Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-01-13

- = never the less true, that
y ,oo.t a score of anecdotes
when YOU read them to where
ao it TO tell in a public speech.
~ ~ class must be short, snappy
the point. Especially is that
anrrcss In that arena many
~ humorists fall down by
an auecdote out to too great
One day Mr.. Reeder of Kan
sumed at least ten minutes III
|ting something which he unWise,
,ed an anecdote. When he had
od Mr. Thayer Of Massachu-
orv nertincntly and innocently
! what is the point to that
ppcder's "anecdotc' bored the
but Thayer's question con
it.
eft Out
I heard Colonel O. II. Avery,
nv constituents. relate III Il
snecch the following tiptop
"a which he declared that he
red from some Texas statesman
F,ansas City conventions 10
pte the importance. even the "b-
necessity. of Incorporating tie
lie plank in the Democratic
I'm Colonel Avery said:
!. Troy, where live. resides a
b,ol;s farmer One evening VIII =
h his wife were coming to town
t|air proGuce ard lay in 1llcir
! supplies his daughters gave hi1h
ten list Of articles which they de-
he should purchase for them. NJ
. in TOWN. he went to drugstore
Irauk bottle Of beer, as was his
m. Then he proceeded to buy he
which his daughters had writ
bwn in the, list. As he bought he
led them Oh the paper. Having
|pd that matter, he Went To the
|tore and drank another bottle of
Then he lirclicl up his team and
ID home. On the Way he had a
pronounced feeling that he had
tten something. You have all cX-
need that feeling and know how it
les you. He ra1kcd his brain to
yer what it WAS that he had for
h without avail. He finally stop
lis wagon. unWriDpcd the various
lges of goods and carefully COM
them with the list. Everything
4 exactly. He drove on. still pos
with tie idea that he had for
! something. When lie reached
the girls ran out to meet him and
delighted with the articles he had
ased for them. He asked them if
e things We're there, and they dc.
they We're. Just then one of
looked at the empty wagon and
ed. Pa, where is ma by Jovr.'
d man exclaimed, Il knew | had
ten something. and it is your
&c. continued the colonel, when
dy writes Democratic platform
caves out bimetallism, as sure as
We he has forgotten ma and we
get along without her"
ything Democratic"
the debates which I had in
With Hon. Charles r. Lands he
OF tell many anecdotes, but he
scd to work good deal OF wit,
anc sarcasm into his speeches.
bis favorite passages was this:
S92. under Benjamin Harrison,
'untry reached the high water
OF prosperity. In that year
70 some strange perversity the
carried the election for the
'rats and elected Grover Cleve-
Immediately everything went
ratio. Horses went Democratic.
went Democratic. Cattle, hogs
leep went Democratic. Wheat,
'ats, hay and cotton went Demo-
Even the sugar trees in the
10 valley went Democratic to
d extent that the sap refused to
Ahd | never saw an audience
lat DIT OF extravagant humor and
III o'd not set to shouting. Lam
) most fetching style of deliy-
~ his manner had as much to do
lne laughter and applause as
e sad, perhaps more.
edge Of Farming.
ur debates Mr.. Landis would
mes hop on to Bryan about turn.
'lief, He alleged vehemently
u'o not know anything about
'o'e' ana to prove it he said: "A
- !. Poi'llcians visited MIR. Bryan
'"'ll' ahd found him in company
-. "tt'" iiian pottering about the
- va" waved his hand toward
VI " growing grain and said Bill
soon have to get into that |
"'''fel'lon Bin replied. Why,
'""' lhat isn't wheat; that's
or Balls Story.
''o law partner. ex,Lieutepant
~ haNid a. Ball. who was OK.
.N'hah Alexander Monroe Dock.
rro''h' IN 1900 for the Demo |
'oiulnation for uover,,,r -. >,;a