The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-05
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UNCLNsI or COON HOLLOW.
He Sees the Congressional Library. Washington, d. c.
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He Sees the C0ngressional Library. x washington. d. c.
 well brite q early ] sroez this morn beet of those city hotels. thare is ev- I'm dinsed if can catch onto operating l went down | told the fellow that
 eys wsnssd my 1f Srssafast esG1 ss ss' wsa yss Hollow q dinsed if he wood give it the cook wa, shs sics tne or had sr sh. Teda Iefa him without sufficient notis, & express ed my hert felt simpathe. but he only had struck for hire wages ( s' he was sas too embarrassed to say so.
 finally a man standing by said the Snn coek a save t to was Hpsn M see wSs sed 1. you'll lose lot of the Hollow trade for the people from thare are used to having there meals early.
 pennsylvssnia soi out 1a Venue a for aBoat two sround 6 if i hadn't hurried into the hotel believe he wood of said sum-
 finnaiiy i got breakfast & started out on the avenue in the direksion of the capitol building which could see gilt her independence so long befoar the nerer l got towsrds ,a; that; Sii'terinns ing more gladder was i had come.
 walked cleen to the piece monument & stopped to admire that awhile.
 walked up the long stone steps cry little while to rest < look back. thare are good many of them but not all to gether kind of, set apart in
 avorvvharQ I want fhara a faf- low standing in brass but tons & a uni form they all seemed to be afraid some body would steel something & they
 thare was nobody much in the capitol congress being not in session yet sew bent my course over toward the con- gressional library.
 at least the man sed it was gold reel spondulicks-it seemed a pity thought of all the things that gold could buy. they get airships dinged If some fellow don't fly over 1t in the night and chip off all the gold he wants. sex what
 yes sez the man but you won't be here then neither will 1.
 well words are fnacQueduct to de- scribe that library of 1t why was skeered to walk on the fioar thare was pictures under my feat pictures over my head & gold lamps was enough to make the folks back in the Hollow open thar fs. 1 wandered around to the periodical and reeding room whare they keep the h, over the United states asked the wo- man for my county papers published at scottsboro & the woman looked at shs e f'ne never hesr of fays never ses well you'd better study geography sez | 1t has 2 banks and several churches ss sss and too noospapers .5 seS says aye she now l know the place very sorry but the papers haven't come yet.
 well. your uncle si always stand up mad so begged her pardon < looked for 1t & she got mad.
 ws sGn the srarg i. sSs Sose RsSRee derfui thing in washington c it looks like a palace--i just felt like wanted to lay down & dy in thare 1t wax so
 finally i climbed up in the last story & looked down at the people reeding they all he'd books & seemed satisfied to get the books nuthing sex he shoo scs 1 not a cent no sez he they are free anybody can get them even you--uncle rubin.
 at which he laffed and i sex see here eame from coon a ef Hoiiox. s HlsSsm. s'G U. s. A. you are away of sez then he & told me to keep quiet sex is 1t any of your business then he put me out but didn't want to hurt him so went low I'll fix him yet.
 thare was a fountain in front a man sed 1t was playing all the time but dipGed if heerd 1t paly a single tune dds we b Sot s%d ,anr snaTs s0r %stsa eyed joe or dixie but 1t never played sew could heer 1t.
 we'll bought guide book from a wanted me two buy one sew bad.
 well was dazzled with the booty of that library. and l sez to man sure sed no carnegie giv us the monument but he must have thought 1 was grean for knew washington built that or started 1t long ago.
 hart kept throbbIng with patriotism for my country--how bootyful wash ington was to think of a little country short a perod of time. how brave she was to throw on the yoke of English tyranny & strike out for herself by was proud 1 was an American-& my eye roamed over the elegant streets as clean as your hand over the pretty parks and was prouder & prouder. & father of his country & eur first presi- dent what noble character; & Jeffer- son who framed the declaration of in depeudence-i never saw the frame tho 1 asked a man whare it was-he must have been pretty clever fellow with a knife to whittle out a frame for that noble document Ell by himself that would be sew fine that people would pint with pride to the framer.
 1 thote of ancient greece and her temples & how grand hers was & how here was the most bootyful building on earth & what people wood say about it when we are all dead X gone q thous- and years from now. well, i must cloze. 1 went back home to the hotel & went to bed i was so tired a feller brought me sumthing with a cherry in