West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-12-07

would be a gIeat drawing card If
properly Gagged. He will never at
tract attention running at large with
a stationary noodle. He had better
return 10 the buckwheat patch and
root up the sod. a kind Providence
intended him for a rootist and not
a noodlist. am sorely perplexed
to think that a pro,ege of mine
should go through life bawling and
paving up the sod in the manner in
which he is through the columns Of
the Old Family Journal. There is
one thing, however, | must give the
Elder credit for and that is he
thinks he is editing a newspaper.
On that think he votes alone. No
one could vote with him and es
cape being indicted for encouraging
weak intellects. shalt write the
Elder by tomorrow's mail to start
to roofing at once and get himself
in shape to be exhibited at the next
Country Fair. Like Col. Mulberry
Sellers eye water he will find that
"there's millions in it.
have had no tidings from Gov.
Dawson since he sailed for South
Africa. 1t will be a great loss to
humanity if he should drop his
famous tax laws into the sea and
start them in search OF McGinty.
There are people so cruel as to write
me that there is where they propose
to deposit them in 1900 and let
them take float on the ocean wave,
as though | had not enough grief
already in running the pardon mill
day and night to yank the members
of the Machine from behind the
iron bars. No, our benevolent tax
laws shall not perish from the face
of the earth so long as am TEN
porary Governor.
Farmer Gale is taking kindly to
the Office OF Promoter and is doing
good work for the Machine. No
one handles the fertiizing and coal
business better than he. Gov.Daw-
son has often told me that ne can
not be excelled in this line of bust
ness.
The situation IN old Reno is
growing alarming, and have many
letters informing me that the other
districts are getting ready to break
out in rebellion against our tax
laws and the Machine. "Republi-
can" and "Only a Farmer" are re-
sponsible for this state of affairs.
They should have never rushed into
print and set the people to thinking.
AS long as you can keep the people
from thinking and discussing the
Machine and the tax laws we need
have no fears of retaining posses
sion of the pies. The danger lies
In people thinking. In considera-
ton of what the people have done
for us the Machine and the Ring
have been doing the thinking for the
people. All we have asked for this
generosity is the pies. There is but
one man back IN Preston that / can
recall at this moment who has re-
fused to allow us to do his thinking,
and that man is Leader Shaw. The
Leader always contended that it was
too much wear and tare on our
thinker, and to prove his contention
he would point to Elder Whelsell as
the thinkless man from the sod.
Have just received a very encour-
aging letter from my old friend Jake
Geldebaugh. He writes that since
sub-Boss Jud Orr has left that he
has been installed as sub Boss for
Lyon district. He admits that the
conditions in Lyon are not the kind
that would lull a pieman to sleep
but hopes to improve on them. lie
claims Jud was so devoted to his
chewing that he neglected his Office.
] have just been wondering whether
Jud can stop the flow Of amber long
enough to sample the Florida or
anges. a more devotee Of chewing
the cud was was never born and
reared in Preston than Jud. When
/ conclude my days as a p;eman ]
propose to visit Bro. Orr's planta
ton and enjoy his hospitality for a
year at least. This on the assump
tion that Jud will never return tc
Preston as he left too many assess
ment foot prints in old Reno.
THE RAMBLER.
Ill ADVISED ADVICE.
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