The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-03-26
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l got . letter from Uncle Billy the
other day with . clippin' from the
Huntingburg Argus enclosed an
nouncing that w. B. Morgan had
been sppinted p. N. here, and
eulizigiren and fabricatin' the out
going pos tmastsr jineral oil most to
NE skies, but not quite.
Uncle Billy's swfully worried
about it, cause horgan's the man
who handles nearly all the dead
people hers.a- bouts, and now he's
going to handle oil our mail, too.
Aunt Malindsy says we'll all have
the "dyssntry, indigestion, and
malarial fever, and SIGH like, and, I"
says she, "Peleg Swipes, il you
don't vote the Democratic ticket
this fall, I'll disenherit you, 20 I
will"
Uncle Billy's at Petersburg, now
q helpin' Tom Dillon in his short TO
build the town hall. Some Of the
prsttisst and sweetest young lsdise
down there are reported TO be sell.
in kisses ct a dollar apiece, and
Tom couldn't handle 'em all, 20 he
sen, for Uncle Billy, and il they
can't manage 'em all, they're goin
TO send tor the veteran editor OF the
Courier 70 help 'em out. That's
what Uncle Billy said, and | know
his feelings about all such things.
There's Q pertrsctsd meeting 60
ling on here now, and think from
the cussin, and rsarin'. drinking
and card. playin' and gamblin' ant
mid might csrouiin' and doing al
the little naughty things that lheil
wives don't want 'em TO, that Their
, ought to be a terrible time sinGinl
and praying and crying and sling
ring OF snot around about and owe
each other; and notice that som'
OF even the VERY BEST don't sveI
speak IS they pass by.
}, Now, / believe in God and Hsav
en- and He'll, and that there 10
whole sale lot Of them going to tbs
place where they don't shovel snow
| Fur singin' and prayin' and cryin
and slingin' snot, and doing tn
little things that their wives wan
Fem to for 2 or 8 weeks, and carry
j ling q Bible around under thei
r arms for two or three Sundays il
, the year; and then 90 right on cuss
lin and swearin' and drinking AM
gambling and card playing and mi'
night carousing. and doing all til
,, little naughty things their wive
, don't want 'em 10 for IL months II
/ the year wont win. Uncle Bill,
says it takes resolution and vii
power to lead Q Christian life ever,
day in the year under any and al
circumstances
The young folks had leap yea
; party the other night at Prof. Geo
Lafollett's. Irsland's most hops
! full was gathered there, and tn
! house was filled with brave womsI
and fair men. Prof. Maud and til
young lennon squeesef had chsTg
OF the culinary department, and ID
sued out "taffy," etc., to the Jesse
lights in Q way some think was 10
different TO others, now, since She
got Honey
We had Q railroad lection toths
.lday, and 80 broad-minded, publ
! spirited and well-to do voters, sal
limit" but she carried anyway, an
soon the toot-toot Of the iron hos
will be heard coming across th
! swamp.
|. The Ireland Oil, Gas, Coal, Mir
. eral water, Lumber & Do-nothin
!. Co., is just letting the old derric
|, stand idle What's the matter n
, one seems to know. The drilleI
are here yet, seemingly swaitin
|, orders from the "dsrectesrs," an
, they're 90 busy chasing down fc
themselves every nickel that come
to town that they haven't time Il
anything else.
. Your Uncle BilIy's nephew,