The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-01-15
Nj. Mrs. Bilkins Attend The Opening
Seasion Of the Legislature Zeke

HI MIS- b4lkluS 64IICud @HS .SF8
Session Of the Legislature Zeke
Viii go on q Trip Through
The State.
R.-"HelIoi Mr.. Editor"
R-"Hellol Major. Give me the
latest news"
R-"Well, me- and Betsy hev jist
sum home frum Raleigh an we're so
tagged out we hain't got much news
ter tell. Betsy liz rel 1icin' an I'm
Aeelin' 2 blue fer ennything. I believe
Betsy liz ten years younger an I'm
Orbout Is years older"
R-"That is strange. Please ex
plain"
B.-"I heint pleased with whutI
saw an Betsy IL Iknowed we dyma-
krats didn't hev much representashun,
but I thought we could run the bizness
ever sou green Pops. an Reps, but
6oggone if you amt runuin' the whole
camp meetin' with q handful of aces
an trump kards. Bob PEBBLES IL
kavortin' Ground sum, but he haint a
drop in the bucket"
RI suppose you found the legis
hture made up of quite sensible men,"
B.-"I reckin they are, but / got so
mad before I got to the capitil that /
couldn't see strate. Me an Betsy were
nosyin' erlong up towards the capitil
an got ter where they IL a statue ov
George Washington. Betsy lowed:
There stands one ov the biggest
Populists the kountry ever perduced."
Then we got inter an orgumint. sed
that George wuz a dymakrat. Betsy
disagreed with me. anyoH-know whut
that means. The man whut disagrees
with Betsy when she sots her head
nay count on .sumbody havin' a
bad kase ov dyspepsy an it wont be
Betsy, either. Begosh when we got
through argfyin' an went up ter the
Gapitl they he'd done organized an
he'd passed a bill ter repeal the bill
Whut we dymskrats repealed the ALI
ance charter with 2 years ergo. I never
seed SIGH workers. Iexpected they'd
monkey Ground at least a week putin
IN pages an havin' balls like we dyma-
krats used ter dew. But they haint
built that way, Ireckin'. Betsy lowed
this legislature could do more good
work. in three days than the 1 two
years ergo did in a month. disagreed
with Betsy, but az I tole you, that
means a extra fine case ov dyspepsy."
R-fSo you were not pleased with
what you saw and heard"
Bot course l wuz1't. I expected
Gachothers' eyes out, but it looked more
like the lion an the lamb he'd lay
down together than anything else.
When 1 got in the Senat 1 only counted
6 dymakrats an 1 hear that sum ov
them will be unseated. In the House
I found erbout 43 ~dymakrats an they
sed that erbOut a dozen Ov 'em r
tremblin' in their butes expectin' ter
be thrown out any mint. / rekin
our chanses fer future success amt
very bright if your fellows dew sum
GUIDE work."
R.-'Then you hardly expect to be
elected to congress in 1896"
B.-"If things don't brightin up a
bit it will be erbout 1896 before I'll
hev a fitin chance. believe I'll take q
little trip over the State durin' the
next 2 months an see if they il emmy
chance ter resuitate the dymakrat
partie. 1t will take lots ov poultisin'
an givin' ov draps an tonics. Ne an
sum ov the leaders he'd a cawkus an
desided that somethin' he'd ter be done,
an I agreed ter take the trip. It will
be sum sort ov q relief ter get erWay
frum Betsy fer a while, / reckinI if I
don't do eny guide. I will let you
hear frum me. Gudebye."
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