The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-08-11
BUDD'S BONNET.
That Troublesome Zee And His Bald Pate
!ro the H,ato Of the Globe

If there is no objection on the part OF ar
Interested public. l should like to have q
word to say myself. 1t is pretty warm
weather 20 wear a bonnet. In fact, or
account of the extreme heat, I have been
going around without ny bonnet on at
all. Never Thought Of such n thing ms
wearing one for the sake of having n con.
gressiOnal bee make Il nest III it. But
greatly to my surprise, one came along at
the Grand Forks convention, when l was
bearheaded and almost bald, and com
menced buzzing i'll both my ears. OF
course it made me jump q little, and some
Others jumped too. For it was IN awful
big bee. and came with m unusual bnzz.
Well: as everything seemed 30 friendly,
and everybody else seemed to be afraid of
Lees, just thought ! would let 1t light. and
it commenced making honey forthwith.
Aud such honey rs you never saw or tast-
ed-out of pure clover blossoms and
h~oneysuckles. The insect seemed to recog-
niZC me at once as
A REGULAR ROSEBUD,
and light on me it would What could n
fellow do, but just let it light? Would
not have harmed a hair on it's singer for
the world. If I had, it might have stuny
me iustebd of sitting there with a nice,
pleasant, soothing buzz. If the rising
nj, M w n ., hr, ,D,,o l~2 -. - A. ~
pcriences, it is a pleasanter sensation than
eating opium. It. is the intoxication of
delightful than pure wine.
When it came to me l thought l would not
I've selfish, and refused to eujov it alone,
and insisted that some o. my Democratic
friends should nave some of the treat. I
so expressed myself, and retired from the
footlights. This seemed to startle Ike
Baker, partner of Senator Power, of Mon
tana. On the suggestion of a very and
dear political friend and Democrat, I was
asked to return II "stoop to conquer"
He whispered in my ear, go back and
tell Ike you will be his servant The Lord
seemed to direct everything. 1 did as
requested, and after doing SO found Ike
did not want me for Il servant. He and
were looking for
TKAD1NG STOCK.
TomeboJy they could lead around and
off where they could make the most
out of them. As l never had a ring in nv
nose and was never led a rod in my life.
by frienu or foe, 1 very naturally kicked.
AN ad journment WIS taken. Some of the
distinguished people in the house
rushed forward to congratulate me, and
ONE turned and went the other way.
on" or two came in as though they
had seen a ghost. I said: "Who is dead?'
The came "Leistikow has hydra
Your nomination has been to
him like water before n mad dog. 1t has
thrown him into spasms. lie is out in the
way of the opera house, foaming at
the mouth, threatening to bolt the conye1i-
lion; sweays lie will get up an Independent
offers $500 for a candidate tn
90 on tit is feared he will jump i'll the
If you don't withdraw" Think of
sgaslns or suicide ut a Demo-
cratic convention. just because one l..an
refused to fuse with the "Pops;'' that
would never do.
THE BEST MEN
in the convention came to me and offered
20 wade in blood if I would stick. Said if
here was ever another nomination made
'r another vote taken they would see it
out. We were not there for murder.
Then n member said, ''Give the calf more
Let US post -pone this contest to IL
:uture day and another place, and get
away from here with rs little jar as posi-
Ike Baker has Il bank, and he furnished
lis 5Ook-keepcr to show NOmland how to
keep his books when he started, and all
hat this contest is Over is the state funds.
You quiet everything for the present by
to withdraw, if Nomland ia kept
of the ticket" And 1 heard the voice of
The Lord and straightway went before the
and did as told. Then Herr
VOn took a select few and retired to a
;lcset and fixed up Il slate to suit himself,
blood was saved, and the cause of
>ffice' seeking and trading was indicated,
my friends quietly and peacefully
retired to their homes, wiser men. but
with more edge on their teeth. They had
seen a boss at bay. They had seen a SON
with a combination under the
Of one man busted. Any one
would be
NERVOUS AND EXCITED
20 be exposed in this way. Well. what
next? To make it as easy as possible for
to make it appear that they
we're not alarmed when lightning struck
he house, they say l a nominated for a
I am not given much to humor,
the people who have known me for
eight years as n resident Of Mime
aPo)is and North Dakota, inclu ling
bishops, United States judges, supreme