The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-01-01
MED|TAT|ONS OF A FOOL.
FROM POVERTY HOLLER.
EXAMINATIONS ON THANKSGIVINGS
AND SOME OTHER THINGS.

Mister Edditer-Ez wuz a chopin
wood fur old deekin Skinner Yesterday
fur forty sense dev and darn glad tew
git that mutch, i seed the deekin's foxes
killen NV terky an maxim big prep
erations fur thanksgivin an it jist set me
teW thinkin, an the moar i thunk the
moar i dident no what tew think. In
the sunny daze of my childhood w,lZ
tawt that on thanksgivin we shud thank
the lord fur al he heZ dun fur us. an fur
our prosperity an fur this, that an the
tother thing, an then it wuz leegle hol-
lerday on which we shuddent work.
Now ez wuz sittin on the saw buck
chaWin a chaw of terbacker thet bor-
rered frum the deekin i wlz a thinkin
thet eff ole tub of phat down THAR at
Was.hintun wud a set a da fur oil the Ia
bOrin people teW work al da fur dollar
an haff tha wllld a felt mOar like than
in the lord than fur ritch Jokes like dee
kin Skinner few be a stuffin themselves
with turky, an the pore wurkin people
settln aroun with nOthin tew dew an a
Wundrin whair the mex meel is kummin
fTum. But deekin Skinner sez it's alrite.
He Sez hard times an no work an Door
lay when We dew work is the punish
1Iiei1t WE Oil q Setllu itI our SINS, an InGt
if We Wud luv the Lord an thank him fer
hiZ goodness an be satifide with whot we
hev, and not komplane we woodent hev
soch hard times. Deekin Skinner seq
the world is full Nv sich men ez Skwire
Brown hoo is alwaZe a groulin about the
administration an bad government. an
never goze teW church ur praze tew the
Lord, an clames tnet if the Populist party
wlz in power times would git better, an
all sch tomfoolery
An this gloriuss Thanksgivin da oz
Samanthy an NE set doun tew our froo-
gal renast Nv johnnycake, hauS sossige
al rye collie, Samanthy seZ seq she: Pc
leg, halnt yeW goin tew give thanks ."
So | bowed my he'd and prade thusty:
%. Lord. we thank Thee fer al Thow
hast dun fer us; fer the morgage on our
farms: fer the hard times We thank
Thee. 0 Lord. fer putin sich good men
like Deekin Skinner an Parson Peeler in
our midst Bless al sich good men, but
don't bother about sich heretz as Skwire
Brown, Amen Then we ct our meel
iii silens, roominatin on the past and
present, an wishen cutten wood wuz
with moar than 30 Gems a da.
Jist ez we wuz gettin up frum the table
SkWire Brown walked up 10 the doar
VIII Il SICK NV Sunlnlln on HiZ ShOdider
an seq, sez he. Here. Peleg, we brot yew
two hooshels Nv wheel. good mazhure.
an ide like fur yew tew cut wood fur me
da ur tew. an lie low yew dollor
day and yer dinner an ez wheets 50
sense bushel yew Kin pay fur this with
wun daze work
wy. skwire,' sez i. "dekin Skinner
seq he kant pay moar than 40 sense da
ilr he scr IabnrS f.hppn =
''Thet's all rite sez the skwire, but
wood is wuth jist ez mutch ez ever tew
Deellin Skinner, an eff yew want dol
Ter a la wy just kun over an yew can
hav ii"
With thet he walked out an i iist ihot
ide rite tew yew about it fur doant no
jist Whot tew think ilv skwre Brown
He seems kinder libberal an good heart
ed but hez qweer idys and he voted fur
that fool CoXey. Yours trooly,
PELEG PUNNINHEAD.
Poverty Holler, o.