The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-01
Letesrs so 7Ihs Editsr
SOME xoKE KECoLLEcTioNs
of Istesesins Men and Historic Dec,

and Van Buren. the Democratic. The ! Whig war cry was "Tippecsnoe and Tyler, | too" and their emblem was coon skins, red pepper and hard cider.
 l saw rude icg cabins durins the canvass
 strings strings of % red ~pee pepper % outside o and barrel | of hard cider inside. moving from town 10
 town presided over. and guided by enthu- slastic old men and hilarious young men.
 and there vas "a hot time in the old town" Hard cider and red pepper won out and old Tip was inausursted President. but died | in month after he was seated. and did
 not die from hard cider either for the lar
 reIs had all been emptied before the polls This was before the Democrats four years
 later nominated Polk for President and
 the men ate Poke salad. drank Poke juice. their hats with Poke berry juice and walk
 ed with young hickory sticks and the women wore Poke bonnets.
 | Clay of Kentucky and landed Folk in the
 wa wsh Msaeo mmsh and wsS aa o h
 snnssa,ion of Texas sun' and % the acquisition of of I remember, too, when Gen. Taylor re- | turned from Mexico with laurels fresh from l the battles of Palo Alto and Rssaca de IA IA
 sobriauet of Rough and Ready. and both political parties booned him for a leader
 no poiss and Sid not EnoS which party @ | he belonged to. whether he was whig | or a Dem0crat--might be a little of both
 or neither---fish or fiesh-but the whig con vent.on captured. him first, and being rough | from long exposure in military camps and i, ready" for either call and lise Barkis was willing" he accepted the first call, | and was elected by them.
 The transition from tented field to the l contrasting. and he died the first year of
 "'1 This as'sn %as ssfore Roosevelt organized the Ananias Club. before he hoisted the Taft l pennant and then got hoisted himself on 1 his own petard. opened his mouth so wide
 he got his, foot in 1t; before pepper ginger. l ed into this campaign. before fire alarm l Foraker rang his last fire bell and got
 n, n tank tank of T @ ana oa l will be. in oil generated in his own obesity | from over exertion In caJoling labor unions l and the negroes in Ohio.
 This is a sad story, and have shed | floods of tears Crocodile tears) over the
 martyrs; but sadder stili the fate of the | came so near drowning in a pool of water | when there was no near beer at hand to l I have seen gold fish. gold finch. gold | nuggets gold brick. goldsmiths, fifty dol- | lar gold coins and gold bugs with wings
 but never saw one in human form tthis was | I have seen silver fish, silver smiths, sil- yer weddings. silver Things to- the clouds I and silver three cent coins tand have ham, | dled few of them.) This was before the 1 silver craze in politics.
 | l have seen bulls ana pull pens, pull 1 finch, bull fights and Irish bulls. bulies l and hill biiles, but never saw the Wall I Street bulls bull the market. nor the twen- | ty-two enraged bulls that broke out of their | pen in spain and Killed dozen people. I have seen the black bears. white bears, | Polar bears, dancing bears. hugging bears | and bear skins--this was after Adam and l Eve dressed in bare skins and before the | bears manipulated the markets in cotton 1 exchanges.
 I have seen cats and catfish-blue cats. 1 mud cats yellow cats channel cats, spoon | bill cats and catamounts; have seen fish l garden fertilizer tand this Is no fish story. ! This was before railroads and refrigerator l cars were so convenient for shipment. I have seen schooner loads of ice brought | to Mobile from Maine with supplement cargo of fresh mackereI and cod fish pack
 ed in the ice and a, eaten % iassn ced Sa. ,ss ,tss l before we had ice factories and before we | learned to make chowder out of cat fish l (no mean substtute), and beforettne mack erel grew so small.
 | have seen men and boys caps made out 1 of dog skins and ladies gloves made out | of squirrel skins: This before the | worthless dogs tnot all of them)-dogs with | tails and without-were killed In Montgom-
 cry and selma by the police and "there- | by hangs a tale.'
 | have seen turtle nests in the sand on
 the margin of the river with peck of l eggs-I have seen guinea nests with dozens | of eggs in them and sold in the market for | cents a dozen. This was before the high
 grade hens-Plymouths; Lesnorns; s ;osn.ad lndiaa
  I trust and eggs went up to high protective | and prohibitOry prices. .- | have seen bread baked in Dutch ovens | and Johnny cakes baked on a wooden
 board before the fire; this was before sel-
 ma had a wharf for steam boats with an | accompanying elevator and warehouse, ana l before the sheath gowns living models 1 made attractions for the Montgomery Fair l have seen jay birds jay hawkers, popln- I jays and Jay Gould, but never saw Madam 1 de Anna de Boni de Castelain, either be-
 fore or after she bought q new husband ] This was before returning board Hayes ! waved the magician's wand and by the magical numbers, eight to seven' lifted ! himself into the Presidential chair.
 It is strange that all the Whig Presidents | died early during their term of office and ! all the Republicans were assassinatea ex, 1 amphibious animal-for either land or wa
 ter~and did not know his politics till in-
 iGr%ed .tge 9y the ssGesr eosed hs
 | And kind providence permitted Hayes
 to retire and repent before oeath or the
 grand larceny of the Presidency.
 have seen bars of iron, bars Of soap,
 lawyers bars mosquito bars and bar
 rooms and now see bar rooms an mag mag on
 sand bars and quaff soft drinks of mixed 1 mud and river water .. ,, r | have seen delicate tlmid girls who
 went into spasms at sight of diminutive | mouse but were not afraid of large rats. | but handled and nursed them ana 1, maue | nests for them in coils of their siiken | This was before Dentists extracted teeth
 without pain (to the operator), before bal | looms gave way to aeroplanes which makes | successful flights uEtil they come to grief.
 and before orviiie wrishts aero mobile
 was not propelled by the ,S proPsensrr at,r.s. and l himseIf was all Wright when he went up. l but aU wrong when he came down.
 l This was before Governor Conner and his l obedient Legislature tried to regulate or 1 confiscate the railroads by useless laws,
 and involved the state in expensive Itiga- | tian aod heforA he went up like rocket
 ton aa. ano down like stick.
 anu S"s Senex No. B.