The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1910-06-10
Josh Chooses Jerushy.
SIco BUNGALo.
June 3, 1910.

June 3, 1910.
MISTER WEEKLY
Gerrymander Slimkins is ther sol
Nv hiz father. He has er politieku
name an he hez lived up ter it. Hs
kum here when Ole Monroe wni
gerrymanderin' To git er white bodt
Nv supervisors, an when his NAV
sed to his paw. Whut'll we call
imp" Sli upped an sed, ies
kali i'm Gerrymander. Thet fix
ed it, and he hez bin kalled Gerry
mander ever since. He thinks he
il ther onliest politickul pebble on
ther beech, an when ther IL emmy
slick trick to turn, ther pollytishuns
all us hunts him out. Gerryman-
der liz ther most onery lookin cuss
you ever sot yer eyes on. lie Is no
bigger an er small pertaty, an wares
er topnot nv hare on his he'd jes the
kuller Nv er karrot. This gins him
ther look NV er forked stick sot up
under er COW shed. tie hez eyes
whut looks lax er kommit's tail,
only ther tail is sot forards. When
he sots them bullets onter yer pears
lax er snake liz er krawlin thru yer
'natomy, an yer turns weak, ies
lax yer liz hipnertized. liz mouf
looks lax it wuz split with er kane
nife. an hiz yeers il big ernuif ter
ave erode on er mule. Their IL er
hump at ther nap nv hiz neck whut
would look all rite on er kamel, an
hiz voice, when be speaks, splits
you nigh intoo. Sister Skat writ
i'm up in potry wun ia, on its too
good ter lose, 50 here tiz:
"Er topnot krowns his simlin he'd;
His big mouf's but er cash,
1t opens wide when he is fed
TO swaller all ther hash
His years il bout ten inches long;
He humps il in ther back;
He'll hump it all'us, rite or wrong
'Tis tru, alas, alacki
TO make this story wuth shuck,
So thet it will be red,
Po' Gerry mander's legs IL stuck
LAX broom sticks i'm er hed.n
Now thet yer nose whut kind Nv
er critter Gerrymander IL, | kin tell
yer thet he belongs to the anti-Nar-
dyp1en crowd When he heerd Paw
had snatched Josh back inter ther
Nardyman fold. an he'd promised
to stan twixt him an Jerushy.
Gerrymander KUN er sneakin' over
ter our house. Sigh sed he,
"whar's Josh?" Fore | could an
Ser. Josh kummed in at ther dore
an sed, here H." so you's
postatized agin. 4" sed Gerrymander,
fiashin' them kommit eyes onter
Josh. II IL heerd thet YOU is flop
ped ter Nardyman, an sot yersef
agin ther sassiety nv Jerushy. Their
Slimkins' homer il wounded an
ther family amt gwine ter stan
fer it. Whar IL YOU at. Josh slo-
cum? IL it Percy an Jerushy, or
Vardyman2 Answer me thet SO |
kin tell Nav, an find out whut us
ten boys IL gwine ter do ter wipe
out ther insult2' Gerrymander's
voice he'd riz SO high as ter well
nigh split me and Josh intoo.
"Whut kin say. Sigh, " asked
Josh, in er sceert voice. Kali
Paw. | ansered. When Paw KUN
in an heerd it all, he sed, Gerry
mander Slimkins, we 'cognize yore
grouns fur kom plant. an IL willn
ter do ther sqwar thing. We kant
gin up Josh ter two sackerfizes, an
will divide ther trubIe with yer.
Gin Josh ther chise Nv 'sidin wheth-
er he'll marry Jerushy or vote fur
Percy, an we'll make i'm do wun
or tother, 'cordin' ter biz chise."
Speakin' for the Slimkins fambly,"
sed Gerrymander, Il 'septs ther
propersishun. Which 'ull yer take,
Josh Slocum. Jerushy or Leroy
Percy? | IL waitin fur yer anser."
Josh he'd turned white in ther gills
an wuz er trim bin lax he he'd Saint
Vitus dance. Be gritty, Josh, ,"
sed Paw, sidlin' up ter him. Side
twixt ther devil and ther deep blue
sea, an take ther Titles Of ther
two" IL ther no way ter git outen
this" sed Josh, skeercely able ter
be heerd. Nun sed Gerryman-
der, an Num-" sed Paw. Then
| takes Jerushy." sed Josh, an
strateway fell down in er ded faint.
1t tuck two buckets NV water ter
bring him to, an sence then Josh
hez been sighin' so much thet Paw
sed he wuz thinkin' Nv transferin'
my name ter him. He also sed thet