And then, there's so many poor in the legislature to be looked after," said the contractor with a sort of a chuckle, "isn't that so, Mr.Bolton ?" Eli Bolton replied that he never had much to do with the legislature.
"Yes," continued this public benefactor, "an uncommon poor lot this year, uncommon.

Consequently an expensive lot.

The fact is, Mr.Bolton, that the price is raised so high on United States Senator now, that it affects the whole market; you can't get any public improvement through on reasonable terms.

Simony is what I call it, Simony," repeated Mr.
Bigler, as if he had said a good thing.
Mr.Bigler went on and gave some very interesting details of the intimate connection between railroads and politics, and thoroughly entertained himself all dinner time, and as much disgusted Ruth, who asked no more questions, and her father who replied in monosyllables: "I wish," said Ruth to her father, after the guest had gone, "that you wouldn't bring home any more such horrid men.

Do all men who wear big diamond breast-pins, flourish their knives at table, and use bad grammar, and cheat ?" "O, child, thee mustn't be too observing.