Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-06-09
bidder. Apply to Secretary J. O..
Baughman for full particulars. Is
Mr.. C?'Z0O1 WILKINS.
He Unexpectedly Goes to Washington
as the Representative of His Neigh
Dor, Grover Cleveland, to Assist in
Reorganizing the Democratic Party.

Washington, d. G.
tn the Editur.
l hev plantid mi hoofs doun in the
kapital Nv mi kountry and heer I shell
rename ontil sumthin' decisive hez bin
agreed upon bi me, and other crate men,,
ro%nsarnin' the policy tn be persood bi the
Dimicratic party upon the issoos tn kun
before the people. l he'd no idee Nv kun.
min heer, but mi nabur, Grover Cleve-
land, sed it wuz mi dooty tn KUN and
intervoo our feeders fer the publik good.
He sed it wuz Nv no yoose fer him tn
kun, fer he he'd no infooence, and WIZ
generally diskredited and label tn be-
blackballed in Dimicratic strikes. Under
these circumstance he thot it advizabel
tn send a substitoot, ez he did doorin'
the lait onpleasantness with our southern
brethren. and let me talk the lickins,
politically speekin', tibet sum people thot
wuz doc tn him. At fust l wuz not ia
verably imprest with this vue Nv the sit
ooashun, and the idee NV maxim a vika-
RUS sakriise w miself did not appel tn
mi sense wv publik dooty; but under the
inspirin' infooence Nv sum Nv the Janus
Kentucky whisky, hooze pedigree run
yam INV hC LUST III Nv lHC
ez guaranteed bi Mr.. Cleveland. I sor
things in a different lite. and mi path NV
dooty seemed tn be %cleerer. Only wun
cbstakle wuz in the wa. and Mr.. Cleve-
land generously removed tibet. 1t wuz wun
wv %finanse. Altho' I he'd in mi humbei
wa diskust and settled the crate fnan-
shul kwestions Nv the da with mi naburs
at the Applejack Farm without much
trubble. wen it kun tn nockin' tugether
fifty dollars in cash tn pa travellin' ex-
penSes and bi likuid refreshments it wuz
"a kondishun and not a theory tibet kon-
fruntid me. Wen | m%enShnned the SUBJ
jock tn mi wife, Marian, and wantid tn
bOrrer fifty dollers Nv her. witch she he'd
erned bj takin' in waShin'. the ondoOtiful
femail numbered her tung and Civ me a
lectur witch l du not kare tn repeet. It
wuz all in vane tibet l told her NV the
crate oner tibet would fall onto her in
c~onsekwence NV her husband bein' sent
tn Washington upon SIGH a misshun, and
how the Dimicratic party needed all the
r~eorganizin' and bracin' up it Good git.
even frum it's humblest wurkers, in order
tn keep out NV the hands NV the perliti-
kali Undertaken. Mi heftiest argooments
fell upon u~nsimpathetik ears and nary a
nickle Nv money did l git. l wuz obleeged
tn so tn Mr.. Cleveland and tell him in
plane wurds the fnanshul kondishun NV
the treasury, so fur ez it wuz representa-
hi me, and tn suggest a moo issoo Nv
bonds tn releev the stringency Nv the
market in mi immejit visinity. Tu mi
crate relief he Civ me more than I askt
fer, and wen I seen him kount out a hum
dred dollers in small bills I wuz almost
overkum bi emoshuns tn witch I he'd hith-
ertu bin a stranger. I neerly stopped
over in tenderin' mi thanks, but he kut
me short bi sayin': "Never mind. old
man, you will need it all before 700 git
bak frum Washington eff 700 travil much
amung Dipoicrats. 1t il only a litteI
keepsake witch I Civ 700 tn remember ME