The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-09-19
FOUNDATIONS
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UNCLE HENRY

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p,.r EH.;er. have uccn lutrhdi'
!, rjtr n ven often while Mrs. IL. /
away 50 that Narthy won't k'ei
sayin no wonder | take a interest II
he paper when they is = COED iooA
i. women in the offs, and also $
Won wont yet SO lOncsOm. | knO"
the deps of wo that lays on man
hart when his wife is away. even II
she is rross-eyed and got bad tenn
per Wifes is some trubble and yet
in NANNY ways they are a CRATE
biessin. like Mathew Simpsons ru-
ratiz Fer yeers. Matt had the ru-
nlatiZ so bad that he sayed hisSclf
h. would be better off ded, an
Eicss his wife wculd. fer he was Is
cross as bear and alters Il com
planin. lie wasn't no sanic in his
disposition afore he got the rumatiz
and one day Wilder Smiths one-arnl
hoy that was run over by . ottomo.
bile come around Srllin patent
f, EicdSin fer the rumatiz, and Matt
h bought some. He say,d il i,
, cured h.m AL right and il it lidn''
| he hoped he l.Grd would give him
,rddit for dom 4 kind act in BUN
| from a cnc-arm boy. And. contrary
I Wei. the tolhcs rha, made the med
ism .,ut to llcrrin Of il and il seems
A.tt MAS the first fellrr that the
lGedi,in ever done any GOOD. and
they sent Teller to set Matt to fix
| up Il GOOD letter 10 put in the pa
rrrc trllin ot his crate and wonder
fGll cure. and Matt mp and kicked
tie tcller often The front steps You
see Matt WAS used to tcllin by his
rlmatll when Il storm WAS comm
:,nd after II" had the rnnlti1 cured
~ ''''i'ih WI NV lUt'It Hlltl Il In
q his sheep died in a LOW storm
"a" nisht Nn Mt told the frllrr
IL better iot SHOW his lacr around
her" asiN ontil h. hnoWcd what
Nonld hrina back III, rumatil ana
me frller say. lIrNAius krnws ,
y ish, Yen had il now
Wen. aol to tcllm about Matt
tnd now ! have ;imoS fergo what :
started 20 write about am reel
tiekl'l thai NJ Nord Of Trade i;
%"itiu a hustle on and goin Ia 90
u" h'mhers. ! would liz" to Soc
,nllir Of our good country pcplr hc
longing MI them prplc which lives
Gu Lake llollingsw0rth had nu.h, /,
belong and nanny others which feels
= Interest in the doins of the TOWN
- Ions as been li,in rite in l.ak,
'iiid no boldly haini eyer asi ne 10
ne the 3ord OF Trade.
am feeling reel ,icklcd thai thr,
arrested them Miami pcplc for shin
pm green frutn because the Miami
hcpst"r We got III This town has born
tenn 'hat they was shiprin frutc
from Miami and 50 givin pcplc the
la"c that the frutc is ripe there !,
'"t arller than here That fcller
On" OF the few that got any fccln
asin Peers like he makes \ lot al
i"i'o remarks II this is on account
- i2n'rehfc, he had ought t. kcrtl
fiS mouth Shct and his eyes and ear:
oron ontil h" is little mite hotter
Il formed ahoul things. If amy man
ore w Hikes another town better
than Lakeland ! am willing h.
Should live there, still aint wiln
tEat Il man should live in Lakeland
an enjoy the blcssins Of this fare
town and keep telling facts whici,
amt so about il 10 the stranger; |
within our gates still in tho midst /
"f my anger there is a fcelin of sor-
rer Ter a man which don't like ?, |
town aud still haint got sense cuuat I
10 move away.
Onct when I was over to Orlando /
! h". rd a young fellcr a tellin hos 4
'..t'ttl'ld want in il for buty be ~.
- Orlando, and says to him. 81.
l"an@ l'lIor yoa had not oi
+" lnai" tour statements 50 yfrona
ass | somebody that you're tcIlu
hat 10 is APT 10 20 to Lakeland an. I,
ia"n, says !, they will think w..
wai lyin, whereas" says |. "if you
would say Won think so and 50. then
:: hen they git there they won
think any worse of you than thai
you was fool"
But. as | said, haini got No.
5rudge agin NANNY folkes. Espacia-
/, | haint agin the folkes that don
i've on the same side of town thu
do, and | am sorry to Sc such fnrl-
ms in the bosum of others in thu
own am Obliged 20 keep my bod
Ill on one side OF the town. bur "a.
'er my hart, it is standing so IT,
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