The herald., 1896-04-20

hunt1n' up de rank an f1le 'round dlS
hall. for opposition council of de so
citation which aire to be planted in Gle
Third ward" remarked the deputy zan-
jero as he blew the snowf1akes from his
glass of book, out at Wannacks last
Sunday. You see Frank Munson got
away wild de works in council nm de
odder day, his push electin' de president
, an de whole set Of officers, as against
me, Hervey Lindley, Frank RAIDER an
Walter Parker. Fairbanks, de paper
hanger. had abeen last year de whole
face in It's watch. He was up again to
be 'lected. Parker an me an Lindley
laid awake nights to pull him through
de fire. cause as de Third ward aire de
key to de situation next winter, when
it'll come to runnin' de ting an de odder
chiefs when RAIDERS time is up. Fair
banks was turned turtle so hard 1t makes
Munson's friends blink for fear dey had
been eatin' Mexican tonic de day before.
Now. de chairman of de board as works
de public when dere's a franchise for
car line to be auctioned Off is de big
gest swell programmer in de ward, an
we'uns as thought he was deader in de
struggle acomin' up next winter, than
the colonel for st. Louis now finds as
FRANK Muhson amt so tissue paper as
he looks. He has done us to a brown
turn, an de first real trick aire his'n
for de winnin' of it,
You see de 'sociation don't like no
more n one council to one ward. cause
1t aire heap easier to keep cases on
the privates as is afightin' de Irish. dat
way. But Parker an Lindley an Ra-
DER an me has to be adoin' somethin'
as IS real squeamish right quick, cause
the situation confrontin' us aire about
IKE de appropriation for de long wharf
DAT John Muir. Walter Parker and Papa
Huntington an me aire awhistlin' for,
ccause it never yet has came. Munson
has got to be connubiated against or
else he'll be de trottin' stallion against
w. G. Patterson for sure, an den Par
ker IL be out Of a job, an SO will RAIDER
an maybe me an Herv. Lindley. OATS
why all OF us good people is to have n
brand new council in de Third ward,
and only our very warmest, pertic'lar
friends comprisin' de rank an file.
Purity soon after we has been adoin'
business by our new stand a little while,
well have de push in II a-yawpin' to
train on our front stoop. Den we'll
take in out of de wind such Of 'em as
| we needs to make up our summer stock,
an we'll put de rest of dat spiel on
de bargain counter to be sold to de
highest bidder for cash or promises.
Frank Munson II be in de ditch when
de moon comes out in full bloom about
dat time, an dere won't be enough
| left of him when we're in full runnin'
order to make him unwell avotin' right
for A. p. Maginnis.
Say, keep it dark in your pistol
| pocket, but de 'sociation is a-feelin'
bitterer nor castor oil agin dis Fiesta.
| De Sixt ward council has pasesd reso-
luton agin de picnic, and has a-roasted
hard as Governor Sheldon an me kin
do 1t, all hands in dis hall who have
| given to de Roman feast any counten-
| ance or encouragement. P. A. Howard
was foxy an saved hisself cause he
wouldn't low his people to decorate de
streets widout a order from de menag-
erie round here as thinks dey Is maxim
laws fer you an me an de people.
When dis order was issued, cause Mum
son, nor Col. Teed, nor NJ. P. Snyder
dassent go agin de Merchants 'socia-
tion an de chamber of commerce, we
took de issue in de order an de special
committee who had de charges in hand
has reported, givin' Teed, an Munson,
an Ashman, an Snyder. an Blanch-
ard, an Kingery, an Pessell pertic'ler
fits. have been expectin' to see 'em all
get on dere hind feet an kick, but of
course dey amt got de sand. Eff AIRY
| one of dem thinkin' statesmen puts on
a Fiesta button dey'll be fired outen
Governor Sheldon's patriot army feet
first.
ITO make tings worser, not one of
'em has got a invitation to look pleas
ant to de big ball or de parades which
aire a-comin' up, or to make faces to de
Chinese dragon.
I'VE is all busy preparin like Gro
yer Cleveland, to issue bonds in times
of peace. We needs some hot shot to
head off de chamber of commerce an
de colonel when de weather gets cold
again. De city needs it's own water
works, cause de book beer season has
about passed in its checks an we aire
gettin' ready to spring feeler to equip
a $1,000, ,000-maybe more-reservoir to
knock de one aspittin' snakes on Belle
vue avenue silly. Broderick an Steve
Mott II maybe get de Doodle in de shut
fle, an de city III get nit, but what's de
use of worryin. You can't get rich IL
you amt got de nerve to gamble, as
John Muir said when he raised Billy
Dunn outen that jackpot wild pair of
sevens."
IBIS harbor fight aire kinder coolin'
down. Huntington an me an de cap
tain's twilight bulletin which aire de
'xpress, has alabored in vain. We won
de council all right, 'ceptin' Frank Mum
son an Teed an Snyder, but Steve
White hae abeat us on de home plug.
We had Jim McLachlan nailed tight
till it came to de Sacramento conven-
tion. Den Huntington fell down on