The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13
Mr., Dooley On the
Situation in Butte

w I hDOipkltS 10 the 1nlCdEO JouI-
nal.)
Are yez onto the ~sityouation in
Butte. Hlnnissy?" asked Mr.. Dooley.
Il am" said Mr.. Hennessy.
I'VE are not said Mr.. Dooley. "Yer
of. Hinnissy. Yer loike Sampson. tin
miles off from the rale sityouation. We
hear the guns and know there's a scrap
on, but yer ignorint of how we're pro-
grissing at the front. Old Clark. we
see. Hinnissy. has just sailed out of his
bottle under a full hid Of steam and is
making a disprate attimt to escape to
the Yoonited States sinate. Hez got
sum dam LOVELY, interpreting crews.
too. Hinnissy. and don't we forgit that.
Maybe yer think they ant hit any
thing whin they try. Yer partly roight
and partly wrong in that. Hinnissy.
II they see a saloon door at 40 ya-ards
they ant miss II. They strike IL ivry
time. Troo. In rispict TO ixecootion %
the inimy they are mighty shy. The
min behind Clark's guns dam sildom
hit anything kept old Clark himself.
But you bet they hit him. Hinnissy.
They hit him hard and often. They hit
him noight and day. We must have
more amyoonition,' seq they. The mi.
my is closing In on us and we must
have more sinews of war; seq they.
Where's the sinews l gave you last
noight?' say he. They're a.. Exhaust
ed seq they. We did terrific ixecoo-
ton with them whole they lasted seq
they. The inimy. qualing in terror.
lay low until we fired our last sinew
whin they renewed their vile and in
famous purshoot of us with CRATE in
ergy and indecent haste SEE they.
The divil,' seq he. DO yez think,
gintlemin, / am made of sinews?' seq
he. We do seq they. Bring forth
another barrel of sinews in haste. or
we pirish.' seq they. This is more
than / bargained for. bedad.' seq he.
The s%initorship comes high. but you
must have It, seq they. The sinitor-
ship or bust seq they. ON with the
dance, let your ixpinse accoun be I'M
confined seq they. TITS true. gintle-
min. let her go. Billy McDermott.' seq
he. 'Hooray.' seq they"
"Oid like to be fighting with those
brave and gallant boys. meself," said
Mr.. Hennessy.
I'm sum rispicts, Hinnissy. II Is in
dade a picnic and thin agin 1t risimbles
n of Secretary Alger's hygienic faver
camps. Yer in a mixed company, Hin
Missy. The society in which we are
obliged TO mingle is not remarkable in
any sinse for xcloosiveniss. Ye don't
know What sort of a partner yer choos-
ing for the nix dance. Yer contin-
yooly finding an A. p. A. at your ell
bow. ishpishily when We move up to the
bar. Scratch my back wig-wags the
A. p. A. Let's both scratch backs we
ave to wig-wag pack agin. Thin along
comes n gold republican and wig-wags
yer both to make IL a th-ree-cornered
game. Thin a silver pop shows up
and wig-wags the gang hat he's an
ted. Thin old man Clark comes in and
seq this CRATE and glorious moral
foosion is invincible hot stuff. Yer all
roight, old man. the whole gang of
yeZ seq TO Clark. Keep yer shirt on.
old man. the whole gang of yez seq.
oh, OF don't know, seq he. My back
is itching to be scratched and / guess
Oi'n pull II off. seq he. Thin Clark and
the whole gang Of yez march around in
a circle scratching each others backs.
and the mkt day II SHOWS inc the
Butte Miner reports a great popular up
rising in Patsy Morisrity's A. p. A.
saloon for W. A. Clark for the slnate."