Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1906-01-19

In their selvas bettern ordinary folks
what don't belong to no army, they're
fist gittin little too uppity any how
ana they needs to be sot down on good
and hard. and II the women folks wuz
to start out with sich q partition. I'd
sign It plum quick or n you women
would git up a partition to the legisIa-
ter or some bo1y else what kin do II,
to git this here foot ball playin stopped,
ye would be a doin the country some
good, fer hit is Citing to the pint whar
bod yis afeard to patronize either one
OF the government skules or any Of
the universities and colleges In the
country for, fear OF gittin, kilt by bein
hazed or beat ahd kicked 20 death In a
game Of foot bail, and n a feIier don't
take no stock in sich hes called a
Sissy BY tother buliy what does take
stock III H. and ft fist looks like the
main objick of a skule TO larn folks
some eddication, is done lost sight OF
In larnin Of EN- athletics and all sichs
Now II you women folks win take some
stock inftrying to git the slSnies and
colleges and Government skules r=-,
formed SOS hit wont be plum dangers.
Gus fer a feller TO go thar to git his
self dedicated. and II ven let port Reid
smoot alone-fer likely as not he ainti
much more of a polygamist than some
other folks what is in a representa- the
country In washington-only they
haint been diskivered ylt--and. so fur
as I am consarned I'm plum willin fer
feller to be a Mormon. a Turk,
Catholic. or a Methodist in his religion
and I say agin II you women folks
Vxynn ff do 81 Ia att-ty
let Reid Smoot and Alice Roosvelts
presents alone and git TO work at some
thin that is demandin attention right
now" said Jim as he arose and walked
the floor.
Law, Jim, us women has done made
up our minds we're goni to onseat Reed
Smoot. Now Sister Skinner, she wuz
around tother day with one of them
partitions to on-seat him, and she had
got ever woman in the settlemint to
sign the thing becase Sister Skinner
lows as how Reid has got s wives and
20 Children, and you know II anything
gifts next to us women folks II Is fer
one man 10 have more than his sheer of
wives, and l reclIin ever woman in the
u. S. will sign that partition to git Reid
onseated when they hears about all
them wives of hisn" declared Mrs.
Rainwater while Martha agreed with
her that. "Hit Is scanlous plum scan
lous. and he ort to be on seated"
YES that's Jist like a lot of fool wo-
men to rush up and sign any old par
tition on some other woman's say so
without even investigator the facts.
Now II the women would sorter keep
Informed on this here question they
would find out that Reid Smoot amt got
btu one wife and he aint never been
accused of bein a polygamist. and he
amt bein tried fer no sich. but he's bein
tried because some folks thinks his
church vows Is stronger than his obli-
cations to his country and he amt fitten
to sarve as a u s. senator on that ac-
count and not becase he is a polyea-
mist. like these scatter Drained women
ali over the country is a sayin becase
they haint never TUX the trouble to find
out anything and pintedly don't know
what they're tali1in about. Most women
strains at a gnat and swalIers candle
anyhow" declared Jim.
''Well. we're goin to on-seat him II
partitions counts fer anything and we
have done got a wagon load of parti-
griss at the proper time. and we'll larn
Mr. Smoot that he-lawsy massy yam
der comes Sammy and Charley, at q
breakneck speed Thar now. Sammy
has done knocked. Charley down he wuz
that afeared Charley would beat him a
runnin. I do wonder what has hap
pened. Likely as not them 3 triplets
has fell in the fire and got burnt. Sister
Tweekins Is so keerless, said Mrs.
Rainwater as the TweelSlns twins now
arrived with Sammy in the lead who
brethlessly announced
"Safrony's done anteloped! SafrOny's
done anteloped!" He was closely fol-
lowed by Charley, who contradicted this
statement with "She aint nuther. She
| fist run off and got married. You old
blathersklte, ye never do tell nothin
straight"
"Oh, say she has anteloped Old
Stick in the Mud, you haint sense
enough 70 know marryin from ante
lopiu declared Sammy as he gave
Charley dig In the ribs with his elbow
"Well, here you kids. cut that out
Hit don't make no differ whuther she's
anteloped or run off and got married
fer one f. as bad as tother but who ir
the Sam Hill did she rope In this time 2
enquired jim. while Martha walked tn,
floor excltedly. saying:
1.-THE scanlous idee! The scanlou
idee!"
"Well, don't see nothin so scanlou
about 1t, At'rtfy. Safrony is a grasi
widder and allus tole ye grass widder
gifts married easier than young gals al
old maids" yentured Mrs. Rainwater ~
she stood with arms akimbo and gaze
abstractedv down the road
"Well, II, list be darned II that shor
aint the truth" said Jim.
"Well, me and Sammy has got to &
back and nuss them 3 tri klets Will
NAV goes over to tell Sister Jinkin,
Come on sammy" said Charley as h
and his brother started off on a bris
run for home, while Mrs, Rainwatel
taking her bonnet stlrted also, saying
"Well reckin I'll be a goin on wit
this here partition to see what ! kin d
toards gittin pore Alice weddin pres
Z ent"
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