The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-15
AT THE STATE PRESS CONVENTION
The AIkaIi Eye Man Has Consented to Report N
lnas for The Post.

Ings for The Post.
We hev arriv an before departin' fer tn driaa1
which our uncrrin' instinct kin locate afur Oft We q
1t doc ter III GREATNESS an waitin public ter let
know somcthin concerning our wharabouts, III hw 4
gttiu' here. an tn hopes an fears at hey hese u
III kyars spilled tn platform an ehu.chud Wy
To fur distance We feel like phosophysisin SFyl
wonderful thing is man He kin take even wiln
rive good I'm It'll further away we 81 I'm ~
more this fac rs borne IN upon US lis waid ~
th poudrus ingn thet hrung us hither an lis yinI
take Ms back horrible Tn kyars want noren aaaa
drinks I'm Alka when all of a student, they nqI
bumry ter bump an stopped dead.
Whats up" We as tn conductor come l'eH'
our scat
"Stoppin' fer water" says he,
At tibet all our manhood riz in revolt an win g
anger an despair we sprung fer tn bell cord az II
we knowed tn conductor had us down in tn ne 'p'
hull hctt a-straddlc OF our stummick an tryin ~
our face with both hands We admit that We Wa
hut our desprit attack had served its purpose
soon tn train pulled out thout sign o water ~
brune ahord an then III conductor got OIL an We
Whatd ye set straddc o stummiek le N
reaohn ter see + our bottle was safe.
Look out fer his gum" yells some one, an WI
we was down agini It was long time before y 81
wuz scttn on our face nd shove over fur eraua II
could spit an explain, but when they seen u ov~
solielinde we must say they apologized an We
an drinked
Gainesville, we sh'd jedge. looIin at II sil =,
burg OF erbout twenty sloons an few drug aur
us who comes I'm a ono s'loon town looks as pu-.
heaven on airth as q dfinkiu man like MS can ~,
spite o III warm sunshine at beats down upon y
green an fertile fields at Surrounds her na'H'
controntin' trile at benchcs tn Teddesl n0s
strong men ter snatch their teeth an weep =
their minds eonjures up--ter kote tn poet ielie'
Now thar is a whisp'rin' TO an 10 !,
An checks all pale al but an hou1 49, 49,
Blushed at III praise o their own usn"
tn facs as fur as we hey Earned en- als,l w
thet lot o local optioners hev ben a-aslNup Nv
theys goin' ter pull of whut's called loe@ XXI
shun' Ter them Of our readers who hey neys' u a
face ter face with seeh dire possibility, 4 naVa
~ ter explain tibet should tn optoners syn .. 80,
new ter close their doors, an peopell hey e. NIX,
drug stores alone Ter quench their conspmin w."
mat hut TELLER must hey a prescription y Nh
MS as we sec H. is ag'in our eonstiiooupi', MN
CONSTRUCTION guarantees ter ey'ry man pefieSs \.
pursoot o. booze, an these rights, il seems q IN
inalienabe As We look upon this once pls.s.as
serve her fear an tremhliu' We air torn ~ ssA 4
uons--gee shaved by desire ter stay an in1 ',t,
or SO down ter everastin defeat. II we ue .s ~
wed stay--but thars III fear tibet she laNl N, T
which case We might be overcome by thIs' $500
So ieE III next town. While we air stu os'Ir, u
Nhut IS right, we've about eonoloodcd ter sAsY .s
dear oil boory Alka soons th' press eoas'a
We hey letter Of Introduction ter ioos h T.
present tibet, an then ter hunt up dear Of Nt'
eow-logged Palestine Press map@-
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