The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-03-03

bob rneersou writes Communication
From eheoi

bob Ineersou writes a Communication
FROM sheoi.
Banks OF the styk, Sheol Aug B.
/ will endeavor TO write you the letter
/ promised you before leaving New
York. Sam Jones told the truth, for
Just az he predicted. and ! expected,
am in hades. Came straight through
without stop. am sitting on a hot
cinder writing this letter on piece OF
slate Rouged out Of thc ceiling with
INV trident. A "triden,' yoi know Is
one Of those funny little pitchforks
that Neptune used to carry at the sea
side. every body has one and It makes
fellow think he is at populist con-
vention.
while was on earth / didn't be-
l,eve In hell. for had travelled In
Kansas and didn't think there could
he two places so much alike. But
hadn't been here but half day till
believed IL a whole lot. IL Is much
more real site aud genuine than ! an
ticipatad, but ] think / Will like II
when get acclimated. Just now my
feet are blistered from walking on
the hot pavcments and j am daboling
them in the Styx 10 cool them. was
talking to Moses while ago and ne
saws they will soon get caloused and
then III be all hunkAdori. He has
read nv Mistakes Of Moses" and
laughinpiy admitted that be made a
good many when he was new TO the
business. He Is a joviRl old cuss and
/ rather like him. He told me on the
dead--everything is ION the dead"
here that he didn't write the Penta-
teuch, but knew who did.
Col. Dick Wiley, of Enid, wrote me
some time ago inquiring about this
place and what chances there would
be for speculation. There is plenty
OF fine roasted spec here, but not much
nlation. Brann, the Iconoclast man,
being considered only a partial bad
man has q good cool job over In the
clearing cutting brush for roastec No.
1908, 42s.
There are lots of people here and
strangers arrive daily. But l would
not advise you TO come down until fall
or winter and even then you needn't
bring ANYTHING but a light summer
suit. You won't need an umbrella,
oyercoat or skates, but you might
bring along palm leaf fan or two, ,foi
an .imaginary, mythical, hgurat.vt
allegorical, unorthodox" is about the
hottest one ever got into.
Bot say got here just In time tC
strike snap, Henry Ward Beechei
had inst retired on account of old ag'
and Mephistopheles appointed me Y
succeed him as boss Of the New Yorl
eolony--the largest one here. hav'
a lovely new trident with cute litti
smear poin. business no the tines, AM
the devil has promised to get me
long red tail and pair OF horns lik
his when he goes TO the city mex
week.
Horace Greedy introduced me Il
Spurgeon and old Peter Cartwright
last night and we had very pleasan
little lark together They exp c
Talmadge to join them before lones
have Also shaken hands with Ton
Paine and Voltaire and find them YER
pleasant gentlemen. Said they ha
watched my career for some time an
said they had expected me daily
Ben Franklin called on me this morn
ing. he is wearing his hair short nov
and does not look SO much like Qnee
Lilioukalani IS he used to. could no
tell their pictures apart,
OF course the trust Is mere olgRe
than a chipmunk, Solomon and Brig
ham Young have married al tn
women, and the politicians are organ
izing 20 defeat the present Rdministr'
tion aud elect a new devil, They war
me TO make the nominating speech
You know / nominated Blaine fc
president once and did IL up in SHAPE
don't know who will be the noaiine'
j. Gould Is running well on account {
his money, and Judas Iscariot and AT
RniHs are quite popular.
wish you would send me the paper
would like 20 see what is being sal
about me. suppose they will print
lot OF my old letters and publis
enough pictures OF Ine 70 start rogue
gallery and water Drained spiritualisi
will commune with my spirit Ind te
all sorts os things. ] wish the who
dod rotted pack were down here; the
they would not feel so ALFRED CAV,
We must close. We need rain u
worst kind; crops are almost failur
N you are ever down this way drop !
Yours truly, Bon lGoRRsoLL.
r. S,--A soda fountRin would pay b
dowd here.