Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-06-24
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See Dennessy to Hooley. SEE he:
Does a walkin' dilegit lad a sthren'
us loife?"
~"Sthrenuosity does not half ixpriss
it," replied Mr.. Hooley. ITO me own
personal knowledge two thried an
thru min of Looistown; two min whose
entoire loves have been dayoted to
thot most sthrenu's iv all Instances
Twin without wor-rkin-have been
unable to SUCCESSFULLY Withstand tn
strain incidint to tn multitudin'us
dooties Nv thot honorable calm.
foirst, Misther Bailey r~alucthantly
agra'd to shoaldther tn Hur-rculian
tasks ov thot Irresponsible p~osishon
throughout tn COLD an dr-rary wakes
an months iy WHITTIER, whin tn lmper-
ror-r Nv sno an dice hid conthin'us
sway ovher Far-rugs county, he throd
tn straits be day an walked tn ava
noos be noight. sa'in' thot tn mer.
rchants Nv tn city handled no tobacco
kept which "a grown in tn unyon
tabacco fields Nv thot nothor-ri'usly
unyon state Nv Wist Virginia. Ould
V'r-rginian balm a SECESSION state an
therefore not in good standin' in tn
unyon, was on tn ulfair-r list. Woe
be unto tn poor-r unfor-rth-nit indi-
vid'ul caught r-ruminathin upon a plug
of tabacco PRAISED in Ould Virginia.
He wuz an inimy iv organized lab.
thor an upon his head was poured
tn honest Wrath iv tn walkin' die,
git. lver.ry tonne Misther Bailey wuz
complied to pas a non on tn straits
smokin' a non-unyon cher-root he hid
his breath until he wuz two blocks
away so as not to contaminate his I'M
yon lungs be bra'thin' tn ~atmospher-
re so fo-ully fouled be tn detistable
%non-unyon smoke. He had to hold
his br-reath so much thot he wuZ af.
nictid with lung throuble, an at tn
raquist Nv his banivillnt br-rothers
had to SAX ratoiremint from tn ar
rdus dooties iv tn nar-rve r-rackin'
imphloymint. Whin tn gintle days
iv sphring came thr-rippin' ovther tn
Snowey mount'ins tn manthle " tn
walkin' dilegit wuz spr-e'd ovther tn
willin' shouldther-rs iv Misther
Lynch. a gintlemon whose ixcissive,
bo'yant sthr-renusniss has made il
impossible FIR him to contint himsilf
with wan job mor-re thin thoir-rty
days at a tonne. He vance hid a
posishon as tilyghr-raph op%erather-r
in Hile-na, but because tn insthr.
rumints would click conthr-rar-ry to
tn peace Nv his unyon soul. whole he
was discoor-rsin on tn b'athitoods iv
unyonism. he quit tn job-at tn re-
quist iv the giner-ral manager-r. He
tinded bar fr awhoile, but thot gr-
rated upon his sinsitive unyon heart,
because he had occasionally to pour-r
out a glass ic ould Kentucky's' choic-
est vintage to a rascally infidil " non
unyonism. Thus il wuz thot his lift
vital organ palpithated with supr-
ramest happiniss whin he became tn
per-rambulathin' representative Nv or
~rganized labthor-r in Looistown. TIL
town seq he, will be unyoned in
twinty-wan days. tn unyon iv this
town has long na'ded a thru la'der-r
an I'm It, SEE he. Too long seq he.
has tn loife blood Nv tn labthor-r
been ramor-rsfully sucked out be tn
vampires Nv capitilsm.' IT is a blot
SEE he. upon tn scutshion Nv labthor-r
thot my mon SHOULD be wor-rkin' TT
tn mer-re pittance iv four-r dollar.rs
a day whin undther tn leadership Nv
a fin-de sickle walkin' dilegit loike
yours thruly. he can be dhrawin'
SWIM seq he. 'Loofstown,' SEE he,
shall be tn Gar-rdin Nv Adm iv tn
wor.rkin' mon.' An with tn star-rn.
sad look iv a ser-riphim lightin' up his
noble brow. he prroca'ded to dhrive
out iv his Adiric ~par-radize tn sinful
Adams whose lips had tasted tn f'r
hidden fruits Nv tn scab thra. II
mattherrs not II he has an Ave to
support: an a half dozen littil Gains
a Abels. he mus go. But fr once,
Dennissy, wuz per-rfecshoin fal-lable.
there WE'RE too many Adams fr
avin wan powerful ser-rphim. An
at last, sor-re in SPIRIT. he sha'thed
his flamin' swoar-rd an said to tn
unyon. e he. Git me a automobile
an I'll contin-u to ba y'r walkin' dill
egit, otherwise I'm done"
will Looistown have another-r
walkin' ~dilegit?" said Mr.. Dennessy.
Some people have tn m'asles four
tonnes" said Mr.. Hooley.