Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-05-31
LETTER FROM THE COIsEERs.

LETTER FROM THE CORNERS.
Egm. Henory Wants 10 Re a Mason.
NECK on NorE1N' Hall.
Kilkenny CORNERs.
4 NJ You oud n n C 5s
a Il me down with
r. fether the other day when
- William Henery Gums In
k8Ss an ses he, kindly meek
FILA like, chester Ann, I bleYe
fssA. III iine the Mas0nsi' %
Esstaz..s william Henery Har-
&SASSSssSa@9 lroW son TippycRAOe
}e~s ScOOPer, ses I,
k6kASS sturnly.
sFsg - = 3 ut, Hester
s Ann, eyerybuddy
is a mason or a mite of Paythias or an
odd feller now days Tain't nOways
fashionable not to be mason or a mite
of Paythias or an odd teller, ses he.
Goodness nose, William Henerv,
you air odd enuf without jinin a sci
ETY. to make you more so. Eff you wus
emmy Odder We never Good get along at
all, :" ses I, rite Indignant. "Can't you
be satisfde with ther kind of Oddness
tibet natur give, which WIS born into
you an never cost you d cent, man ?"
ses I, fur I WIS reel riled to think tibet
he wanted to go to caperin to emmy
lodge at his time of life
"Wa-al, Hester Ann, I 'spose I
mOught, ses he, kindly respo lent
like. 1 Good see it made him feel awful
bad fur me to repose him, but he went
on an ses, q no I'm sOrter odd, Hester
Ann, an 50 be you, an tibet makes US
even. But Onestly, Hester Ann, I
want to jine the masons."
why, William Henery!" ses I, kindly
cool like, fur I Good see he had sOt his
he'd to jine, an I node I'd hev to be
Orful furm with him or he'd iine emmy
way. And so Iincluded to argy the
subjec and see eff / cOOdn't reesOn him
out of it.
"Wa-al, ses he, kindly slow an ker-
full, Il consider it a CRATE institution.
"WhoB good will it ever do you,
thet's what I'd like to no" ses I, reel
curt like
cit mought DO beep of good sum
day" ses he, es meek as Moses.
In WhOt way?" ses I, kindly mildly,
fur 1 Good see he wer determined to
jine, an when William Henery gifts con
trairy he is wurser'n Adams off OK, an
so I thOt I'd try kindness.
LIS DAA NY AD6LduC5 Ju6G Tile more
you let a man think he's q havin his
own way, the more he is a dom jest es
you want him to.
An so I thOt I Good afford to be
kindly mild.
When I arsked him in what way, he
rubbed the eend o. his nose with a
corn cob, sorter infiictiveIy, an seo he
why, they air bOun to take keer of
a Teller when he's sick" He sed it jes
es tho he wer awful glad he he'd thot
of q reson.
I furgOt all about a goin to keep
mild ct thet, an jest billed rite over, an
sed. sturdy, es 1 looked him rite strate
into the eye: Can I not take keer of
you when you air sick es we'll es emmy
mason or mite Of Paythias OF odd Teller
tibet ever lived ?"
He kindly wilted down at thet, an
ses, kindly week:
But, Hester Ann, thets a part of
thare religion; thay air bOun to do it.
Thay fix fur it. >"
1 he'd him on the hip, es the school
marin ses, 50 I only sed:
'Humph, my garnet is chOck full OF
herbs, mint rue, pennyrOyal, pepper |
minis, catnlp, smartweed, tanzy, dog !
snnel, an I'd like to see emmy lodge /
pete thet, sed I, triumverate1y. But
to my instOnishment he had a answer
all reddy, an Good see he wer a gettin !
kindly contrary to think thet I list
imposed him, but I want a goin to civ |
up without a purity big argument.
Which I'll tell about in my mex. |
YOurn, HESTER ANN SCOOPER.
Chicago Ledger.