The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-02
LETTER FROM BuKIys.

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Naned-A Few Facts About Wa
Street.-The Corporation ComuI
sion-Our Honest Politicians
Spring Is Coming Along.
Correspondence Of The Enterprise.
BlIkingviIle. y. c.. March 81.
| hey bin readin' erbout the IN
an excitement they hev on the Net
York stock exchange. They he
sum animals thar called bulls" an
bears" that deal in all gortg O
stocks an bonds an lots ov othe
things. But I never hey onderetoos
| list how they got the names oy III.
| animals. i reckon hit IL bekase tn.
bulls an bears air so big an strons
that they kin lift up the price o,
stocks an bonds. when the market
gifts sorter ghaky, or they kin clint
up On top Ov the prices an press
them down when the prices git toe
high. Bears air nifty cute little an
imals. anyway. / hev seed sum ov
them that wuZ trained ter dance an
do lots ov other tricks Bulls don't
dance much. However, them Wall
Street bulls an bears generally cause
sumbody ter dance guide deal when
they git ter prancin' Ground in the
stock an produce exchanged, and
them that does the dancin' must pay
the fiddler
Them Wall Street fellers air crate
They try ter run the whole show
an they cum purity nigh dom ov hit.
They air the leadin' pollytishuns ov
the country, even IL they don't never
run fer offs. When things git dull
on the market they take a day off
an help ter eleckt a Preserdent,
few members ov Congress an
few Senators. Hit IL not true that
Wall Street owns awl the members
ov COngress-they don't need 'em
avian fer that reason we hev a
few honest Congressman an Sena-
tors left
| see sumpthin in the papers now
an then erbout the Corporashun
Commisshun. We people down at
haint never got hit
5trate in our minds what this Cor
DOrashun Commisshun IL, whar hit
cum frum nor what hit IL goin'. Ov
course hit IL awl rite or hit wouldn't
De here. You kin put hit in your
pipe an smoke hit that we never
leV anything in this State that amt
lite up ter the top notch fer our
)ollytishuns air rite up ter the top
notch in guide things an they air
)ulgin' over with piety an things
" that sort, an they kin turn a |
lot in to a prayer-meetin' on short |
lOtis-if they feel like hit, or VISA |
versa. II you don't believe this
cad sum ov the newspapers pub |
ished in this State an they will tell |
rOu awl erbout hit.
Well, hit looks like Spring il |
umin' erlong. The trees air bloom
n, the birds air singin' an the la
lies air lookin' GROUND ter buy new
hats. Another sign IL that the pol |
ytishuns air out shakin' hands an |
milin' out ov both sides ov their |
mouths at everybody they meet up
With.
l don't think l ever seed the polly
ishuns thicker then they air this
ear. An they mean business. You
ant git out ov site ov one till you
will see another a-cumin'. If we
ould hold awl the eandydates az sit
zens that hev bin ter Bilkinsville
turin ov the past few weeks, we
would soon hev a town az big az
then we could hev
treet cars, elecktrick lites an is
ue bonds fer the benefit ov the
'oard ov aldermen an them that
UNI after US.
The pollytishuns hev shook my
and till my shoulder IL rite sore.
eXpeck I'll hev ter hire substi-
ute ter do my handshakin', or
art ov hit, if they keep cumin, out
er Bilkinsville at the present rate.
Iy plan will be ter make the sub
tytute do awl ov the handshak1n'
n promisin', fer ov course, he will
ev ter promise ter vote fer aw1 ov
hem. If I wuz a rich man I'd hire
rbout two substitutes an tell one
" them ter promise ter vote fer
wi ov them an let the other one
efuse. That would set them ter
;uessin' an make things lively. Then
yhen you git pollytishun ter guess
n you hev him on the jump an
,eep him out ov sum other mean
less fer a short time. That hez bin
ne ov our biggest troubles: we most
.wlways sit still an do awl ov the
'otin' an mot ov the guessin', an
We git humbugged every time we
urn erroun perlitically. One year
lit IL the free an unlimited coinege
" silvur at the rayshow ov sixteen
er one, an the next year hit liz tar
IF fer revenew with little pertick-
;hun on the side. /
The more I see ov this country |
he more sert'in 1 am that hit IL a |
Dig country plum full ov people full
" PATRIOTISM an a willingness ter
Ill any offs from constable up. May |
be hit IL a guide thing fer if awl
xuz wurkin' an perducin' crops an
things we would soon hev overpro-
1uckshun an the country would be
N a wurse fix than ever.
Hit seems that civilization is sor-
-er hard on a country in sum ways,