The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-10

dfstrict and the different counties of this State, that they first round sitting upon a branch over one hundred feet from the ground. firmly fixed upon the limb, or al branch at least two and q half inches In diameter fine. proud bronze gob-
 bier, fit game upon which John Mar shall and Mark Twain in the days gone
 by would have been glad to feast, and
 that gobbler (opp) from the county of Covington; next to him was chirping away sweet singer from Birmingham said to have escaped from the cages at Ensley. mocking-bird whose heart is touched as much for woman as for | man. Next to him and close by that lone cooing turtle dove mourning for his true-loye. that turtle dove is said to have come down not exactly from Athens. but from the county of Lime stone. Next to him was a plump Bob- White. that had gone where the grapes
 were ripe. and going way up wonder,
 he there sat- as he is always welcome
 in any part of the country, and in any
 part of the tree. and they say he came from the county of Butler, plump Bob- White from Butler. The next was a
 modest Joree. always jolly and at work. It is in dispute as to whether he came from Monroe or Randolph, but he was there all the same. and
 there too. was the faithful Wood peck
 CT. always peckins on hard questions. Whether he was from Jefferson or
 Lauderdale is hard to decide. Gaugh-
 ter) Right by on the branches was the hopping Jay. which had always
 something to say. Where he came from leave this Convention to con- clude. You know that there are more jays than one in this Convention and they have hopped and hoped, and had
 their say. The next of the sitting was Screech-Owl whose voice we will
 never forget. SSme say he is from one place and some say another. But 1t will be long and weary days before We could get the screech owls's voice that came here from Lauderdale. Then sit- ting low down in the darkest place in the shade of the tree was an old groan- ing owl. always ready to fight and growl. whether he came from Hale or Pike Come go home my friends, and decide among yourselves. He must have come from one or the other. Then soaring above in the blue ether there was a screaming eagle. said to have come from Chambers. There was a blue darting hawk that is said to have come from Marengo. There was a sparrow hawk which lay between the county of Macon and the county of Dallas. Let them decide for them selves. And then there was the chick en hawk. and again Pike claiming the price. Then the old hen catching hawk. Where was he from. From up among the hill billies. the miners and the con- victs. The old hell-catching hawk.
 The President-The Chair under stood the gentleman arose for ques- tion of personal privilege. Does the
 In thFnnRh list of one hundred and fifty-five names?
 MT. Burns-No. sir; my five minutes are not quite out.
 Then there was the canning crow
 from Blount. and last but not least was
 the wabbling sea gull from Mobile,
 man just in front as in the rear and
 that knows nothing like fear. Now,
 have been instructed to invite the President of this Convention and the members to come down and view this house of civilization as it sits away up above on top of those vines and to interview that doctor. Come down
 and help yourself. and I have the as-
 surance from everybody down in that section that any one our distinguished
 friend from Washington invites on this visit shall not be interrupted by
 that doctor because his pruning knives
 have been laid aside.
 The President--The gentleman from
 Dallas raised a question of personal
 privilege, and having been a member of two constitutional conventions pos- sibly has double the privileges of any
 other delegate.
 Mir. Palmer-I want to thank the gen. tleman for his poetical speech as to this basket of fruit. I am not poetic. but deal more in facts. I feel grati-
 fled that the experiment station at Uniortowr did not become mad or of- fendeA at the criticism I gave the sta ton here the first of the month. In token ot their respect and esteem for
 me they have sent me an elegant bas-
 ket of peaches and grapes that equal any that I have ever seen that came
 from California. Now I hope and trust
 that the experiment station today Is a success. I have not seen 1t in six or
 seven years, and I hope great good
 will result to the State from this sta
 ton, and that we may feel that 1t has accom- plished a great good amongst us
 Now as there has been no resolution
 sent up here. or petitions from the va rious precincts and counties, or tnls
 State against statesmen giving away fruit and as we delegates can eat this fruit that Is given to us, I now pre-
 sent this basket of fruit to the Con-
 vention. Loud applause)
 MT. lackwell-1 move that we ad-
 journ.
 FALCoNS-INDEPENDENTS.