Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-09
ABE is SEEING NEW YORK
BUT EvADEs GREEN GOODS MEN
Tells Some Interesting Incidents OF
His Trip, and Visits His Wealthy
Brother. ~
New YORK, Jan. |, 1901.


My son and air, better known as
Abe .Ir., has gone to Lincoln, Neb., to
bekome assoshiate editor of the
Komoner. and my wife have SHAKEN
the dust of Maine from our feet (of
korse she shook more than / did on
akount of thare size) and are now
sojerning in New York City. The
people of Maine seem to be healthy and
have enuff to etc but koodn't see no
sorce of inkum exsept selling lumber
and fish and raising statesmen. have
seen feller in Iowa after rain karry
into log house more soil on his boots
than I see in that whole state. To
sum up would rather have 10 acres
in Iowa than one in Maine.
1 and my wife grately enjoy the sites
in the biggest sity of America which is
entirely new to us. While l was
gawping round the city al alone and
unbeknown to my wife several silk
fellers rushed up to me and says,
"How are you Unkle Abe? Kun up
to my offise, I want to show you how
to make a fortune" How tha kome
to take me for green-horn I don't no
as / had no umbrella or a oil kloth
satchel, but soon fixed EN-. 1 said,
II amt your uncle and / hain't got
but two nefeus and / am ashamed of
you fellers for wareing such poor
klothes and know your kaling and
will make your elekshun sure in the
penetenshury if you don't skip"
Tha lit out, probably thinking 1 was q
detektive. / have no doubt they We're
green goods men that | have herd of
threw the papers.
/ have brother in New York that
made his steak in California in '49
and sinse then has been good deal
more than less konekted with trusts
and today he don't no how much he
is worth any more than know how
much am worth. All the people on
my side are very welthy. wish Good
sa as much on my wife's side. We
arrived just as my brothers dauter
was preparing her 'trosso' to mary a
kount. asked him what kind of
kount he was, if he was of sum akount
or no akount, and if he was like sum
of these forren kounts heed be of more
use to the world if he was New York
oyster kount. He said he was very
brilliant young man and didn't owe
more than million which he Good
pay without a struggle. He showed
me his pikture and / was overkome
with greet as the he'd looked just like
that of mi little poodle dog that dyed
sum time ago. / asked him why she
needed to mary kount as she Good
git higher little with less money.
There was the emperor of China who
didn't owe much but a little indem-
nifty kaused by late disturbance who
wood undoubtedly make room for one
more in his crowded household, and
the sultan of Turkey, who like miself
never pays Diet till he has to and who
owes poor Unckle Sam sum of money
that the dilapitated old teller kant git.
He might take newcomer into his
manshun, especially if she was rich
and American bell; then there are
Indin chiefs "Who toll not neither do
they spin" and owe nobody nothing.
Some of them mite ad one more to live
on the government, but then the bride
wood have to karry water, no the korn
and karry the pappoose on her back,
but as far as my nowlege extends eny-
thing wood be preferable to forrener
with title of any kind. We expect
to leeve here direktly after the wedin
for Washington and if Mckinley asks
us to stay all night and make our
home at the White House indefinitely,
we may spend the winter thare, but if
he don't ask us we shall be home
much more previously.
If you see Sile Erwin and Phil
Hustled before we return tell them that
1 and my wife wish them a very
Happy New Year. ABE JONES.