Evening journal., 1900-12-31
Steel Braces Put on Union
Republican Horns
POOL TABLE PLAYS POLITICS
Delegation From ShOeString DiStric!
Has Exciting Controversy Over
Democratic Policy
Rddix Hedkwarters.
Wilmington. Dellywer.

WlluiuHluh. htiil'WtAs
Desember therty. . nawts.
Mrs. Nary Ann Jones
Sandtown. Shoostring Deestrict.
Kent Kounty. Dellywer.
MI dere Mary Ann:
I'm iist gittin' things packed up fer
movin to Dover tomorrow TO help
Mister Addix orginize the Legislature
That Is. we're goin TO do hit ef sum
boldly else don't cum along an talk the
werk often our hands Mister Addix
IS lookin kinder ankshus an pale
aroun' the gills. but ] allow as how
wurryin' won't mend matters nun. an
fer him to cheer up an let Frank Alice
an Jon Abbit do the wurryin'. SEE.
Ned. you'd better not wurry too mutch
about the Organizashun. fer ef W du
yer w0rrier will be bustid wen iiit
Gums TO the votin' fer YOOnited Stats
seniter. an yu won't have nuthin' to
wurry with jest wen yu most need
hit" lie SEE. "rhis yere situashun's
kinder hard on our fellers hoo wants
ofises." ! sez "HOO's gOin' 10 or
ginize the Senit." He sez. Bill that's
cordin' 10 'cordin'." ! sez. well hooB
goin' to orginize the House?" He sez.
"rhat's 'cordin' 10 'cordin'. too"
sez "Then theh ole things kinder
'cordIn' TOGO rdln'?" He sez. I'm SER
tenly sorry to say as how hit H."
There hain't no end to wOt I've got
10 tote down 20 Dover with me. Mary
Ann. Pore Mister Addix has got sech
lode OF trubble that he caint carry
nuthin else exceptin' a thin mite shert.
fer sleepin' perpusses. an a kommin
skool arithmetick fer kalkulatin per-
pusses.
l wisht yu kud see our horns. Mary
Ann. They're polished UP Mise. an
we've had steel brascs run up along
the prongs to keep the derned things
frum brakin' off ef them Reglers. hoos
got horns too. gifts to plungi1i' around
rite peert after the dedlock begins. I've
got to karry them horns down an
strap 'em on Frank Allee's bed fer the
hole session. fer he's the hghtenist fell
Ter we've got. an no mistaik an. be
sides that Mister Addix SEE horns Is
becomin to him. / CESS this yere
hain't goin' to be the sinch we wuz ex-
pectin as Jon Taller sed after he'd had
q low hWAlI NAAh0 MAlu A|nAMMNtI IAOl~
KUN. Of Moo Kassel hunderd.
jeff Blakeley's kinder komplikatin'
matters Mary Ann. fer he's got an
idee in his he'd as how he ought to be
pressydent pro temperry OF the Senit.
Seniter Abbit bObbed up sum time ago
an then Seniter Brasure cum out an
We had hit all ixt up to throw Abbitt
down an set Brasure in the chare wen
sumboddy put hit in Jeff's he'd as how
he wuz bein' slited an ought to have
hit. Frum wot l kin understand
Harry Wite. a DimmOkrat. of Moo
Kassel hunderd is engineerin Jeffs 3
boom. Leastways Harry Wite wuz
PAWN the way fer Jeff TO got at Semi
ter Ellison SOS to git his vote ef he
Sud. an he's also bin seein' Unkel Bob
Mackfarlin. l CESS he hain't sed nuth-
in to Sam NOx yit but ] allow as how
Samll do all he kin fer him ef he gifts
chance. fer there's bin a very strong
feelin' existin' between them two Iel-
lers fer about two yeres. an every
time they meet hit grows stronger.
This mornin' JEFF cum to me with a
big box an sed: bill will yu talk this
yere down to Dover fer met" sez.
"Sertenly. wOts in hit. He sez.. Half
a doller" / sez. II don't meme wot's
in the job-but wot's in the box?" He
sez. Hits mi boom fer pressydent OF
the Senit" l sez. is hit alive?" He
sez. "Of korse hits alive-wot the L do
yu think hit H. ded?' l sez. there
hain't no holes or Stats or nuthin' in
that box. an a boom KANT live ef hit
don't have air Ef yu ship that there
boom of yourn TO Dover thataway.
hitll be Jim Boggs gifts hit outten the
kar. Let me git a brase an bit an
bore a few holes in the sides" He
swelled up an sed Mister Jones.
you'll oblige me ef you'll let that there
box strickly alone. IF yu wuz 10 go
to borin holes in hit theb it mite slip
an bore hole klere throo mi boom;
an hoo wants boom with a hole In