The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-26
Nominations
of Uncle Henry

except Marthy has the toothake ana
We wish YOU and Mrs. ii. the SAINT.
Don't think because | haint writ be-
| fore that | haint had idees. ! can
think fast as a horse can trOt, nut
| have been busy helpin Marthy
eileen house, and besides | have got
TO be "a little reserved about my lit
tcrrary work OF all kinds lately.
Marthy took a nOsion for Ice
GREEN freezer one day when II was
L,etty hot and dldft have the
mony just handy then and told her
to waite "A lew days, and she says,
says She. If you wasn't spcndlh so
much Ter stamps and paper and slch.
YOU'D have Il little money TO buy me
the comforts of life, says she. Ana
| trycd 10 tell her that when ! am
known far and nccr as a crate writ
Il can get plenty Of mony Tor my
writins to more than make up Tor
all am spcndim now. ! am all ready
uettin reel well known here in Lake
land. But Marthy says, YES, Says
She, "and I'll be dead aforc then.
and in no need of ice-creem frccZ-
en-" Yes. says |, and maybe you II
L.. a, a ia IL |
low hadn't ought TO Of saycd that
but was so blamed mad. But
got TO icclin sorry after while and
went and sold Il rooster that | was
intcndin for pot-pic and got that
there icc-crccm freezer, and it works
pretty good. too, and homemade ice
Green aint as expensive as thought.
Then Marihy took the old blue hen
she had rascd by hand, it bcin the
only child of hen which stole her
nest, and made the pot-pic, and now
have cot 10 think of something nice
TO do for her agan. have harmed
NANNY II time that il don't pay 70
spcrk in haste. but still | have to
=. :. Later have forgot what
started To write about. ! slipped this
out of site the other day when
hccrcd MarIhv comm, and forgot
about il ill | read Joshua remarks
in the paper this cyenln. AS Ions as
we had such tO-do over Ely spcndin
momy for wrltin, | don't like to have
her see me wrltin so soon.
was glad Josh wrote and | hope
he will keep II up, especially when |
am SO busy and hayin trubble too.
Please tell Josh am much obliged
for his remarks about my sense OF
humer. | guess he mcnt that for a
complement.
knowcd the ladys would do some
thin for this town when they got
started. lowed to advise them
little. but they have gone ahead on
their own hook, SO all right
would here like to urge every
boldly to help them. A eileen up
day will not be a sucsess If pcplc
don't take interest. Marthy has
been wantn me to eileen up the yard
but | aint a-son to SO long before
hand. and have il get dirty again. !
am intcndin to have things lookin
slick on cleanup days | tell YOU
There is one thing often think
OF. and may as well say one time as
another. The streets OF this town is
supposed to be for the gcncrc pub
lick and | am aSin sccin them used
Tor porsencl use by every Tom. Dick
and Harry don't even think much
~ the candidates spcckin in the
street, but that is some uiffrrcn. for
you can let them all speck, but if
we are a-goin to let every rcligus
and unrcliSus fanatic block thu
streets and delay travel where can
We stop BESIDES the candidates is
home folks or nccrly so, but the pc
pie that comes to beg from MS ether
in the name of the Lord or there own
name comes from the Lord knows
where and goes the same place. Now
trends, air We 50 gcnerus or is our
own ehurchs 80 prospectus that We
can afford To give our money to these
peple from outside? | feel that pride
had ought Ia make us look after The
ehurehs We have goi here We have
set ehurhs wh;h +, in rrad az
PAINT and wiuders. II anybody has
.ot moro mony for church wcrk than
rhrr own church can us, why M.
"itr il to thc church acrcs' tbe WAY
ur oa the ncXt strrst:
md The same Way with h,ceer,
Lei lis take care and mighty 4ool
carr o. oar own unfcrturatc brothers