The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-09
I'll hands pockets say They both

was short, thick set party, wearin' eyeglasses, frind iv tn Harvester Thrust, an Twin in two-an' -a-half story house on tn shores iv Long island. Ivry rnornin' he come into Rome an wrote pieces fir tn pa-aper which are now set as a task fir little boys to thranslate into English. He was inpror twict, an whin he come back firm Africa he thried to get tn job again away firm his old frind Pompey. Durin' tn campaign he utthered tn mimrable sayin: "Aut Cayzar att nullus," which, bein' thranslated, manes We've got to take me or Taft" He was attackted in tn shit chamber be tn boy he took to raise whin he exclaimed, 70, you Elihu,' an threw him out iv tn window.
 "t I've told ye enough now to show ye that there airt tn width iv yeer thumb diff renee be- tween Rome an this counthry. If this thing isn't stopped an if tn iliction doesn't go tn way me boss tn prsidint iv this college an his frind Bill wants it, in few years time tn liberties iv this people will be desthroyed, tn popylace will have to go to free circuses ivry afthcrnoon with loaf iv free bread undher their ar-rm, an whin Cayzar dies we'll see Hinnery Cabin Lodge fallin'. on his soord in Nahant an Clifford Pinshow pursooed into Pannynla an destroyed be Nick Longworth, who'll come back to rule over us an maybe play his fiddle while Cincnnaty is burnin' at his feet. We'll all be slaves, dhressed in white sheets with garlands iv roses in our hair, takin our meals in bed an dhrnkn' great pans iv Falermium wine, which had some iv it wanst whin 1 was abroad, an it's poor stuff an does ye no good onless ye devote all yeer wakin' hours to it. can dwell no longer on this dhreadful pitcher iv tn future iv this counthry. Tn ony way ye can get away firm it is to injooce ye'er fathers to vote f'r Pompey. Ye can now take recess while l go down to tn dhrug store on tn corner an buy meslf shelliv hemlock, fir do not care to live, he says. An tn onthinkin' little vaggybones, onnlindful iv tn doom iv their counthry, wint out an choose up sides fir baseball game.
 "Afther readin' this obichury notice thried to get some consolation, dye mind, out iv tn iditoryal page iv me fav'rite journal, but twas worse there Tn iditoryal writer had been so broken hearted be th' prospect iv Joolyus Cayzar landn' again that he cuddent write anything new so he got two tickets fir tn theayter fir him slf an wife firm tn dhramatic critic an sung in as an iditoryal an essay that got him second money at tn grajatin exercises in tn Univarsity iv Oklahoma an let it ga at that Twas called,
 Is Our Civilization Failure? It Is. He said tn ship iv state was already tn rocks, tn thun- derbolt had fallen, tn die was cast tn sun had concealed its face, we stood between Scylla an Charybidis, tn pale augurs were rushin' firm tn temple, an tn sacred edhce built up be tn fore fathers iv some iv us was shaken to its very foun- dations, an tn busts iv Wash'nton an Jefferson had already fallen firm tn brackets on tn wall an were scatthered all over tn hure. felt like callin' Polis Yet afther had ca'med down enough to read tn rest iv tn pa-aper it seemed that nobody else but tn ditor an tn pro-6ssor