Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-05-22
A LETTER TO THE EDITOR.
BARTowN, vERMUNT,
Aprul, twenty five,

EATER, fur a considerbull spell, with
the excepshun ov one yere when wun
ov mi naburs tux it & I cud git the
readin ont fer nothin.
l like yure pollytix ali rite, an wuz
maxim callashuns tn fetch yu down
enuff Gull pertaters tn pay up every
sent ode yu an then PUNK down
anuther bushul tur pay fur yere ahed.
But a teller jest tolled me yu an
yure papur was dead agin wimins
rites Well jest up an sez, when I
heered that, that eff that il so yu an
yure old papur can go tur thunder
and va don't git nun ov mi taturs
nuther.
Now i'm fur wimins rites every time,
rite left an all hands round.
Sum men think they is two darn
smart tn be bossied round by the
wimin folks, but no a doggoned
menny Nv them az would hev ben
moren one barul of taters ahead at
the end Nv the yere eff theyed let the
wimin du the bosin.
Now take it yu are fare minded
sort Nv TELLER, and open tn couvic-
shun, SO i'm jest goin tn let yu take
a suuint at mi case.
Hear i've ben Twin rite hear in
this town Nv Bartown for dunn nj hat
a sentury-as the poit SEE alus keepin
the piece Gan every thing else cud
git hold ON soes tur be kindur fore
handed an respecterbull; but nobody
dident nevur take darn mite us
notis Nv me any morn SET wuz ole
wheelbarer-
I've seen mi naburs holdin there
beds up like wun ov them morgin
bosses, an steppin hier than ole COB
lur, jest becoz they wuz in offs, an
hedunt had a peace of offs az big as a
bone SPAWN.
Ivum wuz gitin tn kindur brood
in ovur it.
Well won day Pelina Ann-thats mi
lovin butter haf-she SEE tn me-sez
she, "Sime Wix-whats gut intu yew
anyhow? yew don't say nothin and
yure ole boss face is longern sum-
mer squash.'
"Well' SEE j, "Pelina Ann ime feelin
kindur bad cause haint never gut no
offis.u
Well sed she "Why in tarnashun
don't yew run?n
"Why don't run" SEE i, 81 haint ut
no pull"
Pelina Ann she gin kinder snort:
'Haint gut no pulp SCI she, 'yew
haint gut no sand" sed she "thats
what ails yew. How'd yu spose Grovur
Cleavelund, an Billy Briann, an all
them big fellers gut up on the top
shelf? They dident hev no pull ter
begin with" sed she, "but they wuz
jest chuck full ov sand" "Why" sed
she elf yewed got ez much sand in
yure hull craw ez thare il in pound
ov stoar shugur yew mite hev ben
loded With offis-instid ov hard sidur
-moren twenty yere ago."
"Well" SEE ii haint gut mo frens.'
"Haint gut no frens'', sed she, "what
yew ben dewin on all them mites 1--WE
ben setin round them air stoars
chaWin terbacker an jawin about yure
naburs?"
"Haint yew ben maxim no frends?"
Well sur when see how enthusiast
tic mi dere wife wuz about mi bein in
offs, jest up an SEE "Pelina Ann,
yew sweet ole hunkydory yew, lie git
offs or bust"
Well, Mr.. Edeater jest gut right
out an run fer offs like a yearling
steer with bull dog arter him.
gut thear two, and don't you fer
git it.
When it cum freemuns meatin
was elected bi big majawfty tew bee
HOG HOWARD of the hull town of
Bar5own.
Well that amt all mot bi long shot,
fer badent ben howardin hogs too
weaks afore pork went up in Shecar-
ger three sents a pound.
So yew see what me an the hull
country owes tn Pelina Ann.
| So can tell yew that eff yew want
tn keep mi frenship an git them
taturs yew want tn com right out
strorg fer wimins rites, an eff yew
bance ovur fer sum moar libural an
progressive publicashun.
Iremane, as ever
Yourn fer yure coed,
SILAS WIX.