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'haq hll, says the jury ~~ if .you .

can get samuel into court, but you cant, even mpses hatch can get nothing out of samuel who then, talks jacksonian principles, and the nights of .an american citizen, lefus pursue this matter\a Mffe fartherp and form a committee of investigation, where did mr. todd learn anything about jacksonianprmciples? from mr. samuefnnce, wrrom they have spojcen of for moderator, and where did mr. price learn of these principles?any. onerin coniston.will fenyou that.mr. nnce waked a specialty of orators and oratory, and wilfhord forth at the drop of a. hat m lonah.winchs store.or anywhere else. \yho is mr. ptrice? he is a tail, sallow young gian of eight.and twenty, with ar wedge-shaped face, a ,, ache for and a methodist, .whofarmrm a small way on the southern slope, and. saves his money, he has .become almost msu pp or table sin ce. th ey have nam ed mm for. moderator, get mr..sam price mid court, here is a man who assuredlyIqtows, who they.are: if we are, not much mistaken, he is their mouthpiece, get, an eel into court... there is only one man in town wno can hold an eeL and he isnt on the jury. mr..price wifljalk plentifully, in ms nasal way-but ne wont ten you anything: mr. price Ms ibeen . nominated to fill deaconlysahder richarasons shoes m the following manner: qne.davin the late autumn a man m a coonskincap stops besidemr. prices woodpile, where mr. price has been chopping wood, pausing occasionally,to r stare off through th^pin'ple haze at the south shoulder of conist on mountain, now* be you, jethro'/says mr. price, nasally. d~ democrats .are talkin some of namm you. . moderator next, meeting says the man in the. coOnskin cap.. want, tplaiowr ejaculates mr. price, dropping the axe and straighteningnp in amazement, for mr. price?ambition soarednohfgher,,andJiehad made no secret of.it. wall whard you near that, jethro? nheerdit round --..some, a-democrat ~:haint you ~ ~ democrat?, always callate to be. ..I-Jacksonian democrat?, guess i be. silence for a. . , while,that mr. price rtmyfeel the gavefm his hand., which he does, know^somewhat about lAtksonian principles, dont ye ~~Iqaoxvsomewhat?" callate to, says mr. price, proudly. J-talk em up, sam ~~Y~talk em.up: c canvass, t sam" with.tnese words of brotherly advice mr. bass went, off down the road, and mr..price.chopped no more. wood, that night; but repeated to himself many times mhis nasal voice, Twant to known"m the coursetof the next few , weep various gentlemen mentionedtq mr, price that he had veen spoken, of for moderator, an d he uecam e t, acquainted with the. names of the other, candidates on the same mysteriqus ficket who were mentioned. whereupon he girded uphis.foins and went, forth and preached the word pi Jacksonian democracy.in all the farmhouses . roundahput, with such effectihat samuel Todd and others were able to talk with some fluencyJbout the rights of american citizens, question before the. committee, undisposed of: whq nominated samuel price for. . moderator ? samuel price gives the . evidence, tells the court he,does not know, znd.is duly.cautioned and excused.let us call, next, mr. eben.williams, if.we can.. mosesJiatch. seniorShas already inferrpgated him with all the authority oTtheiayv and the church, for mr. walliams is orthodox, . though the deacons, have to remind him of his duty once in a wmte. eben is timid, and replies to usv as.tomqses. that he nashearcTof the democratic ticket, and collates that. fletcher bartletf. who has always been the leader of the . democratic party, hasna,med the ticket.he did not mention jethro bass to deacon hatch, why should he? what has . jethro bass got to do with politics? eben fives,on,a southern spur, next to amoscuthberf, where you cap look off for forfy miles across the billowy mountains of the wesf. from no spotm coniston town is the sunset so,fine on distant farewell mountain, and ebens sheep feed on pastures where only mountain bred sheep can cling andthrive, conisfpn, be it known, at this.time is one of the. famous woo; towns of new england:. before theindustry,went, west, wifi qther industries, but eben wmiamss sheep do not wholly belong to him they are mortgaged ~~ and evens farm is mortgaged, jethro bass eben testifies to us ~~ is in

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