Evening journal., 1899-02-10
SITUATION AT DOVER.
As Interpreted BY Bill Jones,
the Sandtown Statesman.
THE LEGISLATORS AS FINANoIERs

INElI DIPLOMACY IN NhFlnR-
ENCE TO THE F1ARNHURsT AP-
Preparation - FRcsPECr OF
MIR. KING CoINS TO THE
PENNSYLVANIA OlL REGIONS
LETTER FROM MARY ANN.
william Jonss. OF sandt -wn, daily
s9ows more careless regarding his cor
rsspondenee. Here is a lsdter which
.he Way1arer re0lalGy found en- the
JIsets OF Dover:
Dover, Feb. Z, 1893
Deer Mary Ann
Wen l wuz goin up5'tareu at the
CapidsHote. las nlteI met Soniter,Ap-
b.tt a-comln' down sed, 'Wots yer
herry?' He sez. q los my footin', an
oaint hep hit" He certenly wuz
sp.iuin' the wind. Mary Ann, an
wuz serprist He's sent home fer a
b-tteil of arniky an a new pare ov
.trowsers fur the rere e.evashun of the
ones he wuz a-com.n' downstairs on
needs fx.n'.
Them ieg.slativ fellers is cute. That
insane esey.um wanted $4,000 fur two
yeres. an cur fsllers wus afeerd that
ei they gev nit to 'em al in a lump
they'd use init an this yere. To fix it
rite they PASSED two bills. one fur s45,-
600 fur 1899 am the uther fur $45 900
FUR 1900. Our fe,lers IL fnanseers, an
don you furget it.
MI o. fren' Dick Crook wuz down
to-day. He wants the legislatur to Civ
him Sixth stre,e nur darect car pur-
poses, an ef l hainN bin misinbcmed
the strete an Sewer Department an
the Wilmington s-ty Raleway Cum
pany is a-g-gn' to hep him do hit.
Them House fe.lers IL never salts
fed sum Cf them has bin c0untin up
wet they've got lthe way of sup
plies. They kia cn,y f2ger out twelve
idoIers. Now they're gunnin fur the
luther thirteen d-lieIs wurth. but sum
OF them has BIN reminded ais how
thG1een's an uniucky number, an
they're feelin' kinder boo about hit
We've got to part with Representa-
tiv King. I'm rele sorry. but the
bes' ov trends mus part He has re-
seeyod letter frum a women out al
lTight.syille Pennse.varya. prep sin
matrymonee. she sez She Owls 40l
lakers on oil land an wants him TO cum
ou an marry hcr an SO O. pumpin
lol. I seen him bryin' a keroseen car
frum fe.er an ef he haint goin' "a
TO Tightusv.i he's wastln' goo'
money. Ef he goes hlt'n create a va
klnsy in wot Ssniter Higgins calls tina
damned ritt,a corner in Sussex, an
weM fl hit with an Addlc1s man e
George Smith hahn got 10 objeckshun
witch think he has
George NlElington has a bill fer
bods,cj ag.ns. Seniter Biake-y He
got SO hevyy1 that hes brakin all tn
rurriter up in the hotel. an tn.
mornin' white he wuz dr0sin' ne fe'
-yer or the bedsted and broke tn
thing rite in two. HIT wuz an eS
pensiv drap.
Newell Ball an Dptor Marshil WA
up hear to-day, an us Addiclds feLeI
wuz caumasin' all day long. Hit WI
, lies g.orvus, fut them two feEers cei
ten.y IL good oaucussees, an theT
hahn no comprsmize in there make
up.
] wisht You could hero that fel,t
Backsrer. who is redin clesk CT tn
, SENT. caIin' off the ta11y wen They'll
s a-vctin fur Yoonited Stats seniter H
r soun's fur all the worV like that G
ehanghigh rooster Of ourn a crcwi
ov a fr. sty mornlnr Net only tha
Mary Ann. but wen he's a-keepin ia
z hey he calls off "TaHey full" "One c
- the nowi" "T2o on the newt" 'Thr'
on the newt" an then he sez, Fore
= Now we don't keep taliey that aws
s wen we're a-ho,dln' our skule meetin
not ef we NJ hit, an l think we du
a Hits a e operhooity with the acl1se
. on the foo. He should jes say "Ol
on the newt" an then make run
second an leve the wcrd new on fur
base. He hain't doin' jestes to hiss'
u or to Deleware Coolidge.
a Seniter Sam Nox presided over 4
- SENT FUR a little vile to-day, an
70 nOdst as how Seniter Bal1eiy wuz o
e. easy al the time he wuz there.
ne WIZ a tryin time, Mary Ann.
a5 Y-re ris,n' husband,
BILL JONES.
' A LETTER FROM MARY ANN.
Hon William Jones, Of SandtoW
approached the Wayfarer In the sta