The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-04-26

UNCLE HENRY

Dear Editer. l take my pen in hand
to let you know that l am not in
faver OF you lettin Uncle Joe so oil
on no crop inspectin tower like he
talks about. would ruther have
you pay him a little more on his
wages and asst other people to be So
chal and friendly with him. lie has
been durin his stay in this fare city
enc Of my most faithful and persis-
tent trends, he has read every wOrd
I have writ and is able at all times
to speek intelligently on the sub
ject of what l have writ. The fact
is he shows good deel of intelli-
gance at all times, aud would
rot like to have him shake
the dust Of our City often his
shoes. When he wants to get it off
let him use a brush or piece Of =
flannel shirt, ii he wants to. but |
am not in fayer Of his being allowed
to shake it off, as the sayin is.
hope you will be patent with him
II he gets little restless. and that
you will not think l am tendin to
your business for you. l amt never
been one to interfeer with q mother
mans BUSINESS until he is ready t.
sell out. Did | never tell you what
Melissa Andrews told that smart
AIeck of q Ralph Wandell one time.
L!ssy was a old made and ugly as
q mud tense. but she was old enough
to be this feller's mother II she had
been any b0dy's. But ! guess she
wouldn't have picked out Ralph to
b. her son, she hated him like pisen.
or did after what am tellin you
about. Ralph had ought to have
stopped to think that II things had
Of been different and Lissy had of
ben his mother, he would likely no.
have been any better l0okin than
she was, nor had any shorter nose.
Lissy might not OF ben as ugly II
she had not OF ben a old made. |
recken the state OF matrymOny which
she was not In had kind of got on
her disposition. Still il Lissy had
rot Of been SO homely ! reken she
would not OF ben a old made. Didn' t
l start out to tell you s0methin
about Lissy? Oh, yes, Lissy was set
tin in Wandell's one day talkin to
Mrs. WandeIl about what awful
ECodlems and such the young men
OF the naborhood was, and Ralph was
airade she knowed somethin and was
just leadin up to chancet to tell
ii. and it would be s0mcthin him
and 81 Marshalls boy had been dOin
to scare Lissy, becase she lived all
alone and WIS some nervous, SO he
thought he would head her off be-
fore she got to fur. and, says he,
Miss Andrews, how come your nose
SO l0ng?" His mother was mad, and
sumo says he got a good lickin aft
e.Walds. And, Lissy says, sharp as
a flash, says she, Il have never wore
any OF 1t off stickin it into other
peoples business" | always thought
that was right smart of Lissy. but
II want strictly the Jacks OF the
case. have never believed the boy
yet thrashin for what he sayed.
his father never liked Lissy heather,
and besides he was too big To take
u whippin. think Mrs. Wandell
told it around to get Lissy in a good
humer, or as neer that as Lissy ever
get.
They is people In this town which
thinks had not ought to interfeer
In the citty's affares. like remarkin
about the alleys lOokin like sin, and
etc. l am glad to say that Mayer
Eaton has never looked at things in
that light. He has alters been very
grateful and thankful to me for
any suggestions l have give. am
therefore encouraged to 80 ON to graf
81 glory, and when the end OF his
term OF oiiise has come, | will look
back with pride and reiiecx that
have helped to make him what he
aus become. am right with him on
his idee Of enforcin the laws. Al
aw amt no good which Amt en-
nrced. could write good deel
N this subjeck and | Will some time.
1t the present l am writin a poam
N the subjeck, Where is the screens
We ordered?" Here it is hot as sum
ner and gettin hotter, aud where is
hem screens at the grocery stores,
leet markets and frute stands
'0me Of them IL put up and some
int. The Woman's Club of this
bwn had ought to make out list |
( the stores which is observin the |
w about screens and then By
iere things there.
As l started to say q while back,
law Amt anv good if il amt lived