The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-13
HI e A R ID
BY
r u B e

FOR the 'steenth time the Chinese
throne has been abdicated.
1T is now only thirty-six days until
the balmy spring time, which means
that married man will not have to
pay out any millinery bills for Ave
weeks at least.
DESPITE the assertions of eminent
educators and long bearded does who
denounce the little red school house as
national menace. such of US who
learned. reading, writing. spelling and
arithmetic there will continue to think
of it as a very dear friend
ALI What salty tears the saloon
keepers are shedding. No longer may
they take a ten-dollar bill from the
candidate and ring it up for s1.65 worth
of drinks.
THE old stock phrase "bartender's
friend" should have paired with it, 1.-The
saloonkeeper's trusty guard-een," who
is no other than the pe-pull's champ
Gen." the Hon. NJ. N. Castleman.
OLD Lake Michigan is frozen over
from shore to shore, but six months
hence you'll be cussing at the ice man
and his bill.
" iAA14N - SOihcS " q question: VI
burned ledgers leave to your Uncle Elb.
Gary to hand out the right kind of an
explanation.
| abb VI OF GARY SkETCHES-NO. 4.
| "a Political Speech for Mayor Knots. }
"Gentlemens, what have we come by
| this theatre for? Is 1t not that the
city campaign Is on? 1t is. Who says
! so7 Tom Knots. cloud cries OF
| Afeester Knots and 'zivio.' meaning
hurrah.D I tell you gentlemens. it is
questions whether it shall be the
steel trust or shall we steal by the
trusts. What 1t is when you go work
ing every mornings by the steel works
| They say. done you did it and you
done 1t. But Tom Knots does not done
/ 1t. CPeevo." meaning beer, ''peevo.'
| ''peevo.') I tell you that Tom Knots
| is the poor Hunkey's friend. (Lou6
tstamping of feet. continued cheering
and shouts of 'zivio. Tom Knotts.)
| IF Tom Knots is elected mayor BY
this city he will did as he done before
He says and there shall be reevt
In all the kegs that are now empty
cPeevo. peevo. peevo.1 Everybod,
shall have a Job, maybe. more cheer
ing) Gentlemens, / tell you that the i
republicans get in then you shall hav,
your glass of beer nit your famtife
not. If you have not got no families
you shall have no beer no how. (Lou,
| cries of I'VE want our peevo and Mees
ter knotts.") Gentlemens, l tell yo,
that the republicans shall make yo,
i work by the blast furnacers out an
instead of peevo TO drink the stee
trusts shall say, Rouse nit you yet
"Gentlemens, I tell you that Meeste
Knots shall be like father by all tn
peoples yet, may be not. The repub
licaner party loves you like a ma
eating apples. He have pleasures b.
the eating, but then he throw the cor
away. So you are. Gentlemens. whe
/ came by this town I have no friend,
Only $500. Tom Knots he hears thi
yet. and he is at once my friends II
insures me, / give him 500 and h
fgives me 81 discount. Shall the repub
llicaners give you such discount. Nc
! tell you gentlemens that Tom Knott
, is one Ieetle angels NIT the wings oui
I maybe Gentlemens, | thank YOU
OUR astute friend. Abe Martin, re
marks. Miss Fawn Lfppincut say
that this Is awful weather t eve
, lbathe fer party dress" All of wliic
:. suggests that IL Fawn lived IN Ham
mond where they have bath tubs an
running water all the year around sh