The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1916-04-12
DOTE IN COLUMBIA.
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Deer EDITORIAL
i hev travled sum since last writ
YOU. hev bin doun ter ther kap-
partial NV the stait, kolumby. Kol-
umby is a large sitty iknode all er
long that it wuz bigger than green
wud but didn't kno it wus rite after
atlanter. from what dix sonley sals
i guess it an washuntun is about the
same size tho didn't sea emmy tomb
stones in kolumby five hundard feat
hi. wood like ter kno what dix
and woodro was drinkin that mornin
when dix saw that toomstoan emmy
way. Tho they hev sum fine toom-
stoans in Kolumby. one is gorge
washuntun hisself. tina have placed
his tomstoan on the steps ter ther
kapital. You sea that a big man
has sevrul toomstoans, while sum-
times a poor man hes none at all.
Now a CRATE big man like gorge
washuntun has one in nearly evry
sitty an so tha have bilt Wun to him
in Kolumby which stands on the steps
as sed. it is cut out jist like ole
gorge hisself an to tell you the truth
when run into him befoar i saw
him thought it wus him but no
tised when i raised my hat and spoak
that he did not speek an then knue
that it was not gorge becaus gorge
was polight an alwais spoke to poor
foxes. They hev bilt wun OF wala
Hamtun too. waid is on his hors'
which is a pim-dinger an he looks
like he wus reddy to fite the yankees.
like to stan aroun mungst Slcn
crate men as it alwais maiks me teai
at hoam excep gorge an Wald dldn1
tell me to do nuthin far them.
while wuz in the sitty cauled
on euv. mannin. he wuz In his ofls.
a polight young gentleman met us
! 1T the doar, wus with Earl Harri-
,son, en- shode us inter ther guys
offs an he jumpt up and knode us
boath, he is a fine gintleman an
talked to us so nice that got afrade
he wud insist on mi taken the cheer
fur a few minits and doin little
guvnerin miself, an as Wuzzent
drest fur the bizness / mighter telt
a lital embasssadoriode. -,
The guv seams to be IN gooo nealIn
an duz not seam to be worrlt Dougn!
the illiction this here sumar, but
tole him he wus runnin gmst Two
blackheaded skeered cats en- ne betar
look out but sez thay cant git nuthln
on a red heded man an altar talkin
to him bleeves he recornizes his
speech which he speaks. :,
i don't kno whuther all your reed
ers hev bin to kolumby so will say
few things bought the sitty which
may intrust sum of my trends. tina
have sum high houses in that sltty
which thay call skiskraipers becos
thay reech up nearly to the ski. we
the first thing hugh bowen vii want
to kno is how long it talks you to
walk pthe steps to ther top fioar OF
these bildins. we'll, hugh, you don't
walk up, you rides the alligator
we'll, evry boldly will want to know
what is alligator Of bildin; thay
knoas a alligator which swims in the
wauter but bildin alligator is dlt'
frunt. it is littal room which you
step in an you say where you want
to 90 and the yung man who rides
the alligator swims her rite to the
|floar wher you air goin. Tha calls
it a alligator becaus it acts So
much like a shore huff alligator. You
kno that the alligator Gums rite up
to you silent like, swallers you, Shets
it's mouth an swims off. this hear
bildin alligator does the saim thing,
it opens its mouth swallers the pas
seneers, swims off en- when it gifts
thar it opens its mouth and tlngs