West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-03-26
HEARD ON THE QUIET
Salimindef Listens 10 Chorus Of
Candidates.
bI!oYnEHr IN CRlnPED QUARTERS
Terra Alta streets lmpassabIe-The
Water Works Probiem-Oiher
Pertinent Matters
bIJoYnEHr IN CRLnPED QUARTERS
TERRA ALTA, March az.

Since the snow has melted away I
nave wiggled out of the frog pond
and crawled under an old slab be
tween the postoffice and Jack Xii.
lens barber shop. and Oh Jeru.ale m !
what time | am having, laughing
and g'gghng at candidates and poll.
iic'ans. saw Jackson, Shaffer,
Thomas. Burke, Carrico, Flynn,
"hitehair, Daley, Craig, and two
or three more all in one day.
Mos, of our Republicans say they
Will support Spindl-r and will turn
Shafer down because he has been
in office too long, and at the same
time they are diving straight IN for
Watson.
As 10 the candidates they are the
worst enemies / have to deal with.
or rather that dea. with me. since
they come around the corner and
stand on the slab that ] live under
and take their tre water or work nm
some scheme TO beat their opposi.
tion. While they stand on nv slab
1, pinches like the dickens, vet / get
a little satisfaction out ,f the matter
after all. because before was trans
muted | was a Democrat and would
have been elected to some good
ofhces had not the Republicans
cheated me out Of the votes by buy
ing and forcing my constituents to
vote the Republican ticket or lose
their jobs. They don't say much
about the old soldier, the panic OF
the late war.
One fellow remarked that :, wo,Id
be like Tom Coil said sixteen years
ago, THAT everything would 90
Democratic from hell to jerusalem
except here in Preston, where the
pie wagon will be drawn short
while by Republican donkeys."
made an attempt to leave my
slab and crawl across the road 20
the Huntington Hotel and OH to
my surprise, such a condition. Such
streets as had accrued since The
town council had been dominated
by Republicans. 1t looked like our
finances had all been used to swell
campaign fund. IL we had sr,all-
pox It would be useless To ouaran.
tine. since big foot from the land
OF hre could not cross the streets.
Presently o. e.. Crane aud lanes
Lakin came aud stood on my slab.
both blushing like sweet ,6s at a
nuptiai feast, and Jim said:
30. c., I'm in a worse fix now
than was when / ran for congress.
when l ran for congress took beer.
but we can't even take water for the
town, because there is none to take.
and | say let the town do wi,bou,
water works rather than you and
lose our fortunes tryins to get them.
We can take water ourselves and
let the town do without or erect
their own water works since I don't
like the proposition"
"AIl right" said o. c., "since
that Ounce of ID. w. Frazee saws
1t cannot be erected tor less than
300 900. and he may be about right.
That is too much for US; since the
expense is double the incone we
will pass il on TO the next"
The next noise that comes around
the corner was from two old Demo.
Gratis, one in favor Of w. !. Bryan
tor President and the other for Tom
Johnson, and the w. J. man soon
knocked the Tom Johnson man out
since he soon proved to him that w.
J. stands head and shoulders above
any other man in the United States.
Tie said that he had proved himself
away ahead of his day since his
mos, sanguine prophecies IN regard
to expansion and monopolies had
been richly fulfilled and that there
was not = man IN the United States
but what, II honest. would acknowl
edge his access of judgment, wis
dom, aud integrity.
The next tina, appears on my slab
is young lady and gentleman. The
lady says to the man;
GLOW are you getting along on
the rosd1"
"Very we'll" says the man. al
fell a lutte short of having enough
last month to pay my board bill and
hope to make a little more this
| month. How about your waQes?v