Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-06-09

bi and tn rekall the daze NV Morgan
sindikates and reel estait spekulashuns.
Talk it. and go fourth tn rejoovenait our
distraktid party and put it wuncc moar
in titein' koudishun." With tibet partin'
advice he went tn the depo. and seen me
off. vile the rabble around the stashun
hollcrcd: "Ain't he a korkcr?" SO fer
ez l Good observe mi arrival did not
seem tn disturb the existin' kondishun
NV affarcs at the kapital. In this |
wuz disappointed, at fust, fer l thot tibet
the arrival NV a Moo Gerscy Dimicrat
WIZ an event Nv a hi order. and wun
WITCH shood kreate moar kommoshun then
it seemed tn. Then I remembered tibet
Mr.. Cleveland, hizself. he'd arrived there,
wunst. and nobody seemed tn notis him
after he he'd disposed NV all his offises.
1t IL ever thus with the trooly good and
CRATE. We kut a wide swatn fer a littel
vile and then we air NV no moar ak
kount her a last yeerz humble bees
nest.
On mi We tn a tavern a pert and we'll
drest yung man hailed me md sed: Rec
ben, let me karry your baggage" mi
name amt Reuben" scd !; mi name
IL Epizoot Wilkins. and I'm a Moo Ger
StS DlIilICIdl, dlu " SCI elStl u
I'm a Representative Nv Grover Cleveland,
hooze farm liz next tn mine, and | hev
kun doun heer tn r%eOrganise the Dimi-
crat party-and it needs reorganiZin, tn,
young man." l then put on mi most kom-
mandin appearance, and after a%polig.zin'
fer so roodly addressin' me he walkt
ava.
l he'd hen reached Pcnnsylvany Ave-
--o ,,J u,,, nlnoyon r., cna fhof tho
people notised me mOar. 1T IL the
triboot tina pa tn mi gratcress and the
magnitood Nv mi %misshun," | scd softly
tn miself. Then it wuz tibet l he'd a
most enthoosia site reception. rite on the
street. al elderly man. who wore a
wIte necktie and seemed tn be a min
lister. rnsht up tn me and grabbed me hi
the hand and said: "Why. Epizoot. old
boy. how air you? And how IL your
nabur, Grover Cleveland? 1t looks good
tn see a ginooine Moo Gersey Dimicrat
| down in this disrepOOtable town, witch
IL, jist now, a sink Nv iniquity and Re
publikinism. Let me Introduce you tn
mi personal trends. Senator HOar, w
Massachusetts,, and Senator Hale. Nv
Maine. Tha air, both Nv 'em, Repub-
likin Insurgents fer the time bein', and
tn a limited extent. Tu all intents and
purposes tina hev bin good Amerikin
Spanyards ever sence the commencement
Nv the war. and l an shoor yu
will feel onered tn maik their akquaint-
ance." 81 I'm glad tn see 700, gentle
men," sed 1 kalmly ez | Good, but l EN-
afrade 1 shode sines Nv excitement, fer |
didn't expect tn meet a man who nu
me, and 9 senators before l gut 4 blocks
ava frum the depo. But it il the unex-
pectid that il alwaze happenin', and so
it proved in mi case. l treeted them to
s~everil drinks. and pade fer them, wife
they were %dispootin' about who shocH
hev the honor Nv ~treetin' me. Tu maik
a plane staitment wv facts. I wuz basely
deserved in them men, and the clerk Nv
the hotel sed 1 he'd been b%unkoed"-
whatever tibet meens.
Wen l KUN tn hin the matter over,
in the still watches wv the mite, l felt, In
the langwig Nv our noble Grover, tibet
he'd taken "a mad rush toward yawnin'
DISASTER" but he'd escaped with no more
unpleasant experience then wuz liable tn
happen tn enny Moo Gersey Dimicrat hoo
yoze beyond the ded line Nv his dooryard
EPIZOOT WILKINS.
Frum Applejack Farm. witch liz next tn
Grover Cleveland's. in the staff Nv
Moo Gersey.