Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-04-18
The Old Man Comes to Town.

Deer Mister Eieer-I went to your
Sitty and i tel yeau I seen a CRATE
menny sites that wus oful funny. When
I cum home I wus a tellin of the boiz
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mind the pigs and cnikins so i hant
seen mulch of yewr butif1e sitty an I
tel yew i wus suprized. l kant tel yew
abeaut oil i seen but lie tel yew a fue an
speshuly about the printin offs. the
boiz sed i better be keerful an not git in
the wa if i went in the offs an i mustn't
medal with things, so i went up an a
Teller KUN VI an sez howdedo Jest
like he newd me an wus ofle petite.
Mebby he he'd heerd of me but i didn't
no him. vel purity quick i saw a Teller
takin orr his cote an i thort mebby l
wus in the wa 80 i SHE'D tord the dore
an tole him id go down stares alone,
but the plite Teller sed they wuz goin to
print an the Teller wot TUX orr his cote
he GRABBED a big wheal, so l thot id stay
an see en- print. l put my hans behind
me to be sure al not medal with moth
in an got roun behind the masheen Jest
as she started Goshl but didn't she do it
neat. she grabbed a sheet O. paper an
hustled it round an l got up real clus to
sect cud tel whar it cum out an purity
quick i herd sumthin go flap jest like id
hit my little bow with a single, an out
kun tibet paper rite into my face
kerplunk, gewhilikinl but want skairt.
i was afeerd id bin medlin but i looked
round an thar wuz my hans behint me
all strait huff but the fellers snikkered
an i tole the perlite Teller i gessed the
boiz needed ME tew hum so he Civ me
a papur an how'd nice an tole me tew
KUN agin, an i CESS i will for the boiz
sez tibet wus yewr offs, an tina don't
think the fellers snikkerd at me. SO do
yew nc sumthin about the kreel case ?
the boiz thot yew wood. I heerd so
mulch about it, an l axed a man what
it He sed it wus a bad case Of
embezulmint on the part ov Mister
Kreel. he didn't "a what part tho, an.
other nan sed he TUX sothin, but don't
bleeve he wood of he hadn't he'd the
embezulmint so bad, an jest ez like ez
not that's q yarn; emmy how / hope hes
better now.
The boiz told me id better 60 to the
Bennum house tew dinner. a man
showed it tew me m in i went. Well
sir you never saw how perlite tina wuz
an the way them gurls piled the vittels
round me wuz a caution tel yew. l 81
all i cud an then tina didn't stop bringir
it IN. l tole Mister Bennum it wus
offul ixtravigunt an he'd shurely fale il
he did not live more ekinomikle, but
he sed he hurd i wus kumin m he thot
he'd git up a a good diner, AMI tole him
apreshiated the oner, so he how'd an
looked pleased an i cum away, i seen
lots more but i kant tel it all an mebby
lie rite agin.
P. s. The boiz sez this is all write
but id better sine my name m ak yew
tew send me the paper. so eff yew
pleeze Jest send | of them tew me. 81
yew kant git a chance tew send it jest
rite an lie kun an git it. direct to Kalit
! Knikksrbokker, thets me,