Evening journal., 1900-10-29
COnViVaiIity Brings Disgrace
to SandtOWn Statesman
SENDS LETTER TO MARY Ann
II Contains Pointed References to Cur
rent Political Events Blended With
Domestic Directions

Organism proved too much for him.
He is a man of convivial nature, ana
the Bryan rally here brought him in
contact with old friends and neighbors
OF kindred spirit. who had come up
from the irregular confines Of the
Shoestring district of Kent county to
worship at the Free Silver shrine in a
service conducted by the high priest OF
reputation in person and not by
proxy.
Mr.. Jones fell by the wayside. and
one OF the minions of the law found
him In a doorway in a state of bliss-
ful alcoholic. somnolence from which
he was aroused only by severe and re-
peated application Of the policeman's
club to thesoles of his boots. After Mr.
Jones had been taken to the City Hall
and placed in a cell, he requested that
the following letter be mailed TO his
wife. and that some OF his friends be
informed of his whereabouts in order
that they might come to his relief:
Wilmington. Dellywer,
Oktober %, 1900.
Mrs Mary Ann Jones,
Sandtown. Shoestring Deestrict,
Kent Kounty, Dellywer.
Mi dere Mary Ann: Things Is linin
up, an the prospeks Is mitey enkur-
edgin' FER Republicans. Ef the fellers
hoos doin' the figgerin' on the regis
trashun books knows wot they're talk
in about. our fellers oughter have
numthin' like . thousan' majority rite
yere in Moo Kassel kounty Mister
Merry an the uther DimmOkratic ex-
perts allows as how hit won't be quite
that much but they're so down In the
mouth that they're steppin' on there
chins Jedge Sprooens Is now reckti-
fyin' the mistakes made by them Dim
mokratic registers. Hits astonishin'
how menny mistakes a Dimmokratic
register kin make eff he tries. Jedge
6prooens is KEEP bizzy putin Repub-
lil1ins on an takin' Dimmokrats on,
an all on account OF the carelessness
OF them Dimmokrats. Hits putin a
lot Of extry wurk on the ledge. an he
ought to request them to exercise a
little more panestakn' care an dis
erlminashun in doin' there wurk. fer
tAere hain't no use OF havin' registers
ef ledge Sprooens has got to rite there
hooks all over agin'. The idee OF them
Dimmokrats seems to be TO git all the
names they kin on the books an to
keep as menny on as Jedge Sprooens
n let en- Hit don't do no good. an
" simply pilin' up wurk on the lew
disherry Wen Mister Sawlsberry an
Mister Merry gifts down to non -narti-
zen arithmetick they will find az how
Mister Mackinlee an Mister HUM Is
goin' to sweep the stait, an that Mis-
ter Brian an Mister Ford won't be in
hit Mister Hum allows that ef he's
eleckted I'm to be appinted his secke-
reterry of stait Then / kin bi farm
an lay out golf links an lawn tennis
korts like Jim Hews has bin a-doin'
yere lately. Hits a good payin' oils,
an ef yu have time yu mite drap a
note of thanks to Mister Hum fer his
considerashun in givin' hit to me.
An so OF Hickerydale Kollege has
opened agin' an the new teachers
bordin' with the Grewells. / wunder
how she'll like the Job. I suppose sum
of the nabers has told you that Bob
Dills sold his farm to his bruther. Tom.
What's Bob goin' to do? Wen VI rite
again tell me how hit cum about
We've got an A harrow over in Bob
Dills barn, an I wish you'd send the
hired man over an tell Tom that that
there harrow hain't inklooded In the
sale an that hit belongs TO us.
here as how Bob Sipple's bin Wis
itin Pete Clark, an that John Clark.
OF Federilsberg's bin up to see the
foxes. How's Bob an John loolsn ?
Hits a good thing they haint polvti-
ahuns. fer ef they wuz they cudn't 20
toorin' aroun the world the way
they're doin'. How's them pigs comm
onY Tell Jim TO give 'em plenty Of
corn 20 fatten up on. fer wen hit Gums
TO hog-killin' time we don't want Bob
Rennelds. Bill Dickson. WILDER Bernite
an them uther Dimmokrats struttin'
aroun' the Shoostring deestrict an
eayin' hit don't make no difference
wether Bryan an Ford wuz licked or
not they've got bigger hogs than
1ae an Dave Cooper. Jim had better
begin corkin' up the scaldin' tub an
gittin' things reddy. Them big stones
Ter heatin' perpusses is under the back
porch, an tell Jim not 10 leave that
ralerode iron out where Nathe Hutch
ms kin see hit. or there mite be trub-
bic.
Wot's got into John Dill an Her,
man Gooden? Peres to me as tho the,
wuz tryin' 70 help us fellers along as
mutch as possible. I CESS wen the
Legislature meets agin' next Januar,
the Dimmokrats viii try to amend tn,
constitushen so as to divide the OLD
deestrict into two peeces, one fer Dill
an the luther fer Gooden. Wot du,
Sam Merrydith think about the situa.
shun? Il be Dill man OF a Gooder
man. or IL be sittin' on ole man Jes
ters snake Tense waitin' fer things tc
adjust themselves.
Mister Addix is down in Noouort
lie sprained his ankle sum time ago
an hits still hurtin' him. He's hav1n
his viller painted. too, an between
nursin' his ankle an watchin' then
Chester painters he hain't got no tim.
TO fool with Dollyticks. I'm hoIdin
down the situashun until he gifts back
an ef / don't git releef pretty soo1
I'm afraid I'll git bed sores
Wot do you think, Mary Ann? I wui