The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-04-14
LETTER FROM SIMON SLUGGER.
He Writes an Interesting Letter to
His Uncle Lige, and Incidentally
Mentions the Political Situation in
Eastern Carolina.
Tairshirt, y. c.,
Duplin County,
March 81, 1910.

March 81, 1910.
Ny Dear Uncle Lige,
Killarney, \. G.
| take this evening to let you hear
from me. I give you part of the
newes up and round. l want to no
how nancy mink coons possums and
other varmints you have ketched,
down there. Minks is worths5 & Sc
& all hides is high. Coons & possoms
is good to eat so salt UNI down &
bring UNI home.
Well Uncle Lige, Albert Miller is
got the post Office agin 4th time, 16
yers on the stretch, l don't see why
they didn't sell it to him fer life.
Uncle Lige they say theirs an Eastern
Carolina Dunkey by some means got
in the White house & they say he
kicked & paved til he got the ten
ton of the big boss & tina put Their
beds together& pointed one Konner
for Judge this same Judge Konner
done all he could to keep this big
boss from getting in the White house
this same misplaced Judge amt got
no respect for the party you see the
fust big JUICY plum he got he told
Tom Jarvis to open his big mouth
and he chuged it down and l hope
every plum he can reach will go to
the strongest Democrat he can find,
tina say these little f1ee-bitten post
masters no this Dunkey as their boss
nj
abjectly lick the hand of the "boss."
Tha say Pc old Albert Miller has
coughed up lot fur Mars Karl's
newspaper course tina will put up
more when Mars Karl cracks his
whip. Fur only death can persuade
us Republicans to turn loose a good
juicy plum. Uncle Lige do you no
this Bob1e Handbook up New Bern.
He wants the Newbern postoffice, but
the good people of all cullers &
partys ses he shant have it, it was
about the same way by Miller, but
the people be d, with Mars Karl
I'm Monarch of eastern N. c. Tha
say two delegations, one Republican
and one Democrat, has gone to see
the big boss and beg him not to point
Bobie Handbook, but tina say Mars
Karl is goin' to give it to one Eddie
Medows, Handcocks brother in law.
SO Bobie can get the money, you see
Eddie is rich & don't need it. Uncle
L1ge this Bobie Handbook is the same
teller that Govner Russell made pres
ldent of the Mullet railroad and later
Govner Russell kicked him out of Of
nee for certain indecencies, and
this act deserves a place on Govnsr
Russels tombstone if he is got anew
Uncle Lige tina say this Bobie Hand
COCK once got on a table in a Niger
convention & Civ out Hang Jeff
Davis on sour apple tree, and he
and the Niggers to their joy and hand
clapplng sung it to a finish. liant
mad no use fur him since and I'm
better Republican than he is. Uncle
L1ge tina say when a Buzzard has an
occasion to pass over New Bern he
mas to hold his or her nose. Uncle
Llge do you no Teddy's post Office.
ina say he's in Africa some wher. r
want to write him & tel him about
these didoes.
uncle Lige, I've just begun telling
you about these Farraseeic Repub-
lcans, so If you want to no if all
Jest drap me a kard.
hope you is improved in spelling.
Your loving niece,
SIMON STJTCCED
+. 81 was over to LAGRANGE
Yesterday. 1 see Miller picked up
the strongest Democrat he could git
as his clerk, theirs some mad RAIDS
,ound thir, specially them fellows
Mars Karl turned down, But I told
I'm TO bare it best tina could. s. s.