Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-05-20
HADN'T HEARD OF THE Fam.
pilniS Finn ana the worlds ooinm,,,..
Exposition.

Exposition.
~ was high noon, and In the haze
nenl OF the building IN course ~ con
s : the men had laid aside their
hous' ana after disposing Of the con.
tehts o. their dinner pals. were
smoking the clay pipe Of contentmsnt
terence Murphy took his short nino
from his mouth as he addressed
Dennis Finn. s'seu
Say, Dinny. would yer be aftber
goin, 10 the WORLDS fairPn
10 the WORLDS fair, Is It, We sav2
fairPa 'io "ooria 9
Sure. an haven't yer hear spake
2 n WORLDS Colombian Exp'z'shn
a. they say?" 49,
Come on, now, Mike. Come away,
vi q, out o that wild Thin dude words
thwats n plain English ay' tn
Diarney ye're givin' me?"
Faith, man. it's no blarney I'm
giYin ye Don't 80 read fwat thew
tells 10 III newspapers. Dlnny?n
~ know dom well | don't read ri,
stun, ] have work. to do Tell ye
I've heard Of no fair /"
Wen. there's TO be a fair,
N pwhat county is II. Mixer
"in no county, begobl They'd be
aliher hayin il In Ch'kawgy.
I'm ch'kawgy, is ie you say? An
VIII u b. loike III good fairs IN the
old country? Arrah. now. il il rs
yoali see me right ia the midst OF itr'
-No. no. but you are ignrat. Din.
ny me man. The great Colombian
expz fms goin 10 BE- diyil Of a insti-
to0lion. Ia loikos Az which no one
ever saw before, before. P'haps we've
hear tell q ID stock yards III Ch'kaw-
gy'
Il it?' re
The same place It's moiles an
moiles Ia tn decentralization.
IAN l. L there they'd be for hold
Ia the iairgn
.lndade il is Every fair has pigs,
Dinny. an tn Ch'kawgy fair. as bein'
the greatest In tn woorld. must have
more pige than any other fair before.
50 they said a. 1 would be cheaper to
take M fair 70 III pigs than til pigs
20 III fair and they built The fair.
grounds all round ih' pigs They're
huiidin yet Dinnyn
An viii they have noihin' but
pigs 10 Ch'kawgys'
mo, indade but they'll have 4
piece 81 everything ID the world.
They p have lagoonys an gondoolys
an piazxys and poriicoolys an men
an women from all over the earth
Faith. but where did sc get the
trineh lingo abot, ih' lagoonys?n
''sprr. its all Sd the newspapers
An phwat the divvil's lagoouy n
You don't know phwai's Ia
goony2 Did So never hear o pat
choulis'
pat Shooleys sure, never did.
An Il he hossin' ID iair2"
"No, Sc eho0mp. he amt bossin
/ M fair " have no edycashun,
Dinny m stna they call patohouli's
/ perfume. The old oman uses 1t av
sunday when she goes 10 Ia
rhoorch
IA perfume. IS i,2 An Is ID la.
goony q perfume
Faith. an they tell me il Is not
Z But ~ yen 20 70 III fair Sc can see foi
I ycrseli. Dinny."
We'll. don't care much for th
4 laronny. / much prefer III pigs
\ They say ia Ch'kawgy pigs f6in'
class o pig.
True. Dinny Il Is. 1t has a toine
I chance
\ ..An' fwhen Is tn fair to be?'
"Oh. not tin III comm simmer
4 AN Il Is now ye'd be botherin' m'
wild IN worlds fair, that amt to b.
I'M m next summers"
I "li Is that
.weil. I'd have ye { understand
via YER monstrous talk about eS
p'g'shns an lagoonys. that fwen ye b.
i talkin' TO Dlnny Finn. yez nigh
beat conGne your oratorations to th
present day. An there goes ih
whistle now. want 70 hear no mor'
o. your worlds fair. :"
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