The Republican journal., 1885-03-19
The News Of BahbletoWn.

ANOTHER LETTER FROM JEFF DODGER.
MISTER EDIrER; l will try to gather up
brains enutf today to write you a little more
about us critters up here. My surroundings
amt Jest what they should be for fust-class lit
terary work. Rhoda has made a diskivery late
ly. an so have /. She has diskivered that she Is
q nateral-born musicianer, an have dskivered
that she aint. I'm gttin the full benefit ov her
diskvery nowadays. She has got pianner an
old Gamut's gal, Susan, is tryin to larn her to
sing and play. Doctor Homes says:
"A few can touch the magick string
An noisy fame Is proud to win 'em;
Alass. for them that never sing.
But die with all their musck in EN-
Il aint above borryin a rhine from anuther
poet when | happen TO think of one that is
about what want; it saves me the trouble ov
maxim one. An while l borry I'm willin to
lend. II any ov you find a use for any ov my
poetry YOU are welcome to it, l say alass! for
them that live within hearn distance ov those
who is forever huntin arter the magick string
an never make out to find it. If nothin hap
pens shall die as full ov musck as eg is full
| ov meat. 1t is graerfyin to know that | have
some things in common with other filosserfers.
Now there is Emerson he couldent sing any
more'n crow; he rit poitry sometimes, SO do
| 4; he warn't hansome, Rhoda says wont new
er be hung for my buty; Emerson split his
shingles difrent way. when he undertook to
do little Singing, l never made bo-pin but
l was ashland oy it afterwards. Emerson's fiji
oserfy may be little deeper'n mine, but think
mine is the widest.
Rhoda is in the parler sarchin in vain for
that air magick string. George Willum is salt
ed down in the cradle asleep. Lemme see,
where am |? have hearn people say that a.
soon they dipped pen into ink thots
would begin TO tricke from it. Now | have
dipped mine in as fur as the bottom ov the ink
bottle will allow, an hant had a trickle yit. 1t
/ is sometimes as hard for me to git an idee out
ov my head and onto paper as it is to git tur-
key to roost where you want her to.
/ 1t may be nterestin to your reader. to know
what us Demmircrats are dom to secure our
share ov the fruits ov the great victry we have
won. TO the yicters belong the spiles,' bein
the leadn arterce in our creed, we have had it
workt in woosted an framed an hung in Pog-
sons store. From the fust it was aparunt that
there wouldent be avalerbul otfises enuff to re-
ward us all as we desarve. The other mite we
held a sort ov informul meein at Pogson's an
parshally decided on plan ov acktion. claim
it was the most HARMONIOUS Demmercratich
meeting that has ben held in this State for q
Very long time. 1t was unanermuslv decided
3 at pooSoD Sbo have he off
only di>cOrd ov the evenin was caused by old
Traddles who wanted TO be made Justis of the
Pcce. A dispute ariz as to whether it was The
Preserdent's bzness to appint Justi.es. The
meetin seemed TO be pritty ekally divided or
this pint.
Skip Sklllins is goin to have our united asis
lance in securin remunerashun for time he spen
in Canady duTin the Republcrcun war. Hi:
claim is a strong one an there is no dout it will
be allowed. Old Swtchem the skoo master
thinks the party owes him somethin for an ar
tcrcle he rit in war times denouncin the guy
ment. He has since rit artercles advercaiI
Rerublcrcan docktrin, which he felt might,
| prowd ov at the time. but denies ritn now.
do say il. he is one ov the most invetrit o fiji
seekers know ov. He has sot it in every par
ty that has existed sence he was ov age. al
without sucksess so fur. I'm so situated that i
is iupo>serbul for me to secure my share in Thu
spilcs, but | expect to be remembered by III!
more forunat Demmercratick brethrin.
1t ha- ben decided that each aplercant for of
rs Shall git Up petishun settin fourth the per
ticker kind ov party work his AK was dulled in
an namn the kind ov a stone he wants to grin,
ii on. These petshuns are to be sent to head
quarters by Eb. Easy. Eb. says he will 90 Il
Washington with them if we will pay his bills
He is the one one in this place who has travel
much. Eh. was soldier in the Repubcrcal
war an lost an arm at Petersburg. We was
little packard about acceptin bis offer at fust a
We afraid That his empty Sieve might lca
% some embara>sin questions as TO his anterce
dents when he presentid himself at the caper
toll. Eb. made that all right by sayin that if an
questions was aXed he'd tell EN- he lost his arm
in saw-mill. Eb. was formerly Republer
can an voted the Rcpublercsn tikct last fall
but sence elecklion Poeson has got hold ov hin
am ein him to understand that if he don't vot
with Us he will lose hi, penshun, which la
had the lcnduncy to make pritty good Dem
imicrai oN him. Bob Veal. who is always o.
the look out for a chance for d spcckerlation
sugesid that we should pool in an buy a hetit.
he had TO SELL fat her an sell her an take tn
pro>etd- to pay the expenses ov Eb. jur
ncV. We have bot the htfer an are boariin o
of her round. I'm boardin her this week Sh
is leanPr'n Il slab, an has got an appylite like al
OK. (lt is my prlNet opiniun that Bob ha
cheated Us like Sam lide.)
Believe wont draw any harder on my stoc
l., I,,t If IL