The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-23

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hna . Vast Health Re~orx-wher.
People Live oat Their Dzys-Gov
ernor Glenn and Duty.
Correspondence Caueasian-Enterpriss
| Bilkinsviile. y. C.. April Is.
| AZ writ you before. | am stii
earryin' the town or BilkInsville er
round with me an hit IL gtttIn' n 10
ov motifs frum the pabiick. Every
body hez bin heariu' ov the town an
they air wantfn' ter inspeckf hit, an
sum ov them air tryin' ter buy lot
an settle in the town. IL would
consent l reckon the popuIashur
would soon run up more than double
But l will never let Diikinsville XII
out ov my hands IL I kin help hit
The chances air that IL IL should Il
wouldn't be year before the polly
tishuns would be runnin' ov sum sor,
ov a game in the town ter save the
whole country an that would cause
trouble betwixt nabors. Before I re.
formed / wuZ in pollytieks up ter my
chin awl the time an kept the town
in hot water at the same time. Mrs
Bflkins seq she liz so glad that | he,
reformed an got out ov poilyticks
she don't know which way ter look
when she goes ter the front door.
will be lucky IL / am able ter stay
out, l reckon. Sum ov the other pol
lytishuns orter reform once an
awhile an see if it won't help them.
| l am sorter shut of frum the wurld
an don't know awl that liz goin' on.
But | kin guess at sum ov hit. kin
see Billy Bryan savin' the country an
maxim eloquent speeches at SO much
per speech. Billy liz bird. Mr.. Can
non IL awlso runnin' fer Preserdint
an IL awl smiles; so liz Mr.. Hughes
an a few others. Sumtimes | wish
[ had ennuff money ter run fer Pres
erdent, fer that liz one ov the main
things hit takes ter make the race.
Ov course a few trains air needed.
| But if had plenty of money could
cut apurty wide swat while hit would
| last.
They claim that Western North
Carolina, especially the part ov hit
| betwixt Statesville an Ashville, H.
| powerful healthy, an hit IL. Accor-
| din ter what sum ov them say, they
hain't never bin able ter git ennuff
| dead bodies ter start a graveyard on
less they cum frum distance, or, at
least, go off whar the climate liz bad
an git sick an then keel over.
But ] am not iokin-4 This IL a
healthy country. They never git too
| old ter take an interest in pollyticks.
| fite, trade horses an git married. Up
in these diggins a man who hez bin
hangin' erround fer 80 or 80 years
IL spoken ov az "sorter gittin' up in
years." After he gifts ter be a hun
dred years old they call him "olo
man Brown" "old Man JONES'" jist
ter keep frum gittin' him mixed up
with some ov hiz grandsons or great
grandsons.
But hit liz no wonder that people
live to great age up here, thew take
hit eazy, az rule. They air hard
workin' people, ov course, but they
don't try ter crowd a lifetime into a
year or two. An, after all, that il
the secrit ov a long and well-spent
| lifetime. Hit liz a serious mistake
ter try ter live too fast, ter try ter
burn the candle at both ends, az
sum ole feller once called hit. We
should be moderate in awl things
if we expeckt ter live ter be old en-
| huff ter take premium at the local
fair-an' git notis in the local pa
per.
The folks up this way believe in
guide stock an fat 'possums. They
kin talk erbout Jersey cows and
| blue-blooded breeds ov horses an
| hogs az guide az the average East
ern Carolina backwoodsman kin talk
pollyticks, an they seem ter know
the subieck just az we'll. An that
iz sayin' guide deal, fer purity nigh
every man in Eastern Carolina il q
polIytishun an knows awl erbout
how hit hez happened an how hit IL
goin' ter happen fer long time ter
cum. An they don't kept hit g
secret, az a rule. When pollyticks
would begin ter bile at Bilkinsville
hit wuz the same az sorghum-makin
| time in Indiana. That State liz pop
1lated mostly by poets an candidates
m they turn out poetry an perlitica
ssues at the rate ov forty stanZas
Der hour. I never could understand
Why Willie Bryan wuz not sitiZer
" Indiana.
| / here that they air still holdin
prohibition eleckshuns here an there
over the country. I'm not takin
any part in the fite on that line. The!
hev able champions on both sides
an between them they seem ter be
BILE ter manage thet part ov hit.
I hear thet Governor Glenn hei
withdrawn frum the Senatorial fite
He says hit wuz duty" that caused
aim ter withdraw. That liz n ev
name fer gittin' beat. A feller feel
nifty "dutiful" sumtimes when thing
air not goin' hiz way. DUTY" ant
patriotism" air words that hev 10
ov meanin' when a feller gifts in :
tite place. I hev had perlitica1 bee
in my bonnet several times. The,
kept up a powerful noise fer week
at a time an I couldn't half sleep
After awhile they'd quit buzzin' an
} fly erway. I knowed they had lef
an cou1d guesS the reason but