Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-04-23
Charleston. VI. Va.
April 10, 1890.

April ID, 1890.
Editor indrpcH0c!t:---
If YOU arc ever seized witt, an ir-
rcSistablc impulse TO break into Il
Rank. take my advice and break in
from the inside. The wherefore of
This, having read in the papers Of
a negro boy who brok" into one in
the upper end Of the State, and
drew Il sentence, an honcsi-to-go0d-
MISREPRESENTATION kind. of year
| think il was. for each penny.
which aforesaid sentence was exc
cutrd p. Il. Il. Not far from there, a
cashier or some one broke in from
The inside, and has been granted
three stays OF his sentence to a So
iourn at the government prison at
.Nlania-iil the hope that the Pres
iLrn' would pardon him. DO YOU
;>ct ne: ! think YOU DO.
The OF! Roman VINO sad those
words about Tcmpora muiantur,
Inc ilncS do change and we change
vain Them WAS Il wise old guy and
said an carlul. Some wears ago we
can remember when Grosscup had
Governor or to be considered as
farmer, and WAS content to be
known us The cousin or something
OF somckind Of judge or other some
where out west. Now he is held up
rs second Dcnlalus, the old 10
man gccZcr who was taken away
from his pillow to govern the en-
pIrc. or who they tried to take away
Tor thai purpOsc-and also as the
only original Big Noise in bust
ness point of view and that ever
came down the pikc-GrosscuD,
not the Roman with the Dentist ad.
sounding monakcr. Pardon the
hazincss in regard TO Dentatus, l
diSrclncmbcr my history, but re-
member The poetry part-hi>
speech TO the nominating conven-
ton or the committee, whichever
they had in those days:
"My name is DentatuS,
At Rome l was natus,
Pm no small potatoes,
AS is very we'll known.
But King-I can't bear it,
And a crown-I won't wear il,
prefers my billed cabbage,
To a seat on throne"
Which noble sentiments SLOW
that he was not a republican or a
cog in the machine" as no one ever
knew of man in that shape ever
declining anything but kicks, patent
medicine and advice, which Josh
Billings told us ARE more blessed
to give than 10 receive"
The last session of the Legisla-
turc having been 4 short one, we
were robbed of the jnicy scandals
that crept Out On others, such as
"a Senator getting his son, who was
pursuing his studies and the col
lese windows at Morgantown, an
appointment rs committee clerk
for tho session at five SheckelS a
day or so, and another who got the
old colorcd man that MIXED his
COW at home and who had never
seen the fair city Of Charleston, a
similar position, where he never
saw the per" from the job either.
And now Eye that have bushes to
shed, prepare to shed them now
of The one who brought fapper
friend on here from Baltimore dur
ing the session and made her a
stcnographcr ut five or six per, and
when her affections were "claim-
jumped" by another, refused to O.
X. her pay check, thereby causing
The fair but tickle female 10 give the
scheme away.
Passers by On Capital street some
days ago, were refreshed by The
sight Of an oilice-holdcr also hold
ing UP real old fashioned "Bcfo'
de Wa jag. Which brings to mind
The persistent rumors that like
BaDquo's ghost will not down.
that all the cOnfscated liquor does
not go down the sewcrS-only the
undesirable lois. You know what
happened to the firearms confis-
Gated on Cabin Greek during the
reign Of civilian the Accidental"
don't you? But as Kiplins says,
THAT is another story"