The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-23
BY z. p. Dunno,

NCOpyElgnl, 1914, BY HnlllpS
& Company
1T looks to me as though pollytical
enthusyasm was dyin' out in his coun-
thry," said Mr.. Hennessy.
'Oh. 1 don't know said Mr.. Dooley.
Eye niver can tell. It's almost too
arly to begin throwin' bricks. Amy
how, If nobody else is enthusyastic tn
candydates FIR vice prisidint ar-re.
They ARE tn wiIlin' w~urruckers. No
grass grows undher tn feet. They're
a lesson to their s~upeeryors. Tn can-
dydates fr prisidint stays at home
thryin' to saw nawthin' that will in
eliminate thin. Tiddy RosenfeIt has
put in an application TO jine tn Quaker
Church. He has burned his suit iv
khaky an beaten his soord into a plOw>
share. Visitors who call on him at
Oysther Bay. find him r-readin' tn
Lives iv tn Saints His fav'rite saint
is wan Nv tn arly martyrs who thanked
a lion FIR bitin' him. He is thryin' to
live down his past. Not so with tn
Sage iy ESOopus. He has no past TO
live down. He is thryin' to live UP To
mis- future Ivry time he opins his
mouth. Hill puts his foot into it. Hill
has retired firm pOllytics. He has gone
up an alley to wait till tn polls get by
But all is silence at Oyster Bay an
ESoopus. Whin tn hayro iv San Joon
Hill wants to relieve his pint-up emo
tons, he goes out on tn sea shore far
firm human habytation an sings
hymns fr an hour. Sicrity Cortillyoo
authorizes me to deny tn Infamous ray
port that tn prisidint was liver at San
Joon la. At tn time iv this gloryous
an lamintable performance, tn good
man was down with measles conthrac-
ted at tn Internaytionai Peace ConvIn-
ton. a day at Oysther Bay passes like
a dhream. TIL prisidint arises arly an
afther prayers partakes iv a light
breakfast iv Quaker Oats. He thin
retires to his orator an spindS tn
mOrnin' in miditation an aye Ar
Their Iunchin' with his pastor, ne visits
tn DOrcas s'ciety iv which he Is hon.
rary prisidint. Raturnin' home, he de-
votes a few hours to archery an bean
bag. at both of which games he has
become expert. His supper consists iv
Il bag " pop corn an a dish iv tea.
TIL short ayenin' is spint in readin'
aloud tn wurrucks iv Hinnery Wads-
worth LOngfellOw, an afther family
prayers Thaydoor Rosenfelt retires to
a we'll armed slumber. He is not we'll
at ~prisint. tn smell iv gunpowder on
tn FoOrth iv July hayin' disagreeably
affected him. wall Sthreet Journal
please copy.)
AS FIR tn Sage iv Esoopus, he does
MT want to be prisidint. He is a farm
eT, not a politician An he's not
ashamed iv it. Why shud any many fear
To avOw that ne follows a calling upon
which rests tn very foundation iv ouI
liberties, fellOw-citizens? Not much.
ArIy in tn mornin' befure tn first
cOmmityman has shook off tn god Nv
SIumber, e'er vet tn arly ~rayPorthei
puts On his spectacles. tn simple-heart-
ed judge may be found sthrollin' amons
tn long rows " canned asparagus, or
zstudyin' tn picked onions he planted
as long ago as las July whin ne beat
tn nommynation to tn farm II Is
with unfeigned impatience that ne
tears open with his teeth a tiiiySram
firm tn Chairman iv Ulster County
suggistin' that " a little iv tn coin
,ud be distributed tn prospects wuo
be brighter fr all cOnsarned. Afther
= simple country iv corned
beef hash. Johnny cake, spare ribs,
minCe pie, butthermnk an cider, ne
takes off his coat an goes out TO oe
Dh~otygrafted He spinds tn day IN
hard labor on tn fOrty-acre meade"
an does not speak except in tn aven-
in whin he delivers himsif iv a mes
s3ye that thrills ivry heart in IN New
york Ayenin' POST. His las utthrance
that nearly caused me a mt an Is SUN
ringin' in me ears was dS follows: L
regard IN owners ~ IdlSC
" tn gOold Standard ~ TINS country
as irr~evocably fixed
An so passes these peaceful autumn
DAYS at EsOopus an OySther Bay. L Will
rot dignity with denial tn crool story
that our beloved prisidint mas a Iunnei
into his chapel an that afther III
fam'Iv men have gone to bed he secret.
" lets in James J. Jeffries with tn
full rayports iv the Jap'nese war or
that befure returnin' to his cOuch ne
rassIes a stuffed figure Nv tn lmproi
WiiIum on tn fure an pounds II WITH
a base pail bat. An l Will not stooP
II contradict tn story hat ivry night
August Bilmont calls on sage Parker
an tn two iv thin discuss how much
iv TN goold standard shud be irrevoca-
bIy fixed in i~rrevocably fXin ~lndyanny.
No. Hinniss, l will n o deny these foul
sIandhers l will not discuss Thin. L
will not aven belief him-yet.
IT far diff rent with tn two vice.
PRESIDENTIAL ~candydates. They ARE III
bovs FIR wurruk. Thin two ~ot-hea
ed an impechoos la-ads have bur-rst
firm all RESTRAINT an ARE maxim IN
country r-ring with their uttnrances'
DivvIe tn bit do they care. Ihey naie
nawthin' to lose but votes an tneIr
voices. Tn Hon'rable Chick Fairbanks
has stumped New England an tn
frost is on tn punkfn an tn corn Is
i'm tn shock. Ivrywhere he goes ne
is rayceived with a shiver iv delight:
His Grafton again tn decision " IN
Sage iv EsOopus in tn cillyorateu
.BaIed Hay case turned Vermont
firm what was a Republican sthrons-
hold into what is now a raypuoiicah
stronghold. A.new feature has been
i~nthrajooced into tn campaign be me
frind tn long wan. Instead " cneer-
in an clappin' their hands, tn aud
licences applaud with chatterin teetn.
n1Ls afsaat - said To ha lrraSlSrlOlS- Al
finer tn meetin's tn people r-rush out
into m night air where they take on
coats. hats an furs in their enthusy-
asm. -.
An young Gassaway. There's tn
boy. Rash, maybe. imprudent, per-
haps, but thin are qualities iv youth
Ye might jus as well expect 10 NTH