The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-12-09
Guv IS SICK.
And the Following Contribution is
the Result.

the Result.
FaIeID ZONE, Glacial Period Now is the
winter of our discomfort. Hez. 4: i5. Ire
discomfort has been ueanderng arouBd for a
numerous number Of months and reached
state Of high perfection during the past SUM-
mer " hen any warrant for The arrest Of the
dennition cash was returned nulla bona or
non es ioveptu.. as We heard one fellow pro-
nouuce it, and the cry for the free aod un-
limited coinage of silver became a howl and
then to syells for Bryan. We are not init
Ina.ely OF even personally acquainted with
Mr.. BRYAN aud don't think he's any kin to
ns on either his Mas or Pas siGe, but we
,hrowed of a vote on him all the same, tho
We really couldn't exactly tell why We did 1t.
Well. Mr. Bryan wasn't in j, and the hops
for free and Unlimited silver are-dashed {.
D;scostens. Several other folks were not
elected also, out they are 40 kin to US either.
The only close kin we had that was defeated
is Salem, Lots of discomfort again. Now
Salem prod oced u.s. We are one cf her na-
tive productions and yet We have not put on
sackc!o,h nor gone into an ash heap because
she's got to stay al home for years C,ore.
The Salem syndica,es should, hereafter, avoid
leap year. 1t only gets here every years
and what with the legal statute and leap year
we opiue that Salem county will he a right
snart grown Child before she's born. So far
she's come as near being successful failure,
ic eve rv way, as any effort we ever beard Of.
own disconten. We don't believe the coup-
try's going to s'demoition bow vows" no
matter who's elected President. The cour-
try's doiog dog goned we'll now if the coun-
,ryid only see it. a few years since we dis
covered ths. our iands were 6nely adapted to
-er-mortages and we tried 'em and they
grew finely Indeed, we found they'd make
aud they were SO promising we fea,lessly in-
creased the acreage and now they've become
oce huge pocket acher, what the lawyers
term incumbrances, and we wish TO remove
them by deluging the land with free silver,
quick silver too. (Gold dust is said TO be
very cleansing toe, our wash woman says
so Theo we cac put more mortgages upon
The very same land Immediately. They wont
Sipjuse the land and are very profitable to
20 the lawyers and to our fr;eod the Register
Mesne Conveyance.
Our disco1tent don't arise from any
anxie,J as to going to '.Dials Bay" neither.
There may be very good fishing there
we might catch something. l, might be an
-ofice We understand they are not all
s:tnk uD'' yet. No, ssnone Of these things
move u.s." bnt we are vastly apd m.gori,u.
diously and extensively disconteoted with
this dod- gasted weather. On last Sooday
we had a, sort of semi-quasi-invaId with
some OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Irritation of the
tubular passsee to the lights: tNot electric
lights. We use gas, which caused us near.
~ to cough up the ssvital spark So we
>took advice. tWe don't generally take any;
aSing large supply of our own on h&nd)
to coade and nurse and dose ourself (We'd
iu6uiiefs prefer remaining an interesting ic-
valid to baiag the mos: robust corpse.) We
re hoping the oalmy atmosphere of our
genial Southland climate would soop put rs
all right agsin, when, down from the drafted
North, comes this double. .barreled blizzard
and we wersi prisoner in Jail. Our climate
is assuredlA unpara lleled. ooe day you
may ciothe comfortably in linen duster and
pull out for Florida 90 tightening Express
aod you may howl for aancel and blanse's
and buffalo robe before getting half way.
You can sta y at home and have sun freck!ea
q I'D prickly heat a. oce end and chill blairs
at the other. One night the atmosphere is
balry and the sky is nis,y and the stairs
shine dime and you can ala ost hear the
Katy-dids Tonight, though, the pellucid
and bi,iog space, the orbs Of beaver twink 'e
With twink Only to be seen in the frozen
zone. D, it's an admirable climate, CHARM
ing region for - colds and bronchitis and