The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-09-26
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
!, FOUNDATIONS
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! UNCLE HENRY

good word for you and Mrs. II
whenever could get anybody 10 IFS
sen 10 me. And | have often sayeo
that you was :, man that couid set
reel talents and genus mile on OF
,ioster. A Teller says to me one ia!
that he would like my writins Dct-
Ter if was more orthidOcks in my
srellin. and | says to him that
spell my words the way | intcho
they shall sound. and don't intehu
they should sound like some folks;
talks. and guess he was mad lie
l.: one of them fellers that says
e,ether when he means Gather. cara
l.ouisc come home onrrt a-sayin
s,mr,hin that sounded like Noss, ana
finally | says. says l. Fer heNin :
sake. what is a Noss'" Md she say :
size reckencd saycd VASE and says
saws l. Il rcckin do say Iase. the
way my father and mother aiore me
SAVED it. and says |, they amt no
! cans, 10 be putin stilish sounds onto
words which has done rite well tn
now
aint ON, Of them. though an" !
| nncss you have notiscd that about
M, I aiut one of them that IS 100
wulcish to change my ways ol uoi'
,linss when there is a reescn Tor 50
dnin aint trasurin up anything,
icsi because il is old Now WORDS
! Il ditferru, than other thlns" ne
/ cause YOU cant ware lh'h' OUT
| ,cu could some ii them would y" ~
IN, rag HAS ainro now still an
, hrlrcl,r in simplerrNcd spellin rs
/ the SAVING il b'locNc III sinp''f
fyiny everything tht AN b" 50 done
i i,,.rthjnr Else hciu chal You WEI
4 la,rs ma uc ,akiu iltr short cuts
arl mlhln shnri utr fer others
! rLra An They q people ~ 'hl"
,raNn mitch thinks they alnt ~
s3se in mrr"Nin things on" 81
th.n4 sass IL me. Nhon Was holdill
lorIA ou the hulies II haNin The dry"
around Lake Morton fixed M, ana
s4>s Il. Il haze been here nigh
;toul iiirccu yrcrS. and We have
! lArd long and happy and tn" toxin
| has rhro>c and prospcrrd with ina
| there drive no better than il is tins
mint and NANNY IA Tim" Il durn SIT"
worse I looked II him fer quite =
smell before | could think ol what
| wanted to say, and finally | says,
sa,sI, "Nmi could keep a brc"lllin IL
the vast and frozen rcaSins OF tn
far north or in the wildcrnesscs OF
Africa or some other GOd-fcrsakcE
spot, and. says |. IF you would go
there You would lccve more room
here for people hat desires life
more abundcnt" That Teller was
mad lie haint spoke to me since.
rcckin he felt better for the remarks
he made when he stocked off, but !
didn't feel none the worse fer them
because ! couldn't heer what ne
sayed One Teller sayed to me, when
! sayed We had ought to have "A libcr-
airy here, says he. IF the follerin
generations wants sech things let
them put them up" and says ]. "lf
all our forefathers and foremothcrs
had of felt that way. what would
the world be like?" He sayed il ]
was beginning one of my speeches he
had got to 20, but | was intendin 10
say further that ever age and ever
cline has had wooden heads, but in
general most people takes "a pride in
levin the world and especially ther
nNn Town a little better than TIN
I:.a found H. Jest like material f:
f'..r. pr IS mother 81 tie .aHr J..
tHsr. lhi'dr'n 10 batr thin
~. .8t au4 Ea.t. them - b, bn'l
tAan ,hoy Xas themselfs Goo
81 ho9ls, good llbcrarys, good rod
and nice parks is some of the thin.
that this generation is goin to pa
Oh to the next in this here town and
them that hain't willin to help il
The good work can rontinuer TO So
aroun like the dog on the fhisscl
which was bowling because he W..
uncomfortable and yit he vas to-
blame lazy TO move off. They is
plenty OF folks in this town which i
like that dog. but | don't dast -
say il TO them by name Them tina
tho shoe fits. can put il on, as th
sayin is
The many friends Of Mrs. l.. u
Van Buren, will regret to hear of h"f
death. which occurred early ~
morning al the residence of h.r
daughter, Mrs r y Roderick. ifn|
South Florida avenue Mrs. ~: