The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-22
El.ECrED WHILE m JAIL.
House Blair viii Serve Four Weeks More
and Then Assume His Once.

House Blair viii Serve Four Weeks More
and Then Assume His Once.
''I'm tho only man in Habersham
that kin reach up III pull q possum
outen the top nv q persimmon tree. /
stand O feet an a half even in my stock
in feet. kin lick air man in Center
Hill district. IN my name is Benjamin
Houston Blair, called House Blair fer
short
The rugged looking m~ountaineer
braced back his broad shoulders, jerked
bis SLOUGH hat down over n eye and
began to stride rapidly down the cor
ridor of the Jail.
House Blair is q 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-
dable enemy during election time, and
i'll fares the unfortunate fellow who
chances to incur his wrath.
There was o municipal election in
his district recently. House Blair was
not there. His natural proclivity for
manufacturing mountain dew had caus-
cd 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 were counted out
it was found that House Blair had been
elected bailiff. Great was the rejoicing
among his followers when the news Of
the result was announced, and they
cent a letter to their champion telling
him Ito hurry up an git through servin
his sentences; that the court ~proceedin's
were awaitip on him."
In altitude the Hon. Benjamin Hous-
ton Blair almost rivals the rugged peaks
of the Blue Ridge. His face is as red
as the sunset about Mount Airy, and
his scant, unkempt beard is suggestive
Of the scrubby growth OH its precipitous
sides. His voice is deep, like the dis
tant rumbling of a cataract, and his
smile is as broad as the limits of his
face will allow. He wears a spacious
brimmed SLOUGH 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.
Nov, the boys tux on themselves to
cleo me to thar Office Nv bailiff, which
Office, as you uns knows, is in Their gift
Nv the people. l wasn't a-seekin NV it,
but they jes' give it to me to snow that
they didn't keer how much them thar
revenues got onto me.
docs l make moonshine2 In course
I do. Bin maxim NV it fer ther las ten
years ar never III reported until this
time. An l never would q bin caught
then but some NV them smart Alexis
what we boys beat out endurin NV the
las election tux q noshun that / wuz
a-keepin o still an told thar revenues
about it.
THAT still were put up in my smoke
house ten years this las gone Novem-
Der. an she made stacks an cords Nv
good ole corn fer me. Ye see. l didn't
keep any smokestack, an nobody could
see the smoke, as she jest floated out
nv the rafters. My ole lady's bin a-run-
min NV it fer Their las two years, an
she kin make jes' as good doublin's as
anybody about thar.
II live lackin jes' two miles an .
quarter from Mount Airy, an l kin
walk thar in a quarter of All hour any
day. I'ze ergoin back thar an take
charge as bailiff ar stop maxim noon
shine, as this here feed dom agree with
my ways Nv Twin"
House Blair has only four weeks more
to serve. He is waiting impatiently for
the time to come when he shall 60 back
to take charge of the Center Hill dis
trict as bailiff.- Atlanta Constitution.