The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-01-27
Examinations of
Uncle Henry

Dear Editer. coed NANNY pep'e
has been asking what has become OF
me and wantin to know have ] got
tired or what. That is the way with
humen beins. Any boldly that starts
out to do what he can for the pub
lick good has got to keep on ontil h'
drops in the harniss as the sayin !,
or peple will say he is falin to do
his dooty. Peple seems 10 think that
the folks that has alters done things
is the ones that had ought to do theIe
till the end OF time. Amt that so!
DO you ever see man that says to
hisself. Now, | amt never done much
for this town, and II Is time that ]
was a-doin somethin." No. sir. you
know you don't. What that man
does say TO hisself is sOmethin like
this, Il guess Mr. Brown. and MI.
Black, and Mr.. White. and Mr.. Green
IL made them names up myself will
do that with out my help. The !
have alreddy done "A good deal. and !
would like TO see them go ahead and
put through that there plan. ! BE-
leeye il would be good thing. !
mind that one time one OF Mariht :
couscns, Samuel Doolittle. his nam.
was, and We used to say that i. eye.
4 name TT man like his hide Sam
/, Doolttle's name did fit him. Marihy
alters saycd she thought Sam want
very strong, but ii he had been my
! cousen instid OF hern she would no,
| OF thought OF ii that way, ahd BE-
sides payin ont mony was the rNers."
/ that Sam hated the wust OF anythi I,
He hated that like pizen and tha'
F, don't take much iizical energy. Oh
vcs, what was intcndin to tell yo1
about Sam was that one time som
wimmen come to sam and astcd hin
for little 2inghcm and caliccr
Sam and his brother Josh was run
ming store to make up into apern'
and dresses for the Orphants asylem
the ladys was gaing to do the sewing
Sam wouldn't jest give 1t TO them
ii. thought that was reel aoO'
for Sam But, he says to me after
wards. says he. Henry. think i
was blamed queer for them to asst m'
fer they never asst me Tor anything
. before" DO you see joke in that
| did, and the morcl ! am wanti
TO pint out is. that the peple tina
aint never done nothing Tor this tow
is the ones that had ought to d
somethin now. and give other peplc
! rest long enOuf for them to get Their
t breth and take a new start. fer as
told Sam, says |, II guess there nc
: astin you before was good enou
reasen fer them astin' you now
{ says, "Do you want that they shout
keep goin to the same peple fc
there contributions" says |.
= NOW, you know Mr. H. that ,hei
$ is pe2lc in this town which has mad
y mOny here hand over fist. tn;
: wouldn't give up any of it to sa,
. the town from drth and distrucks iOl
" if they didn't see two dollers right ;
). hand for every one they was payi
=" out, and sometimes they are so bin
= they don't ste that when ii is rec
: the ease.
Well. | will close for this tim
' hOpln hat these few verbs will mai
y an im9ree lion on the pepie il is il
tended .ur. and that the p.Dlc Tia;
) has never put there sholders To II
y wheel of progress in this here tow
a will reciize that they are the Nri
~ ones which had ought to be d.
l. some,hin insted of taikin about VIII
there yet rcmanes to be done by som
- body else.
81 no more at present frcm
I;\(lE HENRY.