The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-18

khaky and beaten his soord into plowshare. Visitors who call on hlm at Oysther Bay, find him r-readln th Lives iy tn Saints His fav'rite saint is wan iv tn arly martyrs who thank ed a lion fir bitin' him. He IS thryln to live down his past. Not so Wlth LII sage of Esoopus. He has no; past 10 i've down. He Is thryin' to live up 10 ms future. Ivry time he opins his mouth IJilI nuts his foot into it. Hlli has re- tired firm pollytics. He has gone up an alley to wait till tn polls get by: But all Is silence at Oysther Bay an Esoopus Whin tn hayro iv San Joon Hill want to relieve his plnt-up emp lions. he goes out on the sea shore Tar firm human habytation an sings hymns fir an hour. Sicrity Cortillyoo autho- rizes me to deny tn infamyous ray port that tn prisidint was iver at pan Joon Hill. At tn time of this gloryous an lamintable performance, tn good man was down with measles conthract- ed at tn Internaytional Peace ConVen- tion. A day at Oysther Bay passes like a dhream. Tn prisidint arises ar ly an afther prayers partakes W light breakfast iv Quaker oats lie thin retires to his oratory an spinds tn mornin' in miditation an prayer Afther lunchin' with his pastor, he Vls- it's tn Dorcas s'ciety iv which he Is hon'rary prisidint. Rayturnin' home. he devotes a few hours to archery an bean bag, at both of which games he has become expert. His supper con sists iv a bag iv pop corn an a dish iv tea Tn short avenin' is spint in read in aloud tn wurruks iv Hinnery Wads- worth Longfellow an afther family pro- gers Thaydoor Rosenfelt retires to well armed sIumber. He is not well at prisint tn smell iv gunpowder on tn Foorth iv July havin' disagreeably af- fected him. (Wau Street Journal please copy)
 "As f'r tn Sage iv Esoopus, he does mt want to be prisidint. He is farmer, not a pollytician. An he's not asham- ed iv it. Why shud any man fear to avow that he follows a calling upon which rests the very foundation iv our liberties, fellow citizens? Not much. Arly in tn mornin' befure tn first comityman has shook off tn god iv slumber. eer yet tn arly rayporther puts on his spectacles. tn simple hearted judge may be found sthrollin among tn long rows iv canned asparagus. or studyin' tn pickled onions he planted as long ago as las July whin he beat
 tn nommynation to the farm. It is
 with unfeigned impatience that he
 tears open with his teeth a tillygram
 firm tn Chairman iv Ulster County
 suggistin that iv q little iv tn coin
 cud be distributed tn prospects wud
 be brighter fr all consarned. Afther
 a simple country breakfast iv corned
 beef hash. Johnny cake, spare ribs mince pie. butthermilk an cider, he
 takes of his coat an goes out to be 1 photygrafted. He spinds tn day fin hard labor on tn forty-acre meadow
 an does not speak except in tn avenin
 whin he delivers himsilf iv a message
 that thrills ivry heart in tn New | York Avenin' Post His las utthranct
 that nearly caused me a fit an Is sttl
 ringin' in me ears was as follows: !
 regard tn owners iv large quantities iy
 tn goold standhard iv this counthry as | irrevOcably fixed
 An so passes these peaceful autumn | days at Esoopus an Oysther Bay.
 will not dignify with denial tn croo
 story that our beloved prisidint has ] tunnel into his chapel an that afthel