The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-11-05

Joseph Jackson, first selectman of Per-
kins Corners, arose, buttoned his coat,
arranged his tie, smoothed back his hair,
and otherwise got into gear as becomes
the first selectmen - who has huge
amount of personal, as we'll as political
dignity to uphold. said he arose-he did
arise, both from the cracker barrel and
to the occasion - and he remarked:
"Looks to ne as though had better go
down and see Glenn before dark" SO with
this out of his system, he started for the
door - honk! honk! honk! Something
stopped at the door. One looked at the
other, the mountain didn't come to Ma
hommet-Clem came to the post office,
and saved the first selectman afore men,
toned from professional call at his
residence in the interest of the uplift
and moral aspect of the society of Per-
kins Corners. The selectman resumed
his seat on the cracker barrel. The sus-
pense was so drawn out could hear the
cat sing under the stove. The door open
ed and the much talked of citizen of the
corners entered, and what is more, as
Kipling says, he closed the door. He
went along to the counter and nobody
waited on him. Sparring for time he
dug up long roll of greens. The audi
ence looked at them suspiciously to as
! certain if they was genuine, for there
OH
Sellers, the meat pedlar, had got lead
half dollar in his change lately. Glen
I looked the gang over, and sorter smiled
a little.
Old man Adams ups an blurted out:
"Aint that the critter that's got the
whole town stirred up over his capers
with lot of New York bunco steerers?"
Bout that time in walks ST. Parsons, an
he had his badge on the outside of his
coat. knowed that meant he was after
somebody. ST he walks up to Glenn an
he seq, "Clem, spose got ter rest you
as suspicious character. Glenn laugh
ed little easy, as he alters does, an he
says: 81 s'pose you fellers are whole
lot curious to know what been up to
over in New York." SEE Glen. At this
the Hon. Joseph Jackson speaks up, an
seq: 6" allow, Glenn, it's about time for
you to explain few things to the salts
faction of the folks round the corners,
and l guess Elder Rabbit would like to
know. too, specially as you alters was as
poor as a razor back hog, an now own
the only ottermobeel in Perkins corners,
an hev quit tappin' shoes, and we will
have to arsk yeou to explain, Glenn"
1t was his powers of oratory that first
attracted the attention of the folks at
the corners, and that lead to his being
chosen the first man of the town, and he
was proud of the way he put the ques-
tion, kinder easy like, to Glenn soster not
hurt his feelin's; that was one of the
things that went to make Joe Jackson a
big man.
Glen thought little while, and finally
unloosened, as he saw he was up against
the judgment of his peers, and his fam
lily standing as we'll. So he started in
an told the whole yarn. He said: '1'll
start at the beginnin', and tell all the
the particulars from the time l left the
Corners till l got back with the goods.
Isl inspected his handcuffs). got let
ter from fellow in New York who said
he was hard up just now and had few
gold bricks left over when he went out OF
the mint business, and he didn't want to
sell them to the trusts, and he was look
ing for few honest men to sell them to
on the quiet, SO he could 20 out of business
a nd retire. WAL. reckon I am an hon.
est man, if l. do say it myself, and
thought that being as he was going out
of the mint business would buy up
few of them bricks at twenty-five per
cent of the weight of them, SO sold
John Siggins the brindle COW and draw
ed all the money had out the bank. and
went over to New York and met the
Teller. He was perfect gentleman and
used me fine. He asked me how much
money l had brought and told him,
three hundred dollars. WAL we went
into a jewelry store and he took gold
brick out of his pocket, and the jeweler
Teller weighed it, and he seq ''That will
weigh up to two thousand dollars" We
come out of the store, he put the brick