The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-08-05

TT couldent be did aneywhayre else
than in Oklahomy, either, says he.
Let US have it to onct!' says |, speak
in fer the crowd. En- the purfesser
en- all on us patterns agreed.
''Wull, he announced the mex day
afore books wuz let out that thayre
would be a ginyouine, original jogafy
match, strictly pertainin' to Odahomy,
at the school house the mex Friday
evenin' at airly lamp lightin'; en- all
the scholars, en- patterns, en- frien's
wuz to come. He said it wuz to be q
new-fangled sort OF gogafy match,
SIGH ez could be got up noWhayre else
in the wide world than in Oklahomy;
en-, says he, everybody better come,
en- see the fun en- git akwainted, en-
larn somepin, too.
Friday night the ole sod school
house wuz jam pack full of foxes, en-
q good many on 'em had to stan up
aroun the aiges; but it wuz a purity
warm nightr-Oklahomy has a good
many purity warm nights in Decem-
Der, We l1now-en they got along fust
rate: en- arter he'd let 'em talk
awhile, along about o'clock the pur-
fessor. called the meetin' to order en-
tolt 'em the kind OF O match he had
thort out en- his great purpose in de-
visin' it. He said he noticed tibet q
good many people in Oklahomy didn't
know they're neighbors, although they
wuz alvin right clost up agin 'em,
en- thet therefore some on 'em wuZ-
cent ez contented Ell happy ez they'd
ort to be, livin' in SIGH a gelorious
country EN- with SIGH delightful eli
mate. The purfessor could handle the
lingo nice en- straight, I tell ye, en-
] never heerd q better speech In my
life. He's shore got the gift of CAB
in great shape. He said tibet many
time when he wuz a-rovin' en- a-roGrn-
in' aroun' in strange parts en- among
strange people, he allus forgot all
about bein' lonesome when he run up
agin some Teller tibet wuz from
Eelinoi. The purfessor wuz from
Eelinoi, en- he allus felt like he WIZ
at home when he could shake hans
with Sucker. En- he says this here
match air not only to teach the child
zen whayre the different states en-
territories en- foreign countries air,
but it air to teach you all eggsackly
whayre one another come from, so
you kin hunt yer neighbora up, en-
git sociable en- friendly. I find thet
On this here school deestrict," says he,
they're air men EN- women from al
most every state in the union err out
of it, SIGH as territories. EN- many on
'em from foreign countries; en- we can
darn a whole lot about them various
places ez well ez git aclwainted with
each otheA hN this heDa proceeding
says he
"Arter the purfesaer had fust mem
TONED the matter to me, KEEP gittin'
Uneasy en- oneasieF all the time fer
fear some Teller wouMent want to
play in the game. have seen fellers
nfore now who seriously objected to
statin' whayre they wuz from. err even
whayre they fust saw the light of day,
but fin'ly made it up to myself thes
no sioh fellers lived in the Tail-holt
Ueestrict, en- concluded to let things
perceed. I couldent see aney real
Hanger ahead, en- thort tibet the pllr-
fesser had all the resks to gun, anew
Way.
1.-THE purfesser explained how the
match wuz to be conducted He said
tibet about the easies' way he knowed
wuz to choose up everybody in the
house thet nd take part. jist ez eff
they wuz ergoin' to choose up en- spell