Janesville (Wia.) Gazetie
tell the following good one of our
stuttering, and exceedingly witty
friend. Lute Taylor, of the Prescott
(Wis) Journal-. Last winter Lute was
traveling in the stage with a party of
gentlemen, among whom was a not
ed Democratic politician from Minn
esota, now a. candidate for a State
office. The "day was intensely cold,
and the company were obliged to
stoy occasionally to warm up. Halt
ing at a little inn by the roadside,
the Democrat invited Lute to take
a drink oi' whisky, to which he very
readily assented, and as Lute was
both thirsty and cold, he turned out
a stiff horn, swallowing it instanter,
and repaired at once to the stove to
thaw out, Lute’s free and easy style
suited the Democrat to a dot, and af
er finely imbibing himself, he walk,
ed up to Lute and said : “I’ll bet
any man ton dollars that you are a
Democrat.” As Lute is awful Rad
ical, t his touched his pride, and he
replied in ..is usual stammering style:
“1 a-dvise y-you n-not to bet more
m-money tha-than you wish to lose.
1 h-havc the symptoms, but not the
disease.”
Raii.road to Mexico.—An appli
cation is before the Mexican Congress
for the concession to build a railroad
from the City of Mexico to the Uni
ted States line. The report of the
company s engineer has been made,
and it shows no serious engineering
difficulties in the way of the enter
prise. The slopes of the Siera Madre
are thc chcif obstacles, and they are
not insuperable.
