The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-02-05
The Major is Heading for the Tennessee
Line-Meets Both Friends and
Foes--A Man With a Valu-

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Line-Meets Both Friends and
Foes--A Man With a Valu-
able Dog.
B.-"Helloi Mr.. Editor"
R-"Hellol Major. Hope you are
enjoying your trip"
B.-"Well, I should say I am enjoy
in ov it. But I haint found it a path
ov roses. I have left .Ashful an am
steerin' west fer the Tennessee line. I
went an took one last, long, lingerin'
look at the Flattery Mark hotel We'd
nesday. 1t makes a teller hungry to
look very long, an so l hit the grit fer
the country ter git a guide dinner, SIGH
as Betsy will hev fer me when l git
home ergin. Sum ov the Ashful poler
ticians sed it didn't look well fer a "a
didate fer Guverner ter be trampin'
threw the mountains on foot. But I
tole 'em I wuz bound ter git out an
mix with the great plain people sum,
an 1 didn't wantter be putin on style,
so I'm walkin'."
R.-"Have you found anything com
forting since you left Asheville9"
B.-"Well, l hev found plenty ov
guide grub an other things fer the inner
man, but 1 haint struck many dyma-
krats. They tell me that they ulster be
here but they got tired waitin'. /
stopped fer dinner a few miles out frum
AoLE,J b,,% MT nth n 11pooHrot T
kept inquirin' fer one, but they awl sed
they wernt no sich things in them dig
gins. At the house I took dinner, the
men asked me when I stopped at the
gate, what l wanted with a dymakrat.
I tole him 1 wanted ter git dinner. He
stood an looked at the ground fer
erbout ten minutes an sed: We'll.
stranger, I know this kentry purity
guide, hev knowed it fer nigh onter
fifty years. It you waite fer dinner till
you find a dymakraT, you'll beat the
record ov the 40 day fast by DR.. Tan
ner. The best thing you kin dew IL
ter lay aside polyticks an cum in an
break bread with me an the ole wo-
man. I wuz a feelin' purity hungry by
this time an konkIuded ter accept hiz
invertashun. I introduced miself az
Zeke Blkins. He sed: OH yes, we
hev hearn ov you up here. You air the
crank whut talks threw the tellyfone
in THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER. Cum
rite in, the ole woman will be glad ter
see you on account ov your wife, Betsy.
I'm a Populist an so IL the ole woman,
but we haint foolish erbout it an we
always treat strangers rite. Invent in
an tux dinner. They fed me awl rite
an were nifty clever. They lowed I
he'd a nifty guide wife ter be strayin' so
far frum the rite way. l bid them
gudebye an went forth ergin. I talked
with several sitizens that day, but
found they we're wl Populists an Re
publicans. I stayed awI mite with a
Republican. I wuz surprised ter find
that they awl treated me clever an
didn't abuse me emmy. I asked one ov
'em how it wuz. He sed the Populists
an Republicans haint foolish enuf ter
fall out an snubb a man bekase he be.
longs ter another party. They are
liberal ernuf ter allow every man a
rite ter hiz own opinyuns. I awlso
asked one ole Teller whut he'd becum
ov awl the dymakrats. He sed: Sum
phases half ov 'em are runnin' guvern.
ment d~istilleries an the other half all
storekeepin'. In sum other seckshuns
erbout half ev 'em air runnin' mune.
shine cOnsarns an the other other haze
air revernew paraders who cir tryin
not ter find the ones whut air mune
shinin'." I struck up with another ole
Teller an tried ter talk polerticks with
him. We sot down upon a log an ]
asked him whuth he thought my chansee
were fer bein' guverner. He lowed
stranger, I haint he'd time ter think
over it. 1 guess it depends entirely or
the number ov votes you git an thet
depends ion your sentiments. Whut
church dew your belong to, whut
party an whut dew you favorq tole
him 1 wTlzent a member ov the church
but tibet Betsy IL a powerful strong
Baptist; that I am z dymakrat an
favors the repeel ov the Internal rever
new, reduckshun ov the tariff, more
mummy, free an unadulterated coinage
ov gold an silver, adjustment ov ouI
foreign relashuns with Hawaii an
Wall street. You kin STOP he sed
That liz awl I wanter know I've Dir
hearin' that song fer nigh onter thirty
years an it don't do emmy gude.' Their