Willmar tribune., 1900-08-08

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PARROTTS HOG LITTERRATEWR
Sins Jack Parrott got to be "spe-
shell eddytoryel kontribewter and kid
abowt town" fer the Peepette he hez
bin so stuck up thet he hez he'd nifty
littel time fer me. But one eavning
last weak hiz hierd man brawt me one
of Jacks kards, on the back of witch
he he'd roat the follering:
"Kommishuner J. Parrott Esk-
wier will grant an interview to Mr.. j.
Criketts If he will kawl on him imme-
dyaitly or ez soon tharafter ez possib-
bel. /"
L heddent bin hankering fer no in
tervew, butt I wuz kinder kewryus to
noa what Jack wuz up to so after do
ing my choars I went oaver I wuz
shoan into the parlor, and thare
fownd Jack with hiz feat on the label
reeding hiz pees in the payper. He
lookd up and sed. 81 hoap Mr..
Cricketts will eckskews me fer sending
fer him, butt we publick men ar so
taken up with owr dootys and respon-
sibillytis thet we kant 60 a vissyt-
ing"
Sez l, "Jack PARROT, taint no ews
OF yur mistering me, Yu mite jest ez
we'll kom off yur HE horses, kaws
thay don't skair me one bit. " He
lookd at me kinder doobersum, and
sed. "Well, kant eckspekt yu kom-
mon foaks to realyze troo graitness.
Taint in yur natewr to do it. l jest
wanted to reed to yu my artickels in
this payper," and he went at it, reed
ing in hiz moast impressiv way.
When he kahn to the pees abowt hogs
at the school meeting he throad in q
lot of eckstra foars, and then he said:
"Thar, rekken thet IL abowt ez ely
gent and powrful roast ez them fell
lersever gotsss thet launatmailsthem
feal ashaymd of thairselvs thav aint
got no fealings, thet's awl. Samewel
and me hev tawked this matter oaver
and we hev kom to the konklooshun
thet the ackshun of thet krowd thet
run thet skool meating wuz abowt ez
rotten and hogish thing ez wuz ever
dun in thet town, and I felt it wuz my
dooty to speek owt plane"
Sez I: ION what do yu bais thet
staitment? Ez fur ez I noa the men
elekted ar awl strait onnest men,
and nobody mead feal ashaymd OF
heving voated fer them."
Sez Jack: "Butt look at the ideer
of talking foar of the men from one
ward. Aint thet hoggishness?
"Well, " sez I, i" one of the third
warders il goaing to move into SEX
kend ward soon, witch givs thet ward
it's doc shair. Ez to the furst ward
thay he'd ownly one men thay thawt fit
to be on the skoolboard and the rest
of the peepel diddent want him. The
ownly kandidait witch thay put up
after thet WIZ third warder witch
goas to shoa thet thay thawt thet ward
awt to hey threa members. Why did
dent thay put up q man from THAR
ward insted of yelling after the thing
wuz DUMP"
80, sed Jack "thar wazent no ews.
The blaimd pops wuz running the
meating.'
"Ef that's troo," sez I, "yu kant
ackews them of being hogish fer thay
elected some republicans.
"Thay aint jenewine republicans, -
sez he. "Thay meyer wurkd with the
organyzashun in the villaig eleck-
shuns. A man what don't vote fer
republicken aldermen thet ar in faver
of pursonel libberty and upbilding the
town by Hsens monny amt troo party
men,
Sez I: 1.-THE man what drags party
pollyticks into loakel affares IL sc
narrowminded thet if biz boldly wu2
in proporshun he kood slip into the
baisbawl park throo the cracks be.
tween the boards. An awlderman or
a member of the skoolboard haint got
no vols in fixing owr furrin pollissy
or the monny kwestyun, or the trusts
or tariff. The pops and republicans
thet voted together at thet skool meat.
ing and the vilaig eleckshun kin feal
prowd of being free cittyzens and not
party slaivs. If thet kind of akshuns
IL hogish awl kin say IL I wish the
tribe of hogs mite inkrees. Onnest
peepel will differ on nashunel kwestt
yuns, and awl the good peepel aint il
one party yet by long shot. -
But it wuzzent no ews taxking tt
Jack. He hez maid up biz mind (wha
littel he hez) that the fellers what rur
the skool meatings ar hogs and he viii
keep up hiz hog artikkels till the ed
dyter finds owt tibet tibet kind of littera
tewr don't 20 with the peepel.
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and all affections Of the bowels, livel
and kidneys prevented by the genuin,
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