Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-02-01
SOME SPECS.

hav bin wunderin why Lancus.
ter kounty an the Northun Neck
did not make an appropriashun an
be presented at the Jimtown Expo
sisshun. 1t trubbled me so mutch
that rote tn several big men in this
an aginein Sounties as follers:
deer SUR
"Wud yu mine anserin sum quest
shuDs In reference tu the non parti-
sipashun nv yore Secshun in the
JImtown affsr,?
''Do yu think yore kounty ort tu
make al approprlashun? If so, Civ
resuns; if not, ditto.
"Ar yu in faver or opozed tn ii!
State resuns BRIEFLY"
hav got sum ansers frum Ian
kustur kounty up tn date. Wun
friend rites:
al am Opozed tn mi Kounty au
sexshun havin ennie thing tu du
with the affare, bekars it wud
not benefit mi sexshuu ennie. Ur-
vintun, White Stone an Kilmarnuc
wud du like tha hav alwaze bin duin,
get the furst pickins. Tha hav
Banks, Academies, stemebote watts
an big stoze now. An if epnie peple
wos tn cum up tn look at our koun-
ty tha wud not get up ennie hier
than Kilmarnuc, an tha wud be COB
bled up like due wud gobble tad
pole. Mark me doun Opposed with a
kapitul o."
Anuther rites: Il am opposed tuth
an TO male tn maxim an appropria.
shun both individulie an collective.
lie, wurld without end - amen.
Wun resun IL thas the small. pox scare
last summer cost us wun thousun
dollers, an We amt abul tn partisi-
pate; besides there will be al nashuns
there an NV corse evry dezeazs in the
wurld, an we mite get sumthin wurse
than the smallpox"
Anuther rites: 81 don't kere
mutch ither way, but / don't Sc mutch
chants tn get the peple in the upper
Destricks tn faver il, bekars tha ar
afrade that White Stone Destrick
wud get tn mutch. / deplore the
the absents Nv publick sperit, but
yu peple doun there ar tn blame for
Its lack, for when yu started the
Locle Opshun movement, an carride
locle opshun yu nocked out publick
sperits, an now our bretE liz SO weke
that we hav tn speke esy. Sum ar
so weke that tha hav tn wink"
"Anuther rites: al am opozed be-
kars it wud advurtize US tn mutch,
an advur tizin hav never pade us vet
Why We nav advurtized our gay cotin
men, with the result Nv brech Nv
promis kase which cost We tax paers
$4,000 kold kash. / shudder tn
think whot the results mite be if we
turned our gay yung men luce amung
al the nashuns Nv the wurld, with a
1900 app:opriashun hangin tn
them."
The last wun tn reply IL very
lakonic; be sez: .Yores reseved; am
opozed; Jimtoun Ian tu rich, wud
hav tn gether mi korn there, | dig il
now. Hav Chesapeke Fare an
Academic, don't want ennie exhibi-
shun, hav al the onners that we want,
hav Bord Nv Fisheries, Bord Nv
Supervisors. speke estes an / under
stan that Urvintun has bord wark
an lots nv peple bord at the Urvin
tun Bech hotel. Hav fore or five
(poor)litikal partise; plenty nv fast
runners amung the oshtermen. Am
afrade that sum enterprizin men
with kapitul mite settle here an bid
the kountie up an get as out nv the
rutss Our rodes ar so bad that if
strangers kane here tba mite gel
lost an kars lar suite. Our Super.
visurs think lots NV the rodes. Tha
ar mite gentle with them, don't like
tn dig on the sides nv them an thrc
the durt in the middul only in win.
tur when tba ar numb. Rite me
doun opozed."
That's about al that hav reseveC
tn date. If | here frum the uthel
kountis lie let yu no later. fel,
NIk