The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-11

Midshipman Clifford Pinchot. aide to
Gen. Perkins, reported that the gem
eral needed ammunition and had sent
MIN for a fountain pen to write a
check. What Saul supposed to be a
horse turned out to be a bull moose
and the two men hanging on his
flank, Adam Bede and John Harlan.
were said to be the Truth Tellers."
DO they tell the TRUTH" INQUIRED
Saul. To which Correspondent Champ
Clark replied, Say, Mister, you're not
King, you're the court jester"
Fresh from the battlefield on his
horse, Correspondent Watterson re-
| ported that as he left the field the
Democrats of the House were trying
to arrange the tariff schedules, "and
the carnage was frightful." Through
his glasses, Saul discovered the gen.
eral on the bull moose, dashing to-
ward the large general seated on the
putting green, followed by the tennis
cabinet. Saurs inquiry as to the
! identity of the nine men surrounding
Taft, was answered by the explanation
that they were his Cabinet, who will
get into the battle after it is over"
What was at first supposed to be the
| dawn Of day." turned out to be Col.
Jim Ham Lewis, and an engine Of
war;" to Sauls ancient eye was only
Governor Hiram Johnson. Even his
old friend, Joan Of Arc" was really
Albert j. Beveridge, disguised as
Mary of the Vineclad Cottage"
The action progressed until the
Bull Moose and it's followers were flee
, ing and the man with the golf stick
was preparing to leave the green. The
battle was soon over and Saul started
post haste for Washington to seek a
! job, declaring that he had been a life
I long Democrat since the battle ended"
One Of the striking features of the
evenings entertainment was a rendi-
ton of complete act of the tuneful
opera of Carmen by the vocalists of
the club in full costume This was
the famous act Of the bull fight, only
it was rendered with stranger charac-
ters than BiZet ever deemed Of, and
even the bull was replaced by a full
: grown bull moose. Entered Don
Jorge Perkinsario, champion bull
moose trainer OF the world, who an
nounced that the Mexicans, tired of
| bull fighting, wanted a sport that had
: some real hot tamales and chile con
! carne in it, which meant a bull moose
fight. President Garthe, after a whis-
/ pered conversation with President
/ Taft, announced that the President
Of the United States assures me that
you can have him (the Bull Mose) and
welcome
Carmen appears, 'historys gay CO.
quette," as Popular Applause" and
! sings, ITO win my smile the greatest
statesmen pause, but when my glances
seem most fair. then have a care, be-
ware, beware"
The Bull Moose paving and snort
ing, enters and then in order the to-
readers are introduced and invited to
explain their methods OF attack. Don
Roberto LaFollettio replies, I'm sure
l could have talked the brute to
death" but hastily rctires into the
group as the Bull Moose makes a
demonstration. Toreador Don Champ
Clark sang:
Il know the way to get that Moose so
grim,
Why don't they turn Bill Bryan loose
on him?
If they did that, I'd have a good
excuse,
For saying: "Go it Bill, Go it Bull
| Moose"
| Then they sang Carmen.
| Carmen: "But where's Don Taf-
ito? That's the man I'd call. by FAR
| the wOrthieSt Matador Of ALL"
| Don Jorge: don Taftio's good
fighter, people say"
| Caremen:
TOO good for any rough and tumble
fray
Frank and Forebearing, inclined to
show,
| a liberal mind to an ungenerous foe,
This little message he has paused to
write,
| I'm busy now, let Hilles run the fight
Yet he's the kind of man | hate to see.