The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1902-04-10
JONATHAN JONES DREAMS
The Soak,iIlc, Kentucky. Sage Has Most
Disquieting Vision.
Soakville In KY, March 81, 1907

followed 'cm. Old Nchbycudnazcr had
II drccm that forctUld sumthin' and
Joseph had II drccm that was the
means OF his gittin 10 ride In pharo's
chariot, and Pharo had u drcrm about
the fat and lean cattle and the fat and
lean cars Of corn, that Joseph interpret
ed for him and saved the people from
starvin. and Solomon had drccm that
told him he would be the richest aud
smartcst man that ever had lived or
ever would live, and Jacob drecmcd
about long ladder, and Jonah about
goardyinc sc.
Now, all these drcpms had some
meanin'; and | have had some remark
able drccms-but | cant come up 10
them old fellows.
had u drccm n few nights ngo that
stumps mo aud cant interpret IT,
You know we have had IA gratc uproar
here in kentucky for two or three years
over the killin Of Mr.. Goblc, and rs
mis,cry who shot him. never saw Il
man ~ numerously shot TO have but one
bullet hole through him; and from the
best evidence we can gather the bullet
or bullets entered his body ON the OPP
rosite sidu from where the gun was
fired.
Well, we have convicted three men
Of kil!in' Mr.. Gublc, and We have six or
eiaht or ten more 10 try il we can catch
'cm and Tom m ! u iCiucinnati.nnd
New York, aud several other places,
has been very busy brhin' witnesses TO
swarc agin these mon, and n heap oi
people are snyin' tha he is In league
with the d i. on account ol the many
mean things he has done and never bin
co,ch. Among other things was cnus-
in the mob in Cincinnati that burnt tho
court house and killed 100 or more men,
and all this.
| We'll, tothcr mite went Ia bed with
my mind ponderin' over these things,
and the condition Of affairs in Kentucky
generally, and Tell asleep: and durin'
the mite | had q drccm. ! drcmp was
goin' over to Shintown artcr my paper,
the Cincinnati Inquirer, thar aint no
other paper red in Soallvillc, tho sum
of 'cm is talkin' Of scndin for the St
Louis Republic, helm, rs they say, 1t so
fully represents the ideas Of Goblcism, ]
ana as | was trudgin' along hcarn
voices ,ist over a bank from me, and
thinkin' it was sum of the boys over
there havin' game Of cards, | crcp up
rite easy and pccpcd ever, and-my hair
stood on ccnd, and my hart beat Hgin'
my ribs like n mule kickin al II barn
door-but | held my ground aud kept
quiet. Thar was Il man, sumwhat hcvy
set, and sum gray, and the most hide.
Gus monster | ever seed, talkin' over
bizncss matters. | knowed from The
descriptions | had had that it was old
Satan hissclf, for he had bloOdshot eyes,
great horns and cloven feet.
hcarn him say: Now, Mr. C--m-l,
you hey bin u faithful agent. and want
to recompensc you ior all your work.
and pulin' ont IA map Of the United
States he spread II out on tho ground.
sayin': ''l vo got more ON my hands
nor kin attend 10, and want yOu "a
take supervision Of all the territory
laid down on these maps except these
two spots" pointing to Missouri and
Kentucky: "you were 80 faithful and
efficient in brecdin the Cincinnati RI
cts, and then Ia the GOblc biancss: no
man could have done my work better
"Oi course we know fGll well who
shot Mr.. Goble, but it was to our inter
est and the interest OF the Dimercrat
party TO prove 1t on sum Of the Iiadi'
clcs, ana ON the whole party II we cud
and you've cum nifty nigh doin' IT, But
it cut big hole In that sl0O, 900 reward
) fund. Now do you take charge Of the
,, , territory assigned you, aud, with tn,
Nesbi, law and the lobby In Mssuiy
! and the Goble law backed up by Bour
bon whisky and pistils in Kentucky,
. will have as much He'll us can a,lout
. to. would like 10 spare you Jcdg,
C-nt-l ut times, but | must keep hin
b on the bench Till We get all these Rad
! icles tried, fer thar aint another jedg,
In oil my dominions that can stick n
. close " the bench aud rule us much l.