Show TURNED JOKE ON HIS FRIEND Political Orator Delivered Speech the Other Had Prepared In tho Hayes Tllden campaign tho Hon W W Rico of Worcester Mass was a candidate for Congress and made n desperate fight for his election elec-tion Ho had secured tho aid of n friend of Gen Butler to speak for and with him On tho 20th and last night of tho campaign Mr Rice who before that had always spoken first said to his friend ns they were driving to West boro Joe you must speak first tonight to-night Tho reply was I have raked after tho cart so far and decline respectfully respectful-ly to change tho program Mr Rico Insisted and his friend said Well what shall I talk about Anything you please Tho thought flashed through hi friends mind to play a llttlo joke on the principal and ho replied All right I will open tho meeting and give you tho pleasure of closing It Mr Rico had prepared carefully a speech which ho had given at all his meetings and his friend had heard It so often that ho was familiar with all Us details When the meeting was called to order Mr Ricos friend was Introduced as tho first speaker and exhausted In his own choice of words every point of Mr Rices speech As ho sat down Mr Rico slapped him on the Unco and said Joe when I got you out of doors Ill give you a sound spanking Which ho forgot to do ns ho had enough to do to extemporize extem-porize a speech In his turn at tho wheel |