The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-02-28
FOUNDATIONS
, - of
! UNCLE HENRY

Dear Editer, | take my pen in hanG
F.! to let you know why | did not 20 to
/ Tampa the other day. was invited
to 20, but Marthy would not let me
60. could Of went anyway but
! had sneekin idee that she did have
the hedake like she sayed she did.
nd she did | want intendin she
ST. Ould write back home to any OF the
folks and say | had left her sick in
bed while went off havin a good
time. She got over her hedake, how
somever. as soon as it was too late
to 20, and SO knOwed then that she
want as bad as she let on to be
| Things like this will come up in any
family and elaine | have got as
good wife as there is around thi.
! part of the country and | would nOl
like 10 say anything to hurt h,i
fceIns. Still, Il man cant help feel
in a little put upon when he lool
around and sees other mems wif,S
men which haint Il bit better ano
kinder To there wifes than | be, ha
in wiies which has not only let thc.a
went but has done there work for
them whilst they was gone. a fc.
Ter says to me, says he. Look here
Uncle Henry, this paper is lOOkin
pretty good. says he; Pears like
they haint much use of Hethering
ton comm back, says he, 81 reckon
Mrs II. can run that shebang alone. "
But says to him. says |, "YOunG
Teller. when you have lived as Ions
az have, you will know woman
don't work good when she amt hat
ny. and says |, IF Mr.. II. was to
stay away, Mrs. H. would get to feel
in unhappy and not feel like writin
things for the paper. And, be
says, says he. We'll, sence you have
brung up the subjeck, is men able TO
do there best work without the in
spirin presensc of woman?" sa :,
l reckoned not, but, thinkin it Over,
! motifs ! can do my best writin when
Marthy is gone visitin to some of the
Majors, that amt because | aint low
in Marthy. because | do, but it is on
account of Marthy havin such I'M
ccrtin disposition.
/, KS | was sayin, would like to of
went along. | have heard CLOWN
accounts from them which was
there. and would suggest that ris-
in vote of thanks be give to Mr.Hol-
worthy for getting up the thing, and
10 all others which did there duty
80 noble on this crate occasion. |
was up to the Bord OF Trade rooms
one day when Mr.. Holworthy was
thlnkin out some of the sines to nut
on the automobiles, and I saws to
him. says |. as was lookin them
over, says |. You had ought TO saw,
Lakeland has got so and So That is
i"rcefuller and more TO the pint"
says |, that this here. 'Lakeland's
50 and So" but seen he didn't
give heed to my words. reckon /.
would have been more expensive but
Mr.. Burridge was doin it cheep. ana
would like to of had them sine,
reading, Lakeland has got. etc. Still
| am willin to admit that he done the
best he could otherwise. and he had
his mind sot on il. will saw tha.
| for him. We met him one evenin
ny the fremont hotel and he humped
plum into Marthy. and then he
! drawed back and started to 90
around mad says he. "Honk. honk"
Says !. Hold on. young Teller. what
do you think you areo" and saws he
'ch. excuse me. was thinki,
about automobile perade We are
goin to take down TO Tampa"
Now that the Bord of Trade ha,
all got home agin. would suggest
that they turn the-n minds torards
, that sine We was on:n 10 have AZ tbe
depot. The wi~'n- .,,rist has como
and CRATE MARI &C him has won,
agin and we ha'nt ~ no sine at the
depot. yet. Man. 1ersen roino
through here asts i, town this is
but them which don't asst don't find
out This had not ought 10 hn 50
So no more at present from vour
true friend.
true friend. UNCLE HENRY