Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-26
THE NEWSPAPER Lao :
humorous Peek Tells u,
His Work Mt M. So "ot In

a
lo'' " greatness or enterprise
4ai''ains "a "humorist" on its STAFF a
'unhy fellow whose business Il IL :.
make the readers laugh "bal han m.
ioiiowing Item was written bv one .,
tnose alleged humorists.
Peck, OF Pees's Sun, won $1,000 nm tho
Lsa, eu' ny cohsc ence Will not permit hin ~
W. lie proposes to dispense a IN ,,1 ~. "
"'uows In sums OF $40 each. Every vs,d .aeas
heeu Oh cash should put in her claim M on". !,
Inc Imaginable item was started tho
Lord only knows where, but Il 1.
gong the rounds, and I am b.
ginning to get the benefit. OF coprso
1 knew who the fellow was tho,
wrote the item / could kill him and
that would break him of sucking eoos
pu' ne Is "lncog" He is like the fell.
~" VINO writes an anonymous letter
one would think such an item could
not DO any harm. 1t does no harm n
me- except to make my heart bleed
ABOUT twice day. The fellow who
wrote 1t probably thought l would re.
ceiVe lots OF letters from pretty widows
and that l would have picnic answer.
ing Them The facts are that I navar
bet cent on election, and never WOW
dollar, and while may occasionally
give little money to the deserving
poor, have no thousands of dollars
lad away for the purpose of aidino
WIDOWS or any other deserving class.
l wish the fellow who wrote that item
10 be cunning could read some OF the
letters receive. If he could sit here
peslde me, l could make him so
ashamed OF himself that he would an.
swer these letters I am receiving, and
acknowledge that he was not only a
star liar but foolish ass. These let
ters are not from beautiful and "Hy !"
widows, with pearly teeth. red lips.
beautiful complexion, soulful eyes. and
lat little hands, but they come from
OLD ladies seventy and eighty years of
age, who have been left alone. and
VINO are so poor and needy. They
never knew any thing about news
paper liars, and take it for granted
that the above item is Gods truth. and
they picture to me their sufferipps
and poverty and despair in such
terms that it makes me feel as though,
II was able, | would support them all
In luxury as long as the precious
old souls live. They tell me
how to send the money, and
how much good it will do them
this winter. One poor, loving old
creature, ignorant of the ways of the
wicked world, shivering from insult
hcient clothing, has bought some
underclothe5 of warm wool from a
kind merchant, to be paid for when
She gets her twenty dollars from me,
and she writes such glad letter of
thanks, and tells me that she believes
l must be a perfect image of her dear
boy who was so kind to her, but who
was killed at Antietam, or at least she
supposes he was, for she never heard
fsom him after that battle, and she
says | am so good she knows | will go
to Heaven, and she will pray for me
every day. What opinion will the in
nocent old lady have of me when / tell
her the story is all lie, and what
opinion will she have OF the liar who
wrote it to be funny. l think l will
pay for those underclothes for luck,
any way. Another letter comes from
woman eighty-four years old, who
has been a widow for forty years, and
supported herself for thirty years knit
ting socks, until she became paralyzed
and for ten years she has been in
poor-house bed-ridden. She tells me
what she is going to do with her
twenty dollars With ten dollars of it
she is going to buy blanket shawl
and some warm underclothing, and
some crab apple jelly, and chicken
to make some soup, and little china
concern which is used to pour liquid
nourishment into the mouths OF those
who can not raise their heads Five
dollars of it she is going to use to pay
a debt. money she borrowed nine years
ago to buy medicine, and with the rest
she is going to buy a crutch for poor
girl whose limb is shriveled, and the
rest she is going to put under her pill
low to be used when she is dead, to
paint the poor-house coffin in which
she will be buried, and buy shroud
and bouquet of flowers for that occa-
sion. Well, | can see that poor old
woman cry when l write her that the
item is not true. | can see the tears
run down her wasted, wrinkled cheek,
and | wish the fellow that wrote that
item, and thought he was smart, could
see her as | do But | guess | will
send her the Blanket shawl and the
china affair, and have the poor-house
folks inform her that her coffin shall
be painted all right, and that she shall
have good send-off, with flowers
But, O. aouIdnt | like to catch the
fellow who wrote that smart Aleck lie
about me. If he had q heart | could
show him some of the results of his
work, and make him cry at a mark.
How much trouble can be caused in
nocent people by such fellow, who
draws a salary for being funny -
Peek'S Sun.