Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-12-07


On the subject OF stories, this one,
told BY Hon. Walter l.. Weaver, Of the
Seventh Ohio District, has its quota Of
admirers.
With some friends he took trip to
Mount Vernon. They wandered about
the hne old homestead, and were much
interested In the relics and historical
objects which are preserved there. They
also became very much interested 10 .
lady Of the emotional aud hysterical
temperament. She would pause before
some article, and with rapt look on her
face, sudibly remark: eyes, there 10 the
coat he wore. That cloth has been
garment worn by the great saviour OF
our country" And her eyes would
gllsten and she would seem on the point
Of tears ut the picture which her mind
colored before her. She raved over the
rusty sword and looked with much awe
upon his snuff boz.
The Congressional party finally grew
more interested In her than In the objects
of the estate. At . safe distance they
followed her about and saw her 20 down
one Of the winding paths and stop be-
fore building which had barred outer
door. She sank down upon the ground,
and it could be seep that she was con-
vulsed with grief. They looked ut her
respectfully until an attendant approach
ed her and enquired what was the mat
ter.
"Ieave me-" she sobbcd; "leave me.
I grieve because l am In the presence Of
the bones Of the dead Washington. The
memory Of II all Is to much for me-" and
she sobbed aloud.
The attendants face WAS study, and
dnally he blurted out: Madame, you
are making fool Of yourself. You are
kneeling here In front OF the Ice house. !"
And then the Congressional party
went down the slope and laughed TO
themselves until the steamer came.
Already the wits and wags are retail
Ing stories Of the late campaigns. muul.
cipal and otherwise, which have taken
place In the states. william II. Bynum,
the official head Of the National Demo-
cratic party, whose residence IL 10
Brooklyn, has recently been Ia the city.
While on the floor Bynum was regarded
ss very strong man, and his manage
ment Of the affairs Of the gold wing Of
Democracy has not hurt his reputation
ss thinker and an organizer. He IL =
most c0mpapionable sort OF q man, and
tells story In an effective way. lie has
one at the expense OF the Hon. Thomas
Taggart, recently reelected mayor Of
indianapolis, which Il worth repeating.
'Tsggart II q shrewd man." says
Bynum. In telling the story. AS po-
litical worker he hardly has peer 10
the West. The last time ran for Con-
gress In the indianapolis district Tag
gsrt was one Of my lieutenants. He
was out one day pushing the cause Of
Bynum aud good government, and 10 the
course OF his proselyting he got Into \
saloon where q number OF ward workers
were assembled. Everybody WAS 10
good humor, and = number of liquid
arguments had been paid for. For some
reason the barkeeper did not like our
friend Taggart, and after while he
said to HIN, Tom, you are q mighty
smart fellow
"Taggsrt bowed and said he hoped he
deserved the compliment.
"sYou are almost smart enough con-
tinued the bsrkeeper, TO beat . card
trick I have here
"Taggart admitted that he would be
willing to try. and the bsrkeeper took a
deck of cards and placed them on top OF
the bar.
mDrsw one, Tom,' he said. In his
smooth way our mayor friend did so,
looked at II, and then st the bSrkeeper's
suggestion placed II back 10 the pack.
"sNow, YOU would know that card
again. would your
Yea admitted Taggsrt, Il would
"The cards were then shuiiied up and
our barkeeper friend made = great felnt
Of searching the pack for the especial
card. At last he drew out = four Of
spades and threw Il face upward on the
bar.
"'Tom, that 10 the card
"'No,' promptly responded Tsggart,
my bsrkeeper friend; you may know
how TO mix liquors, bot you cannot play
card tricks on your Uncle Thomas. l
did not draw the four OF spades, but the
four OF clubs And then Taggart wink
ed knowingly at the crowd about him.
"The barkeeper never turned hair,
as the sporting men say. He coolly
looked my friend Tsggart In the eye,
and responded: 1t grieves me, Mr..
Taggart, but I'm afraid you're lying.
And then he took the deck and turned II
face upwards and disclosed the fact
that there were fifty-two four OF spades
In the deck.
"Of course, our friend Tom paid for
another round Of drinks and the ward
workers dubbed him 'Hely Tom on the
spot"