The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-03-02
Nominations of
Uncle Henry


Dear Bditer, | take my pen in
hand to let you know about sub
jock on which have been APP
preached.
amt sayin it had ought to be
done, but | am repetin it on account
of you ben sort of conneckted with
the subjeck which | was aproched
about an therefor more or less in
terested in the subjeck, an so I am
goin to tell you about this subjeck.
A lady which looked like she was
in arrest an we'll menin an all that
aproched me on the suDjeck of that
there round place up above your
dore She saycl it looked sort OF
emty an yacent to her. Now mind,
aint sayin it is emty or vacent but
it dos kind of give a body that idee
in passin by the opperZite side OF
the street. 1t looks alright of corse
as it is an mebbe you an Mrs. II.
likes it that way, but | am jest men
sionn the subieck as it was brung
up to me.
She sayed in her estimasion it
han ought to be filled in with a por-
trate of somebody prominent in the
feald of letters. That is a funny
way of sayin it but ketched on to
her dee. She meens somebody
which can write pretty good, an
while amt one to pat myself on
the back, could see by the way she
looked an all that she was meenin
me, an so | thought had better
mension the subjeCk to you, an you
can do as you see fit in this mat
ter
But if You was to make up your
mind to want my portrate put up
there in some endurin form, | would
be willin to allow you to do 50, an
am sertin it would attrack atten-
sion to your bilTlin.
We was over to the Gasperller
doins an Marthy an me both thot
Tampa done reel well; you can put
in the paper that sayed so.
amt one which harbers iellus feel
ms. When | see somebody doin
better than have ever done, take
motifs to how they do it, and after
larnin few pints from them, | am
able to 20 forrera an larn them
few tricks so to speek.
On the subject of people from afar
comin here and maxim disliaragin
remarks, see a good NANNY turists
from standin around up town in
spare an leisure moments an gettin
to talk with them. Turists is like
people in gcnerel, some is good look
in ana some is ugly as mud Tense,
an most of them has got good man
ners an some haint. Some of them
don't stop an refleck that in criti
sizin this fare city which is our
home, they had ought to do so with
the same consideration an cawsion
that is used in critisizin a feller's
house. don't MIND friend sayin
he'd like my house better if the
porch was bigger or somethin.
will let him do so. if he will speek
in humbel and mild tones of voise.
But if he was to say, Good Lord,
Henry, why in the name of all that
is good an holey, did you rune your
house stickin that there little two
by four porch On to it? | wouldn't
have this house as it is as presious
gift. Up north we wouldn't let a
Teller bid a porch like that" an so
forth for while, would | set still
an let him say it? No, sir. And so,
Mr.. H., let it be in City affares.
Them which makes remarks in a
helpful or a humble spirit will be
listened to with respeck an pashence
an them which lifts up their voises
in vane an bostfull sperrit hesirin
RELY just to make a loud noise
which will show this town what a
big holler small man can make
such as them will be delt with 9TH
erwise. So no more at present
/ from your true friend,
UNCLE HENRY.