The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-02-28
ELECTED WHILE IN JAIL.
House Blair VIII Serve Four Weeks More
and Thon Assume His Office

House Blair VIII Serve Four Weeks More
and Thon Assume His ONCE,
"I'm the only man in Habersham
that kin reach up an pull possum
outen the top Nv a persimmon tree.
stand 6 feet an half even in my stock
in feet. kin lick air man in Center
Hill district, an my name is Benjamin
Houston Blair, called House Blair fer
short. "
The rugged looking mountaineer
braced back his broad shoulders, jerked
his SLOUGH hat down over one eye and
began to stride rapidly down the cor
ridor of tho Jail. @..
House Blair is Il man Of distinction
His influence is paramount in the rocky
regions about Mount Airy. Politically
he is a tower Of strength. He is q formi-
dahle enemy during election time, and
i'll fares the unfortunate fellow who
chances to incur his wrath.
There was a municipal election in
his district recently. House Blair was
not there. His natural proclivity for
manufacturing mountain dow had caus-
ed him to be transported to Fulton
county Jail. Neither the absence nor
the charge weakened his power. The
clans Of Center Hill gathered together,
and when the ballots We're counted out
it was found that House Blair had been
elected bailitf Great was the rejoicing
among his followers when the news of
the result was announced, and they
sent a letter to their champion telling
him ito hurry up an git through soryin
his sentence; that the court proceedin S
were awaitin On him
In altitude the Hon. Benjamin Hous-
ton Blair almost trivals the rugged peaks
Of the Blue Ridge. His face is as red
as the sunset about Mount Airy, and
his scant, unl1empt beard is suggestive
of the scrubby growth on it's precipitous
sides. His voice is deep, like tho dis
tant rumbling of q cataract, and his
smile is as broad as the limits Of his
face will allow. He wears spacious
brimmed slouch hat, which he is in the
habit of pulling down over one eye. A
blue striped shirt and a pair Of jean trou,
sers stuffed in heavy high topped boots
complete his costume.
"Now, the boys tux OH themselves to
cleo me to thar Office Nv bailiff, which
office, as you uns knows, is in ther gift
Nv the people. [ wasn't a-seekin Nv it,
but they. jes' give it to mo to snow that
they didn't keer how much them thar
revenues got onto me.
tDoes [ make moonshine? In course
I do. Bin maxim NV it fer ther las ten
years an never Wuz reported until this
time. An | never would bin caught
then but sonlo Nv them smart Alexis
what we boys beat out ondurin NV the
las election TUX noshun that | WIZ
a-keepin q still an told thar revenues
about it.
"That still We're put up in my smoke.
house ten years this las gone Noyen-
Der, an she made stacks an cords NV
good ole corn fer mo. Ye see, / didn' t
keep any smokestack, an nobody could
see the smoke, as she jest hoated out
NV the rafters. My ole lady's bin a-run-
min Nv it fer ther las two years, an
she kin make jes' as good doublin's as
anybody about thar.
II live lackin ies' two miles an
quarter from Mount Airy, an / kin
walk thar in a quarter of an hour any
day. I'zo ergoin back thar an take
charge as bailiff an stop maxim moon
shine, as this here feed don agree with
my ways Nv livin.
House Blair has only four weeks more
to serve. He is waiting impationtly for
the time to come when he shall 20 back
to take charge Of the Center Hill dis
trict as bailiff.-Atlanta Constitution.