The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-08-13
SARGE PLUNKETT.
TAKING IN THE CONTENTION ATD
LISTENING TO THE SPEAKERS.
Mr. Readings Good Work In the Interest of
Cheese Manurfaci uring In Georgia.
Pat Welsh and Gen. LOngstreet.
For The Constitution.

| Last week was a week of conventions and
rains and Brown and have been discussing
the effects of both upon the country.
From district convention OF third party
advocates, we went next day to the DeKalb
| Sunday school convention, thence to the
| great democratic state convention at Atlan-
/ ia. This was variety enough to satisfy even
| Brown, and was wet enough, too. IL Is
| the first time / ever heard Brown COM
| plain of too much ''wetness," and L think
| the prohibitionists could have got him to
| sign most anything if they had struck nm.
From the third party convention we were
! belated a road we had never Travelled
before. Being a-foot, we tarried till the cool
| of the evening at a good old third party
friends, who has fine vineyard and makes
much wine which is ''red in the cup ana
| slips up on a fellow with a subtleness to
make wet roads heavy to footmen heap
| younger and stronger than Brown ana my
self. Our tongues were already lolling out,
so tired we were, when night come upon
us with a cloud as dark as Egypt. 1t seem
ed that we slipped back as far as we step
ped up the slick hills, till almost faintins'
we threw ourselves upon a grassy sward TO
rest. / might have known that Brown would
fall to sleep at once, which he did, ana the
quiet that reigned got me drowsy and l
dozed q little myself. This caused trouble,
for when we arose from our grassy ped
Brown swore that home was one way ana L
was confident it was just the reverse The
darkness was so intense that we could
hardly tell when we got in the middle OF the
road, but when we did get there Brown
said: "Eollow me, and keep in the middle
of the road" L tried to keep as near up
with my friend as possible, and here we
went, sliding with a left foot then with
right, and every now and then Brown would
let both his feet take a skate and he would
hit the ground and founder in the wetness.
We We're pretty soon down one hill ana
pulling up grade worse than II the track
had been creased. Brown had on his best
suit, and as he would so down upon his
knees L could hear him say something
about the sickness and the darkness that
would not have done for the Sunday school
convention that we attended later. SO 1t was
we went--down hill. y slight "hold-back'
sent our feet dying from under us, while
uphill pull carried us forward upon our
stomachs 10 founder in the mud.
After SO long a time, l don't know how
long, but / know that we were exhausted
we discovered that we We're travelling in the
wrong direction When we arose from our
little sleep above mentioned. we had started
on the back track and the feelings / had
and the remarks of Brown upon the situa-
ton would not do to relate in a Christian
paper. Anyhow, we were compelled to feel
our way out 10 the side of the road and
rest some more, and for fear that we might
fail asleep and lose our direction again,
Brown hung his hat on bush n the direc
ton we should go when started once
more. L suppose it WAS the wind that car
ried Browns Sunday hat Oft of that bush
before we arose from another little sleep
we had taken. Ii was q circus TO hear
Brown crawling around feeling for his hat,
too fun for utterance, and it was distressing
10 think that the hats change of positions
forced us to stay right whore we were I'LL
daylight or take chances OF going the wrong
end of the road il we started.
Daylight revealed the most disfgured in
diVidual in the person of Brown that it has
ever been my lot to look upon, ana L was
in no condition TO enter ring myself. We
were III ~ yards OF Lhe limits III the NLtlc
town where dhe convention was neld the
day befoIe anu which i&ft at ) O'Clock
sharp, on the last afternoon. We heId a
convention OF our own ana resolved never
to appear in the presence of our loved ones
in cur then present state. W e made mort
gage, got clothes and some money, round
u pathhOuSe anu We're soon pretty nicely
dressed, but We felt just humble
enough IN spirits 10 take
Sunday school convention. Wh.e. we pro-
ceeded 70 do by taking the train for De-
catur The songs OF the children made US
forget our troubles ana neryeu US 10 the
point OF VenJurInS home. We managed To
arrive at nome just at dusk, anu slIpped
into the chimney corner anu listened a
wfile before entering in. We Knew our
folks WOulu De Taking ABOUT as anu We
wanted 10 find the trend OF their feel
ITgs.
you reckon they won't come home again
tcn,Sht?"
We heard this from our place in the
chimney corner-it was Mrs. Brown TO Mrs.
Piunhett
Crazy, crazy" sighed Mrs. Plunkett.
CRAZY on politics. echoed Mrs. Brown.
And" said Mrs. Plunkett they have
old Z
knows the way home"
Brown huncned me at this and L thought
painfully of the night before.
My old man has hardly sense enough
to hang up his hat" said Mrs. Brown.
Then 1 hunched my friend. and together
we tiptoed to the gate, slammed 1T as II
we had just entered and knocked at the
front door. Our folks We're easy on us
when we told our story. They surter pity
US as crazy on politics, and Brown and L
are willing for it TO so that Way-it might
have taken a more unpleasant turn.
If we had known that the great state
democratic convention was in session L
think we would not have Ventured up 10
Atlanta, but we had forgotten about 1t
somehow and slipped up on 1T. We Just
arrived in the capitol building as Steve
Clay walked up to take the 6aVeI as
perlnanent chairman, and IL dIun't take
him long to show that the third party con-
Nention we had just ATTENDED was mistaken
in ali it's notions. In about I'VE minutes
MIR clay showed US that there was not a
thing the matter with the country. All
mistake about hard times or any other
times Ale and Brown LEFT just as quick as
we found this out-that is ali we want to
know. Brown is hitching up his mule as
| write, to pillow turnip patch, and L see
him shaking his head-he rs afraid that
maybe he is mistaken in his notion about
turnips-maybe we don't need them.
Brown and | have been mistaken about
tbe weather also. n short while ago Brown
was ready to swear that cane would be
made in our settlement. 1t is the hrst year
of our lives that ever 4 ar Aiay amt 4
drv June came together. We had always
BEARD that a cry May for good crops was
the rule but when June came and the
drought continued we give up and expected
10 make nothing. But the rain did come
m last and now it keeps on coming iIll
fields of corn we thought would make
Nothing will make the finest yield ever
known before. Surely the corn crop is
the finest ever known. Cotton seems TO
he suffering from too much rain, but we
NAV be mistaken about that. L am sure
we cannot be mistaken on the prosperity
Of the pea crop and grass also. Some in
chr settlement replanted their cotton in
ekipDing places, caused by the cold spring,
in peas and such are more tnan pleased
WITH the result. The peas are worth more
thon the cotton would have been, ana ii
LII tend to stimulate many TO planting
more peas and raising hogs next year
All i'm all the people are in high spirits
Of the crop outlook and there is mighty
Ht1 talk of going west" Big meetings