Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1892 — Jedge Waxem’s Political Proverbs. [ARTICLE]

Jedge Waxem’s Political Proverbs.

The Congressman that thinks this Government kin be run on $3.75 a week most generly eats with his knife. Thar is Congressmen that thinks it is trezon to taxpayers fer Uncle Sam to use a bath tub instid'ov washin’ in ihe crick. The Congressman that wares a paper kollcr and fassens his gallus with a shingle nale thinks $5,000 a yer is too much wages fer him. It takes some Congressmen a long time to find out the differents betwixt a paved street and a country lane. It's a sine of progress when a Congressman ain’t afeered to walk on a velvet carpet with his boots on. Thar’s a good deal besides legislashun fer a Congressman to lern in Washington. Some Congressmen never larns how to drink shampane without gaggin’ at the price. A Congressman that will ware a poalker dot cravat with a dress sute is always hollerin’ for retrenchment and reform. A Congressman that won’t pay his just dehts ain’t fit to make laws. Some Congressmen ain’t the fools they look, and then again some air. —Free Press.