The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-17
OLD PAP PINKHANI.
He Sends the President the Latest
From Jericho.

Mr.. Dear William suppose 1 am to
blame for it, but I must tell you that
your message to congress was disap-
pointment to the citizens of Jericho.
Not that there was anything wrong
with the spelling or dietion, but in my
talk with citizens 1 had conveyed the
impression that it was going to be
something far different from the usual
document. They jumped to the con-
clusion that it was going to be written
in rhyme, and when it appeared in
prose there were general murmurs of
discomfort. In fact, 1 had all l could
do to hold down the crowd. If I hadn't
trusted Silas Goodheart for three
pour Is of sugar out of my grocery he
would surely have called a public meet
ing at Eagle hall and passed resolutions
of want of confidence.
Knowing you to be a poet, I myself
had half hope that you would give us
air of THE Old Oaken Bucket" Will
liam, believe it would have made a
hit with the country at large. 1t would
have been something out of the regular
routine, and caused the sugar folks and
other trusts to sit up and think.
Don't take it as an impertinence on
my part, but try poetry. William-ring
1t in wherever there is an opening. It
may surprise. but it will also soothe
You can't always tell what a Teller
means when he puts it into prose, but
the minute he strikes poetry you foller
him and bet your last dollar on him.
Try it in your next message. You've
got a whole year to think up rhymes
Tor Irrigation" waterways" econ
omy," and so forth. If you get stuck
call on me n Mrs. Perkins.
William, I'm a little bothered about a
certain matter, and I wish you'd give
me your advice l wrote to the post
master general about it two weeks ago,
but he probably put the letter in his
coattaiL pocket and has forgotten all
about it. l am running this postoffice
with dignity and JUNCTION. 1t is in the
back end of my grocery. To reach it
patrons have to pass barrels of kero-
sene and molasses, stacks of wash
boards and piles of Goldfish and bacon
The dignity and the JUNCTION are there
when you get to them, but would they
be doubled by separating the postoffice
from the grocery? Shouldn't 1 move
one or the other? 1t strikes me that |
should. and yet 1 want advice about it.
There is doctor here who also runs a
drug store and an undertaker's shop
and his son acts as sexton. and he saws
It's all right, and that he shall add
tombstones in the spring, but he may
be prejudiced.
Nearly every one that enters the post
ONCE calls me Judge My dignity and
JUNCTION fit the term. Nearly everybody
that enters the grocery calls me Old Pap
III THIS way things are liable to get mix
ed up. Just tell me what you think
There was bonfire on the public square
the other plight, and the band came out
and played. 1t was all because of the
stand you have taken on the Sugar Trust
frauds. William, the people are looking
to you that no guilty escapes. no matteI
what ticket he votes or whose brother-in.
law he is. Go for em from top to bot.
tom. Don't let EN- off for dollars, but put
EN- where poor men are put for stealins
thousandth part of what thew have
Polltlcians viii come to you and tall
about the hurt that it will do the party
but turn EN- down, William One-hal1
OF either political party could be sent tt
prison without hurting the other half
Widows in black wells will come ant
sons didn't really mean to steal but ter
pounds of sugar instead of millions, bu
that.
You may find men right in your cabine
70 plead with you. to let up or go light
but take. the straight road. The peopl
OF it. - 80 Inc GIN
William, in your message. YOU announc
air or the real thing. 1t is to you t
make it one thing or the other o
such announeemenfs 9 senators and nfG repre- re
sentatfves want what they want. and vii
sweat their collars to get it. You hav
got TO be right on the spot all the tim
TO checkmate EN-. Jericho Creek is
small stream running through the town
Sometimes it carries water enough to floa
boot1ack, and sometimes you can't fin
any at all. Our representative is prepar
ing TO ask for an appropriation of thre
milllon dollars to widen and deepen unit
SunaTders can come up and scare GU
geese away. Just tip him off that Their
is a new hand at the wheel
An event took place two nights ago 70
which blame myself. but circumstance
are sometimes too strong for a man.
had been. sitting up with my sick COY
for two nights, and when the chance cam
to so to bed slept like log. Our enc