Evening journal., 1900-12-27
BILL FEELS DISCOURAGED
BY THE OUTLOOK FOR The
ELECTION Or His FRIEND
Has Confidential Talk With Colonel Barnard on the
COIIectOrShp Of the Port Of Wilmington and
His Relation Thereto

to the satisfackshun Of Mister Addix
an the koE1mittee. 81 wot Dan Stew
ert sed about me wuz troo du yu sup
pose Mister Addix wud have left me
with the bag to hold out in the Sew
inth ward wen he wuz backin' Mister
Noles to beet Mister Tomsin fer delly-
gate to the Regler Republican Stait
Konvenshun? No ser; 1 kin account
fer every dOller | ever handled, an |
me an Dan Stewert CANT never be
the same to each luther agin'. He hain't |
nuthin' but a sOrehed. nOhOw. After
Mister Higgins an Mister Book got
him appointed postmaster, didn't he
tern on Mister Book an try an gitl
Mister Higgins to drop him as hisl
cOnfydenshel adviser an cheef loOten |
ant. An wen Mister Higgins wudn't !
do hit, didn't Dan Stewert Opin
SCrehed He-Kwarters at Seventh
an Market streets an try an beet
Mister Book fer re-eleckshun to the
Eerst Deestrict Kommittee, an didn't
Mister Book mitey nigh lick the life
outten him at the primery eleckshun.
tell yu, Bill, that there lickin' Mister
Book give Dan Stewertiis the one CRATE
redeemin' eppysode in his kareer. An
then didn't Dan Stewert cum over tc
Mister Addix. an didn't we take him
in an try an make sumthin' outten
him? Didn't we put him on the Ferst
Daestrict Committee? OF korse we did,
an Mister Addix SEE he was one of the
most expensive members of the Ferst
/ Deestrict Kommittee he ever had emmy
deelin's with, an that's sayin' a gOou
dele. fer he's had sum pretty expen-
sive an high-priced fellers on that
kommittee An wen Bob Handy died,
didn't we send Mister Stewert to the
Stait SENT to serve out the term. An
where is he know. God nOws? Mister
Doopont, Mister Higgins an Mister
Addix don't. He's grOpin' around in
the dark like a lost speeIit lookin' fer
vindykashun. Don't never menshun
his name to me agin."
! I wisht yau'd ast Sam MerIydith TO
Bring back fhat saddle he boITyed last
thrashin' time wuz two yeres ago. /
think hits bin over to his house long
enuf.
Frank Bradle's broke out agln'.
Mary Ann. He wants to be klerk OF
| the House. Mister Addix sez he kin
have hit eff he kin git hit, an I wish
| you'd rite him a letter Of kOngratula-
shun vile you've got the chance. He's
bin havin' a tut run Of LUX in polly
ticks yere lately, an sumthin's got to
be dun fer his releef.
Mister Willyem b. Klerl1 has decided
to run fer mayer of Wilmington agin.
4 That's wot we're given out to the Reg
lers. but hits only a bluff to git
the Reglers to vote fer Mister Addix
, fer Yoonited Stats Seniter prOvidin
he'll pull Mister Klerk outten the
feeld. The bluff don't appeer to be
wurkin very gud up TO this time, but
hit may have sum effeckt later. WOt
4, we're tryin' to do is to skeer the Reg
lers. Mister Addix sez that ef them
big kOrpOrashuns along the river don't
fall in line he's goin' to fill the Kris
s tiana river up with dert put asfalt
paving on hit an call hit Addix ave-
= nyoo, Jest fer spite. He sez he's got
: seCh a pull with the administrashun
4 that he kin do hit. wenever he wants
{ to, an I CESS he kin, Ter he's a mitey
2 smart feller. ] tell yu, Mary Ann, a
{ man who kin run fer YoOnited Stats
: seniter fer eleven yeres an not git hit
d kin dew almost ennything ef he tries.
/ CESS we're goin' to have a munlly
I. an parrit time in Dover next Mondy
y mite Hit luks thataway now We're
/. goin to take our pick, an the Regleri
!. is goin' to take there pick, an therel
be a russell to see hoo keeps the plums
q Mister Addix sez hitll be a game o
/, buttin, buttin, hoo's got the buttin
,al He's sech a funny feller He cum L
III me this mOrnin an sez. Bill. git tn
}" horns out an shine 'em up. | SEE
20 'Wot du yu want the horns fer HI
s. SEE. There's goin' to be a dedlock, ar
IN eff our horns hain't in good kOndishul
le we can't MAINTAIN hit, fer yu kno'
it these we're bi-ennyel stag parties Il
H. the Stait House has bin battle royel
re fer sum yeres back" So after l fin
" ish Iitin to yu, Mary Ann. I've got {
a git to werk on them there horns {
IN ourn. wunder hooS ixin up tn
sl horns fer the RsElers9
~ I'm afeerd ole Kris hain't eomin on
n way this Krismue. I've bin Naitin' fC
= Mister Addix to cay sumthin fer se7
~ erel days but he haint dun hit vi
Yesterday I eez, Ned. is this yei
4, goin to be green Krismus?"
IN, didn't put his hand in his pockit a
M pull out a twenty doller bill or nuthiI
Iat but Jes slSwinted his wethsr eye up
m the sky an sez. II hain't much of
n wether prophet" That feller cair
t'sl take q hint an ] gess youll have
Dutl put q corncob in Liza's stOckin an
)ut the stockin's OF the uther childe
In with oats. an believe me to be,
ez, Yore risin' kusband,