The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-15
J CulpepPer Discourses
 On Heroes, Past and Presen

with lagging manuscript, since they were conversant with unfinished chap ters in the mind of the historian. to betrsy hew ms rnan Into or forSetfuiness of that whose achievements were recited by many an embryo orator from Fridsy snow clad regions of the frozen North even to the borders of our beautiful 2 He e was was christened Cassabianca, and from careful parental training. fell into the habit of standing "on burning ' Sometimes, in my maturer years. I'm Inclined to discredit the charge laid to his parents, and think of the young hero as the victim of local and climatic ctes wsR d o fSr dGne see yoa a put your mind to 1t, there is at least a suspicion that there was something Ssot esS GaySy sS .boas Sow hs he into the deiusion that he was Meshack rein sass S, But sst sysP that ssuppgpsi ppsp fellows on the ship were seeking shell ter in cooler element and, for a long time. l have thought that stand as so easy S9 to Step o ssr aetraets e Somewhat s from heroic character.
 Cassy's biographer was a poet. (At least, he thought he was)
 Now, poet has great latitude of fancy. and sometimes gets himself into, painful fix of uncertainty, I think my last acquaintance with the truth ago. and if the biographical poet has had no positive informatlon as to the whereabouts of Cassy, his anxiety de-
 ''The Boy. ohi where was herr
 Of course. his quest began after the
 
 Perhaps. may enlarge on this, after 2 whiie-after taking up medern his-
 Hero worship comes as natural to small minds as falling off 8 log,n. and often spends itself in beautiful rhyme and entrancing metre.
 of approved Alabama history win be thus rhythrnically adorned:
 '-The man stood on the railroad track,
 And saw the "buligine" conin'; With all his lungs. he cried. Stand
 But the 'buiigins" kept on runnin'. "cet out of the way and let me pass
 For here come with a greasy facew Thus shouted the engineer. . gay ga-
 Then sisnailsd danger with "tootl But shout ana signal both were vain.
 For the man on the track had q
 storm in the brain;
 'Bullgine" and train rushed on where And the man on the track wustn't
 standin' nor iyin'.
 Then the ssa Kuriner cum with his jury to mi they was tired. the Kuriner he
 'GSot much remains; siaisly greasy
 
 Now. don't think Alabama history aeroes just after landslides. succeeded Perhaps Tn be pardoned for recOl- chastened and beautified the Cassabian- clan query of:
 sThe Boy. Oh. where was hegs into "Where are we at2" which has been adopted as the shibbo1eth of a great party until future generations
 I would Be recreant to duty if for got another hero who luxuriated in the legendary lore of my innocent and im- questionable years.
 had the. reputation of having been struck. There was no account of any particular ''rucus. and we are to why he was struck" 1t seems that Billy cared nothing about any un- Fortunate difference of opinion charge able with the pYovocation- of assauIt He wasn't anxious, so much. about the battery as the batter. and so he went about with an unsatiaf1ed quest-"Who struck Billy Patterson?"
 One day a great big fellow, out of pure kindness assumed the responsi- bility and confessed the deed.
 Sometimes men hide their intentions and seek one thing when they want another. Some men seek even the presidency to discharge an abundance of good upon the country. whiIeltrain- ing In the camp of destruction.
 It appears that the esteemed Mir. Pat tergon. whose only claim to glory was in having been struck" was, all the ton as, to ''whos to enlighten Che Y,1an who smote him as to the "hows-