The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-07-09
SARGE PLUNKETT.
BROWN ANDPLUNKETT PREPARING
FOR THEBIG BARBECUE.
The Politicians Will be There, Shaking
Hands and Smiling, and Many Fine
Speeches Will be Looked For.
For The Constitution.

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1t won't do to give a persisted horse all
he will eat at first, neither will it do for
two old men to eat their fill at once-we
must lead up to it by degrees or get foun-
dered.
Brown and 1 went to two alliance din
ners" last week just to prepare ourselves
for the big barbecue on the Fourth. We
agreed to watch each other and give signs
when one thought the. other was about to
hurt himself When the alliancemen formed
themselves into a committee of the whole
together with their wives and children, and
began to spread white cloths upon the grass
under the trees and to bring baskets from
the wagons and jugs of buttermilk from
the spring branch, | took it upon myself to
call Brown to one side and have serious
understanding upon the situation. We
agreed faithfully to obey each other at eat
ing time, and that is why we are alive to-
day to tell the story
These alliance dinners are such nice
things All the people of the country round
were there and many came out from the
towns. Old soldiers who had lain under
the same blankets from Richmond to APP
pomattoX got together around one cloth and
laughed over the idea of arraying one
against the other-of arraying country
against town. And the little folks from
the towns gathered with the children of the
country off to one side and helped them
selves from the same baskets. The Geor-
gia plowboys Wed with town young men in
waiting upon the girls, and the man who
could have looked upon the scene and had
it in his heart to wish them estranged
should go off and live with the serpents
and walloW in his own slime for the bal
ance of his life.
'rhe barbecue at Houses mills has been
al yertised for weeks and farmers nave
been sending in shotes, sheep and beeVes.
h.
t., elches are dug for the fires to be started.
n list Of speakers Indicate that there will
fS enough clash to make things hVely.
H. liant men from Atlanta will illumine
tYif occasion with the fire of young man
h'bd while at least three or four such gem
t afaen as DR.. Miller A. M. Speer and Evan
PoHowell will mellow the occasion with
tl9 flavor of prudence and the sweetness
a. ape We hear that Albert Cox, henry
T,o-hardson and Clark Howell Will walk
ufl1sn the stand with Sibley, Small ana Wat
,on. and these will usher in an era close
alan to the days of which every Georgian
loves to boast. 49,, ,
can't saw whether all will be fulfilled
that is promised but, anyhow me ana
Rfown will be there and trained Tor the
frv An old-time day is what Is eNpeCtgu
bv us from what we hear put ii II i"1i'
short we shall not be disappointed ioI an
old-time barbecue and political rahY Is Ha, ,,
tOt
+be Cobbs Stephens, Brown, Hefscnel v
$1,000, s,cb oe these met and held the
oro1,,ds with their eloquence. perhaps the
ear,e conditions would give us the SAINT VI
far If men-let us hope so ana eheo i"50
the Young who have brains nerve an" o.
gentlemen enough to hght inc
Ntical fights in ,1
shirt. From twenty miles arouIn nv puE
e. ,,sed to gather at these meetings; upon
~ The mountain housers would come
tb from seclusion, the valleys ana the
Az would ioin in filing the roads with
x,Sarn,ing yeomanry. Wagons, iioi sc N
G,1-o,, foot-here went the crowds. II was
at sobt then and would be greater sight
~ these days of steam and electricity
of Il young man WIN ms 9"et
ereArt taking it a-foot Tor seven '"ii~ l1
rba mountains, cooning footlogs ana Wau-
no streams. How CALAMITY the country
hoe, of those DAYS could take his sweetheart
IN his arms and carry her through the ford'
II was but the work Of moment Tor d
vouns fellow to have off his SHOES ms
breecbes rolled up and, with his best girl
in his arms, go to wading the stream
There will be nothing OF this klho now
nothing to whet the appetite and make the
odors of the broiling meats 50 delicious
and I guess it is all well, for there may
not be so much to eat in these days; but
mo and Brown will be in the best eating
condition, and shall go at it i'll the old
time way \ good square meal III these
hard times is not the thing for us to let
slip by. We viii be there, and whichever
side shall convince us as being best, for
that side we will cast our vote in the COM
ing election.
There has been a fellow out our way
paying % cents a dozen for common toad
frogs He is an Englishman, and wants
the frogs to ship to Europe, where they are
to be put into the gardens and farms of