Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-03-10
THE0LD kN0W-NOTHINGS
Arp Says He Was Once Ono OF
Them
Brrt.~ sage T~Ii- OF the Dsy- of Ht.
ftr-t Political ENp~rt-R~~
Ma. N.aaE Th~a aud
ts-ti, Pooled.

10 NAH NtA hNffN UfHzlnE party HMrtn Z
The s1-. aud bow ths pliifie,au puii.d
the aoi over my eyes and iut~i. 10,
tae iu- Vas rellE then and easily
iHeiet4 itut was lrsaiflie iu earnest.
fYr REALLY frartt that Foreigners were
aanut o. take fL- couutr, aud rla'
iufuan tafhoitrs woaII .oun go iu
power thruurh fas Irish vote aad the
spanish lnsfatsittat. uputd Dr. rrtisr,.
and fh. devil u.- turned Iot.-e fur 4. 00s
years And 40 . r'iu.'i. and they ma,ie
fu" am of' .,-r ard gave m- a isug sword
and guarded the ia.1r ausl r,t mia
was a white fsga.i4 WITH tHc motto
Pint npu~ hut Americans ou ctarl 20
night. f~l yuu { ftit proud aud ]
ielt responsible far the pr'.s-ry alton Of
political au.i rsi -,.aus liberty uouri
have fought uantt~rs and wildcats and
eorl'.n-. iu ftct. wnrts,i 20 auht ~stu..-
thing. Ter th.. kruv nothing pres and
tuns- nothing orators aud kunsy moth
ing preachers had got lts aruuSs,i re
desperation ar,i could hardly keep ms
hand, III an lrishulan v, hen ,ii..t him
Boo The street. t,rry preacher in town
/ joined and lruth~r CnisivrIi and Broth.
- >tiiiw-U wsrr uind.- chnplnin~. and
'HFt prayed i"n- au'i earnestly for oar
country and if> h7ffow.,l institutions
Oh, BE- WIS Solemn ui serious But one
night o. vnS proposed fo cho.1ss dele
gates y" y" p" a convention ." nominate
''n""iat" Tor congress amt q leaked
"Nt t"At man WAS 70 h~ nominated
Nh" hf3 "a" nioral standing in the com.
ihNn''F' 'it he was rich and had u~rsi
i'- money 5r"'i' amt w." i''-Ean to smell
mice An"nt that time NieS stephens
'""N me h"id against Our or'i"r and
never h"nrd such a speech Ia my life
IL r'~ri'~iinl'ly iambast@'l nnr ira'ler-
Tor tr} ing 70 Tool the people and b.
i'''i- Us Democrats feel a. mean as a
n"- i"r ever having fallen int" the trap
i-'-i"r- That really thought Was do
ing 'od s. s"rvi"e In helping ruoi pat
ri"'s - saw" th" country oue darn
nirht f"-d uiN wife a De about having
HsErnt nr~in'-~s ~ my office au'
W"u''.nt i''- back until late. very late
aad went 'ni >t- miles iu The country
'7 ara OLD m.-H"H-r ga silver crveS
ii+it d"'"n "f'crr- went along viii
Z h'r ami We instituted a branch lodge ul
n the garrett % rh~ oid mill aud go
covered ail over With e''"'srn> and f'our
's'i nest morning mE wife got up rrs
aHi i"''.'t ~ niv cloths >h'
T fiHtiiaf~d for a minute and then re-
markell Had o. - 20 mill last nigh
7 ~'-'-- ] tidn't snow that thu four wa
"H'- For some time had been a sff~
I pet with her about this "tiiev hiisiu.--
Z a. NIGHT. for every time n kuow-uothin.
meeting VAS called little 'hr~c-curuer'-,
r-'i pnp"r~ vsr~ seen ON THE .i,is'saik
as-'ut town anil II was uurats,i aroun'
tuat fhr know n"thiugs we're to me.
f fHaf night h. next dav oar vit.
f compared notes and fsuufi ont -
+ nearly aA fh- u=ru hasl business down
town That night tau't foai these won
On hey dau-t li,~ -.cvs-t sa--l.t5s~ n,
how \ soa.i faithful wife do-- mt iik
any thing THAT gets ia between her an
her hzs.iansl. she has nn Ssvrets fro5
tin anil o. ought not - have sny fror
Der Nut long after We were marri.
/ iaiu.tl a sss-rst sos-i~rv. and when 81
gft - booking ever nav under garment
= so y the buttons were ail right. 81
discovered that The buckles were gun.
aHsi couldn't explain it 80 her satiSfac
ti"u- Bat Size feuad ont from som
e'h~r women and Whenever s-uf a n..r
pair ot drawers sh- asked us. II ti,In'
want The buckles eut ofr.
Wei. the luosy-nothinr partv die,
early in these parts. for th,. p-ap'
f1HHd ouf that IL WIS a political ,.-h..u
80 gvt lntn ofiier- just 81 ths. politician
$50 into the Farmers alliance. aud too
Charge II r.. and rhsy so, UP an O..al
platform AMI a big sulltrrasurv ss.h,.In,
81 hereby great warehouses yser, n 4
built by the government in every cot
sre>sf1nHl district IS here the farrne,
curld Store their cotton and corn an
cats aud sorghum and patafa.., an
pumpkins, and draw money on th@l
end hold them in tbs. warehouses mt
the price vent mn. on.. ~ IN. l.a.l.,
'is'viarrfl IN public spe..sh ~ Marc
= that they We're going 10 hold p . cotto
iufil = went - l. cents. and he rnas
tie people believe him anal they roll.
q uisnta congress hy tidal wave. II
alliance looked upon lawyers a s1
poets and not III 10 hold office nor ftts
70 get fifteen. and AZ one lawyer >.1Id IA
ia" h"'oks and burned the bridge D
hind him and Ioinel Giieon'~ bauI az
swallowed the Ocaia platform. IN
treasury aud ALL and the eoufidinS pc
I pie rolled him into congress Eat
suffered n relapse in due time. n
Bought more law books. and now q
last eouditioa OF that man is worse N.