Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-03-29

beckaws tina air good medysun fur the blews.
Sage of Aberdeen Still At tho Midwinter
Fair. He and Jim Visit the Haunted
Swing and the Art Gallery. Jim's
Fright. Sage Criticises Art Gallery.
MI DEER PARD:-
Bein man Nv mi wurd now perseed
tew rite yew mi xpeeryunce durin anuth-
er da at the Mi1winter Phair. Jim wuz
waltin fur NEE at the gait ez yoozual, and
shode awl hiz ivuriz wen he see NEE step
off Nv the streat kar and kun up tew the
tikket ophiss. paid fur both and went
in, follerd by the dark sun Nv Ham, hooze
bare feat and kabbidge leaf hat maid him
konspikyewus fgger. THAR wuz iest::1
disadvantage in hevin him alawng: tew-
wit, namely, nevur kood tel wether pee
pull ware greetin NEE or latin at Jim. l
kood see that Nv us wuz gittin popyew-
Ter, but wich wuz kweschun. Wen
we gott goin alawng inside lit wuz awphul
hard tew git Jim past a handy stawl, er a
a Punch and JUDGE sho,-he WIZ reddy
tew invest in evury thing hee KUN tew,
butt notist that the pa alwais kahn out
NV mi skanty PURGE. Jim wuz entirely
impeekunyous. But maid good yewse
Nv him aphter awhile. ] seq tew him, sez
I, Jim, peers few NEE yew air gittin awl
the bennyfit out NV this konsarn. now
demand tew bee shone ware il the piktur
galluree. Jim sed he knu jest ware it
wuz, and wood talk me THAR tew wunst.
Butt l notist he took NEE sum distunce
out NY our koarsc, so'st tew 60 round bi
masheen wich il kalled the hantid
swing. wuz littul put out hi this trik
Nv Jim's, but l put lit bi ez peece Nv
aphrikan phalse deelin, and let him tote
nee warevur he see fit. Wee kun tew
the swing at last. Swing! 1t wuz no
moar like the swings ware l wuz swang
wen tender kid, than a Abburdeen
shingul mill IL like the old fashund shay
in boss NV mi grandphathers da. 1 lam
forst tew admit tibet crate improvements
air ben made in sech things. Wy, mis-
tur eddytur, that hantid swing wood hold
jest twenty fellurz with THAR gurls. 1t
lookt sort NV kunfortable, and ez Jim
wuz bound tew hev a swing, gott in and
he aphtur NEE. Wen lit wuz reddy the
man prest the button and she startid. We
went along sort Nv eezy like fur phew
minutes, wich l injoid tremenjus, butt
Jim kept sain, "Wy doant tina swing us
phastur?" seq it may bee danjerus tew
maik lit 60 emmy phastur, which Jim wuz
jest goin tew kontrydikt wen awl Nv
uddint-Jerewshy How we tumbled!
Summer-setts, phlyin trappeeziz, hi Xix
urs, ware mott in lit. Whu! didn't we
kayfumux? I've ben in shipreks, and
ralerode smashups, but fur a dounrite,
topsee-turvee, upset., the hantia swing
talks the kake. Wimmen skreemed,
Children hollerd, and men SHOUTED,
"Stop'er! Stop'erv But she didn't
stop until the man at the button
gott reddy tew hev her stop. Then she
stopt. Jim and l gott seppuratid, and
wen I KUN out Nv the wrek, jest kawt q
glimps NV Jim ez hee skud away like
streek NV greest litenin. told the man.
ajer NV the konsarn tew bee moar keerful
in the futur, and lepht the seen in dis.
gust.
wuz beginnin tew git tired Nv the
Midwa Plazongs, at leest fur the da, SO
maid fur the piktur sho in the pallis Nv
phine arts. Ez stood and gazed at the
bildin, phelt ez if l he'd ben awl Nv
suddint transported tew Ejpt. Sphinksez
kut out Nv solid stun lookt out frum ev-
ury korner and sed nothin tew nobody.
l sed tina ware kut out Nv stun, butt
hev ben disseevd so menny times that
half beleev tina air maid NV wood. went
in. he'd jest gott inside wen phelt
sumthin pullin at mi koat tale. 1t wuz
that niger Jim. Hee he'd gott ovur hiz
skeer, and WIZ reddy fur sumthin nj.
We TUX in the hull bizniss. Pikturs Nv
awl kinds and sizez ware vizibul, sum
hangin on the waul, sum standin on the
fore sum big and sum small cum cheep
and sum kostly; sum in ga kolors and
sum in blak and wife. wuz stuk on
Nv 'em kalld "Hard Times" by man
named Butler. seq tew Jim, "Look at
this, here's a piktur takun frum reel liphe
I'll vsntur tew sa the payntur went thru
jest sech times hisselph. l kin simpa-
thighs with him. I've ben THAR" Jim
sed he he'd ben THAR and wuz still THAR.
1 kept lookin and lookin tew Sc if the man
in the phrunt Nv the piktur wood look
round behind him ware hiz poor wiphe
WIZ kummin aphtur him, the children
wa bak Nv 'em all, toddlin alawng the
dusty rode. Poor man, no wurk! Poor
woman, no hum! Poor children, no bred !!
Hard times kun nokkin at the dore, and
tina koodn't keep 'em out. tride tew
reed THAR histry. Mil shut down! Fax
try shut up! Awtis TUX away beekawz
tother partee gott in powr! Farmer meb-