The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-05-14
A, Encouraging Letter--Zeke n Betsy
Are Revenue "Paraders"--Bad Rumor
Ont Concerning the State Capitol
Building.

Ace Revenue "Paraders"--Bad Rumor
Ont Concerning the State Capitol
Building.
R-"Hellol Mr.. Editor"
R-"Hello! Major. Fire away with
your stuff
BAH right. I wanter ask you
ter print the follerin' encouragin'l letter
for me. 1t makes me feel like 1 wuz
most in the Governors chair. It comes
frum Rowan county: Dear Mr.. Bill
kins: Il want you to run for Cover
NOR in 1896. We Democrats up this
wav are all for free coinage and we
think you will come around all right
nv the time the campaign opens. Ii
Won do everybody will vote for you. L
hear many people say you are the man
for the place, provided you get right
m the money question. Some OF his
friends want to run John Henderson,
Int We prefer you to any other man.
B-''Now, Mr.. Editor, what do you
think ov that9 Amt that encouragln'
ter q feller2 But on the other hand I'm
in a turrible fix. Kurnel Johnsln an
Wall street are after me with a sharp
stick. They say if 1 don't be goldbug
thew won't nominate me. The people,
the voters, want me ter git rite on the
money question. The other side don't
want me ter git rite. I'll be blamed Ii
I know whut ter do. I'm ready ter
exclaim: uneazy lies the head ov a tel
Ter whut wears a party collar"
R.-"Evidently you are between the
devil and the honest people OF the
State"
B-'S4y, I had the dogondest expe-
renee in Raleigh, Friday, you ever
heard ov. Ne an Betsy went ter town
Ar sorter assist in coverin' the soldiers
raves with blossoms an things. Sam
Thompson wuz there, too. He went
lp ter the Capitol an looked at the
Confederate monument an then got
Ter nozin' Ground the Capitol buildin'.
lie cum down street an met me an
Ook me off ter one side an says: ''Zeke,
Hugive you my wurd on it, I believe
bar il q blockade still house In the
tate Capitol" 1 said go away: He
-eclared it wuz a fact. l tole him l
rst knoWed in my mind that Kerllecter
immons wouldn't let anything like
hat go on in four hundred yards ov
IL offs. Sam lowed that it certainly
melt that way ter him. Then I tole
i'm I Wuz goin' ter find out fer myself.
;etsy said she wuz goin' er long. I
idn't want her ter 60, but she lowed
lat if there wuz anything ov that sort
the Capitol 1 mite forgit myself an
it ter selebratin' the 4sh ov July two
aOnths before the rite rite time. So
awl went up thar. We went rite
II the middle ov the buildin'. Blamed
Sam Wuzent rite. 1 could smell rye
3ker sure az Christmas. Betsy lowed
u corn, but you see she amt er-
laint with hit like me. The smell
lrty nigh made Sam tite. I began
+ feel erbout five per cent. richer
ayself, l don't know whut effect it had
betsy, fer she wuz sorter non com
-ittal. I toe Sam I guessed it wuz a
1T Ov free soup business. The times
In hard they have put sun Ticker in
e Capitol SO a poor Teller kin go an
and there a little while an git on a
gjist frum smellin' it. Betsy seemed
rrifed an sed it wuz a disgrase ter
whole State. Sam lowed let's go
sound an see if we kin find whar it is
went in ter see Major Roberts, He
IL sober az a judge an I didn't see
y signs ov llcker erbouG his offs.
en- we went in ter see the Governor.
looked sorter scared. I reckon he
ought l had cum ter git perseshun ov
offs. Itole him we j S. cum in ter
$50 how things were runnln'. Imeant
see if the still war runnin'. We
Int see any signs ov a still or ticker,
her. Then we went inter the offs
State Treasurer Worth. He haz
d ov me an my disposishun ter hole
; He looked sorter scared, too
nkiu', 1 reckon, that l had cum tel
e charge. But 1 tole him we were
maxim a spiritual inspeckshun on
Capitol. That seemed ter cheer
lup powerfully. He said: "GlaC
see you, my brother" We socr
nd there was no still runnin' in thai
t Ov the buildIr'. Now, l want thai
stery cleared up. Kerlleckter Sim
as orter send hiz spies up thar an
estigate. 1 believe 1 could have
nd it myself, if Betsy hadn't biz
ing. l knowed she would RAE {
kus if we had cum ercrost it. Hits
nd ter be there, though. There il