The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-11
PETE AND PINGREE
The Pea Soup Lake Frcnch'
man Interviews His Honor.
Pete Urges Pingree 10 Bolt and Sug-
gests anAppropriate n Platform.
To Carry Pea Soup Lake.

TO Detroit TO see Mstaire Pingree. julie
haint snid noting but he'll JUS cry.
Bimcby he'll dry his eye an he'll aX me:
"Petc, where you like 10 be bury when
day ship you back home2"
"Now don't hact like dat sweet lady"
am say To Julie. Get iill my heart wild sad
to see dat peautIul heyc fill wild tear.
Julie, am like dc daisy better dan de
honeysuckle cause she's hor up his head
an' smile. Hor up your head like de
daisy, sweet Indy"
eco ON, you ole foolp' Julie was say.
But ann know am please Julie cause he'll
let me kiss him goodbye widout drive me
from de house wild dc broomstick. Den
am took de train for Detroit.
Soon as am got off dc train am gone
up To de mayors holIice. Halec was
busy wash mstaire Piugree's head wild
hice water.
"Ees Pingrcc in ?'n am AK. fought
Hnzen would laugh when I'll got off dat
coke but she didn't see dopomt Eet twas
disappoiut me cause am bring dat coke
all dc way from Pea Soup. llalec was
smile some sad smile. "Pingree ees out,
she was sny. Dis was honly blr'r cause
Hazen was right cen plain sight.
"Hallo, lIazen, ole moss back" am
say, "you got dc pleasure 10 meet Pete
Pareau from Pea Soup Lake; Shook
hams hagain ole hoss.
Am pull my chnir up close to llazen
an put my feet on top do desk. I'll
reach cen dc mayors pocket an pull out
cigar what I'll seen dare an commence to
smoke. Am done dat TO show de mayor
dat she can feel perfectly ut home widme.
"Well, Ilnzcn," am say, t'rowing one
leg hover de arm Of dc mayors chair,
chow dose potato patch comm along
Got hany potato bug on dcm2 Adolph
LnDuke use parass green to kill dem wild
up at Pea Soup Lake but day seem jus
bad as heyer. Bout dc honly way to
got rid OF dem IL to kill dem wild club"
"Mistaire parcnu cel ! can done hany-
ting for YOU"
Don't be cen hurry llazen, am got
lots Of time an can stay wild you two,
tree day eef ! want to. Bye-dc-way
| IIazcn, am hunderstan' dat governor
| Rich's steer got cen your potato patch
,nn raise de dew Seem TO me you haint
b,en keep mp your fence very well.
Hnzen was sigh Am suppose she was
feel bad when shcc tink bout Get.
"Am like 60 ax you question, Hazen.
Ees eet fac dat you going To flop an
make teekit of your hown2n
"What you want to know for, Peto2"
"wcl Gets jus like dis. Eeiyou going
10 flop am t'ink you can knock Rich out
an got heyen wild Jim cause dare ees
lots sore head 'Publicans in Pea Soup
Lake what sny dey going TO vote Tor
you"
"Res dat so Pete? Den dcy hindorse
may haction."
Course dey do. Dcy tink hany IMAM
got dc right 10 flop oci she wants to-
"what dey t'nk bout de course ! took
TO settle the strike, Peter"
"wcll, Hazen to tell dc trut' dcy ydon't
tink dat you was bowling success whcr
Get come TO settle strikes, but dey nj
t'ink you.madc good gran stan play"
"Een your hopinion, mistaire Parcau
what kin OF platform you tink
hought TO run on2"
MAKE platform like dis, IIazen: Put
cen plank TO roast Johnny Rich an d'
maachine. 'Nuddor plank TO roast jim
in good shape. Denounce the present
hadministration an de referee system tC
f. catch de sorchcad Dcmocratvote. Wave
dc bloody shirt an work de soldier
racket for all she's wort. Run cen al
YOU can bout IIabraham Linkoln Pub
licanism. Jomp on de pope wild bot lee
TO catch de Ha. T. A. vote. Stan NJ
for de laboringmaIs an dcnounce kon
). Qress for make dc Coxey harmy keep OF
De grass. Wade cen dc corporation nm
de monopoly an run cen something 'bou
;. de way dare sapping de life blood OF d
= nation. But let me put some flea ol
your ear. Don't SAY too much bout d
single term hidea. You can hadvocat
: one term eel you want TO but you cal
say dat while you don't believe han.
man ought TO hold hany more dan on
y term she's got de right TO try TO got dnr
JUS many time Ms she want to. Max
platform like dat IIazen an dc people {
: Pea Soup Lake will stan by you"
"Tank you, Pete" Hazen was say,
like dat platform. Am glad you wnsca
ON me. All desc hidcas are new To m
G. but tink dare good. Funny was nc
- tink of all dat before"
Iazen was overcome wild hcmotiol
De tear was come ON his eye. Dis va
e. too much for me an lIaxen was pres
my han an was hurry haway.
PIcrE PApEAu.
Il. (Rob Wright. Man'stiaue, Mich.l