The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-02-27

over a recent visit Of members of q
royal family to New York.
who's this Jock IL C~onnaught,
anyhow" he demanded. Who
ilicted him."
I'll niyer tell ye." said Mr.. Dooley
IL lived tn bctther part iv me life,
tn first ten years, within a, stones
throw il Connaught an often threw
it an j niver heerd tell iv hirn. But
jook he is whether Connaught knows
iv it or not. Ye see, Hinnissy, It's
this way: | understand be tn pa
-apcrs that he's a brother ~ tn late
king il England. SO whin he come to
be baptized twas up to him to pick
out some part ~ the kings realms TO
rule over. l don't know why this is
so. but It's 50. Well. not bein' very
mcclure at tn time, he thought Con-
naught was part " tn kings realms.
tn poor. misguided infant, an he
picked it out fr himsilf. Whin he
grew up he 1arned different. but hin
it was too late TO correct tn mistake.
But he don't live in C~Onnaught. Life
names too much to him. He amt q
member iv tn C~onnaught mans asso-
cyation. If ye're thinkin' ~ Writin'
him askin' permission to go hack
twill do We no good. A letther ad-
dhressed to him in his rtle dukedom
wud be returned be tn postmaster
marked NO Sucn parry hiio"L
here
We'll, tn poor man found tn time
hangin' heavy on his hands, so his
nephew that's king " England now
sint him out to govern Canada. Whin
tn jock got there he found Canada
was SO thurly governed already be
tn Canajien Passyfc railroad that
there was hardly amy sovernin' LETT
fr him to do. All tn governin' tn
pOy'pnr oin'r11 iv Can46a does ia larn.
in to skate an goin' to his wife's
parties. TIL jock is a smart man an
active, an whin he cud stand it no
longer he up an wrote to his nephew
an says he: 'Ye must find me a job.
I have a large family an need
wurruk. I can't stay around tn
house all day
9TH king was in Indya at tn time
lettin' his lille subjicks see him. 'Tis
an idee iv kings that they have to be
seen be their subjicks to keep thin
lille. 1 think It's a mistake. If I was
a king tn On'y way wan Nv me sub
jicks cud see me wud be to peek
through tn blinds an thin I'd have
him kilt to keep him firm tellin' tn
others what he saw. But, anyhow,
tn king vas enthusiastically ray
ceived. Wan pa-aper says: TIL ST.
lence as his majesty proceeded
through tn great throngs ~ dark
ItuCu WOE a Oh WI AAA
pressive hin mere cheerin'.' On'y
wan thing marred tn visit. This was
whin tn Gookwar iv Barooma, a fell
low with no more thin a
thrOlley car conductor, was inthro-
jooced. Instead iv dom tn custo-
mary Whitelaw Reid in tn rile pris-
ince this here stevedore was heerd tC
say: What Nance an afther sthrik.
in a match on tn sole iv his shoe
walked Off smokin' a cigareet. There
was tn divvle to pay over this break
Tn 1ndyan gOvernmint STINT a Ntthel
to tn Gookwar demandin' an apol
ogy. I don't know What they were
gOin' to do to him if he didn't crawl
maybe they cud put him in jail O.
p'raps rayjooce him to tn ranks an
sind him out to pound tn pavemint
Anyhow he took no chances. H
wrote a letter sayin' he meant no dis
RESPECT. but he was thinkin' iv some
thing else.
Where was I? O, yes. Well. whil
tn king got tn jocks demand f.
wurruk he says to himsilf: 1 mus
do something fr Uncle Arthur, fr h
was good to me whin l was a boy
an he sits down an writes to him
I'm sorry there's SO little left. Y
shud've spoke arlier. But I'll tell v
what ye might do. TIL on'y wan i
me provinces that l haven't pal
much attintion to is tn City ~ Ne,
York, an I've been SO sure iv tn
iilety iv ivrybody there that has ann
loose change in his pants pocket-a1
they're all that count-that I haven
thought twas ricissry. But do y
Jump on a thrain an go down q,
look thin over an if We like tn plac
We a have it. So tn jock hi wiz
to New York.
"I1l say this about tn methropol
iy this country; it sizes people u
right. Ye can guess q mans wort
within a dollar be tn way New Yor
r~ayceives him. Whin tn prisidint
tn United States goes there to brea
his silence in public Officer O'Call,
han Nv tn Thrafic Squad is alwa,
STINT, il he amt too busy, to meet hi
an escort him to wheriyer he wan
to go. Sometimes tn chief iv pol
frgits or O~Callyhan is in court
prosecute a dhrayman, an thin A