Evening journal., 1901-01-12
SandtOWn Statesman Now a
theatrical Critic
OLGA MISSED An INSPIRATION
Committee May be Appointed 10 In
leStigatc the Midnight Hazing Vi
Senator MCParlin
Addix Hedkwarters,
Hotel Richerdson,

HOLel tAlCutIubDus
Dover, Del, Jan. IL, 1901.
Mrs. William Jones.
Sandtown, Shoostring Deestrict,
Kent kounty, Dellywer.
Mi dere Mary Ann:
Mister Addix has Won anuther CRATE
vickterry over them Reglers. The 2
houses is orginized. The Reglers took
the SENT and everything else they
wanted. an us Addix fellers tuck wot
wuz left. Hits sertenly inspirin' Wen
yu cum to think as how they wuz
eleven an we wuz only ateen. Them
wuz terrlbul odds fer US to have to iite
agenst, an no mistaik. Takin all
things into konsiderashun, Mister Ad-
dix allows as how he wuz lucky In
gittin' ennything, fer one Regler
counts as mutch as two OF us Addix
fellers wen hit Gums to doin' an get
tin things. In fackt, Mister AddiX sez
he'd ruther have Sam Knocks than all
the loOtenants he's got ] wunder et
there's emmy way Sam kin be wun over
to look at the pOlitlkal situashun thrOo
Addlx blinkers. He's a Mise feller, an
there hain't nuthin' in the world the
matter with him but his pollyticks an
his neckware. Eff he'd put on an Ad-
dix koller an hoop hit up fer our
valyent leeder there wudnt be no bet
ter feller livin'. But the trubble is he
won't ketch the Addix hoopin kof. an
he allows as how an Addix terndown
koller don't SCOT his neck. an he goes
rite on, keepin' our fellers gessin' an
thinkin' all the time about wot's
comm next.
Sum Of our fellers seems to think as
how gittin together on the orginiza-
shun meens glttin' together fer SEMI
ters. Hit begins to look to me as how
they've got anuther think comm there
way, fer sum Of them Reglers hoo
voted to use us fer Orginizashun per-
puses haint gOin to vote to use Mister
Addix fer sennytOryal perpusses. They
allows as how hits an entirely differ
ent proposishun. But us fellers CANT
see hit that way. Wot's the use Of or
ginizin' an havin' emmy seshun eff hit
hain't goin' to elect Mister Addix.
How's them Winter apples of ourn
keepin', Mary Ann? I've promised a
half-barrel baskit to Jim Shallkross
an / wisht you'd pick out a good one
and git hit off to MiddletOwn bi ferst
train day after tomorrow.
Our ole friend Obid w. Marvil OF
Ilawrel is skweelin' wussn a stuck pig
Mister Addix throwed him down on the
orginizashun. Yu see, Obid wanted tc
be klerk of the SENT. He'd with
drawed frum the Stait ticket fer Staii
awditer to pleese Mister AddiX, an tc
let PerneI Bee Norman, a Regler, gil
on, an wen he asst fer the offs oi
klerk OF the SENT he wuz give to I'M
derstand as how there wudnt be nc
trubble about that But our fellers
give him the throwdown proper. They
termed his picksher to the wall an
elected Harry Kain. Obid felt hert
He'd wurked like a slave fer Mister
Addix an that wuz wot he got. After
hit wuz all over he went to Seniter Alb.
bitt an sed: "Seniter. / want to thanh
yu fer wot yu dun fer me this morn
in" Seniter Abbitt loolt down his
nose an didn't seem to want to tall
about hit. Obid sez: EFF l ever gi
the chance. I'll do as mutch fer yu.
An he lookt as tho he ment hit, Mary
Ann. feel sorry fer Obid, fer hel
sech an able-bodied, hard-wurkin fel
Ter. Wen / told Mister Addix abou
hit he lookt serprised an sed: Hoo
Obid Marvel?" l sez. "He Gums frun
Lawrel." He sez, HE feles bad, du
he?" / sez. That's wot he duz." HI
sez. Jest let him alone, an he'll 81
glad all rite I'm gittin' in a posishu
were I kin git along without a lot o
these yere hangers-on like Obid Mar
vel" Frank Bradlee got throwel
down, too. Mary Ann. He wanted Z
be klerk Of the House. but us feller
give his plase to the Reglers.
I wisht yu cud have saw the krowl
in the Hotel Richerdson. Mary Ann
an the pullin an hawlin' that wa
bein' dun bi our fellers an the uthe
felle7s. Hit beet WILDER Bernite'
taffy-pullin' all to peeces. Cur feller
put in a mitey blzzy day, but ther
wuz a good dele Of lost mOshun vii
our masheen wuz wurkin'.
Mister Addix cum down in the after
noon. Charley Kittingsr WIZ with hin
Seniter Alice met them at the raie
rode stashun- They walked dow
Lockernan street an Mister Addi