Evening journal., 1899-02-07
HELP FROM TAYLOR.
Rumor That Aodicks is De-
pending on the Sheriff.
PROPOSED GAS FOR LAURrL


Or A SENATORIAL COMPROMISE
RUROR- THE MAN FROM SAND
TOWN TAKES A SLEIGH Ride.
Last evening the Wayarer was ac-
costed on Loockerman street by a man
in an advanced stage Of intoxicati0n,
who asked him to mail the following
letter, as he was so full that he could
not find the slit in tne post office door
Seeing that it was addressed to Mrs
william Jones, of Sandtown, the Way
iarer took the privilege "a opening IL
and giving to his readers the benefit
Of it's contents, which were as follows
My Dear Mary Ann.
We're eXpoctin' a hepe OF help frum
sheref Taller of M Cassi. county,
wen the hnle win'-uD Gums along Mary
Ann. Them Reglers Is thinnn' as
how he's with em, but they're agoH'
10 be serprised. He wuz down yere
sum days ago, an sed: "John, where
do you stan in this yere fte?" He sed.
j hahn exackly agin yOre man Ad-
dicks. He oertenly wls good to me.
Wen I wanted sum0sdy 10 so on my
bond / wen to him an asst him to do
hit. He to- me hit didn't SCOT him.
but fur me to 60 to Johp Dickey an
tell him he sed fur him to d. hit /
dun wot he sed, an Dickey went on
my bond. Now. ielier cain't furgit
thing like that, an you no hit" Eg
them's his feelin's, Mary Ann. wen
be likely to git two or three Regrer
votes ef he hahn los mis- grip"
stait Treasurer Bawl, ct BrandywIne
Springs, has bin down here agin. HRS
aetonishin' wot a travellin effeck or
'hree Complementary votes Ter Unyted
Stats seniter will hav on a man. He
sez as how his naim has gone down
in histry, but not quite as bao as that
Of Genrl Tcpham, fur the vote STAINS
to / in faver Of Bawl at this ritin.
fergot to tell yo', Mary Ann. that
sense ! wen up to that there place
called the Delaware stait Hospltll at
Farnhurst my watch hae bin deranged
ar hit games about seven hours a day.
I'm goin' to send hit up 70 soopein-
tendint Hanker fur tretement fur wal
ter Hays sez hit mus a-caught the
iempis fuget. ! asst him wot tennis
fuget wus an he sed hi wuz a diesees
wich usually afflicted a feller with
big note in bank an no money in his
pockit but that hit sumtimes took n
strong hold ON watches az clocks.
seniter Biakely ways sl7 pounds. He
has to hav' everything he wares maid
TO order. There ain bathtub IN
Dover he kin git into Mary Ann. am
wen he menshuned the fac to Repre-
sentativ' Donahoe thar feller tor him
10 go down to the water-wurks an eis
the feller there to let him take wash
in the rcservore. He dun hit. an now
there's tnibbe ag aroun' town. Psple
ccmplainin' as how they'n hay TO
carry water frum Camdin 10 buckits
TIL things gifts better. SEWN water
saits an fore FIRE plugs e busted by
the pressure, an haif Of the bottom
Is kicked outten the reservoir. FUR
seniter B.akely staid IN there fur
about an hour. After hit wuz an over
he sed he fe.t better. Hits a Mise
enuf fur bath tub" he sed. obut
friendship engine could pump it dry in
an hour ef hit got halt a chans an the
PIPE didn' bust. l hav' heerd Town
COUNSEL is goin' to pass an ordnance
maxim It a misdemeener rur a stait
seniter to swim in the roeenoir with
out payin' no water tax.
senuer Alice an me took a slav ride
Yesterday afternoon. We drove ] Ed
ward Addiclzs's bay hoss Chance. wich
has a reelerd Of 21S. Wen we bor-
rowed him frum Addicks ne sed "Be
earefuf Of him. ooy-. rur he's the only
Chance I've got" An after we wis
IN the slay sed to Frank. 'Nfister
Addicks didn' no how mere the truth
ne wus comm wen he sed that" An
Frank jes' looked at me, winked III,
nther eye an sed: cit upin Then w,
wus off, an the way We clened tn,
boys up wus a caushun. Everybod,
on Stait strete yelled out: ''Thre,
cheers fur Frank Allie, Thre,
cheers fur Bill Jones ov sandtown. an
three cheers fur Addickss onll
Chance Hit wus certenly gratlfyin'
To-day Stait Libraryan Jeffersur
presented TO Clerk Of the SENT Kenne,
butiful thing as how he called Z
drop lite. Hit don burn nuthin bui
gas. have hearn as how hits allui
bin the custim fer the clerks 70 carr,
Them lamps home. an so / wen up t,
henney an SCI. ARE you goin' {,
take hit home with ycu?" an he sez.
Yes, I'll take hit homc fur a soove
mir" An ! sez :'You DON hav NJ
gas down there al Lawrei where yoi
put np2' He sez. No" An sez
"Aire you g0in' to put nit on ezhibi
ahuny Not as no OF. he sez. ssT'heg