The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-17

1s "'i. aiter neconstruction 0N-
 came Democrat and. all tho tirne. |
 made money out of the niggers. II have been a practical man in po1> itics and religion and have alvfaxa managed to turn an honest penny of1k| or both. am strictly ProhibftioniSt and an Anti-saloon Leaguer sloxe good iiquor and like the Prohibikfo6-
 ist in Texas. I don't want Prohibit1cn
 Tor gentlemen. but for the nfgRsru and the d--d frish' If you'll come to see me somsflms fand nothing would give me moro
 pieasure) I'll show you the kfnd [
 drink and you'll find that 1t beaks eny-
 cepting that exceptional good stun Wo
 took from that old rich fellow. fTho
 Yankees would have got ft anynoxy an6
 our consciences--if we had any then
 were at easel You recollect, fn the
 divide up old Jack Brooks put his 1T,
 snnn bottles with corn cobs for stop-
 pers, which Is very Intellectual and tl11-
 satisfactory. He was likely to lose an
 his from leakage but being provldeuy
 he put tho whole consignment swh8fe
 t would do the most good. ana pretkv
 just's
 Tt was the night before christsrax.
 # you recoIlect. before old Jack wxnt
 on Into rleep and dreams, love, he 8li-
 tertatned us with several sonRS 1<o-
 rena was his favorite, but Let ma Klna
 Him for His Mother was a good 69c-
 ond. Old Jack was good Methodlsf
 sven as far back as that and on fGat
 night he was fervent in such old eonxa
 as How Firm Foundation. He ma
 not been asleep long before he woxG
 up with scream something like Erac-
 don's when Kosciusko fell After we
 had partially caimed him he told nB nI6
 time had come.' that the angela had
 Erx.s sf...& f ..x
 horns and fiery tails. and said tners
 were good fires at their house all roady for him. fThe angels had. no doubt noticed that Brooks carried enough quilts and blankets for whole con- pany and that he loved warmth ana comfortl
 You know. the Chaplain (who xras a conscientious man and never would eat fresh pork at our mess, for fear we hadn't come honestly by it--tflouHh he would eat tho gravy) called an itls- promptu prayer meeting and we .feI- lows who hadn't even signed ha6 .
 scholar to rho church. buckied tn Fl
 like little men ana the prayer of faffn
 pulled old Jack through and buated
 all hts calculations of Going home ia die no moro as that time
 ''l have thought sd dEten of how
 Hroots advised us ts save meat as good priest that Scott paints in nls
 Ivanhoe,' who lived on the fat of kAe land. He used conscientiously to col@ fess that he never killed hog during the war, but boaHted. with some pride, that he reckoned from Sumter to Ap- pomattox nobody had been to mors
 Seeing Andrew Rucker the other day, he told me (affd was glad to hear itl that old Jack is 'crownIng Il youth of labor with an age of ease: has escheweu snuif bottles and Is pa tlentiy waiting for the right Kind og anEels to bring him the summonn. Iniad. thy Father calls. Come home
 Several. yes. many of the old boxx nave already crossed over the river and rest under the shade of the trees. If they could only have lived till now It would warm their hearts 10 know nor to constable. are anxious to make us comtorIAble--in the poor house. tney haven't said so. but it is pre- sumed that tne most of them are wlli- ng to let Judge Carmichael stay in the state House as a sort of pfurtbus lnun1--0ne in the Slate House, many n the poor ilouse--lnstance of honor .o the otd sotdIers. and, because tt is .hougnt, it would break hIs heart to weaii hIm at tnta late day ana tuxlx nm out with the dry cattle IT he has 10, greater faults than an empty 'leeve' and an nonoraDie record as a soiaitr we old Conreds nrst Capitol of the Confectionery we'll rave d represenlatlveA--iest we forget
 "tm tninkIng or war times and times. I feel sure you haven't forgotten that Christmas dln- Ter. we had m Nortn AlaDaina--durfng ne campalgn we had with General sherman Wno paid us the compnment 4. f being the most industrious teilows q keep out of his way it had been Ils pleasure to meet. Brooks. you Inow. engaged to provide the pork md We cUuIu rely on hlm. You and Jan C. Sam and 1 were 10 furnish fha Ioneyy we had located the gum Nhen we went for 1t, the night besoxe ,hrIsLmas, Dan wrapped the gum In q 'iankeL and Iaid it on the fence when Iii ominous click in the rear called Iis attention. An irate but calm wo- nan had the gun pointed squarely at i'm and dangerousIy near. Put thas -um backr nc put it back and never ad any taste for honey again.
 "Dan is long since wnereS sweetoK hings than honey are provided for him Tnere
 Tn all those wide-extended plains,
 Shines one eternal dave
 'But we had the dinner and the hapiain said grace and ate gravy till e mad to unbuLton his jacket.
 "As far as know none or the b0yM as done anything to bring reproarn pon the old Company except you anu ndrew Fucker. Both Of you got Into le Legislature. We never would have fought it or either of you. but you are 1th living ana
 While the lamp holds out to burn he Viiest sinner may return.
 'But I don't want to go into poiiticA
 want you to keep writing for The dvertiser but never drift into politics. ou don't know anything about It. You e not only not practical but the yerl- t visionary Tn politics and religion. Your politics is Of that execrahla md htted only for Utopian conditions, nere men arc truthful and honest. our politics would nave done In the d togy times when there was an Idea at government is ot the people, hy C people. for the peopIe. but that ca mas played out You had better } with your politics wnat the one lent fellow did with his taient.
 What we want for leaders in p0lf- s, are small men with great means no are willing to pay handsomely for nors-the Get There Eli kind who we learned that the best argument r votes is money, and have Impressed e people with the fact that the way ring man though a fooP knows that dollar and half Is more convinc. X argument than dollar.
 "Practical politics Is the thing now, Id the lmpecunious candidate Is like