The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-08-14
They Knocked Hum out.

|
the other day to tell us the news touch
/ i'll scandlous big rucus which cone to
pass over there in Cyclone Streak one
night last week
| 1t would seem from the general way
in which Black Jack gives out the news,
that gang of them bad boys from the
| Break had went back there in the
| hills to see the Widder Harkins ard her
| girls, and whilst there they rounded
| up little square dance amongst them
selves to make the time pass smooth
| and pleasant. But in the main time
two or three members of the gang had
got tangled up with some of the first
runnins of the cotrny' and naturally, Of
course, things then went on from bad
to worse and still more of it. Then
presently Raz Lumpkins-which L
reckon he had got more than his share
pulled his gun and proceeded to shoot
wild and promiscus. In the mighty
| scatteration which follow ed, all tho
lights got put out and tlc crowd left
| the house to darkness and to Raj. After
so long a time it would seem like Raj
come to the conclusion that he had
killed some and crippled some and run
the balance off, which he then come
forth and got on his mule and rid off
towards home.
Then finally at last when the crowd
struck a light and reasssmbled them
selves together oncst more Gid Law
renee was the onlyest missin man. No
body couldn't tell what lad went with
Gid-whether he was livin or dead, or
jest naturally abscatulated But to-
rectly they found his hat and one of his
boots in the chimney jam, and then one
of the girls took the trail and found
that Gid had started out through the
top of the chimney. He went so far
and no further, and then his only
chance was to back down and out.
Now anybody and everybody in Cyclone
Streak will tell you that Gid Lawrence
must of been way back by the out
side door when they handed round the
brains, and with the noise and con-
fusionment and the smell of gunp0w-
derby this time he had lost what
little sense he started out with. The
boys called him and the girls called
him, but he wouldn't say nothin and
he wouldn't come forth.
And what do you reckon that gang
of boys, the Widder Harl1ins and her
girls all then pitched in to do? They
struck a match and started little fire
and proceeded to smoke Gid Lawrence
out of the chimney like you would
smoke a rabbit out of his hollow Cid
he sneezed and kicked and scuffled, and
scuffled and sneezed and kicked hard
and fast and furious. But they fetched
him-oh, they fetched him. And
when he did turn loose and come forth
he come with a mighty crash and roar.
1t then took the crowd two hours 10
bring him around on his feet in his
right mind oncst more.
Everything that goes up must come
down. Leastwise that's what they
say in Cyclone Streak. And there rs
plenty of fun in America yet.
Under False Pretensions.
The wild and reckless way in which
the politicians are now tryin to-horn-
Gnoggle the niggers with the talk about
free silver puts me in mind of the old
song and dance about 40 acres and a
mule" To be certainly the colored
brother is for "free silver" or "frec
iicEcF, OF an JuiUB clsc bHdO ID Tree.
He is most in generally always out for
the stuff in one way or another, and
some of the candidates have now got
him to thiDl1in that if the country goes
for free silver he can jest back his cart
down to the pile and load up and drive
out. On general principles and in
general election Blew Scroggins is right
-"the mainest thing is the votes" But
it always did give me a comm appetite
10 go out in the back yard and spit when
see candidates for public Office sailin
around under false pretensions.
They put me In mind of what the good
Book says about the devil and some of
his neannesS You recollect when
Satin took the blessed Master way up
on top of a high mountain and told
him to look ont on the broad and beau-
tiful world around him.
Now" says the devil. "if you will
only fall down and worship me / will
give you everything in sight-land and
water, earth and sky''-when right then
the internal old scoundrel didn't own
foot OF land in the round created world.
RUFUS SANDERS
American corned beef was exported
last year to the amount Of 62,473, ,525
pounds, valued at ss,55s,23o.