Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1912-03-08 | Page 3 | Revised Version

Revised Version. Senator Bankhead, discusing an eloquent elo-quent speech that had been rather -poorly reported, said: "The report spoiled the speech. It V was like oid Hiram Earwig's account v of Daniel Webster's last word. Webster, Web-ster, you know, as he lay dying, uttered ut-tered the profound and significant sentence, "I still live.' Well, Hiram vRarwig of Skeeter Beach said to a visitor from the city: " 'Yawp, life's onsartin. Wot wuz it that thar New Englander said Webster. Web-ster. I think? Yawp, it wuz General Dan Webster. He got off a good thing Just afore he died. He riz up in bed , an' says, says he': , " '1 ain't dead yit! ' " Baltimore Sun.