The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-03-07
shedy Grove March 4 l9U8,

SQaQy GROVE MATCH 4 lSUO.
Dear Gente-Men may come aud men may
20 but the Eispensary goes on fur ever. least
wise 80 1t seems 1 had hopes that they'd
vote the Hessian out and give us free llcker
but they dident hev moral outrage EMU U
do 1t. Polytishnns, the SLICK eely, oily. bfanf
poly tishions, bless ther contrite soles! whit
cud be expected Nv emil Whenever yon hear
Of q polytishun doin what he said he'd 90
ther 10 sided Hydrer beaded enigmatical In.
dlvidudusllIies, you cnat no mon tell wlHt
they are then you ken tell on whut tree the
bell buzzard rooted mite aiore last. ! mean
now an then er feller tries TO GIT into Poly.
ticks tina amt q polytisun. Such fellers don't
stay long efthey do git in cause they'll slip
er cog now an tell The truth about sutnun
The true poly tishun never tells the truth
lessen Its by accident, ar unless you've reach.
ed this degree nv excellence you Incident
hope TO be counted emong Their number.
polytishun from the spurious article. Fer
instance the true polytishun's face Is froze
from birth, with an ever lastln smile on II,
you ouddent cut IT Oh with er 10 eat az. The
you han same ez II he wus you're mex door
nabor, an smile lhet smile nv his'n an asst
you about yer wife an chlllun with SO much
timid concern on seemin sincerity that be
fools ebout nine-tenths the folks he speaks
10. If he sees you at q perlitical meetin. an
can't call yer name cause be don't know yer,
he'll slip erroun the crowd an asst somebody
who ye are and then he's loaded.
He corn es up an shaks hans In sich q hall
fellow we'll met fsshun that II you don't
know i'm you'll think hes sumbudy you
went to schulz with 40 years ago, or q very
clost kinsman that you haddept met before.
you will never es long es the sky feeds the
stars an as long as the rivers run into the
seas, never will you hear 'em say .er-
vel you've got the best nv me, don't believe
/ recomember your face" ect, No sir, not
that but "by links old man I thought you
Wade Hampton, ain't seen you since Buck
was q cal "a pleasure haddent anticipated
etc" that's whut hell say, cooked. loaded
and PINNED an goin off all the time with thet
kind OF thing is the true polytishm.
The feller tibet wants TO be q polytishm
thinks he is and amt; when he meets you
on the street, gives you the cold stare an
looks hingry: Meet the true article an says
Hello MIR tauzze" as confidently es II he'd q
knowd yer fur 20 years, that last word he has
souns like amy thing hum Bobelmapdeb 70
pilly doc. It's a patent They're got on 1t.
No body ken pronounce 1t mout mean emmy.
thing an souns like every thing. It sounds
ez much like smith ez II does Pelot, and ez
much like Turni pseed ez either.
You ken borry q quarter frum q would be-
polytisbm but don't laber under the blinde o
ha~loocenation that you ken get or cent out
from the general article, not an yer preciou
life.
He knows by intooition that you're goin
ter ak him fur q quarter, 80 be comes an
axes you fur q loan fust, In order to ~forestall
yer. Nc two edged sword uf the norsemen
or curved skimeter OF the Turk ken spproch
the sharpness Nv this individual, no Voodoo
Javelin or pin ted cane break needle can ap.
preach his keenness. He stands aloof. uneek
q personality 10 be admired an dreaded, re.
spected an ieaId.
The lime ofthe season is approachin' when
the polytishuns run at large over the entire
county tryin' TO fool the people inter votin
fur EN-. Meppy q furrow will be interrupted
his summer by the office seekin' class
Their will be more han shakin twixt now sn
November than ever wus before In the bis
tory Nv the county. Ifali the energy that'll
90 up In banshakin this summer could be
hitcned up 1t would pull er ordinary cotton
factory fur q week II remin's me nv The
potry l cav In the Press and Banner lass
year, Titled the Polytishnns han shak, II
vent sumthun 1.-The this:
Howdy Howdy Howdy do
How's yer wife'en how are you
70 fist fits my ban eZ 90 other can
The horny han Nv the workin man.
An that's jist erbout the style he comes al
you with.
know one thing. 1 don't expect ter vote
fur q single individual this summer thai
offers me a drink Nv dispensary ticker. bu,
II I'm offered sum good mex dampner tina,
don't come outen the Dispensary I aim
goin ter Promise what IN do.
Yours truly,
Guilermo Sed.