Oxford eagle., 1912-07-11
WONDERFUL CREAM.

\ Farmer" had been published
in The EAGLE that could see
the people in knots and crowds
all over town discussing excited :
" this wonderful piece Of learned
literature. Finally the Hon. Top
Chiffon suggested that We have
4 mass meeting AT The court
house. Il was one Of the great
est, largest and most enthusiastic
mass meeting ever held in La
Fayette County. The cour,
house was Overflcving. the
square was full Of people and the
main streets packed full for
hundreds Of yaris back from the
court house. In fact an over
dow meeting was held at Chill.
tou's drug store. Then you
could actually see the walls OF
the court house expanding and
contracting Ike a huge lion
breathing on account OF il being
packed 40 full of people. The
Hon. Felix McClellen had lust
cone 70 town in his new 10 horse
power automobile and the people
elected him chairman of this
meeting by reclamation Then
it proceeded to elect secretaries.
which resulted in the election OF
Hon. Glen Roberts secretary and
Hon. +. II. Kimmons assistant,
After the completion Of this
wonderful mass meeting then
some Of the most magnetic go.
quence turned loose that ever
fell from the lips Of men. Their
verbs and nouns were short, their
adlectives and advsrbs were
caustic, and their couiunctions
scarce. They were very bitter
IN their denunciation Of the posi-
ton taken by the Farmer in
regard to the Noted Dreamer
and physician" The most
eloquent speakers Of the occa-
sion were: Hons. Jim Taylor and
Geo. Anderson OF Cambridge.
Hons. Buck Collins and Or. Hub
Waits Of PhiladeIphia. Hons.
John Kelly and Dr.. J. T. Barry
of Lafayette Springs, Hons
Monroe Johnson AID John Wills
Sharp of Tuls, Hons. Jim Langi-
ster and Clarence Eskridge Of
Delay, Hons. Buck Tatum aad
Dan Mitchell Of Taylor. Hons.
VIII White and Or. Mathis Of
OrrwOod, and Hons. Jack Jones
and Poston Shipp of Burgess.
There wss a very heated aryu-
rent between D.. 4. g. B-anler,
and uncle Jack Littleiohnas
% the cons.itA 'uality of : 10
proposition before the meeting
Or. Bramlettook the position thar
it IL constitutional and uncle lack
took the negative ate. Uncle
JACK hurled his two hundred
pound argument at the doctor
with such force and in the wild
and tarblent scenes the doctor
Kept hls position Ike a rock.
gazing n the scene with looks OF
admiration. ike another Ajax on
the heights OF Olympus defying
the arguments OF his opponent.
Before any one had time to make
any remark on this sudden out
burt Of the wild and turbulent
scenes, he deliberately arose.
struck theatrical attitude.
waived his right hand and ex.
claimed IN sonorous tones:
Life IL too short for such wild
and turbulent scenes,
Life is a dew-drop, pendent on
flower;
\ sunbeam glinting DER a string
of pearls;
y vision of the future dimly seen +:
A little snow flake on a turbu-
lent stream:
\ maddening rush DER a dread
cateract.
An atom borne on the breeze OF
time,
Pinioned with hope for eternityl
The crowd clapped their hands
with impulsive enthusiasm, for.
getting the wild and turbulent
scenes of the meeting, while un-
der the magic spell and poetic
flights of the eloquent speaker.
Just at this point the chair ruled
them entirely out of order. Now
after first fash of electrical en-
thusiasm had swept over the
meeting, caused by this flow of
eloquence, the Hon. Tom Smith
crowded his way to the front of
The rostum, and in a cool, quiet.
calm. digniied way read and Of
tered the following resolution:
Whereas, it appearing that the
Noted Dreamer" and ..Physi-
cian" were in a friendly chat"
through the columns of The
EAGLE as TO the mental and phv-
sical condition of Noted Dream
err and the remedy TO be used
oy him, and; Whereas Farmer"
had to "butt in" with his curious
IDEAS, and; Whereas 1t appear
ng that Farmer" does not
know the difference between a
mythical story and a dream"
andi Whereas, the testimony of
Farmers" letter seems to be
n favor of Cruelty to Animals"
md; Whereas, he had TO resort
10 Ben Tillman's manufacture of
words to convey his ideas:
Therefore, be it resolved by the
people in mass meeting assem-
'led that Farmer" be rendered
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