The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-11-05
LETTER FROM BILKIss.
Major Bilkins Meets the Original
Bryan Nan and Talks Win Him.
Tom Hardy the ''originaI'. Owns
Sixteen Fine Hounds and They
Are Very Smart.


Are Very Smart.
! Correspondence of The Caucasian
Enterprise.
heV ANYWAYS sed hit. an I stick
, to hit. that everything starts In
North Carolina-that iz-everything
that ermounts ter anything. Most
awl or the famous men ov the
country wuz either born in North
Carolina. or, at any rate, their dad
dies or grand-daddies wuz. They
hev tried nifty hard ter claim Col.
William Jennings Bryan az a native
or this State. But, as Col Bryan
failed ter find this State solid fer
the free an unlimited coinage ov
silver, he refused ter be born here.
But, az I sed | knowed that they
wuz sumpthin' in the wind. In per-
ambulatin' GROUND In the foothills
oV the mountains / hev located the
original Bryan man" He admits
hit himself, an l reckon that liz
proof ennuff. He IL a long, Iank,
hungry-iookin' man with cuckle-
burrs in hiz whiskers an kin chaw
pound ov leaf terbacker every day
In the year. includin' Sunday. Me
an Bill Moody had d long talk with
him the other day.
How did hit happen that you
wuz the first man ter hit upon Mr..
Bryan az the only man that would
make Jam-up guide Preserdent?"
SEE /.
We'll, you see hit wuz this way,
stranger. | wuz subscribin' ter a
paper. farmin' paper. published at
Chicago, Illinois, an the paper print
ed part ov one oy Mr.. Bryan's
speeches on the silver question 16-
ter-one. / didn't know the silver
question frum a hole in the ground.
But them wurds sounded guide ter
me. SEE l ter myself Tom Har-
dy, that IL the medisin that the
country IL needin'. That Teller
Bryan knows what he IL talkin' err
bout. From this day on ter the
finish | am a, 16-ter-one Bryan
dymakrat, stand or fall, live or die
| don't reckon Mr.. Bryan had ever
dreamed ov runnin' fer Preserdent
at that time. But, after thinkin' hit
over, | writ a letter ter that farm
paper an told them ter publish that
Mr.. Bryan wuZ my man fer Preser-
dent an that I'd stand up an vote
fer him awl the balance ov my life
if he'd run fer Preserdent that long.
An he heZ bin doin' exactly what I
sed fer him ter do. l reckon the
Editor ov that paper must hev sent
+, Mr.. Bryan a sample copy with my
piece in hit fer l soon got letter
frum Mr.. Bryan, hit bein' mailed at
Lincoln, Nebrasky. He seemed
powerful glad that I wuz fer him fer
Preserdent an sed he wuz thinkin'
nifty seriously erbout tryin' hiz luck
fer the nomynation. l writ back ter
him an told him that 1 never went
ter skule but three months in my
life, an so could not write much ov
letter an would hev ter leave out
most ov the big, long highferlutln'
wurds; but SEE |. go hit boots an
may the oldboy git anvil ov your enc
mics. An Mr.. Bryan hez bin run
min fer PreSerdent ever since, day
and mite. If he ever gifts the job
awl | AK is that he appint me JUS
tbs of the peace fer this township so
[ kin try Henry Austin fer KILN
my old spotted SOW when she got in
hiZ corn field eighteen-year ergo. l
don't hold spite long, an l may git
over hit in time. But l kin lay my
rite hand on my heart an say that
| will git even with Henry Austin if
hit takes a lifetime. If Mr.. Bryan
will jist elected long ennuff ter ap-
pint me justis ov the peace / will
be a happy man once more"
so your hev been stickin ter
Mr.. Bryan right erlong through thick
an thin?" seq Bill Moody.
THAT l hev," seq Tom Hardy.
An 1 hev bin tryin' ter live an
practis what I preach. You see that
black hound over thar by the side
ov the house? Well, l hey sixteen
hounds like that. If that amt liv-
in 16-ter-one then don't know how
ter git up anythin' ter Represent
my loyalty ter Mr.. Bryan an the
dymakrat party. I call myself one
ov the true blues, an am goin' ter
ANYWAYS be rite side up in polly
ticks"
Hit seems ter me-" seq Bill
Moody in hiz dry way, that you
mite hev selected sumpthin' more
useful than dogs ter represent your
loyalty ter Mr.. Bryan an the dyma-
KRAFT party
| Thar is whar you hev got off the
main road ergin," sed Tom Hardy.
Il thought so myself at first. But,
after turnin' the matter over in my
mind fer a long time, | concluded
that wuz the only solution. l wuz
not able ter own sixteen horses or
COWS or hogs, an l didn't want ter
keep az few az sixteen hens an
one rooster, so l decided that six
teen dogs ter one man wuz the only
thing ter do ter be a full-fiedged
Bryan man with anvil the 16-ter1 at
tachmints.'
AN how do you manage ter keep
sixteen dogs fer SIGH a long time fer
Mr.. Bryan hez bin runnin' fer the
past twelve years?" sed Bill Moody.
"Oh, that kin be managed" sed
Mr.. Hardy IF one ov my dogs hap
pens ter die l kin git a purp ter fill
hiz place rite erway, fer hound