The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-02-13
HIS LEFT SHOULDER LOPPED, AND HE
LIMPED IN lis RIGHT LEG.

HIS LEFT SHOULDER LOPPED, AND HE
LIMPED IN Ills RIGKT LEG.
would be dropped out of the window
into the alley. and Giveadam Jones got
a hint to suppress his cough or get
out, and all was then ready for the
stranger.
The Hon. Blossom appeared to be q
man Of forty. His left shoulder Topped,
and he limped in his right leg. His
was not a smiling, cheerful counte-
nance. but it wore look Of deter
mination. as If he would sit down be-
fore q good dinner and stay there until
the last crumb was devoured. He ex-
hibited no embarrassment and was
cheered as he took the platform and
began:
my fren's. I has arrove yere. same
as I has arrove ut hundreds Of other
places, to find men and women strivin'
fer place and power, fer riches and
happiness. fer de head oh de percession
and de big end oh de cake.
Oats only human natur'. encour-
aged by ebery book we read and ebery
paper we pick up. At de present date
dar am millyan pussons in dis world
encouragin' de rest Oh, us to climb up
Dey gibs us notices to adopt and pre-
cepts and examples to foller. and dey
tell how easy it am fer any one. to go
from de tail oh de class to de haid.
sober Gar sots Pickles Smith. He
am jist achin' to climb to de top and
own and run possottice and reserve
ten boxes fer his own mail.
"CEer dis way sots Elder Penstock.
He has been told dat dar am no reason
on airth why he shouldn't be gobernor
Oh dis state. and he am tastin' de fried
oysters he will have when dat event
happens.
''In front Oh de store, wild his years
workin' back and fo'th and his eyes
sniuin' wid ambiShun, am Drawback
White. He has read dat honesty and
industry will boost man to de top Oh
de pole, and he am lookin' forward to
ownin' steamboat and bootin' de
deck hands about.
$50 it goes from one to de odder, all
wantin' sunthin' better, all ach!n' to
climb up. No one oh you am content
wid his station in life. Sich oh you as
kin afford CLANS don't want to stop at
dat. You want lobster. Sich OBJ you
as have patent leather shoes am sighin'
fer gold headed canes to match.
81 am fur from wantin' de world to
stand still or discouragin' ambishun.
but am at de same time compelled to
ask, WHAT'S &c use? We has all read
OBJ Caesar. he made up his mind to
60 to de top, and he got dar. Befo' he
begun tryin' he was q contented man.
If de flour and potatoes and bacon was
out. he knowed whar he could git mo-.
II circus come along, he was dar. If
dar was boss race. he had his s. up
on de right boss. He had de money in
his pocket to pay his taxes. acd if he
went into q saloon and found dozen
men dar he didn't have to drink alone
and make sneak.
"IIow was it when Caesar reached
de pinnacle? Muffin but trubble-trub-
Bile in Ge maurin. trubble at nooa.
tribble when, he laid his weary head
on Ge piller. He had heaps OBJ money.
but no enjoyment: he had heaps oh
fren's. but mo- enemies; he had heaps
OBJ power. hrt not 'nCn to sabe his own
lie. Some few wept when dey buried
him. but dar was hundreds Who re-
jo;ced. Kin any Oh YOU tell me what
he gained: Kin any Oh you tell me
what was de use?
"Dar was HaHne:abic. AS a farm
er's s1n he hoe / con- MIXED COWS, fed
&c hawgs and had billed dinners twice