Evening journal., 1900-07-14

Finally some townsman accosted
them and put them through a rigid
examination.
Young Mr. Bradford explained who
he was and what he was. but IL was
the longest while before he could con
vince his inquisitor that he and his
climber were not the men who had
committed the burglaries the night be-
fore.
His Grievance
If there is one Office existing under
the constitution which does not seek
the man it is that Of sheriff. With its
rich emoluments it is a prize eagerly
sought and oftimes the parties candi-
dates are slated two years ahead on
the next highest vote" principle. AS
tonishingly large sums OF money are
spent by some men in the canvasses
they make, and instances are known
wherein it took all the first years earn
ings OF the office to pay back money
borrowed to make the fight to get IT,
When a man wants to be sheriff he
adverises the fact, not only in the
newspapers, but also by means Of cards
tackled up in conspicuous places in all
parts of the city and county. He knows
where those cards are placed too, as
the following will show.
The Wayfarer and one of the Demo-
cratic aspirants for the shrievaity nomi-
nation were walking across Washing
ton street bridge. Suddenly the office
seeker stopped short and said.
"Isn't that a shame?"
"What2' asked the Wayfarer.
why I had a nice card tackled up
on that pest, and some patent medicine
fellow has come along here and pasted
his advertisement over it. I'll have to
see about that"
He shook his head sadly and passed
On, justly indignant at this foreign in
.tereference in a political struggle which
IS purely local in character.
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Pony Prices Range High
How is the pony market nova
Gays?'
This question was addressed by the
Wayfarer to Mr.. McCool the pony mar
at Brandywine Springs Park.
Ponies are scarce and prices range
high" he replied. Real good ones are
hard to get. See that little black ovel
there? Well I refused s125 for thaf
rig last week. / wouldn't take a penny
less than $3.50 for it, l used TO sell of
my stock at the close Of each season
any buy again in the Spring, but dom
always do it now owing to the increas
ing difficulty / experience in getting
good ponies to replace those I sell
That little black is good for twenty
five or thirty miles any day with Nv,
full grown men in, and you'd bette
not touch her with the whip. for If yol
do your arms will ache before the drive
/ is finished. Yes, indeed, they are strons
| little beasts and their power of endur
ance IS something remarkable"
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Detected
Former Register of Wills ]. wilkins
Cooch, who is a prominent aspirant TO
! the Democratic nomination for COVER
/ nor, is a rather fne-loOSing man. Al
though a farmer. his circumstances ar
such that he can sit on his front porcl
in the centre of the battlefield o
Cooch's Bridge, call his men up befor
him and, while tanning himself, Civ
his orders as follows:
Take a two-horse cultivator an
j execute a flank movement on that fiel
Of corn"
Get the self-binder and make
frontal attack on that field of wheat.
Turn the right flank of that pile o
wood with an axe, hew 1t to pieces an
then throw a skirmish line into tina
potato patch and see If you can't TAX
the potato bugs by surprise"
There is something about the atmos
lphere of Cooch's Bridge which make
a man talk like a soldier whether h
is one or not.
\ Well, anyway Mr.. Cooch is a farme
who farms by proxy, and he could e
I to New York or Chicago anytime an
be taken for a well-dressed bushes
4, man whose hardest work consisted G
, cutting coupons.
Some time ago he was down in Bal
timore sitting in the railroad static
waiting for train. One of these hal
fellows-well-met sat down beside hir
and entered into conversation. He wa
p drummer who waxed confdenti,
and told Mr.. Cooch who he was. whs
he was and then asked:
e. What's your line of business?"
I'm farmer" answered the onl
man in Delaware who owns his ow
r battlefield
"Oh, no, you're not" replied tn
} drummer. laughing heartily.
] His fiat denial and hilarity nettle
e Mr. Cooch
What do you mean by that?" he d
E manded
= You're not a farmer-your cloth,
t tt you too well for that. A farmer
b That's good, hal hal ha, hal"
Il And, the Wayfarer is told. he got Il
e and walked off laughing at what
regarded as his clever detection of M
e Cooch's attempt TO jolly him.
/ A Menace 10 Travellers
Ie. Somebody will be crushed to death
Is Tenth and Market streets some OF. the
,t days. and in the action at law whi
r. "a