The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-07-16
and custom houses. They may
play Appollus, and plant and water,
bnt we want the increase.

bnt we want the increase.
Resolved, That Boss Tweed died
too soon. Had he lived till to-day
and Good hev taken George Willyum
Curtis and the Boston AdreTtiser to
his buzm he wood then hev been
willin to die. Like Moses, he wuz
near the promised land, but was not
permitted to enter into 1t.
Their wuz animated discussion
ez to the phrase "The Corners don't
give dam, etc., in the second res
olooshen. l objected to it as ineli-
CANT. / remarkt to em that now
that the Corners and the elite Nv
Boston wuz a weepin over the cor
rupshen Nv pollytix over each 9TH
er's shoulders that we must con-
cede sunthin to Boston culcher. Ell
Boston wuz willin to hist me into
the post offs, / shood at least be
willin to come ez neer Boston in
other respecks ez posable. The Erase,
Don't give a dam," don't meen
nuthin.' 1t wood be better TO. hev
it, Don't keer dam" This wood
be beginnin. We shood be gen
erous and meet EN- half way. Ef
Boston wuz willin to start down
ward toward the Corners, the Cor
ners shood be willin to try a climb
or two up toward Boston.
The alterashen wuz conceded,
with the ashoorence, however, that
no more wood be made We wuz
willin to alter our pbraseolegy, but
we insist upon the rite to spit upon
the floor and likewise to avoid mix
ed drinks. The Corners can't give
up her individuality.
Shood | ever 90 to Boston to con-
fer with our new brethren, am will
lin to put on billed shirt and a pa
per collar, but l will do nuthin more.
That is ez fur ez l will go toward
Republikinism. | dror the line on
that.
And, by the way, George Willyum
Curtis and Henry Ward Beecher
and them nice Boston ducks, want
to git to takin ther likker strate and
practise chawin dog-leg terbacker.
Likewise they wood be more sooth-
in to the feelins NV ther moo associ
ates shood they give over their alb
surd practis Nv putin on a clean
shirt every day. No man ken be
troo Kentucky reformer who puts
on clean shirt every day in the
week. He Gums too near bein a
bloatid aaistocrat and pampered son
NV luxury.
The resolooshens wuz past in a
hurry, for the meetin knowd that al
luz after a demonstrashen Nv this
kind Bascom asks the entire attend
ance to take suthin. He wuz ekal to
the emergency. The prospeck NV a
Dimicratic success, wich meens COL
lectin NV me wat | owe him after |
get back into the post offs, opened
his heart.
Then we he'd an old fashioned
Dimikratic season. We sung the
good old songs. "Way down in
Dixie" Maryland, my Maryland, "
well hang Abe Lincoln on a Sour
Apple Tree," and sich. and few
got so enthused that they sailed out
and made it warm fur the niggers in
the east end Nv the village. | believe
they shot one or two in their exu-
berance. Anyhow Pollock and Big
Ter, ez sune ez they herd us on the
street, shut up ther front doors and
barricaded EN-, and loaded ther shot
guns. They knowd what that yell
cent.
1t wuz refreshin seson and an
beginnin Nv the campane.
Whenever the Corners sallies out
and shoots a niger or two it is
shoor sine that the Dimocrisy is
To show our apresheashen We made
up a club NV one for HdrDer's Week
ly, wich l hev agrede to rede to the
people in Bacom's evry week. All
NV EN- kin understand some Nv the
pikters, EFF the titles under em are
read TO EN-.
PETROLEUM V. N,sBY,
(Hopeful.)