The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-04-15
Nominations of
Uncle Henry

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Dear Edlter, | take my pen in
nahd to let you know that we re-
SeeVed your inyitasion and we are
eApectin to come if nothin pervents.
,naf1hy is not exsactly pleased with
the Wordin Of the inyitasion 7 o,,eSS
ought not TO tell it on her becase
sue dont meep nothin by it. She
says Yourself and Wife would
>ouhd better in invitasion 10 a
married man, but have tryed to
explain that these was sent ont
without regards as to whether a
man is marryed or not, and that the
word lady was supposed to meen
"lle II man had wife, otherwise
not etc. ! guess got her convinsed
out she wouldn't let on out of spite
| II Will give me CRATE plasure to
look around over your place of bus
ness and tell YOU wherein it could
De improved. | have alters spoke
rank and free TO you and exspeck
10 DO so on this occasion. have
'elt at times that too much in this
| town is gone ahed with without as
TN me for my opinion. set M
mites, or as long as Marthy will let
me, tryin to beside what is best for
TINS fare city and feel that my
ADVISE mad ought to be asst whether
anybody is intendin to foller it or
not You know yourself there is
cases when things would have
turned out better if my words had
been paved attension to- AS the say
in is, The cacklin of geese saved
Rome, but the trubble is they is
| people in this town which feels
themselves above issenin to the
Icacklin of the geese, so to speek, and
in this way much valuable informa-
ton and advise has been lost site of
and allowed to fall into noxus dissi
tude--l larned that expression from
Senator Wilson back where ! used
to live. | have heerd him speek so
much that them words of hisn got
Engraved upon the tablets of my
memery with indelble pensil, and
have kept them in mind ever sinse
all though they are French or some
such language as that. They meen
Isomethin like gone to the dogs. !
was too proud to asst the senator be-
cause didn't want him to know
that didn't know what he, was
talkn about
| am sorry to see another bildin
put in the way of our view of Lake
Mirror from up town The saddest
mistake ever made in our city, and
YOU remember ii was done agin my
NlHHtS' WI II :, NdS SctllH the Nuh-
itorium billing where Main street
had ought to run. 1t is a good phase
for the Auditorium, but it is a bad
phase for the Auditorium to be Is my
nosion. But it has been done, and
II amt likely ever can be undone.
And, so I am getting resined to sur
renderin Lake Mirrer to the rude
grasp Of; | cant get the right
word but maybe you can think
What had ought to be there. And,
50 now that the Woman's Clubs
bildn is also bein set along there,
shall not open my mouth about it,
4 reel tall man can see over it any
way. and. besides, If bilding has
cot to be along there, ! would ruth
er the adys had it than anybody
know of. and am relyin on there
IfiXin up the grounds around it and
keepin it fixed mp thus convertin
what looked like sin into thing Of
beuty ana a JOY forever. In these
noble ctfcrts, which the ladys may
not have in mind but which | trust
they have or soon will get, | am in
fayer of everybody in town helpin
and encuragin them. We had ought
to strew there path with roses, so TO
spcok. which they can then set out
around there bildin and perserye to
future gencrasions, etc. So no more
al present.
From YOUR true trend,
UNCLE HENRY.