The Delawarean., 1900-08-01
Camden Camp, July 80, 1900.

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Camden Camp, July 80, 1900.
When you told me to yacuate dc
offs an take two weeks vacashun
on this camp grounds pervidin Id
write her up,I was fool 'nIough to yanB
in the kontract. Fact was Lid seen
The other fellers round the ofh5 grin
din out copy, till l thought it was a
snap with a big s. But l took the
konract an here she goes
Fust | thought il would be all Sam
singin andd hosanners an preachin
and l fixed myself up to scorch Oil
that line, an lade out to scoop in
Sunday as the big day. So on Sun
day l sirculaJid-an' it didn't take ms
dong to run up agin the fac that dere's
trials an tmbulashuns in dis yert
writin bizness. Fer l hadn't bin
Dromenadin an hour before ! dis
kivered dat poltiks had de swing
roun de outer edges in de mornin
and that it was worlin in toward dc
tabernacle in de afternoon.
Fust man I struck was Mister Alice
of Dover, who kom in back OBJ da.
stopper of his'n ez do he wuz in a
hurry and he'd hardly got de animal
cabled 10 saplin before dere wuz
Sheriff Wharton Mister Milf. Wilson
Mister Sterner, Mister Hollis, Mister
Jenkins, Dr.. Conwell, Mister Coke
Chambers, of Camden, an Mister Me-
Commons of Wyoming, swarmin
round.
Inside of four minutes by dat silver
kronometer | wun las winter at Herl
Blackiston's rattle, dere wuz love
feast organized rite aroun' Mr.. ALE Is
carriage, and testimonials was rngin
in de air. Kordin to wot ! heerd eb-
erything wuz lubly all elong de line
Don't know wOt line, but dats wo,
Mister Alice told EN-, an Sheriff
Wharton he sed "Yamen.
Did you eber here de sheriff git dat
"Yamen1 OBJ his'n off? It's great
Souns like Mister Milf Wilson's eld-
est he male sheep singin' his mornin
song. Its big thing anywheres,
tell yer.
After Mister Alice finished up on
de line bizness, de Camden delegashur
started in Frum wot 1 could make
out dere wuz one ofiis ter be filled
from dat secshun and seven candy
dates ter fill it. Each man OBJ dem
wuz tellin Mister Alice all about IL
an de racket they kicked up wul
similar to dat wich amanates from
one OBJ desc yer bachelor girls tents
wen a new dude makes his appear
ance on de ground. Bout de time de
debate reached de point wher Squire
Cooper would pernounce it disorder
ly er peace disturbin, Mister William
Jakes, de sweet warbler lob Wyom-
in stashun. comes strollin elong.
Mister Jakes probably koncluded
it wuz a free-for-all sperience meet
in frum de racket, am he pitched in
widout invitashun. Ez Mister Stern
er he'd just wound up a perorashun q
red dat word in last weeks paper)
which made Mister Allee's horse rare
up, Mister Jalles thought it was time
for warblin' an he warbled ez fol.
lers:
(Air-Ole Hundred).
IN d;- banpv cupda., r,o,,p
Vile each man is tootin his horn
Seems ter me things is in a fearful fix
Fer de Regulars dey declare,
An loudly do dey sware,
Dat dey'll hab de scalp OBJ J Edward
Addix.
Chorus-But we'll rally fer de cause
boys.
Well rally once agin.
Shoutin' am yellin don't yere see,
An we'll perceed ter knock 'em out
Ez we did in dat last bout,
F'ollerin' in de footsteps ob Alice.
Mister Jakes kind O. raised his
melojus organs up towards de atticb
notes in dat chorus and Sheriff Whar.
ton did de base act, vile Mister Milf
Wilson tenored. Did you eber hear
Mr.. Milf tenor? Say, its immens. DE
noise wuz orful, an somebody hollered
"Cops" am dat meetin' dissolved.
I sor seberal oder gaderins OBJ sim.