Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23

feet are so big I'm always having
trouble of my own OF course ] don't
notice it at the time Tiny toes are so
far from the contralganglia) but some
time along next day, when the pain
soaks in. L feel mighty sore about it.
Then the offender is gone and 1 just
grin and bear it.
The county commissioners have
sometimes disappointed me- Once or
twice they swatted me in in the neck,
So to speak, and / had that all-doub-
led-up feeling. At other times they
did the right thing according to my
way of thinking. Taken all in all,
our commissioners have always been
fair minded men and l shall be sur
prised to learn that anyone gets d
chance to butter both sides of his
slice. I shall speak Fright out n
meetin''', too, if il over happens.
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The Kansas Ci,y Journal was my
authority for the pronunciation,
Roosevelt. three syIlables-'' Here
is something from the Capitals:
1t might be supposed that by this
JIIIlt every DOti1 l1dQ SOb ttic Vi
the Presidents name. but we hear it
wrongly pronounced as often as right
ly. 1t is pronounced in three Syfla-
bles with the long sound of O-Ro-Sy-
velt exactly nor RO-Sa-Felt but some
thing between the two. The Spring
field Republican explains it as follows:
The question of the proper prOnun-
citation of the Presidents patronymic
is still moot, standing his own
effort to steer the public rightly 1t
is not done in two syllables-"R oose-
velt''-''oo'' like the same com bination
in ''moon;" it is in three SyllableS,
Roosevelt, the middle re" being
the obscure sound of II; as heard in
'pen-i-tence," tor example. Nothing
We, man more t IAN to pronounce
his name improperly. Do not veX the
President by restricting him To two
SyllableS.
Now then the whole thing is just as
clear as mud again. Take y our choice,
if there is any, go as you please until
L connect with Washington.
~
Grant pardon2 Why certainly with
the very best OF fel1ow-feeling. I'm
lone of the sufferers" myself, al
though not always ''still" one. Of
course l will Pm not hide bound al
OUCH SIiOW-OOuHQ anu WdOcI-
| bound. Sometimes l can't get to town
and other Tunes | can't get home
again. Many times in the last TWEEN
| ty years have | '.swam the Esk river
where ford there was none" and we
are still swimming. One time we got
the commissioners into the wagon be-
hind the old mules and drove lickety-
split up hill and down dale out our
| way trying to show the said county
commissioners how badly we needed
some roads and bridges. 1t was no
good. Only one commissioner was a
| BarkiS. The second daSSent and the
third just wouldn't. We couldn't jolt
him into our way of seeing things at
all. We didn't get 'bread,;" even, not
to say anything about butter on both
sides. l know that some improve
ments are needed between Collyer and
ii e S line. I've been o 1t t. al way
more ih1n once and much tie same
may be said for all parts OF the coun-
ty. BY and by we shall all ge all the
tixin's we NJ ed, ;erhapS. OF course,
some OF Us may De dead by that time
but even then there will be some con-
ISOLATION. Alter our wings are grown,
bridges will be no object and high
waters can't hold Us.
THEODORE.
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