Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-07-07
On the Porch at Pendag.
Yours TO command,
II. +. BOYER.

What do you think Of the Legislative
situation, Phiness:" said Tom. after
several pufTs al his pipe.
Dear boy, who can tell" said 7.
Mr.. ReardOn is as nice a gentleman a.
ever walked, but be is unfortunate bv
reason Of the fact that he has not the
gift of the Cab His public utterances
arc hating and stammerinc. leading one
TO believe that he is at Sea on the cues.
lions before Us, but when IL comes to a
letter in the COURIER, he is there with
the goods" 10 such an extent that we
laymeu feel he has had the benefit Of
that ready pen Of ready writer"
whose habitat, officially, isn't very far
away from the COURIER Office.
Common sense viii tell Us that MI.
Reardon is gentleman, but not quite
such scholar as that letter indicates.
Do we want man whose speeches in
the House are dictated and even written
10y the lawyers who are pushing him TO
the front?"
AS for Grigsby, l want to see him
elected We have had consultations
together that convince me he is good
man for Clarke county.
But the difference between Gricsbv
and Reardon Is very marked; the latter
has difficulty in expressing his ideas. the
former has difficulty in suppressing his;
but Grigsby's ideas are mostly "to the
good He stands right for roadS,
schools and the general interests OF the
County, and we coul0 badly find a better
man"
But, Phineas, said Dick. Il live here
where we want results, mostly in the
betterments Of the roads. Let me tel
you that from Berry's Ferry westward
we have the worst turnpike in the
County. From the river to The Vine
yard woOGs-just mile-there has beer
no improvements within two years. tC
my actual knowledge.
Who owns that $3.50 feet-the Turn
pike company or the County, There ST,
mud holes and stony places for over 60
feet of the distance, with no attempt a
improvement. That part, if s. turnpike
should be condemned"
Dick said I, you know I am
Grigsby man, but maybe you don't know
that Grigsby IS pledged 10 good roads
and think we can safely leave all sucl
matters TO his intelligence.
He knows on which side his brea,
. is buttered," and nobody but foe
would so against his constituents in
vital matter like that"
Say, Phineas," said Harry, "Ho,
about S,ruder and Boyer" Said I. II
is just what our dear doctor said Of him.
What's that?' said Tom.
"Struder," said I. Went 10 the docto
and asked him for his endorsement"
NO sir said the doctor, you AZ
such good magistrate we can't spar
You to the legislature. And that SCENE
to settle Struder"
! As for Boyer, his lengthy assertio
on Roman history seems 10 show tbs
his ideas are too old-fashioned. II
hardly seems to lit into any party tbs
is for the public good. I have neve
taken him seriously, though it was
serious proposition to read all of h
letter in which he announced that h
had not made up his mind to be cand
4 date, His ideas don't seem to strike
responsive chord in either Of the tw
principal parties"
Il am going to ask the Editor Of n
COURIER TO print our talk, boys, but
he thinks we are getting too persons
he will know who the man is who sigl
u 1t, and I'll tell him who YOU three f.
a lows are. So there you are"
PmNEAS
II