The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-05

Late in the evening my friend met
| the fellow again; he had meanwhile
| had two or three more drinks and was
| pretty mellow, so he said: You are the
| gentleman that knowed my brother
John out in Kaufman county. Well, If
you should go back to Kaufman county
and see anything of John, tell him II
he needs anything, just to draw on me-
Now under the influence of one of
these New York banquets, with all
that they have good to eat and the &C
compartments, one feels by the time
the speaking begins like telling the rest
of the world to draw on him. There
fore, L, on my own motion, would never
quote banquet speech on anybody be-
cause do not think 1t is exactly the
fair thing"
Another good story is told by the
witty Mississippi statesman. He was
elected to the Fiftieth congress by a
slim ma ority over his opponent, and it
was with much difficulty that he cap
tured the election and maintained his
seat in the house.
During the first session of the Fiftieth
congress Mr.. Allen concluded that he
would spend the Christmas holidays at
Tupelo. Several days after he had been
home while walking about the house he
sprained his ankle. One day when he was
hobbling about the streets of the town
helping himself along with the aid of q
cane he was met by an old maid, q
friend of the family, who seemed very
anxious about his welfare and inquired
of him why he was limping about in
that way.
''Oh!" replied Allen, 81 got lame rum
ming for congress at the last election"
During the extra session of the recent
congress which was called by President
Cleveland for the purpose of repeating
the Sherman silver purchasing act, Con-
gresham Allen made strong speech
on the monetary question. In conclu-
sion he said that the condition of the
country under existing legislation and
the proposed bill reminded him Of the
story told Of the farmer who went away
for q visit and took his family with him
to see his relatives in the city. THE
affairs of the farm" said he, ''were left
in the hand of their trusty overseer,
Uncle Eben, who was charged partic-
ularly by the farmer on his departure
that Uncle Eben must let him hear
often as to how things were going.
Daily letters were sent telling how
prosperous the crops were and one day
Uncle Eben wrote as follows: Every
thing is all fine as usual The horse,
Frank, has been sick with the CHAMBERS.
1 gave him the medicine as directed and
he is now well of the disease, but he Is
dying of the remedy"
Mr.. Allen said that that was the pre-
else condition in which the country was
lingering. 1t had recovered from the
results of the operation of the Sherman
law, but was suffering from the remedy
which was being given by the legisla-
tors in the house.
At banquet Of the Gridiron club
one evening speaking to the toast "Our
Flag" Mr.. Allen said: when was
boy our flag was different from the flag
under which now Loyalty live. 1t was
confederate flag, and was young
confederate soldier. 1t was conceded
by everybody in the rebel armies that
was the bravest private soldier in the
ranks On one occasion when a battle
was raging, charged whole regi-
ment of Yankees and was moving them