between the lines how times are with him itS any exhibit that has been made this summer. and notice toward the close. where he admits in his own touchful orthography. II would not worry. but 1 am distressed why l worry you"
 His wife also ''is Bear feet" meaning no doubt that there lias been Wall street movement to depress her feet.
 He also intimateS that if Mir. B. does not 'trus" him hr will bust:
 AIE. BALCoMnE You and Mir. w. F.. Bal combc can len S-an ,lul"r and tell l hay the chanC "t making sum money. Do if you Pleas Sir Nuu can Len n;C bCCuo my Wife iS Bear feet and if YOU 'ipnt iru- mo Sir Nuu Can Git a Lean half akcr ot IEicc hut know Si: can pay You before that sir. if was moi dcstrus Sir W"d not Worry hut am d">tru> Wi Wory you d" il !"u Pleas Sir y"u can len mo.
 PETER C. T. RENUREGARp LEMONS.
 The following item also. taken from the Ash"yil!e Citizen a few weeks ago, indicates that chickens are clos. and hard [" obtain this season and that money matter wsr" never more seldom, espe- ciallv among th" '"l"red people than at present
 Win Ne2rr, -c.oIsd. aged about 4> vas. .r:ed fer stealing Two chickens and found guilt He has served .---o terms tH ths gang-the H-s- lime for stealing wa:e-natons T-dGs Jones save Eo-cs :clr .'o2rs' Senteace thinking i. might break @.-. cc k.s .ozz fingered habit When tho sentence vas rronoaree1 Eoc2s said Thank ycc. sir. = -U6Ee -o2ss
 Cc--cl- o- -Es la1g-E cF CLo sac. 2 IeEoo wc2-d -22- - = r.ccc @o-o .5 this time. when so nearly as my be, 2 fratcrnai feeling should exist. It is in- timatcd. however. that MT. Young was a pronounced bimetalliSt. whereas the court was opposed |" that idea most bit terly.
 may be wrong. however. The court will please take notice that this comes to me as hearSay and also that my apol- ogy is ready at moments notice in case I am wrong in putting the judge down as an tEemv of bimetallism. I do not care to be sentenced to 900 years for finding a felon on the finger of scorn.
 Speaking of courts and the law re minds me of an incident which occurred in the great northwest last winter. Christiana county ia d new organization, and the county seat still has fresh paint on it.
 h February merchant who sells tea and ax helves came to the county attor ney and said he did not wish to find any fault about 1t or make any arrests. bu some one was stealing his wood at thu rate of two cords per month. and h' wanted to know the best course to pro ceed and still not commit felony him self. Would it be dangerous to loa' some of the sticks with powder? Woult he be liable or subject to arrest in cas- of death or mayhem?
 The county attorney thought it owe for 15 minutes with his whiskers in hi mouth. He always ate of some of hi whiskers while engaged in thought.
 No. you would not be liable. think. said he. but to avoid accidents to your self or your family I would load onl, sticks of white birch. Mir. Jaggerson White birch is easily distinguished eve in the night, and if you load only tha variety your family circle will not hay a notch in it this winter"
 So the man went home and loade' his wood pile for bear. but in his hast ] he enormously loaded one stick of hick ory.
 That night the county attorneys ofhc was burned to the ground. together wit n library consisting of Hills Manual the Revised Statutes for 1869, ''Horac A, Tavlor on Diseases of the Horse, ssThe Man Who Sobered Up" by Wal Mason, and the government publication