The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-16

Great an good brother he says. It Is proud an happy privilege to have ys in our miat. It seems like rain t0 ye. but yo niver zee wan iv eur reg lar old-fashicned thunder shows make no boasts about me impseryal domain. We have no fertne fields, no mines iv 5ntold wealth. no railways no eddycation, no fcod. no clothes. nawth- in much. but I'd like to bet ye all tn money Bunny vanilla says he has that 1t rains here more than 1t does In amy other raypubllc in the wurrul5. white or black. give or take ten buckets. Whatlver else we can promise ye we're sure tv this, that ye'er canal will always be full iv wather. If th' Pas syfic an th Atlantic both dhried up. Pannyma's blessed rain will always be wet
 "But., he says. q digress.' he says We welcome you to our impeeryal io- main, he says. As far as tn Land can reach 1t stretches out on both sides ~ ye firm where th sta ssiy Passytlc washes tn feet iv old Pannyma with little effect he says, to where tn tu- mulchuse Atlantic cozes ID to Colcn, he says 1t Is eight miles log as tn crow files afther tn enginee. in gangs an, thirty yards wide,N he says. Our couhthry we love 1t. ans why shuddsnt we. fir Isn't 1t now 5r soon to be en tirsly composed iy muj brown cut iv an American cousul' he 1ays, Welcome thrice, welcome. Serene Brother A brother in ar-rms sH1utes ye, he says. An wud ye mind movin tn loft fut foraru little. We don't went amy complications with our neightorln' raypublic iv Costa Rica.' ke says.
 "Th' PFisfdint made a short speech tn reply. Sir says he, au .roud to be in ye'er grand. damp raypuhlic Ye have welcomed me in appropriate lam guage but ye have har'ly sald 100 much in tn circumstances Considhren that l made this here little raypu0Iic me silf with scroll saw in me barn, ye ought to be proud to see me. If ye aint proud don't show 1t, or I'll give ye wan. I'm intbrested in seein' this handywork iv mine It looks betther in tn maps thin it does to tn naked eye, but it's all right Certa. nly tis tn wan cointhry in tn wurruId that was made fir canal. Tn fact yo'er happy raypublic is a canal already. If I'd 'on'y known 1t I wud've put in CIV locks an Invited tn navies Iv tn wur- ruid to slip through. Whln I came ashore ! thought I'd stepped off th gangplank four miles out. Does th' sky always sob this way on piv yer I had no idee it rained so down hers. I'm wet through. Since I've been talk In I've had an idee. We've got th' canal What shall we dc witt. tH bye productf I'll tell ye what we'll Go. We'll pipe ye'er impeeryul raypubiic to fertilize tn arid deserts .v 'h gr-reat West he says. An sindin' a wirelss message fir mustard Sath. !e dashed fr tn man iv-war.
 'Tt was thin four o'clock. Tn next day he was in Porther RiclSy I haven't heeFd much iv that lie iv tn blessed since tn bold Miles conkered it with his new clothes But it seems to be goin' on as merrily as iver. Tn pop. ylace turned out to raeet tn -'risidint. They didn't have to turn far When tn popylace iv Porther Ricky wants t1 turn out fir a popylar dimonsthration all It has-to do Is to roll over. He was met by gr-reat crowds iv cur fellow citizens in ivrything but tn name an tn fact. They prlsinted him with bunch iv roses. an he prisin.ed thim citizens now, like you an me.
 "'TIonored Sir says tn Chairman iv tn comity, If it's not too much ! throuble wud ye mind giv@' us voter Not at all.' says Tiddy Rosenfelt. No throuble in thk least Why didn't ye wanst an tell him to sind these good fellows tn franchise be to-morrah's mail Ye needn,t wait fir tn formal | announcement. boys Go on an vote | just as ye ar-re.' he says. An so | another star was added te, tn bright | dydem on Columbya's fair brow
 "Ah' now he's home again. an glad I | am to see him. Thim Cabinet mim- i bers iv his have had tn aisy time iv if | while he was gone. nivvle a sthroke iv wurruk did they do but slept with | their heels on tn mantle piece. They'll | be arnin' their money firm now on. | Iris no snap bein' a Cabnet officer un- | dher Tiddy Rosenfelt. Hell sind them back 10 their wtrrk-rooms. where they sleep with their clothes on an have 6 call. d fire gong. an a tiIly- phone at tn head iv tn bed. Hello. hello. say. Is that ye Elihoo2 Jump Town an take tn midnight express f'r New York an tell thIm how to vote. Oh. niver- mind a bag Shaw. ex- oect ye to be in Saint Joe. Michigan, avenin' at eight. have message to deliver to tn Michigan Free stone Peach Assocvation. Wire Met ,alfe to meet Cortiloo in Salt Lake an ook afther tn Mormon situation
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