News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-30
QUAKER CITY QUlRKS.

"Rob" Writes at Random About Penn
sylvania Politics, Philadelphia mode
of Speech, Vermont Governor
Question, etc.
1t is extremely easy to be seen that
three things of interest in the public
eye are Furnishing, three trusts, the
Pennsylvania Political Trust, the Beef
Trust and the Vermont Trust | will
hardly say the Vermont Political
Trust, for the reason that | have just
reached the conclusion that there is
not so very much politics ia the old
Gree Mountain state. OF the Key
stone states trust there is not much
to say, except that Boss Quay has,
after allowing a supposed machine"
candidate for governor Attorney
General Eikins- play with the ropes
for several months, in which time he
has made himself solid in seventeen
counties out of nineteen, come out
with bold decree to the effect that
this man shall not be the next Re-
publican nominee for governor. Con-
sequently all plans are upset and
many a machine politician as we'll
as machine newspapers are put
to their wits end to choose whom
they will serve. But I'll bet a cookie
the "old man." the head of the most
un- American political trust 1nder the
sun, will win out in the fight to come.
Of the outrageous FRANKS OF the
Beef Trust, every household in this
great city are indignant victims.
Prices for all meats, together with
nearly everything in the provision
line, have gone up and up until the
situation is very serious and if some
remedy does not come, by way of Ma
tional legislation or the act of Presi-
dent or Atty. General there'll be some
thing doing both in the near future
and in the next Presidential contest.
As to the situation in Vermont |
am much interested, though it has
to be viewed from afar, and | want
to say that cannot believe that the
choice and action of Vermont's citi-
zens in this semi occasional strife
within the party with reference to the
gubernatorial candidates, is to be al
lowed to be dictated and directed
from Waldorf-Astoria pow-wow or
from any similar plan concocted by
the would be state officers trust. No,
if Ihad the happy privilege of being in
my old home to-day would, as four
years ago, put in my best ticks for
General John G. Mccullough. He is
1.-The real thing" and sincerely hope
he may, and fully expect to see him,
win.
With family and family cares so
largely increased, a ratio of thirty
three and one-third per cent growth,
my writing occasional scattering un.
interesting lines has been interrupted
and | hardly know where | cleft off, "
in fact it's more than likely no one
else does and what is more, the hope
may have been entertained that /
had cleft off, forgood. When want
forcible reminder of home and two
or three good friends up there | stroll
up Eighth street and see that George
W. Clark is conducting fourishing
mems furnishing business, or trip
out to Twentythird street reveals
the fact that Andrew J. Smith is pro-
prietor of a saloon. Of course | am
not able to say how fourishing his
business may be, having had but an
external view.
One of the evening papers has been
giving much space to a discussion of
the merits and dement's of the Ian
guage used by Philadelphians and
Pennsylvanians as compared with
the NewEngland manner ofspeech and
one would think that New England,
with all it's centers of culture and edu-
cational interests, had hardly ap-
preached her A BIC. The fact is how
ever, that the language and peculiar
accent prevalent here is, to close
observer, far from up to the Vermont
standard, say nothing of Massa-
chusests with her hub of the universe.
For fat nasal twang and absolutely
angular pronunciation the average
Philadelphians and Jerseyites beat
all | ever heard. And here every
body invariably says "hasn't came"
and "hasn't went," 81 bought this
off of Wanamaker," "I'll get me hat
and order around me carriage"
"Yew went up teown did'n yew ?"
"Would'n yer wife leave yew GO 2"
"Listen-what time does church take
INF" "Listen-I was a ridin me bike
for fair down q hill the other day,
that bike | bought off'n Lit Bros,
when me head came agin a stone wall,
o, but how me head ached me-" Its
rainin' and think I'll put on me
gums" At the table, "I'll take a few
more pertatis please" "Listen-Come
in some day and see me new pi-anner."
sc 7 iatan-Ma and Harry Ia oroinj ~