Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-04-19

Sage OF Aberdeen Joins the Industrial
Army: His Haps and Mishaps Graphic
ally Portrayed. First Meeting with
Grover Cleveland and Hon. j. Il. Coxey.
WASH, d. c., April, 1894.
MIsTUR EDDyTUR:-
OWN tew the strinjunsy Nv the times
and mi PURGE, konklewdid tew not KUN
few Abburdeen til maik onnest effurt
tew save mi kuntree frum the milyunairs
and blotid bondholdurs. We hoo helpt
git the mummy wich thezc mizurs hev put
intew THAR oan pokkits ort tew hev our
shar Nv the saim, and kongres ort few
quit fooling ava THAR time with THAR
pheet up ON the desk and THAR thums in
THAR mouths. Tha will hev few KUN tew
it wen wee awl git tewgethur, GUST and
terryphi EN-.
We sot out frum S. f. OH foot, butt wen
wee got tew Sakrymento tina tux us on
bord the trane, and we he'd good time
til we got tew Ncvaddy ware the konduk-
tur ordered us awl tew git out and dust
OOICCiNSp, AIIS' tuCA llC llCN tilC lNit tCN
bio hiz wissul and pull out levin us awl
THAR tew perish in the dessurt. Sech il
ralerode manners, and sech il sum NV the
waze the bosses ride over the neks Nv the
poor man.
Wee held lndignashun meetin tew
onct, and votid that unles we ware trans
portid promptly the nekst day we wood
tare upp evury rale in Nevaddy. 1t wood
kun hard tew wurk like that wood maik
us wurk, butt lit wood bee in a good
kawze.
Wei, the nekst day wee ware ordurd
intew box kars, and went on tew Ogdun.
Wee he'd tew wait here til the staff mill
tary drilld littul thru the stieats and
the guvurnmunt he'd littul squabble, and
then tina let us git up and git pervidid we
went foot, jest ez if it maid emmy diff tew
the TERRITORY Nv the Mormons wettur
! wee wokt out er rid out. Wee hev / adj
vantidge ovur evury toun wee KUN tew
tina don't dare let us starv on THAR hands
bekaws it wood kawst tew mutch tew
berry us, and tina kant keap us alive
menny daze beekaws wee wood eet EN-
out Nv house and hum, so lit IL yoashualy
bettur tew send US on eest and pa our wa
jest tew git rid NV us.
We found trane waitin in phase, and
wen wee had gone ez fur ez that trane
went wee he'd tew seez trane fur our
selves. THAR air sum phases ware mum:
burs kount. One man IL jest as good ez
anuthur wen lit kums tew takin a tranc
ava frum the kunductur and hiz men.
Tina nevur akst us how long we had ben
in the U. S., err how mucth propurty wee
oaned butt if a man kood PUSH he wuz
in it, Wee gott in and told the ingineer
tew drive on ez wee ware reddy. He
obade. 1t wuz the konvnsin power NV
! numburs tibet maid him beehaiv SO nice.
Wei, wee gott tew Washintun, butt tina
sidetrakt our trane till tina kood find out
if wee had emmy smal-poks err itch er hart
falyure. Wee told the doktur wee oanly
had dseeze, and that wuz kunsump-
shun-uv vittuls
The ophisers Nv the sitty NV Washintun
ware sumwot suspishus Nv our army.
Tina seemd tew regard us ez if wee had
ben army NV lowcusses kun tew de-
vower evury grean thing, butt the phakt
wuz, wee ware evury Nv us nobulmun
and a kapitulist akkordin tew the desi-
shun NV Jedge Kanfeeld, fur wot wood a
a milyunair bee with in phew weaks if
he koodn't fead oph NV the earnins NV our
branc and mussel? Yes, Mr.. Eddytur,
our army stands ez good sho Nv elektun
the suksessor tew Grover ez emmy partee
aeoin. Now must tell yew mi impresh-
uns Nv kongres and the Prezedunt. I
wuz along with Coxy wen hee went in
tew Sc the prezedunt this mornin. Coxy
sed few him, Eyer onur, wee hev KUN on
frum the fur west tew Sc yerselph and
kongres." "Taik Sect" sed Grover
smilin, and at the saim time bee pintid
tew sophy and akst NEE tew okkepi
that phase. okkepied tew onct, fur view
must kno our wecry martch had maid mi
pheet soar ez pizen.
Grover waitid phew minits then sed
tew Coxy, "Perseed." Butt Coxy wood.
MT sa mulch til sum moar Nv our delly-
gasI.un he'd arrived, so the prezidunt
akawstid NEE. Sez bee, ~ hewitt the
onur Nv this mans akwaintunce l bleev."
"Right," sed Coxy, "mi mistaik. This
il our poitt, awthur, and cheef advizur,
Mistur ]. Billings Sage, Nv the sitty Nv
Abburdeen, staff Nv Washintun." He
shuk mi hand warmly and sed, "Glad
tew meat yew, Sage, reed yur artikels
evury weak in the HERULD, I've gott a
phase fur yew att leest, wotevur kongres
duz fur the army. want jest sech man
ez ministur tew Hawyee. I've konkludid
few annex the Hands and putt in mi oan
choyse NV ophesurs ovur the pepul THAR"