The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-25

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The Major Gets q Setback at the Great
Democratic Bust-Zeke is
Pining Away.
B.-"Hellol Mr.. Editor. Cum ter
the phone rite quick, I'm erbout ter
bust. QuickI"
Rail right. What great burden
is on your mind nowG"
B.-"Tmtor awl up over that Dyma
kratick bust at Raleigh last Thursday.
Ne an Betsy he'd bin 1xin' fer it a
long time. The papers said they ex
pected twenty thousan' people. Ididn't
think they'd have that many, but !
thought we'd have somebody there"
R.-"Well, didn't you see somebody
Col. J.. S. Carr, Senator Jarvis, Senator
Ransom and about two hundred other
politicians and revenue officers were
In town."
b Oh! know that, but the voters
g not there. Even the Raleigh
people didn't turn out much. thought
we'd have a thousand or two Wake
county Dymakrats there, but they
g absent. I'm paryalized."
R.-"Yes, you naturally thought
80. The special train from the West
brought eighty eightpeople, drummers
included. The special from Goldsboro
brought about so. The Seaboard Air
Line from the South brought about 40.
A few came in on other regular trains.
Nearly every visiting Democrat was
registered at the two leading hotels
andthe arrivals of men registered from
North Carolina on that day numbered
about 1876 Probably 100 more came
In the day before and on Thursday
morning. So about 235 Democrats
came to the blowout that vas to bring
90 900 to the great opening rally of the
campaign, the occasion being the meet
ing of Democratic clubs. Some of the
Raleigh papers said no such a crowd
ever attended a political gathering in
North Carolina before"
B-'"The papers are right. No such
a crOrd ever did turn out to such a
qGtherin',' an that il why I am awl
broke I'D. It IL so d~iscouragin'. Betsy
has bin latin in her sleeves ever sinse.
I'm goin' ter bed an send fer two doc
tors. My life is hangin' in the balances
an it will soon be found wantin'."
R-"Cheer up. This meeting was
q good omen. 1t shows that the eyes
of the great common people are open.
The oily tongue of Ransom and the
rasping voice of Jarvis cannot allure
them into the Wall street trap again.
Even the special attractions, Hon"
Chas. 81. Mansur, a.clerk in the Treas
ury Department, ex-Gov. Black, of
Missouri, and Hon" Lawrence Gard
ner, agent of the Nicarauga Canal
scheme, didn't draw. The people have
been fooled once too often"
B.-''Blamed if it don't look like you
are rite. Me an Betsy were badly dis
appinted. We left the hall before
Ransom got through talkin' about
Wannamaker's advertisement an cum
out ter git some sody water, an blast
my picter if there wazent nifty ny az
menny people standin' on Fayetteville
street lookin' at Denton's monkey per-
formin' on a string az were in the hall
~listenin' ter the speech. Betsy an me
spruced up before we cum, but we
didn't git ter show our clothes ter
many folks. II the votes don't cum up
better'n the folks turn out to dyma-
kratick rallies, we won't grease the
board. OIL my hart is smashed. /
haint got a bit ov energy ter Wurk nor
eat. Betsy says she is goin' ter mix
some horse and cattle powders in my
feed. Betsy keeps gittin' fatter an
fatter an I'm gittin' thin every day.
Betsy laff5 awl the time an 1 feel like
cryin', in fact I do cry when Betsy
haint lookin'. Betsy throws up six
cent cotton ter me an l can't defend
myself. / sum times wish the wurld
would hurry up an cum ter an end, fer
I'd druther everything would stop than
fer we dymacrats ter git beat. If you
hear ov mi deth, say sumthin' guide
erbout me in the paper. Good bye"