Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1880 — An Earnest Politician. [ARTICLE]

An Earnest Politician.

1 once started out on a campaign, and went to a meeting and made a speech, and the audience began to depart. They went out one by one as I went on, until finally, beside the committee, who had to stay, there were only two men left, and they started to go. I went to one of them, and said, “My friend, are you going ?” He said he was. ‘ 4 Well, ” said I, “I won’t let you go until you promise me you will vote the Republican ticket. ” He said he would promise me anything if I would only let him go. [Laughter.] — Ex-Governor Bag ley, of Michigan. It has been estimated that about one hundred thousand miles of underground chambers exist in the lime-stone of J£entuolfy.