Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-10-27
.4UNT suSaN ar TIE RINK.
She Airs Her Experiences when Lister

Of the pesky men who 20 rGntin around
hoodwinkin and blarncyn people.
The town | come from, il man was to
stand up and try to make people believe
that an iron skillet, was u tin plate, or u
sheep n goat, or because man was fat
and big, and likcnGd To be tissicky, was
not fit TO be President, why he would be
hustled SO bad, and made so big that
even tin factory would not hold him,
If one were to be found.
But started to give my experience.
| had just finished my Saturdays work,
when in comes Becky Hodge, who had
been ncighbors since We was little. SAYS
She, Susan Marian let's go to the rinl,
tonight Theirs II sort Of a tin man
goin to lcctur. Says |, will there be
wimmen to hear him. Says she, yes,
plenty of en-.
So we started and arrove without ac.
cidents. There was big crowd of all
colors. But no seats. Says /, lets go
back in that gallery. So We started but
some man stopped us, and said them
seats was gettin kept for the lIgginsins.
| just told him that we were as good
as the Higgins any day, and little
better, for ! knew llrzckiar Higgins
down our way who tried to wrong
grandfather Hopkins out Of banty
rooster, but Becky pulled nc away.
Then VIC got back in the crowd. There
was three big Ps all lit up.
Bcckcy said as Il preacher was to speak
il must mean Peter Price, Preacher, and
wondered if he was kin to Ezekiel Price
who used to be cXOrtcr, down to our
meatin house. But told her | guessed
they stood for Prancin Politickc People.
While we were wOndcrin, u lot of fel.
lers in front set up II terrhle yeliin, they
was sNyin their a. b. C's-but | told
bcckey they were SO excited they had
them I'LL wrong, so they tried them over
again, and felt like jinin in to help
them out
But 3cckey says, don't be fool
Susan, they're spelin their politicks,
thought they ought to commence with
d. but they didn't. Then they started
and yelled like wild cats, while lot
more lcllars came III, one big old man
said something about cheerinfor the I'll.
ture President Of the United States, and
he wanted all the wimmin TO wave too.
Says ! CID fellow, you don't catch me,
If that mans wife happened to be near
enough, and see another woman iliGin
her handkerchief at her man, it might
have caused fuss so | sat Plus rs Il cat.
Beckcy would have moved, only she
had got Il red kcrchief of Hodges, and
she was afraid it would make her look
forward like Any way they waved
and waved till another man not so bIg
in body, but bigger lOukin around the
head stepped out and commenced his
hoodwinkin, but he couldn't fool me
with his little lumber they fetched him
q pitcher OF water, and iicckey won
dered what made it 50 milky looking.
told her | sposcd il had been furnished
by Baby Mckee, for you see was get.
tin used to the place and was reckless,
for thought lie was two thirds gas, and
by the time he got through, | thought
he was four thirds gas, and liable to
eXplosc.
lie said no man need be ont of work
If he wanted it, and could have plenty
Of luxurys for his family. | wanted tn
get up and ask him if the hundreds Of
mechanics who walk the streets UI every
city, sometimes for weeks, if they do II
for fun, or to see how long their fami.
lies can exist without common neces.
safiGs. | wanted to ask him il the
labofing men who work in our LARGE
fUundrys, right here in this city, can
pay rent and support their families on
the mean and paltry sum Of ) and &
dollars per week, which they are recciv-
ing, and have luXurys for their families.
l am not speaking Of the few well
paid men, but OF the majority of i'll paid
ones. lie spoke OF the hunger scene in
New York and laid it all to Democratic
misrulc.
But Aunt Susan knew better, had he
pointed to TIL yin mills and saloons, the
key to unlock the mystery would have
been found. Ills greatest fake was for
elgn importatlous, He said that the
Democrats imported 50 much from
abroad, that it closed our furnaces and
turned our men in idlcness into tho
streets, lltcn he spoke Of the exports
made under Republican protection, how
billions ut dollars worth Of good were
manufactured here and sold abroad.
How our work shops doomed AMI fixed
and boiled. wen, was So mad. Ii
took all Brcky's strength TO Keep me
I down, ! wanted TO asl; him " hat be-
come Of the foreigners furnaces while
lnarkels XII whot Lannnnn Nh, MT
worliinT mon iftar tl'oir fnrnacas 49,, -,
closed AMI thctr fartnrics slnt d"n.,
What bacnrn III tErir ,ynrsi,,., ~ Nh -
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thew fnJ mi, tnnts onI g;in,1,l, ~, nS
aaT,.s tn ti,c hSn,,i,', nrstiia'. I'm ~
Nmn,ic, IN s,sti,. VIM ~
SAID in hia hurIrslhe speech, tl2,U0l,eOO).
the Republicans with omen artns tothis
happy lana, When you tlk ID Rs-
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