Evening journal., 1899-02-02

called spotters. Two Reglers cain't
set down to hav quite chat without
one Of our spoilers snekes up, listens
to all they hav to say an then Gums
an tells us. Then they gets up fake
bets on Addicks bein elected an ask
the Reglers which way to bet. an
gives us the infurmashun as to woi
wuz sed. You kin tell these yere spot
ters OF ourn ef you only no how. Hits
ded easy. Every one Of them has the
print NV a keyhole on his ear; an
hits a mark of his burned profeshun,
We don think much of the fellers. bui
we're usin' them, an they're gittin
there money. Hits necessary fur ua
to no wot's goln' on an eff the Reg glers
won tell us we've got to fin out fur
ourselves.
| hav' hearn hit sed here as how the
Eight Ward Republikin League will
change hits name to the Skwire Nick
awley Klub, an that hit will be run
On air in moshun. or wot we ust to
cali wind down at Sandtown. Hlt is
sed that five outten the six men as
called on Representative Burns in Do
yer sum days ago didn't live in his
district an had allus bin agin' him in
all the political ftin ] don think eur
fellers ought to hav showed slch a
delgashun as that at Bob ef they ex-
pected to make ennything outten hit.
Jes' now we're loollin' fur the finish
ov William Mikel Burn an Hyoo C.
nrouuo Tho TTfoofnr foffare ;n frtsi
to down EN-. but they ham mad much
success as far as | kin see They
seems to hav purity stiff hol' on Dew
pont an MnIIindley. an until we kin
brake hit there ain much show Of re-
loiligatin Burn and BrouEe TO the
rere.
I'm a-helpin' them Laurel fellers to
git water wurl1s They hahn got nun
down thataway an hav to tote all
there water in an OF oxen buckit. |
think every town oughter hav' water
wurks an a distillery wurkin' in con-
junkshun fur the benefit of sufferin'
humanity. Our OF fren' Bill Rick
ards is agin' both, an ef he don wan
to kun in an help us he kin go dry
an spit dust. This yere water move
ment's got to go. Hit wuz damned
up two yeres ago. but the feller wot
stands in the way this time had better
git out Of his close an strap on his
life preserver. fur he's got sum hard
swimmin' 20 do to keep his he'd abuv
water. Emmy NV these yere anti-water
wurks fellers who CANT swim an who
hahn got no life preserver had better
cline a tree, fur Bill Jones IL on the
way, an after him Gums the deluge |
heerd as how Richards sed he wuz
goin to play the Noey act fur the
savin' NV hsself an his trends. ]
seen him up yere talkin' to Seniter
More a few days ago, an / lernt as
how he wuz negoshiatin with the SEN
tier fur the bildin' NV a ark at Bethel
or Sharptown, because he sed as how
he expected to need hit Az soon as !
heerd that I bought a conrolin' in
terest in both shipyards an now hits
'Bill Jones & Company, Arkbilders
Bethel an Sharptown, Rickerds an
his trends CANT git no ark bilt at our
yards ef | know hit. an I CESS | hahn
bildin no arks in my sleep fur fellers
I'm ded up aginst.
Milf Wilsin tells me as how Seniter
Rickerds, of Lawrel. has rit n letter to
him astin him to help kill off that
there lawre water wurks bill Of ourn
Hit has made Seniter FarlOw an Rep
resentative King maddern they cud ex-
spress an keep there religyun. l hav
toll Min as how hits nun of his fito
an fur him TO keep his hands often
bit or a pipell bust an he'll git so wet
hitl take him till neS' Spring TO git
dried ont.
But ! mus stop rtin' Mary Ann, an
say good-bi fur there's a caweus goin
on. an hits necessary as how should
be there.
Your risin' husban
BIiA. JONES.