The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-03-15


Judgs--I have thought about II and
yet. May, hate to talk or write about
incidents of the war.
MAXWELL. then. your Highness. I'll
try my hand at putting Il in an endur-
ing form.
Judge mo. I'll be switched II you do
Let IL alone. and some day may
write a book on THE Campaign In the
Valley" and will attend to II.
May--I hope your highness will moi
forget It.
Judge--It IL not likely that viii
I know. May. that no man Is hero to
his valet, but tell me. how does a great
man look to his Secretary
May--I don't know. your Highness
am sure. / never saw one.
Judge--Never saw one. You are dull
May
"Duller than the fat weed
wharf,"
Well. no matter. No man should be
called great until after he Is dead. Il
there no news from the front in the
railroad rate war;
May--Yes indeed there IL. and quite
lot of II. 1t 10 reported that Mr.. Fin
ley, President OF the Southern Railway
has given Colonel Russell carte blanche
Judger-Carte 6lanche to do what?
May--why. 20 come here and take the
medicine prepared by Corners Legisla-
ture.
Judge But did Russell want to taks
the medicine?
May--oh! no. my liege, but Mr.. Fin
ley told him that the company had CIV
en- him Private Car" and that IL tbs
medicine had to be taken. he was tbs
one to take Ii.
Judge---But why didn't Finely come
\
Maybe said the Directors of this
Southern advised him that his health
required the New York air, and be.
sides that, his system could not stand
another dose of the same medicine.
Judge--what system, his system. OF
his railroad company's system9
May-His system. Any way. he. sent
Russell here, and Russell told Govern
or Conner to let II pass. and II hi
wouldn't insist on his taking the medi.
cine. the railroads and the State would
be friends again, but Conner wouldn't
agree to II and said he must take tbs
medicine, and then Governor Johnston.
Judge-what? Did Joe Johnston adj
wise Russell to take the medicine?
May--well, can't say that. He just
told Russell he would stand by him and
hold his hand while he took II, and
maybe IL he rinsed out his mouth
nrst with some stun. Russell had
brough with him from Mobile. labeled
First of all, am an Albanian" that
Il wouldn't taste so bad.
Judge-What did Russell say to that?
Maybe said. zoe. we were in the
army together. touched elbows and
shoulder to shoulder, marched up to
the lannon's mouth. have been In
some dangerous places and have drank
some bitter draughts, but the witches
helI-broth in Macbeth was nothing to
this.
Judge-But where was all this?
May-My liege, In the Governors Of
fee in the Capitol.
Judge-were any others present?
May-Oh, yesi The Governors legal
advisers and several railroad attorneys.
Senator Lusk told Russell to take the
medicine. that he. Lusk. had tasted II
and that 1t was good, but Russell told
| him to keep still or shut up" and said
| to him, It depended a great deal on
what a man had been accustomed to
whether q thing tasted good or not.
Judge-Did weatherly say anything?
May-oh. yes, weatherly said the
smell of the stuff. let alone the taste,
made him sick, and that he didn't like
the apothecary who filled the prescrip-
tion anyway-~that he didn't give a
straw what they called the stuff. II
ought to be labelled. FLUID Extract
of Cold Grow. weatherly then asked
Russell IL the taste wasn't horrible, but
Russell didn't answer him until he had
/ turned to General Harrison and asked
| him to please give him a handful OF
| auinine and another pinch OF asafoetida
| to take the taste out of his mouth. and
then told Weatherly that 1t was moi
necessary for him to say whether II
was bad or not. but that he would