Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-27

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sort out everybody in the house, old en-
young, big en- little, male en- female,
clean down to leetle Charley Marvin,
the humpback.
"Thtngs got so quiet ye could hear
the men a-chawin' they're terbacker. ez
the gals en- the purfesser begun to fg-
ger up the p'ints. They commenced at
the head Of each line Sallie had the
fust choice, en- she took ole Ben Bwale
fer 1t.
"Whayre wuz ye borned, Mr..
Swale? asked the purfesser. In Vir-
ginny,' Ben answered; en- sallie's side
got credit fer forty-six I'ints, en- her
father, who wuz a-stan'in' by me,
whispered whut remarkable penetra-
ton tibet sal had, fer one 80 young.
"Dollie had taken Mrs. Swale fer her
fust choice; en- Mrs. Swale wuz axed
the same question. In Arkansaw,'
she answered, en- big laugh went up,
en- Dollie got credit fer only four
p'ints.
"En so they went on, whipsawin'
down the lines, en- acrost from one to
the other, en- some amusin' things a
happenin' right along all the time. The
women 'ud say Indeed! jist ez sur
priced like, en- oh, N.Y. Ell excitedly,
en- the men folks 'ud smile en- keep on
chawin they're terbacker. Some Curl
GUS combinations come to the light OF
the community fer the fust time, en-
reckon they're owners even wuz cons1d-
erably surprised themselves. Thayre
wuz ole Joe Biggers, with his wife en-
seven Children. They wuz all on Sal
lies side. en- the way they're birthplaces
wuz scattered all over creation WIZ q
ginyouine eye opener. Bill WIZ horned
in South Carlinee; his wife in Michi-
gan, the oldes' gal in Eelinoi, the oldes'
boy in Ioway, they're mex child In Hiz-
zoory, at which Ed Swank, with his
hospitable face, seemed mighty tlckled
(ole Ed wuz from Mizzoory). the mex
child in Newbrasky, the mex in Kan
eas, the mex in the Injun nation, en-
the mex in Oklahomy.
..Thayre wuz several families scatter
quite 30 bad. En- thayre wuz Jim Swo-
boda from Bohemia en- Carl Schmidt
from Germany en- so en- so forth. A
man 'ud be borned in Californy en- his
woman in Massachusetts en- they're
children gethered up on all the roads
between the two. l found tibet my
neares' neighbor wuz borned In New
York en- his wife in Texas. The one
on the mex quarter wuz borned In Yer
mont, while his woman wu2 from Flor
idee En- of NIL the mixed up messes
You ever seed our deestrlct shorely wuz
when We got through. The whole
United States en- disunited territories
en- several foreign countries wuz repre-
sented by folks with the proper Gre
dentials; on ez the countin' OF p'ints
went on we saw tibet the match wuz
to be list nip en- tuck CT to which OF
the gals won out. fer several Of us WIZ
a-keepin' tally on the p'lnts.
"Tom Liscomb WIZ the last Teller
on Sallie's side. I'm from the FREQ
state Of Van Znndt" says he: en- we
all helt our breaths, fer none of us
knowed fer shore whayre thet WIZ
Fer minute err so we thort he wuz
foreigner, but he didn't have aney
brogue to his talk. But the purfesser
relieved the strain in less'n n minute,
fer he knowed whit 1t wuz. Free
state of Van Znndt-Yan Zardt coun-
ty-Texas,' says he. En- forty-three
mighty big p'ints went down to salliss
credit.
'Dollie's last choice wuz Mrs. Dusan,
the widder woman Twin down on the
school section. En- whayre wuz ye
borned Mrs DuGnn?' snid the purfess-
err. Sure, an wua boarn In ould Ore
land said she, imitatin the Irish
brogue although she could speak Unit
ed States ez well en native Of Arkan-
snw. I'm hundred p'ints went down
on Dollie's side, en- when they fggered
'em all up Dollie had won by three
p'ints!
"Arter the cheerin' en- congratulattn'
had gone down the purfesser said
they'd try 1t on more complicated
system. They'd not try it on the state
whayre one wuz borned. but on the
states whayre he had lived. En- aney
one could count aney state In which he
had lived er had been at aney. time; en-,