The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-06
Tie OekaGj S}e


Bout ten o'clock last night cz we WIZ
a-tettm by our empty deminyjohn, reudln
tn bill fer ticker In Len Woods spence
account an a-dreamin OF heaven we
hearn hula ba-loo G-comln' down "a
street an went ter tn door ter see what
wnz III cause tharof.
Fust so of we couldn't mike out nothin
but confused passed. O. humans snrNn
toards ue. nut when they gethercd oppo-
site ter our door an Ia tn full radiance
cast by our three candle power lamp we
seen whut IT wuz an, dear renders, tor
say tibet we wuz stuuted by IN sight thet
impingcd upon IN tympany or our eyes
Is cxprcssln It consdabie moren mild
Thar was pore Of verb Sap IN com
pnnyon o our happier days him NJ we
he'd borryed money fm and drInked with
fur tn, lnst twenty year. there, we say,
waz Verb buttoned up eroun IN oeautl-
fullest ing at has ben steered inter IN
office o. tn Eye fer year past, a.weavin
nown IN street a-lookin' happy an' a'wop'
sin tibet long red tongue o bis IN an outen
his gray whIskers ontel she rcsemblod Il
eonnagrashun into a haystack; so fur e2
we hev told yen so fur everything WIZ all
tikul uu tOuulllpts NuH beNu LutL emmy
town twicet tn size O. Alkall might p'
proud OF 'em. But dear readers, tn wors
Is yet ter come. sroundin Verb an a-fol
Ierin' of him wuE most ever boy in town
big ana little, children OF respectable cu
Eens of Alkali an children o prohibition
era all mixed terrethcr, boys whose moth
ers and fathers had fine drinkin record
treatln' tn sons O local optioners zif the.
wuL Their equals; and all OF EN- a-deyinu
verbum Sap.
Tn gentle reader will please ter conside
at we hev passed yer ter permeats ter tn
insidemost recesses or their beins, u
dfinkin man who hez a reputashu
mis- dopted town ter guard we asks ycl
Teller citizens, whut does these ackShun
an sech ez these portendT ON, we imagine
.'Shes merely this eXhooberance O. yout
nbreakin' out, Mr.. Editor" but we "A
here ter tell yeh dfrunt. sech ackshur
air tn forerunner o tn doNnfali o GU
most cherished intertuuons, tn PALLADIUM
o our very liberty's Is threotened'
Dear readers, we ken ter AlkoH VINE
she want moren a hhn'full, when one dem
John o. rotgut would a held jag Il
ever man IN Alkali; but look ut er nov
bnrl wouldn't face or.
We mint endeRvorin' ter take no cred
ter ourselves fer her growth Inter praI
IN finest drinkin' town o. modern day
oil we new got Ter say Is lhht We NJ
he'd confidence In her an at tibet con
dcncc hes bin misplaced
When, let us ask yo'all, hev we hu
kered fer perlltlcal preferment at yo'al
hands? Echo answers "NeveT!' an
repeat T. Never" dear readers Wh'
hev we thirsted fer anything but suhscrl
lions ter tn Eye an fer booze Agin eel
says an we repeat II, "Never!'
This bein so an we challenge amy ms
ter contradlc' tn fact thet we hey 0lwa.
thirsted fer booze tn matter o. 10
nights dissracefuI outbreak Is before yo't
FUR yo'alis consideration.
We henrn about that county over 20
roin' local opshun an we grinned y
hearn about thet country over thissawi
roin' local opshuu an we said 'HaN
hawl" We henrn tibet even, IN strongho
O. rum an Mary Jane he'd gone loc
wpsnun an we lafred outright, rel
citIzsns, kin emmy O. you fellers tell
why we gnnned, why we said ma
nawv' nm why we lsirod outrlghtf \
pause FER a reply m none Is a'eomi
Yo'nll don't know Thee We air ago
Ter tell yo'ali, We grinned, and we 81
claw nnw. an we latrcd outright bek
We he'd confidence In Alkali We know
ner past an we had confidence In her