The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-01-21
OUR KEpORTER,s DREAM.
Hc Had Another Dream Last Week.-Mrs.
Tiu,s of Ono Million Dollars.

bave something on my breast.
Mother, something on my breast,
II must be that con ounded cucumber,
ate anu can't digest.
Tho REPUBLICAN reporter had frightful
dream the other night. on retiring from
his days toll on hearing tho constant cry
from the foreman. to send up copy for
the days form.
After retiring and evidently In the arms
OF "Murphey," morpheus. the reporter
said he had a remarkable as well as
frlghtful dream. He thought he had
been sent to Dover to report tile prooeed-
lDgs OF the Legislature. He was told on
leaving Wilmington enroute for thnt
city called Dover. where the wicked Lagis'
lature is now In session. battling for the
selection of United States Senator TO
succeed the Honorable Anthony Higgins.
The reporter had been requested to Wrlta
the news and not to get ali his pointers
from one side, that Is neither all higgins
or Addicks.
He thought he had carried out his super
ior's order 10 the letter anu after writing
several interesting letters from the Cap
ital TO his paper that numerous subscriD-
ers had sent word that they didn't
think newspaper man and especially
common every day reporter had right
to think about any public question, much
less the right to EXPRESS IL In print. he
dreamed that he hnd been transported to
piece called Laurel. Del. to poss the re-
mainder of his days. with the understand.
Ing II he did not like Laurel after a brief
sojourn, he could try Lewes or Milford.
That there We're any quantity OF young
and pretty girls at either place. ready ana
willing to pair themselves Ill the yoEe
called matrimony.
around Laurel aud finding so many poll
tioians, women and men, doing nothing
else but trying to earn competency 10
keep them shen they grow old and t1oth-
less. he concluded ne would have to take
q sojourn at Lewes. Here he found the
mucn talked OF voted boom OF Dr: Hiram
Burton as u Senatorial candidate had all
gone up in gas-and Delaware Bay state
gas at that. The Burton men tailed to
materialiZe when names were called in
joint session in tie Legislature.
Then that George V. Massey, after
having requested his friends not TO vote
for him under any circumstances, sent
word up to Levi g. to hasten down to
Dover aud straighten his three lieuten.
ants out ana put little more backbone
In them and aleo should look out who lie
appointed on the different standing COM
mittees.
Then lie thought he saw Bob Handy
with one OF Ills seductive smilee on his
big broad face shaking hands with Aeke
Fleming. telling him that the Addicka
men were not such bad fellows alter all
the hard things said about them by the
different papers throughout the country;
that the election OF U. 8. Senator was
good ways oil yet.
Tnen he saw Fred L. Bach waving his
hand from one OF the windows OF the din :
ing room in the hotel Richardson and
make neat and telling speech for Mr..
Anthony Higgins. The boys then cheered
and there was big time in general. Then
Alr. Addlcks came out for few minutes
and showed himself on the porch OF the
hotel. took of his high silk hat and wav-
Ing his hands thanked the boys for their
evidence of good will towards him.
This tile reporter had written up to the
best of his ability only to find when the
paper went to press that all the column
rules had been upside down and four
column article headed with big bold black
type lnsel ted giving tue startling news
that the reporter had been bribed by Mr.
Addoks. who IL was reported had given
him one million dollars for his friendly
letters towards him and Bob Handy dur.
ing their terms OF persecution.
That the reporter had thought NJ.
AddlckB' aid bought up all the papers In
the State of Delaware and was publish
ing and giving them to the genera pub.
lie free of cost. That he, MIR. Addick o.
now had Honorable pretaced before his
name and U. ). S. following 1t from Della
ware. The dream was really trightful
one. especially the one million dollars
which failed to mnterialize when the re-
porter awoke. He wishes now as he
writes his dream that he had never awoke.
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market, Try q bottle.