The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-08
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He Refused to Be Further Instructed
OraIIy-Newspapers and Mary Jane
to the Fore.

He was fully six feet in height and
wouM have measured considerably
more could the bow in his back,
which was almost a deforrnaty, have
been Strengthened. He was raw-boned
and lean to attenuation. He wore
nothing superfuous, has clothing beng
! primitive in its simplicity The faded
jeans that stopped midway on the
legs of the huge cowhide boots, and
seemed in despair of ever reaching the
bottom, were held in place by yarn
| suspen0erS, crossed over a hickory
/ shirt. His head was covered with a
/ dilapidated felt hat that had evidently
done duty for many years; the band,
long since rotted off, was replaced by
more durable one of grease, thickly
incrusted, a wisp of beard adorned
his chin not unlike that seen in pic
lures of Uncle Sam.
Wal" he said, as he sat down ON
pile Of ties pointing a black and knotted
finger at the platform in course of
construction, Il 'spose their sottin'
that up ter git a chance ter tell tller
people a few more blame lies
That's for the Fourth of July ex--"
Stop right thar afore We git envy
twisted finger, Yes bout ter say ex-
+ 'cises. I've heern ther word afore, but
femme tell ye, it art ter be excuses.
Haint | harked year arter year ter
Their hifelutin truck, them thar fellers
git off on the Fourth, all bout this
wonderful land, of liberty an plenty.
From the fridgy north ter Their bilini
south Now that thar sounds alfred
scrumshus don't it? Kinder makes
better streaks run down We, an yer
bussom wants ter swell like But I've
heerd few things an TUX notice o.
hull lot more o. late an / got it sim
mered down ter this: That a feller's
got liberty ter tromp frum 'Lasky
ter F9oridy an plenty room
ter do Ii in, an en- d stomic
thet's got plenty room an ter spare.
fer vittles which he don't git, amt
trompin' like thousands On EN- air,
but l mounts well be. 1 worked like
an OK fer thirty year, dunno nothin'
else much, an I'm burned sight
poorer ter day then l wer ten year
ago. Craps AR jest as good n better,
but We KANT git nothin' fer 'em, they's
no money in Their cussed country for
pore man
AN fer these fellers ter git that thar
lingo off bout liberty an plenty when
they ort ter be a maxim excuses fer
their ornryness. Then yell hear some
one say, his words air havin' sech greet
weight with Their people which l low
a pair @ boss scales cud o. told bet
ter"
I'm free ter confess tibet fer years
I've ben talked inter votin' Their way
Their man wanted, that cud talk Their
smoothest an make Their best promises
But it haint goin. ter centiner thet
way Tney's suthin' wrong with this
infarnal government, an I'm goin' ter
find out what tbs. They's a hull lot O.
things I'm ter find out bout, afore
votin' time comes round, an faint no
use fer any galoot ter try ter tell me
bout EN- nuther. I KANT read much
myself. but I've got a darter as kin
an I'm goin' ter know all bout this
yer Is ter l business, an all bout gold
bugs an straddle bugs an boltins
am walkouts an all these yer things
l heern bout
''Tain't no use, I tell We, don't want
We ter 'splain nothin,' mebbe We mean
all right an mebbe ye're got yer own
kite ter fly. I'm goin ter hitch up
Their bosses now an load in bout a half
wagon box O newspapers, which 1
hears they sells cheap, at ther office
an which 1 how'll keep Mary Jane
busy fer awhile a readin' ter her paw.
Ye kin bank on one thing, an tibet is.
an old feller bout my size an shape s
go1n' ter do some 'sponsible thinkin
fer hisself''