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Bill Arp's Idea Of The Change System Iu Politics

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Day
9
Month
November
Year
1883
Copyright
Public Domain
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BUI A.rp iii Atlunta Coustitution. One time theie w.is au oíd tramp gr ing aronnd perusing the country tud ioöling the people out of a living, aiid one day !. :¦'¦ the odor of a good ;!i' ner as he neared a farjn house, and so he pre.teu.ded ho was a, olock-tinker,aiid tbc uususpecting old farmer got Jiim to work on his clook furnia dinnei'. Well, he got his dinner irst, andtheu toïd the old man to stand up in front of the clock and wateh the swing of the pendnlnni, :'.nd every timo it went back-Wdrds and forwards to keep timo with hls hand and say: "llere she goes nnd therc shc goes, vvhüo ho (tho tramp) would stand back at the door and ge t the beat of it by ]ii car, and so teil whether it v.'asgoing too i'.-'.st or too slow. So the old man stooJ up and began liis little song: '-Ilcro she goos :md there she goes," and he kept it upabout ton rijintites, and n lookitig around, lie. found the irainp was gone. Tliese oüicc-seckers :-ehrüc .-.nd ilot aiid tont first ono Jiir.'ü uid liifii tnotiiei" Aid bob up ikc : küdoft on a elod of dirt until they get au office, and about the time they get lixed in it goffd. and liave theirfeeton the banistera, and a pipe in their mouth, a chango lia.s to !jü made and over t'ioy go. Here she goes andthere she goês "1 say, ma, here's a riddle, made it myself. What'a the differenee betweeu tho wnx-iigger of lady, and pa nol letting me go to the circus last weck?" "Cause one's a sham dame and t'otlier's a da - Oiv! ow! ow! ow! ! th:it liurt?. I teil jou, can't you take a feller o' yo'.ir size?"

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Ann Arbor Courier
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