Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-21

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nss,h ~ ,.,, al, ~ to,.st M, "a s,,,'r
saws YES ~
.He ats down nj once and writes N
letter 20 All his KIN. folks and neigh
hors. He hna lots o. sons-in-iaw and
friends Well. he ats down and writes
a letter 10 these friends, neighbors aud
lIinfolks, "a follows.
My Dear Sir-Win you please meet
me at my home this Afternoon at
o'clock
They all come: OF course they 90.
There is big weeung ana we tarnaer
LOOMS upoh vnesN pepl'S Mu sas
,Sei,leinen, ! hau .Ns.s re''"us m ,,a,
.s, p.esen,eu 20 ~ I'M nv - 49,, n,',.s
s.s,ns "'ens nnu .ptn III" w
1911. h ~ ',,,,,sn ~ h,a.
W., W.. s,u' ~ s,,',ts, 9h,se nv,
tsria,tN e,t,ir,, ,seriah,rc ~ rnvor-hnck
ho,s, Ava vel thc corn IL heinE
destrovcd while the gentlemen are dts
GUESSING what kind OK hops are eating
H.
"Thc cry rots up from our people
today demanding not bread and meat.
III, labor
't'tntlemc1. I thought upon thiH
a. s;ion and SOY :; Is 10 w,;el'r TINS
uprising IL taking nlAce. The h"se are
In our field eating up our corn; end
tell you right now, rsntlomcn, l ntand
In a position where hundreds OF thou
lands OF men OF this country are
standing today and demand that the
hogs be driven out Now, know this
very we'll that the Democrats and the
Republicans have not driven the hogs
out Of the corn.
~ look over the country and the
thought comes to me. What has con-
Eress done FOR the past several ycars2
What onn Il shown
~ often think OF Bob Taylor's story
about the "possum and the Niger
TAYLOR anys that II negro went 'possum
hunting. IIc took SWEET potatoes
along with him, and about midnight
he caught 'pOssun lie then pro-
ceeded TO build nre and skin his
catch when he sot his 'pussum
skinned he Put It with the sweet po-
| tatoos In the skillet and cooked IT,
Now, old Ned he said to himself. ~
you eat the postum and the sweet
| potatoes all up now, you will only have
| one mess. only one good time. But II
| Won Inv down nnd 10 10 sleep and
dream that YOU are eating 'possu,n and
| then get M and eat II you will have
as good az two messes. So old Ned
lay down and dreamed about the pos
| sum and sweet potatoes. While he
was sleeping another negro came niong
and saw the skillet with the 'poasum
and potatoes sitting there. and the ne
FRO there asieep. He took IN The ait
nntlon and proceeded To ont the pos
sum and uotatoes. and iNhau he had
eaten the mess he itid' the bones
down right In front 81 old Nod'n
mouth. He then took hlH hand aud
rubbed IL around inside the sIiliet and
rocs to old Ned and ruhs his hand NIL
| over his face and then goes IN. After
awhile old Ned wakes vi. He sees the
homes lying in front OF him, and says.
Them looks mighty like 'possum
bones He Hicks his lips and says,
srhnt tastce mighty Ailte ipossufn fat
ue then loots over there md secs inc
ompty skillet Now. surely says he
Il dtdn't ent TINT 'uossum hut guess
I ala nut n 1 ana rubbing himpolf
,,hnt wns no lIphtest moss uf ipnneun
ever nt.f
"If the Domocrats and Republicans
have ever done nnvthing Tor our coun.
inv In no inst Tow venfs II A nm NV.
ruiiv licht mesa
~ am afraid this country hns fas.
toned upon her tho worst OF dangers
n uoneved n,5atot,ray When tho nu,
tborltv 10 lifted from the banda OF IN,
peoule and Ind al the feet OF nuct
power ia rather IA thousand time,
i've In n monarchy than under such ar
oppression. ia take the monarchy
! every time.
"a stntesmnn tnl,es care OF his ooun
try and a politician OF himself
"T viii toll Won have been NAMED ~
n,eii na amused very often bv srolnl
my brothren--of course, 1 am not say
mi, ho,v innV they wiz he my brother
not only swallow the plnnka Of IN,
nia,forrn' hut mo whole plntforn itself
when / was hoy 1 lived on !
farm snd we had lady school teacher
men nst as we do now Well. / hn,
lady school teacher. who was M
ntd ,nata ~ about 20 and when ,yal
oio,,t IN 1 became deaperntelv in low,
,yith ,y teacher sh. boarded hnlf In,
tIn,a Win nv father. aud haif the Tim,
,.i,h nv uncic VINO lived a mile away
ma slvava been very FOND Of Walt
Inc M uneic but when nv teache
hoarded there I was sttll more fond o
,,ot,,s, ,hara Tho vIait ,vIsh 10 ,rnenl
~ ,vaa ono sunday. when We were nj
sao,.d ~ no dinner table AMI on on
In ~ mo fable exactly opnosite M
,aantn, In those davs peeehea wer
dried whole and stewed and put upoi
~u a T Win tbe seods IN them
W,a,l ,ghii. was ,ittinn NJ mo tnbI
i,st T., frnr, of NM a,yeetheart a folio,
,his side nssssd mo a niate q
"" athi,g ana n fellow IN my othe
a. ha,,,iad mo .o,nethln.- elnr. A
~ came lime was pesgine some
.h,,,, 10 mo teacher with both hands
,rhns w. ,Yitb ana Of these iii
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