Evening journal., 1899-02-21

THINGS AIS HE SEES THEM.
The Wayfarer regrets to deprive
Mrs Mary Ann Jones. Of Sandtown, Of
the following letter from her husband,
William Jones. who is THE live.iest
politician at Dover but trusts she viii
appreciate It just as much in printed
form as IN the original manuscript:
Ny Deer Mary Ann
Seniter Abbitts allus gittin' hissef
into skrapes Satterday mornln'. wen
us fes.ers had hit all fixed up to mock
out Barney Afasl1va, an wenwe wanted
as Gew Dimocrats as possfbel in the
Senit outside OF a kwolum, an wen
we didn no as how the Dlmokrats muz
layin' plans TO bust the l1worum frum
TO izzerd, Seniter Albbltt wen to Sem
tier Farlo an sed. kinder persuasive
Ike. "Youn go outten the chamber
wen we go into execluItive seshun, won
your" ''Ceroenly," sed Mister Farlow.
hoo wlz huntin' fer an exslUuse TO git
out, ennyhow ''Aluch obliged" sed
6eniier AbIbgta. YOU'RE wellluum.' sed
Senster Far.ow Wen hit kum time
fer the execlVutive sesihun every burned
Dimokrat njut President sammons went
ous an busted the kworm. Wen this
cum to the nowin Of Seniter lAfbbitt he
wen ont an hunted up Seniter Far.o
any sed: Il wan you 10 cum back in
The chamber agin.' ~ thof you aust me
TO go Aout. sed Senster FarIo. so
did sel Seniter ABbitt. ''but things
e. charged so much that I'm wlllin' TO
relese you 'frum yer promise" u haint
reddy TO he recessed jest yit," sed Sem
liter Farlo, an the kworum staid bust
Cd at sSeniter Abb1tts own request
This we're Barnee lMacsva trub'b.e
has got us all sterred up, an / dom
no were hit'E end. Two yeres ago
Barnee took hold of Frank Allee's arm
an almos twisted hie outten the
sockit In addleihun TO that he sed sum
things about a fel.er named Peter J..
Ford moo lives up in Wilmington an
hoo wanted to be guvner. Hits a
strong combynashun fer Barney to
buck up agn'. but hes agOin TO try.
Sense Baney's naim cum into the
SenR Frank Allees arm has bin a
hurtin terreble bad an he's a-rubbln
hit nigh constantly. I'm a tryin' to
glt Guyner Tunne.l outten this hole
fer dom like to see a fe,ler in HE
poeishun crowded SO close. an eli he'll
do wot / want him to do hell cum
out all rite, ef Peter Ford II give his
consent. Hits p,ane-to be seen, Mary
Ann, as how he CAN'T land Mister Tam
meny. an ef he kepes on tryin' he's
not only a-goin' to lose Tammeny buN
Barney Maclxva as well. Now my ex
speryence as a statesman an the com
mon sense wich Gcd give me tells mn
as how wen you caint git w0t yOl
want, the mex best thing to do is b
take wot You kin git. IEf Ebell do tina
he kin git Barney. Ef he don do that
Mary Ann, he'll git nuthin'. Yoo xii
see Ter yersdR. Mary Ann, how hi
IL. Ef cur OF yaller hen Gums up II
the Kitchen dore an sez. Miss Jones
I'm only a-goin to lay one egg" an
You say, Hits BeseHsary fer you t
lay two" an the yalier hen sez, 'E
you go to tallzin' that way i won la
no egg" you no. Mary Ann, as we'
as do, as how you'd say Go abe
an do as You derned please. but wan
hit distinakly understood as how Nv
paH miself on reclVerd as wantin wv
eggs, an et the marldts short yoo'y
got to ual0e the responsibility. Hits
mitey eisy thing wen you tgger hit ou
Mary Ann.
There is morn Seniter Moore agiI
Romin Tammeny. Us Addicis feller
an the Regler Republicans has CT
to pick with him. Mary Ann. Hit
thisalway Wen Mister Tammeny WI
over in Mareland he wuz a Republ
kin. After he cum to Delaware al
settled hisself sn Sussix county on
fellers all thot as how ne wuz sti
agoin' to he a Republican, an the
told him a hole lot o. things witch tbs
woodent a-tOld a Dimnlurat An. aft
they dun that. wOt dus Tammeny
but tern Dimokiat, an give all Of On
inside infemashun TO X-Guvner Stolo
" an the other fellers down there
wuz agln us. Hit cum TO the lxnowi
Of Guvner Renneids as how TANNER
dun chat thing am he sez 20 hisse
sez he: This yere's a line OF politik
ekonomy as oughter be enl1uredge
fer hits a chepe WAY o. gittin' insi
infermashun. so wot dus Bob Re
Relsls do but appins Romin TANNER
eooperiudtent of them Sussix publi
slulles4 Them WIS the days wen the
wliznit no confernashaln privlledge a
but derned little minority represent
shun. Mister Tammeny belxum fu
fledged Dimokrat, an he's bin hang
anoun the raggid edge OF Dimockra
ever senee. Then he wen in an noe