The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-27
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The oshsF-tn TIE mud.
For water he would root IFEs an.
ma Erunts 90 Aendtsh r,trth
And plunge his hellish iron IN
The how wells Of the earth
"
he AVed his bacon In rae -wah
Ms nay was not Sins wages.
We cared no straw. save saRes sau
h'ts chopped into sAu-sages.
Though hard PIGS iot. Ne bore u zet.
Through hard- nan storm and sun
He never saualed on NatusAeld
But found dead loads Of fun
PtR's pea produced choice tender ltol ines
Rich HteFary meat.
Ard whsn hls gait vas rostYy.
You'd smile TO zee Pigs feet.
VII.
his swin vas law With eli wsli-bre1
Corn. ted rats OF his crib.
And though singie ME Pa lead.
Tie always bad spare-Ffb
VII.
rs mouth vas are ruu
one ~yelid owned . stys
Ne swore he oook hts water rure,
In Corn-yOl or -Piws eye
X
Queer spirta his resorts adorned.
Tough chaps Who ~rrrned re hrsad
His mess was AWAY. badly -orned
M, pa-sed for prime sun ~
IN winter dreaF he sw1ied ma hssr
swtBs o. porr'ns hummer:
This proverh queer 90 him most dear
oues ws''"~ Don't make sum~-
We ever gave whine ear
though rnons-And borss ssaAiIsd
~ nose bloom. III. sveNsl's clesr
tent Lrs,r- 20 esrh tail
XII.
A. las, rim death stuck res thict roi
DTted w his water wort
He made . brine % pure -ssrychuins
Ard rl-klsd NJ. fresh pork
XIII
Though life Vas hut q dsuced e~r-
To NM oil AdAnsswg
IN dean. win Spirits. may b. s~s-
An Angs'-not yoastFR
TO IKw
Several wears AFRO PLATE IN talking ND
q Jew for Lieutenant Governor. Poh.
ticS usually runs IN cycles and he was
thinking ~ the campaign ~ 1870. when
Stewart l. Woodford was nominated for
Governor and S,gismund Kaufman was
his running mate for Lieutenant Gov
ernor Plstts announcement was printed
IN the newspapers exactly a. he made
u and desired II 70 be printed
For q dav oU two sfts-wsrd Jewish
friends 81 Plat in the New York Repubh-
can county organization called on HIM
and Protested AGAINST the bold use ~
the word Jew To one % his closest and
meet intimate jewish friends Plat SAID
You're ~, Irish are youI You're
not Dutchman. I'm sure nor an Eng
hshnnAn. nor . F~enchman nor a Russian.
nor Italian nor Spaniard. You're a jew.
and YOU ought 10 b. proud II ~ and tie
Tvs. such Jews a. YOU who protest against
IN. uae q the word Jew that Won race
shorld he ashamed Of We're lev
would ~ proud 10 b. called me lets
have no further FUSE
HELPISo THE BARsER OFT
Plat was = great friend Of Schr~iber
the barber IN the Fifth Avenue Hotel
Schreiher vas head II the shop for MANY
year, Besides hATberlnR h~ sold hne
neckwear and pGIntinRE business WASH Z
always good With Schreiber HIS sx-
s~n-ee were tremendous livery time
Platt entered that shop he bought . tie
- Srhrsihcr until he had a collection 81
tres that for color and quantity was mar
vellotH
That was his wav ~ helping 80 Ar~iber
and Schreiber always appreciated ~
With ne demolition Of the Fifth Avenue
Hotel and ths moving away ~ Plat and
OF her I'D ctIzto Schneider became
rieranRsd and died a short time ago in
a small Jersey town well nigh penniless
saw GRovEE cLEvELASD ONT oNCE.
Piau never saw Grover Cleveland hut
1nc- That Was in 1884 whom james a.
BLAINE was tho Republican candidate for
rresideni and Blaine and Plat were
looking ont from Platt's windows in the
FIFTH ,venus Hotel on the great Clev~-
land Business Mems parade which took
all dsy and half the night passing up
Fifth avenue several DAYS before election
day
That parade heats me said Blaine
e. Plat
Whom Cleveland We a private citi,en
aft.- hts defeat in Isss and had offces
N -.e H..l- Banding Plat az president
IF the Unite. States EypNn-s COMPANY
1910 according 20 custom O. al promi aent
non nitcd States Eypr~~~ Company
frank which gave -" p~~eseSur the hgtt
tn rcnd express packages fr-s Cleveland
IN "A courteous lctte- returned the frank
-.,.' to him and Plat vas very much
tu' rp for the unom"ni
car ASD SOME HCAASs
In the old days when Plat had a modest
country h0,re n Highland Mills. not the
Rolg-or- "i." of recent years. 10 had =
81 " hich no Aai trained {" Assist In runs
ming the tS.'o For instance. tie cat
would ~ - - high chair with ? dolly
fastened around it, neck and az soon ~
souD Was finished Il would with its fore.
raw sound the bell for the maid. and 90
"a throGg. all Of the courses. The cats
NAM. wa .Iuuius. Piatt once sid
-Junl,i- has got MORO brains than some
Rs,publicans I've known. and has got
more trans than all the Democrats
have. ever known
P'att was an irtens. Republican rarfi'
San.
cULrIyAIING A LIKINo ron CROW.
Year after year P'a't suffered defeat
after n. started N 10 rehabilitats hiris~ii
Af.sr ~. and Conkhng resigned from tho
a. l.. raj