The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-01-01
Sam Canary's Pension


Sam Canary's Pension.
Dgo,v a. do Snar'nnra III and snniro
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ht responded cordially "HoW q 40,
Souire Won't We come in " and he
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ness is mddlin dhvn' How's tater8
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dNe acres an counted on d hiT Iiela
but now the dry-rot's comm an they
Vnn't do nutbin' III anouoh "a dis-
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W Wpn't sell more n tive hundred bush
ii. lkch 2
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I 7Aa Scii W'ee' An tatefs Is plenty
TINS fan ! doubt if They fetch more'n
H.ty ceul~.
"Na'di, it's hald lines. sure enough.
ua= eXpectlu' about tNo hundred dollars
ou the mortgage this fail. Don't see how
can do Without il, mo"al
cant raise il, square. was calc'la-
t.n' to git ii our d tItm taters, but now
they're gone. There's the int'rest, any
W2t, an the / nyeds shiuGin', an Jul
any was 'loltIn on SEWN machine, an
! ~WoW I'm clean discouraged. Eve bout
uadr up my mind To give you back the
Mlm. Z" iulo the shops III the village an
et JuaH5 take boaiders. mate To do
u:It's dreadful NtHn AL round, an
llele's lue seven hundred dollars an all
lhc juD'icst l're tid. But / can't see no
o'her way.
The Squire gave a low, heSltating halt-
whistle, "hllt hl glance swept past he
uekell, unpAlnted old house. which
promised rair sport for the November
winds. over THE drought-bfoNned, hun
pdstule, Which the lingering September
~un sIoWed ~ be stlil "sprin4 poor.
Clearly ne cuuiH Hot GET for The farm the
r.-h,een hundued dollars when Canary
s-ili owed. liz must have some money,
lut ,he place.
"Auy bay 2"
"O.y uuu-H to winter: an shall
laHc 70 pinch At thar, rec kou.
Cant sam Arlp you little = suggest
ed The squire atIouGlA.
tSdm Square, Ne know what sam is.
Ndal, this eumner he's WIS an ever.
He's got lhe Shakes agin pritty bad, his
coughs staftin' Ip and he won't let lick
FL alone He's a good boy. sam is; but
tnel give him Ticker fer shakes III the
army, an he can't let it alone only bout
So long
SCOT the shakes in the army too,
didn't he Why don't You get a pension
tor BIN Kind q central malary, | reck-
on.
"Waal, do know We never reck-
oned TO come down to that The Ca
narys has always paid their own way.
BUT since this back pay come in, every
bodyS gettn' pension most. We need
il us much as auy body. an m0re'n three
"Ol course vou do. If Sam got malary
in the amy an broke down bis cOnsttoo-
tIon, there amt no reason why the guy
ment shouldn't help him. Guv'ment's
r.ch. Look at Jim Gayl0rd's folks that
Keeps the post office there to Mittneague.
They got pension for their boy that
they always supported, an that never
did a tan o work fore he went to the
army. Now look at 'em Mis- Gaylord'S
got her house painted an all fixed NJ
with store carpets an stuff, an they take
butcher's- meat twice week. Here's
sam comes home all broke down, an
YOU AM .julanv take care of him for moth
in. Is that right? What's right to the
rch man is right for the poor man. | say
That's what guvment's for"
"Thet's so, Square. The amt 10 gain
salin that But this world amt a very
fair place when We CIT at it,"
"it's fair enough 10 them that fights fol
their rights reioined the Souire. "There
amt nobody oils notbln' without. If vou
an ,Julanv 'snecls to sit here an wait til
guv'ment comes along an inuuires yt
out. am paints. an shingles your house
an bays We SEWN machine. cause you,
brother rot used nm in the army. you'l
vail one ,pel That amt the way the
Gaylords COT their pensions. nor the
Htcbcocks. nor the PoWerses nor none
of en-"
Daring this spcech the sonire hac
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