Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-11
Mr.. Doslsy on the indian War.

"Gfn'ral Sherman was wan " tn
smartest men we liver had, said MI.
Dooley.
He said SO nanny bright things.
Twas him said: War is He'll an
that's wan Nv tn finest sayin's ] know
anything about, War is He'll IT'S
thrue wurrud an a fine sintimfns.
An Gin'ral Sherman says: TIL on'y
good Indyun is dead Indyun.' An
that's a good sayin', too. SO be tn
powers. we've started in again to in-
prove tn race, an If we can get in
Gatlin' guns enough befur tn winters
SHOWS we'll TURN thin Chippeways
into cimitry branch dv tn Young
Mems Christyan Association. We
will SO.
Eye see, Hinnissy, tn Indyun Is
bound fr to give way to tn onward
march iv white civilization. I come
along an ! find OF Snake In-H lis
Caters Twin quite an dacint in a
new frame house. Thinks /: 'Tis q
shame FIR to lave this savage man in
possession iv this fine abode, an him
not able FIR to vote an without triad
on tn polls foorce.'
$50 says I: Snakes I says, get
along says /, 1 want ye'er house an
we best move out West iv tn thracks
an dig hole FIR ye'erself.' / says.
'Divvle tn fEt will ] step out iv this
house. says Snakes. 1 built it an
have tn law on me side he says. FIR
why should l take Mary Ann. an
Terence. an Honorfa, an Robert Inn
mitt Snakes an all me little Snakes an
rustic out West iv tn thracks,' he
says. AN beyond tn wather-pipe ex-
tinsion.' he says. Because says /, I
am tn walkin' dilygate iv white civil
ization,' l says. I'm jist as civilized rs
YOU says Snakes. Il wear pants he
says. an plug hat he says. 'Ye
might wear tin pairs says I. an all at
wanst, says. an ye'd still be a saw
age says !. an I'd be civilized /
says. If hadn't on so much as ban
gle bracelet I says. $50 get out. says
|, 'f'r tn pianny movers is outside
r-ready to go to wurruk.' says.
Well Snakes he fires a sthove lid at
me, an | go down to tn polls station an
says /: Loot ! say. 'they'se a drunken
Indyun not votin' up near tn Mills. an
he's carryin' on outrageous, an he won't
let me hang me pitchers on his wall. says
J.. Vile savage. says tn Loot, IN tache
II,
he says. An he takes out a wagonioad
an goes afther Snakes. Well me frind
Snakes gives him battle. ar KNOWN tn
premises well he's able to put up q
gr-reat fight, but afther awhile they rip
him away an have him In tn pathrol
wagon with a man setiin' on his head
An thin he's put undher bonds to keep
tn peace. an they sind him out west "
tn thracks an move into tn house an
tear out tn front an start a faro bank
Some day whin l get tired or tn Swedes
dhrive me out or Schwartzmeister makes
his lunch too sthrong FIR competition, I'll
go afther Snakes again. Tn on'y hope
f'r TIL Indyun Is to put his house on roll
ers an keep team hitched to ii, an
whin he sees white man, to start FIR the
settin sun. He's rooned whin he has a
cellar. He ought to put all TIL plugged
dollars that he gets firm tn agent an
be .pickin' blueberries into rowlin' stock
IL he knew anything about balloons he'd
have a chanst. but We white men, hin
Missy, has all tn balloons. But, amy
ward march iv tn white civilization with
morgedges an other modhern improve
ments is slowly but surely. as Hogan
says chasin him out, an tn last iv
him II be Twin in a divin bell somewhere
out in tn Pach-ific ocean,
Well said Mr.. Hennessey. the stout
philanthropist, Il think SO, an thin agin,
dinnaw. l don't think We threat thin
Fright. If was tn governmint I'd TAX
en- what they got, but I'd say: Here
take this tin-dollar bill an go out an
ought to have some show"
We'll" said Mr.. Dooley, eff We feel that
way. We ought to go an inlst as an Ind
un.'-Chicago Journal