The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-08-20

"Rohtns1n Crusoe- Of the Demo-
cratic Party. and Gives sona@ Ae-
count of preeahay the sfs<s Inter
estins Story Ever wrisfsa.
Correspondence OF The Caucasian
Enterprise.
BiIkinsyiile. ~ C.. Ang. Is. 1908.
see by the papers that q Rspub-
iiean club hez bin organized at Cary.
Wake County. with sixty-four MEM
bers. AZ Cary IL q town noted fer
intelligence. an hez bin a dyma-
eratiek stronghold fer years. an al
hit fz located only a few miles frum
the old site ov Bilkinsviile. am very
much alarmed erbout the situashion.
/ What IL the matter? Whar liz the
law? Why don't the pollytishuns git
q move on them an prosecute them
| sixty-four men fer sumpthin' or 9TH
or an put q stop ter this disgracin.
ov the morals ov the people an this
tramplin' ov the banner ov liberty.
Hit makes my dymakratick blood
bile ter see the fruits ov our toll
L
we hev labored 80 hard fer years ter
build up a party that Mr.. Jodeesee-
vus Daniels an others hev claimed
wuz invinsibie an indestructible an
undefiled. I am ready ter shoulder
my musket an 60 ter war emmy time
fer this grand old party. party that
will do anything or anybody. party
that hez a reckord behind hit that
ANYWAYS reads like the Declarashun
ov Independence an the Shorter
Cattychism combined into one. The
party hez bin nifty weak an onsartin
fer years nationally, an l fear that
hit liz gittin' so in this State. At any
rate, | kin see signs ter that effeckt.
In fact, so far az I know. I am the
only dymakrat left in the State. Like
Robinson Crusoe, I am on a deserted
Island, havin' bin shipwrecked on
the sea ov Bryanizum, an / am
watchin' the tide az hit Gums In, hop
in that hit will bring a few cans ov
canned tomatoes an beans so that
kin build up a fire an cook a square
meal. Avn I hev ter drink liz spring
water, fer Prohibishun hez blasted
the land.
I ANYWAYS did feel sorry fer Rob
, inson Crusoe, an yet reckon he he'd
purity guide time. He wuZ not both
cred by the pollytishuns an he didn't
hev ter pay tax durin' awl the lone
years that he spent on that lonely
island. They wuz plenty ov wilt
goats, fowls an things on the island
also. Plenty ov wild game, fish, etc
He made a raft an visited the WRECK
. ov the ship a number ov times aftel
his escape, he being the only mai
:, that escaped with hiz life. In tina
way he got a quantity ov clothin'
food, guns, powder an shot, an
. menny other things that would b.
useful durin' hiz long an lonely lif
on the island, includin' lot ov rum
: wine etc, which wuz on the wrecked
|, ship, awl ov which he stored erwa
: in a cave on the island. So awl b
: had ter do wuz ter hunt an Ash whel
he felt like hit an do hiz own cook
in an washin' No sircusses cur
, GROUND, no talkin' mashuns-no OF
T termobills ter run over him. II
: could go ter bed when he felt lik
hit an didn't hev ter git up till tie
!. o'clock no day in the week. But b
would go out awlmost every clea
"a Gay an sit on the rocks awhile al
50 watch ter see If any ships mite pas
~ near the island, an he intended te
signal them ter stop an take hill
aboard. But no ships came. Yea
p after year he lived in the same lone
IN ly style, not even getting any new
r. papers ter read. Thar wuz no elecl
in shuns. so he didn't hev ter vote. E
IN didn't even hev a garden, fer the
al wuz no store or place at which t.
buy seeds ter plant.
us But Mr.. Crusoe had sum trubb
n awl the same; they air ANYWAYS su
thorns ermong the roses. Thar WI
lift sum big islands not far frum the Il
or tie island MI. Crusoe lived on, a
they wuz inhabited by wild, c
nj rather, several wild tribes ov sa
r ages called canibals, which mea
g THAT they would eat each other. II
NO reason ov this wuz that they wuz
g: norant, never having had the adva
C. tages ov schools an eleckshuns a
other civilizin' influences. so tn
ar. wuz continually at war an after ca
Tor battle they would gather up the de
Ia an go ter the little island Mr.. Or
ac- soc lived on. He had a spy-glass tn
he had brought from the wreck
tie. ship an he could see them com
Sc. several miles erway an they W
for ridin' in little canoes made ov t
to bark ov trees. They would laI
pull their little boats out ov the v
So ter, gather drift-wood an build a
M fire an then cook or roast the bod
G. ov their dead enemies, though MI
the ov them preferred their steak II
en- an didn't hardly ever take time
the cook the flesh ov their enemies.
ote reckon hit made Mr.. Crusoe feel s
ter chilly ter watch them new-fang
nm picnicks whar human flesh wuz
Oh main dish. But they wuz only {
ION. ov him an they wuz hundreds
af- the canibals
to But a change cum erbout. {
'uld day CRATE crowd ov the canit
min cum over ter the island ter pickn
iers an dance a few old-time reels.
olu- as they wuz ready ter begin ter &c
:, - fary mo nv them