Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-04-21
-oLD HOwDY."



Thr rrr~ut death Of william Wlr-
IN. ef Texas. has revived ntauv stories
OF Ais guasng mauner and character
F Il Was an the a5ght ~ November =.
+. i-ss. that Kepre~entafie~ Maft5n- af
irxas. BETTER kun~u A. -Ola ilasfF.'
hrst arrived Ia Wash nysou tn rvsre-
inf6 Fsmnss .sani5 freaI fruii 20 szsts
t5morr 4 fonfuisse depot carrsf bag n
hand. ana heRan - iugaire fhe way -
Wiiiarsi's tavern. he found e eafauut
truuhl~. gut as sHupgr. aHd watched
a game u billiards unfl 81 a'rie-s.
when b. inqairrsl the ssay 20 hi- rosfni.
blew eus the gas aud sent - beti
Toward morning the escaping ras vas
discovered. th- aaor hrnkru lusvn. su.i
the majar rescued IN an unconscious
condition The story was tei.g~up paed
- nearly every newspaper - ths uuiar-
and the ma ior b-vama . national char
arf~r
The inr Sas greatly interested IN
the merits - government punarafis-
entitled ~Dairirs and Dairy Farming =
and he introduced a resolution prusid-
I ing for the printing af several thou
sand extra eapi~-. When the tifle nf
the bali Was r-ai preparatory 10 seu,l-
ing = 70 the committee on printing.
the ma inr tunk the tour Tn strr foriln
tones he shouted ~Mr. Speaksr-- "a
was in the Ffffieth congress. SPEAKER
Carlisle was in the chair H iaoA~H
af oid uosfy IN asianish 1ieaf. Ot
courSs. no dshafe was in order while
bills were b~ing r~a# f1e rvfervacc.
sir ruarvsi the Texas caulsrrssszfaa.
I'D rather be the author ~ sueh
work az -Dairi~s and Dairy Fs-uir..'
fhan 20 be tbs. most pnN~rfni Bsfteufate
on earth or the author - the eenstitt-
tiou-
Smash went the gav-l. The gentle
man Is out of ORDER the speaker 81 'sf
Yes. persisted the ma inr. unminif-
fui - the interruption. -onr of my
constituents was reading uv f. ta M.
and vas just done surprised n 'he
variety and extent nf che fufnrauatin- =
AZ every word the sayei fell ~Ths
gentleman fs out of order The gee
tieman must take his seat. raarei tire
entuckian-
But Oid Hawdy was Thoroughly err
wrapped in his subject frees''ez- -
the speakers interruptions. he elevated
bis voice stiii more. shaking his rurfs
head and swinging hs< i,us- arms -Wv
constituents. sir. ! eau't shut Of fh+ ~
uulsss ven print more copies of tbs
book. They sense IT, importance. sir.
i;deed th~v 10. and reckon
By this time the hour WIS "a 4 spa SIN
% laughter. aud Carlisle WIS Iashin,
himself with fury. Bang. bang. bang.
went The gaveI The house must be- "A
nrsier- pronouncing the word house
, a. though r. were spelled -hoose e
(Smash. smash. smash ~Wili tie
gentleman be ssafed The serge lnt-at-
trms will see that the gentleman FROM
Texas Is seated (whang. whang.
I whangA
> But Oit H0xdy was warming ur AMI
pouring oat words more aucntiy than
.. ever Members Rad gathered around
him IN a dense body and the srrgeun nf-
. alarms was finding i difficult 70 far K
him. The speaker kept shouting and
; beat such tattssss With she sasel tAa
: the noise was dsafeuing. Old How'd y
: reared at Ieast i've minutes. and ~
|. sumed his seat as the sergeanr-a'-ra,as
|. reached him. The house resumed e..
. cumpsssI-r. ssss she caI az hills for
= reference proscedrd- Meantime Rsger
7 q Mills approached his colleague MA
! icr." said he. that was an excellent
!. speech. you couldn't have bettsred IL
but IL WIS entirely cut af order YoH
IS ouxh. 70 have obeyed the caii ot the
: speaker Sueb a speech as that ought
te he delivered in orsi-r.-
~welI. Mills" reioined Old Howdv
"you and me ift in the war together foi
nigh on 70 four years ! don't know
what you learned in tha war. bur
= EARNED enc thing that I never can for
4 get. and that is thar. II you want ~
" fight. the time for the fight IS When IN.
n fights going Philadelphia Record
u cam~s< fsr the Year.
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