The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-30
BARRELS OF MONEY AND
TAM O'SHANTER VISION
RecOlIectons of the Nightmare That Held the South
in the Last Days of the War and During
Reconstruction.

speech of the lowest order; just such
a talk as partisan politician would
be expected to make, on the hustings
There are some men still living who
congregated. or rather, l should say.
herded with that sacrilegeOus crowd.
Sunday after Sunday. and seemed to
enjoy the sacrilege.
After awhile the women disappeared
and the. men drifted back to their old
haunts. from whence they came. and
Raleigh rejoiced when they went: but
il has never full ~ncovered from the
effects of that deadly malaria which
! poisoned its atmosphere, while carpet
baggers and their female friends held
| sway in our midst.
One thing brings up another. and
| that reminds us of something else: and
so the mind is constantly recalling
| events and living over and over the
| days of the by-gone Ny eyes fell on
! the name of Judge r. r.. Bennett. Il
day or two ago, and at once | remem-
| bered a score or more of other men
| and things; one of which was the
| campaign Judge Bennett made for
! Congressman at large, when the oppo-
sition was the Liquor Dealers Assoc
citation; and Judge Bennett was de-
and it, was feared by many OF the
Judges friends that his prohibition. or
rather. his temperance principles
would defeat him. But. he was elect
ed all the same, and to him is due 4
great big debt, by the good people of
this State. for the manly fight against
that party that had sold itself to the
WhiSkey influence.
We had gentleman In this city
who was a great admirer of Colonel
Bennett, and never failed to shout
when the Bennett flag was unfurled.
And, although he loved his drains.
and, to that extent, was on the Whis-
key side; yet. he stood pat for Bennett
as against the candidate which the
Liberals. or Liquor Dealers Associa-
ton, put up.
This gentleman and younger
brother We're a Morehead, on one oc-
casion, and both of them were I'M
billing too freely for temperance men.
The elder, the gentleman referred to
above. frequently counseled the young
er brother to moderation, but with
out avail; for. one evening he drank
enough to become very sleepy and
either went, or was put, TO bed. our
friend, the elder brother. saw his
chance and lost 30 time i'm putting it
into execution. Bad cases require he
role treatment, ana as the ease was
considered by the older brother to be
a bad one, he treated it accordingly:
this is the way he did il. He put very
powerful blister plasters on the bottom
of his younger brothers feet, so that
while he was sleeping the plasters
We're drawing. They were taken off be-
fore the sleeping brother regained
consciousness and the patient was
left alone. He awoke, however, after
awhile and made an effort to get off
hn6 tn n ic CT ,ic5oY ont ],
feet were a solid blister and he could
not bear even to put them on the
floor. In his sad condition he made
the Welkin ring with cries for help.
The elder brother feigning a great
deal of surprise and brOtherly con-
Germ came at last to his bedside. and
speaking in very sympathetic terms.
wanted to know where he had been.
and how he happened to get his feet
so badly burned. OF course the young
er brother could give no account OF
himself, for, to the best of his recol-
lection, his feet We're all right before
he went to sleep.
At length the elder brother said,
I'm sorry for you Dick: but after
ALL i guess it's a good thing. for *
will be several days before you will
be able to practice at the bar again:
and by that time you can sober UP.
In the meantime you must let liquor
alone. or you'll have the worst feet
any poor devil ever had to set up
with" Having so said the elder broth
err whom l will call Jack. left the
room and fastened to the hotel bar to
reward himself for the good deed he
had done to save his younger brother.
Left to himself the Younger brother
fell to thinking and weighing circum-
stances; and, it was not long before
he arrived at conclusion, and that
conclusion was, that Jack either did
the blistering or had it done; and then
it was that he set his wits to work
to get even with Jack. who at that
very moment was having the very best
of q good time, drinking mint juleps.
and otherwise enjoying himself. He
thought it all over, and fairly gritted
his teeth when he could hear the
laughter that came from the boys.
whom he very we'll knew were making
merry at his expense. Ever and anon
he could hear his brothers voice. and
from it's very tone he imagined that
he was gloating over his knocked-up
condition.
Revenge was the thought with him.
and he could think of nothing else
But how could he get it? He laid
there and studied. AT last he fell upon
a plan. He knew that Jack was a
great admirer of Colonel Bennett. who
was then a candidate for Congress.
and that he would do anything
to promote the ColonePs interest. He
sent for friend and laid the whole
matter before him. The friend said
he would aid him; and this is what
was done: A telegram purDorting to
come from Raleigh was fixed up ad-
dressed to Jack, saying that Colonel
Bennett was expected to arrive in Raj
eigh by a certain train on a certain
(perhaps the nexD day, and that he
Jack. the personal friend of Colonel
Bennett must come home on the next
train and be at the depot to meet the
Colonel.
The telegram was duly delivered to
Jack, and feeling the Importance OF
the matter he talked about nothing
else that night He fastened to the
bedside of Dick to give him the news.