The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-11-13
The smart-Lookinc NIan.

"a mans mouth is most in generally
his open enemy, Rufus" the dear de-
parted old man were wont to tell me,
but his eyes and his ears are more
than probable to be his best personal
friends. The good Book says somethin
about a man putin bride on his
tongue, or wearin a paddock on his lips
or words to that extent-but you can
use your ears and eyes for all they are
worth. You never can learn anything
to speak OF from your mouth, Rufus,
and it is tremendous doubtful if any
body else can. But him that has got
ears to hear and eyes to see with let him
hear and SEE and live and learn.
Now thare was my friend and fellow
citizen, Bob Chadwick-Col. Robert W.
Chadwick, as other people used to call
him-he never did have many brains
To be plum straight and plain about il.
Bob was born and bred a fool, and he
ENed and died a fool on general facts
end principles. You see / had went to
school with that boy-we use to run
together considerable in our young and
rowdy days-and as to book learnin,
they never could git Bob to take any of
that in his'n. They didn't have no
foundation to start on, and consequent
tally they couldn't do any buildin to
speak of. But Bob he used his eyes and
his ears to see and hear with and didn't
talk much with his mouth. In that way
he lived to learn and he soon learnt to
live. He was a rale handsome young
seer, and when he growed up do nat
iI-ally think he was about the smartest
loolxin man | ever saw. He was the
same durn fool that he always was 20
me, but didn't say nothin about it.
and of course Bob wouldn't give him
self away. and the people in general
Lever did tumble to the naked facts in
the case. They jest simply took the
man on his general appearments, and
rs I said before, he could look the
smartest of any blame fool ever saw.
''In the run OF time Bob got into a
race for the legislature, and was elected
by a smashing large majority. And
when he got up there he didn't do
blessed thing but wear fine clothes end
look smart. He didn't talk and he didn't
act. He didn't do blamed thing, | tell
you, but by crackey, he was the smart
est-lool1ing man in the whole congrega-
4 ton. Now anybody can see wherein
Bob helt the trump cards and played
the winnin hand. For a common thing
when man goes to the legislature to
save the country, half of the peopla cuss
him for what he does, whilst the other
half will cuss him for what he don't
do. But they couldn't cuss Bob Chad
wick. He didn't do anything, and they
didn't have nothin to cuss him about
well, Bob he went to the legislature
as long as he wanted to, and then pres
emily he pitched out and run for con-
gress. Did he git there? Well, should
say. He never had done blamed thing
to make anybody mad-he was way
yonder the most handsomest and smart
est-looking man in the district-and
consequcntially everybody was for him
and he win the race in dog walk.
when finally at last Bob Chad wick
ripe in years and full of honors--tcol
sick and died, the people give him the
gonehyest biggest funeral that has ever
come to pass in this country. By that
time he was still Bob Chadwick. the
natural-born fool, to me and few more
that knowed him in his younger days.
But to the people in general he was Col.
Robert w. Chadwick, and the smartest-
loolxin man in the district. He lived to
learn, Rufus, and he had learned to
live"