Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-21
Springfield, No.

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z wing those people a good paper, and
from the way your merchants are adver.
Using. I believe they appreciate it.
Enclosed you will find 81 %. This is
dor the ppr-BLIcAN-keep her slipping
down ths way.
say, Mr.. editor, ! did not know but
What you and your numerous readers
might like a small shot from our part of
The Wild and woody west we've got lots
o. them, but don't know whether l can
get them III or not You know some
times a fellow butts righ, up against an
editor. aud sometimes he is composed Of
a kind of material that has fgii, in il, or
an awful big waste basket that is right
real handy.
Ne have been having some awful times
flown here. and the end is not yet in
fact it seems there is no end to It.
We We got a few Republicans down here,
who have been living OH the fat Of the
land 70, years, and | tell you they look
awful sleek assi fat-noihing but pie,
composed pf daintiet kind Of materials,
and from tour TO six meals a day, wa re-
CURED, Oh. ! tell you. their appetites
were something wonderful. But 10 the
whole blamed thing has changed, and
.ell you, Mr.. editor, il begins to look as
though w. might have some funerals
yight away, If not ooner What makes
,ne 50 warm is olhcr Fellows buttug in.
on course, al a mater OF fact, any Of MS
like PIE, but | don't see any use of us
.uttiny IN for such dainties when we've
done got used TO Cornbread. Eaters, las.
.cs, turu,ps, lettuce and poke. Use or
no use, some fellows did butt in. and
they just kept hutting until they finally
succeled in getting a'f-w Of those old
'gl.el horses bu,,cI clear down and out,
ard they are now on the above diet, and
are beginning already to grt htcsdfui
thin. There digestive organs are under.
gong , wonderful change. 1t just seems
they don't know how to take hold Of that
Kind Of grub. But sou hnnv, Mr.. editor,
,! they will stay with il, the thing will
work after = while. if tuey don't die in
the meantime.
notice some of them have great big
are some OF them will have to lie rctuck-
80 in certain parts yet. While they look
, omical!y funny with tucked pants, shirts
lui socks, you know 1t is the making of
them. Some Of them are beginning to
pretty strong Democratic symptoms
/ notice them taking a drink every
20 ote cOrksrrcws in their
pockets. This drink business may event
ually prevent the r~e.tucklng BUSINESS.
Tlii. thing o. the Republicans taking to
shrinking is making the Dcm"cra,s, or at
Ieas, SOME OF them, mad. fou know, Mr..
editor, If there is ANYTHING on earth that
will maze a democrat mad j. fpr Il Rep
ublican 80 steal his thunder o. his
whiskey.
What makes me co warm under the
cellar Is the way the republicans treated
ns the last election. and believe they
will repeat ,hc dove on rs in the spring
election. You see n dad burned Demo.
era, hasn't got any sense nplipw, Eight
months before the last election "A dozen
or so Republicans POT some little books
and went all over IN" county TO find ont
inst how many more than they had " uld
De needr.i. As we'll ~ +! remember he
tween 10 aud wv was require !. After
u hasty conference they go, 4 Rreat--welJ
in Tact, the biggest in"uh nor | ever saw
AMI hired Avn oid Republic N farmer I,
raise Republicans. titan no. mistake,
the obi fellow h.tcLcd cut between .U
ani 8 % the Ara tm-, az nice, thrifty
little fellows. They puw and wake.
s,rou.. and SIX months every durned one
Of 'eu had reg stored, and when tie
election rolled around rs" T,0'itiip late,
tbev we're all .eaiy f.. hu,inxss. The
Democrats wasn't IN IL, and never WI
s.. IN fact they Ls'n't got L, 'ense no
N,w they will s,,,k to the n'd Nay "
= .i.ins Democrats, sink ~ swim and
don't s<e snything 70 them but to sinh
Id, Z b,licvc 4 u II -stis egg WON'T
40 ans voYd in an intu'Is,or n"how--
40 .ldn't Yani 10 Ike around waen II Ma
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