The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-03-21
Searching the Family Records.

Rut TO come on down from crop news
to politics-that reminds me OF the
news I heard the other day from over
in the hill country to the extent tnat
Gus Crittenden is out as candidate 1or
the Office of county judge.
IT has come to pass in these days that
if it want for burnin issues and ]oinU
discussin and campaign orators TINS
would be a monstrous dull world to
live in. A man that stays at home ana
tends to his own business and keeps
cool and sober and honest and virtuous
mought maybe, live long and peaceiui
life and then die happy. But at the
same time he would miss whole passie
of fun.
The woods are now full of candidates.
They are putin up and comm out so
thick till by gracious you couldn't str
| 'em with a stick. And that reminds
me of a good story they use to tell on
old man Josiah Jernigan.
| Now, better man than Josiah Jerlu-
can never lived and moved and had his
washing done in the Rocky Creek set
Element. He stood way up in the
/ church, and was sober as judge ana
straight as shingle for common. But
one time the boys took and put the
old man on the reglar ticket for county
coroner. And at the convention that
dawn the general rally and confa-
sionment-the cid man stood treats
with the boys considerable and changed
ms own breath most too frequent like
Conseqnentially when he got home tEa'
night he was as happy as sun flower
: and as mellow as maypop. lie hfi'
ED to the front gate and sorter turneo
loose and fell out left his mules T.
take out and do their own feedin-ane
.. staggered around to the kitchen, WHERE
his good wife, Aunt Matilda Ann, wa
tixin supper-flopped down in cf'ail
and opened up the meetin:
soTildan, unstan me, now," says ne
"did your father, or your granfathei
or your greet grandfather, or your gree
, greet grandfather, or your greet, gree
gret, greet granfather-or any o
his kinnery-so fur as you know
ever take anything that didn't belon
: to 'em?-or break into the county jail
or run away with another man
:. fa1nily-or-or-or-
Josiah Jernigan!" says Aunt Ma
tilda Ann. "what in all this world do a
you to-night?'
"Unstan me, Tildan," says he, "di
your mother OF your granmother,
. your greet granmother, or your gre
greet granmother, or your greet, gre
greet, greet granmother-or any
# her kinnery as fur as you know-evt
D. fy high or carry on any flirtationmen
and scandalations with the neighbol
re and bring the gray hairs of the fami
n down in sackcloth and ashes to Il
grave, so help you God?"
"SalSes alive, Josiah Jernigan! a.
Is Is you crazy as well as drunk tonight?
Not if the court knows herself
: saws old man Josiah, land she ruth
think she do. But-unstan me mo-
Tildan, l am runnin for office on II
democratic ticket, and if there is al
cat in the meal tub-unstan me, IL
dan-if there is any cat in the me
tub, the fur is bound to fiy!"
Now, in spite of all his faults and
failings and shortcomings osiahJ er
igan had head on his shoulde
which was as long as flour barrel al
as level as a squash. He was right abo
It. You can git out your little no
book and set it down thatwhensomev
a man starts out in politics to ser
the people and save the country
there is any cat in the meal tub. the
is bound to fly.