The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-26
HERE and TRERE.

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1 aiiuS thought him honest and as square
Aossilsr Syith a Tonnn's heart. and full o
One a ii1 You could could gamble on. day in. day
out the same, 80.
Whose life was clear as water, ana With
no breath OF shame;
| In Bhort-a man; but II seems no WeSu
Fer 'cordin' to he rumorS they amt NO
wuss ner 81.
I'm speskin of 81 wlndrow. that "a gone
upon his note.
/ Al freely as the roadside dust 10 gamer
Cause I saw him sound and as straight as
That d, I thought did. and was plOasod
with the idee;
But mebbe his true career he'd never seen
the light, :,
night
You see. Sis out fer SCISSOR, and his char
Rcter's tore loose,
AlthoqE6 none on his critics knew any
Fore the once Ice Of assessor he'd hypnOtizod
But now hes painted terrublc. and the ST
Don't T 5sS2 E no Resemblance to Candidate
Purt nigh half the county say that at
the Moundsville pen"
| Theys mostly all class o better n
Ner siiaS WlndrOw, and SO they read his
To mansions fur below this mundane,
Ana eS Soor thsiT Stories Tn, rnnd IN he
Fer honest as the sunlight seemed my
neighbor 81 Windrov. j. w.
Stories of the candidate are the order
of the day and Marshall county has the
centre of the stage at present, for down
there the primaries are yet to come. The
usplrant for office is giving every bush
on hilltop and vale an industrious shak-
ing and covering the ground with zeal
worthy of commentator. Their cards.
their photographs and their hands are
seen everywhere and at all hours Of the
day and night. One candidate has a
combination card and photo that Gre
ated an amusing incident. In a spirit
Of mischief this device was stuck in the
hat band Of worker for rival candi-
date who did not discover Its resting
place for hours afterward, and what be
said then will not bear the scrutiny OF
the youthful reader.
AS he innocently piled his calling of
seeking out the humble voter and plead
ing with him to scratch the names OF all
other candidates than the man he rep
resented, by word of tongue, the afore-
said humble voters eyes bllnked in
wonderment that the workers hat
should bear the prominent announce
ment Of another mans claims for the
office. Finally, one of the humble
voters of an lnquisltive turn asked the
worker why he should campaign for one
man and be walking bill board for an
other, pointing to the card and bewhis-
kered countenance on one corner. Then
the worker made startling discovery
and in lurid language he consigned the
pictured candidate to the bottomless
pit, and with him the joker that had
used his hat for sIgn-board.
One of Marshall county's candidates
was in the years that are flown a JUS
tlce Of the peace. In an Interior hamlet
he arbitrated differences and assessed
costs with the deftness and mathematI-
cal magnitude that characterize the
fraternity in some other counties. The
story runneth that a neighbor was
much pestered by bunch of swine
which persisted in eating his garden
truck, and he called on the uccommo-
dating squire for relief in the shape of
reeompense from the owner of the
porRers. II want to bring suit against
him." he explained in the little court
room. who's the owner?" inquired
the Justice. THAT I don't know" re-
piled the suffering farmer. well, what
figure do you set for the damage done
to your placer" About So" was the
response. "oh, make 1t S25," advised
the Iount Of wisdom, 80 thsre'll be
something in 1t for the Justice" IAN
right" said the farmer: but you come
and look at the hogs and sec II you
know whose they are"
So the justice and his client walked
the short distance to the garden and
suddenly the former exclaimed: Why
dog gone 1t, them hogs is mine" Sorry
to hear 1t, squire" sympathized the
garden owner, but It'll just take your
assessment to pay for what them hogs
hes eat" And in justice to the justice
1t is said he rendered judgment against
himself for %25; of course, keeping out
his fee, for which he provided in his
preliminary suggestions.
II there was no devil there would be
no preachers, said a bright boy gradu-
ate at Bridgeport Thursday night, and
on CHANGING over the commencement
"wrIte-up," the Intelligencer's devil"
added the remark that without spring
chickens there would be avacuum in the
ministerial ranks. While the clerical
taste is freely associated with chicken,
there is no doubt the good brothers in
their rounds through the limits of their
pastorate tire OF the continual sacrifice
of this succulent fowl in their behalf
and often pine for break In the time
honored custom at the next visit. In
the city. the chicken does not so freely
abound as in the rural district, where
one may be gathered in on a minutes
notice, hence other delIcacIes reserved
for when they's company" are brought