The Republican journal., 1885-04-16
Men, Events and Things in Babbletown.


BABBLETOWN, April, 1855. If. dear rederS,
in spcakn ov the men, wimmen, events an
things in Babbletown, | seem to give more
prommy ynence to Jct1 Dodger IN them thing, in
which he takes an active part than to luther
folks an their atfares please charge it to my
deep-seated regard for the truth. Vhare is 50
much agoin here in he nam ov new, which
thare amt a word ov truth in. that il i only by
the use ov the gratest cIrcum>p peckshum that
I'm able to present you ondiuted fackts. !
feel it my duty 10 arknpige that one oy the
grate>t social PLEASURES (Rhoda says, e,ils) ov
Babbetown is gatherin round Pog-on's stove,
an aIkin over that kind ov lokal fiction which
some call naberhood go-e q. | must aI>o admit
that in The funi>s ov our pleasure we often
bring ourselves to accept as naked truth some
ov the most redcktIu- stories. Only the
uther day very narrcrIl missed givin currency
TO pece fabrication oy this kind. Last
Wednesday. ao a duzen or 50 ON Us was in
se>hun at Pog,on's deyi>in ways an means to
git ahead ov The Independents, Eo. Easy come
IN all tether white, with the news that Bob
Veal had broke his hossc> icy. Bob'~ ho~s is
the fastest one in town, aH consequently the
pride. more ,tricby speakn. the envy of
l> all. A, for Ell. he i, indebted to thi, hos,
for what little con>dcra>hun he receives among
WeiI-mcanin people. | cot ritin-bopk uv
P0g>on an sot out at once fo1 Bob> morpn Il
mile away. with the idee ov ritin up the accident
fer the Journal. | found the unforruuatr man
in the house, loobin size more cheerful Than |
thot ro>>l hui under the circumstances.
borryed h~ lead pencil, GOT ont my ritin-5ook
an told him what was thare for. Without
>ayin a word he took me out i'll the wool shed
led me up To an Old broken saW-ho>> an re-
minded me that it was the fuSI day ov April.
This let omwelcome ray ov lite in onto me,
an sent me home by The way ov JcnseS wood
lot, a e-timaiin on the way what the ptnul-
would cost me when | got currige to go to
Pogsons a@n.
Things are all the time creepin' inter the
ev'rl day life ov Il l5encdick which give pint to
the sage remarks oy the worlds CRATE mel n, no.
tably to >ich remarks a> that ov the inimortuI
axe, O pane, to the effect that thare is no place
ike home. Little events which help me to see
the truth ov this remark have been intrudin' on
my home life for a year or , on little mis-
cries which bid fair to soon grow inter era e
agonys are stoppin' at our house jest now.
Rhoda has got holt ov pece hat she thinks she
can sing an play. The title ov it is "Wi you
love me when I'm od:" or when mold" |
can't tell jest which. ] shall probably think a
dead ov Rhoda through thick an thin, but that
>ingin' eXyci>e oy hern is big strain on my
atfeckshuns. Some simpletuns, an some who
l.
say >omethin which they think is cute keep
ri4ht on saNin il oyer an over, till most ey'ry-
body hates 'em. Rhoda ant "A smpletun BY no
means, but wish she'd larn anuther pece, or,
what would be better forgit that one. | have
also gone so fur as to say that wished the man
who made that pianner had it, an | had the
steers It cost. Then thare j. the notion Rhoda
has got sence the wether begun to moderate ov
changin the bed round about ev'ry day, Coin
to bed in the dark has gott to bea dangerus feet.
Moren once lately have tried in vane to settle
down for the mite after gitin inter bed cross
WAYS. In my youthful days ulster be accused
ov gitGn up rong end ,. but | don't think it is
enything like goin to bed rong end ,.
Anuthtr hitler thing which tends to make my
nu>sin bottle The stopper to it has got inter
the disergreeable habit ov comm out at oueX-
pected times in the mite an irrigatin me with
George Wium'> rashuns.
Thare has ben no change in the politereal sit
uation worth menshunn sence | rit you last.
The Independents still claim ev'rylhing. an we
con>eed them nohin. The death ov that hetf-
er has obliged us to abandon the idee ov pre-
sentin our claims at headquarters by way ov
Eb. Easy. We goin right ahead Jest as
though the post-ottis ourn
We've acted on that sage advice
You may per.hance have heard,
An fitted up without delay
a cage for the uncauSht bird
Chat verse aint patented, I'm willin-yes,
anxious it should become common property |
Use it, dear friends, on all proper okashun-, an
If you don't have eny oka>hun for it on hand
make one.) In plain prose, Pog>on has fitted
up one corner ov his store for a post-otfi>, an |
we have got up subscripshun an bot him Il
post-mark. 1t is well to be prepared for th, |
best in sech things. If the worst comes YOU |
will have eny quantity of tine to take care ov
it afterwards. Yourn truly,
JEFF DoDGER.