Evening journal., 1901-12-11
BILL JONES GLAD
HE WAS ABSENT
CritiCiSpS ACtiORS Of Those at
Birthday Dinner
DESCRIBES CLARK MENSCH
ADVISES Mary Ann to Keep From
Joining SandtOwR'S NeW-Ccn-
turV Club
DESCRIBES CLARK MENSCH

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Headkwarters NV the Delaware Bay
Stait Gas Kumpany, Liebig Marsh
Wilmington. Moo Kassel KOunty.
Delaware. December 9. nineteen
hunderd an won.
Mrs. Mary Ann Jones, Sandtown,
Shoostreeng deestrict, Kent
Kounty, Delaware
Ny Deer Mary Ann: We air throwed
down agin fer Kongressman Jay Hysler
Bawl hes gone an got Klark Minch ap-
Dinted Sooperintendint NV rooral male
delivery Klark IL a Regler an hez
saw teeth list like Teddy Rosefelt. He
hez black hare and mustash. He is
kinder bowlegged and fat an hez a
squint in his nigh eye. We air sertin-
ly gittin discharged an if they keep on
thare wont be nuthin left fer us tew
dew an yore risin husban will hev taw
kun back tew Sandtown and talk up
the plow.
Mister Addix he'd a birthday party
lasc week at MaryfOorees but yOre
risin husband wussent invited. Mister
AddiX sed hit wus a seleckt party an
OWN tew the iron rust on mi Ease he
didn't think hit wurth vile tew ask
me. Hit wuz jist es well Mary Ann
thet he didn't fer if wOt seed in the
noospaper is true them fellers wot wuz
thare made blame fools an hogs Outen
themselves an hit was a disgrase tew
our party. Wi Mary Ann the moose
paper sez that sum NV them fellers
was so blamed dumb thet thay drunk
all NV the water outen the finger boles
fer leminade iestbekase thay heda slice
NV lemon in hit. Thar must hev been
an orfu time fer the paper seZ Mr..
Addix he'd tew call them of frum the
table. Thay made up pottery an sung
hit iist Outlandish an / am glad i wus-
sent THAR.
i haint dune much since / rit yeou
last but reed the nOosepapers an the
daily Republican an seed by the moose
papers thet the suns NV Delleware
hilt dinner in fldelfy an
tibet Mayer Ashbridge sed a good wurd
fur Mister AddiX. but Mister Ash
bridges tawk didn't seem tew pleeze
Mister AddiX.
Ashbridge wus a-talkin' about the
fine fellers thet Delaware he'd sent tew
UEnAEAlAN any MAA eAA lCM MuAl0l AlC
sez, "see wat we sent you tew Della
ware, we sent you Mister Addix" Hit
must NV struck the felers funny. fer
about fifteen NV them upset thare
shampane. six NV them fell ofiin thair
chares, wun NV them klapped his hands
an The rest groaned. Hit must hey bin
sterrin site tew Sc theim crate men
moOved by the bair monshun Nv Mis-
| ter Advises naim. i wuz te,lin him
thet he ought tew jine the society, but
he sed hit wud not be kongeenyal
nhare haint much a-doin hccr in
pollyticks jest now, an am tryin tew
find out how much Nv Kent kounty
THE sixth representytiif deestrickt talks
in. Hit serunly IL a long tailed dees-
trict, an ef them fellers he'd a tuck a
little more NV the uther deestricts off
hit wud hev bin no yuse NV havin any
| deestrict in Kent but the sixth. Hit
seems tew kuvver the hole aIth, an fer
ali tibet lhit is made UP NV wat wus lert
NV North MUrderkill. South Murderkill
an MisspllyOn hundreds after the sew
enth, Sth an ninth deestricks wus laid
out. Hit tuches around Maryland, Har-
rington. Mastins kcrner, Vernon, not
Skott, Whites Church Witeleeburg,
] Browns BranSnt netNeI Ddm BIdlSl.
Owls Nest rode Cowgirl Woodside,
Petersburg. Reeds rode Doopont's s
sltule. Willow grove, Grays Korner,
West Dover hundred an the amshouse.
Hit sertainly ez a wanderin deestrict,
Mary Ann, an hit is mystifyin tew tell
jest ware hit don't tcoh in Kent
kounty.
Don't never jine a Moo Scnshury
klub, Mary Ann, fer hit wuddent be
nuthin tew yore kriddit tew dew hit
fer THAR air a .Ot NV womin in hi. wat
gifts on the staige an blacks THAR fasses
an wares short dresses an acks Niger
Ef thay git up a Senshury klub in
Sandtown Mary Ann keep cutin hit
fer sich carryiRs on wud be a bad eggs
ample tew the children, ar besides hit
/ wuddent .ook Mise tcw see you kaperin
; aroun doom rag time dans.n iike gas
r in a sirlus / am gittin along purity
= good with mi gittar lessins. DON'T sell
the kOrn yit. fer hit is risin all the time
Yore risin husband,
William Jones.