Show A STORY OF JOE Bjm KnCRX The following story is going the rounds about Senator Joe Blackburn It w s originally told by VicePresident Stevenson Steven-son at a recent dinner In a Kentucky town where Joe ws going to speak there was a hanging ret for the same afternoon Joes aral was heralded abroad and a large crowd wa on hand to hear the words of w adorn a-dorn and of eloquence which always flow from a Kentuckians lips Finally I the speaker arrived The hanging was a sideshow and for the moment was forgotten for-gotten In the anxiety to hear the famous orator But It was not forgotten Ions long The condemned nan suddenly Interposed Mr Hangman he said if I remerr her right I was sentenced to be hanged rmer not to hear Joe Blackburn speak I request re-quest that you go on with the hanging New York Commercial Advertiser |