The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-08-21
COUNTRY COUSIN
LISTENED TO CATS


A Star reporter picked up the fol-
lowing this morning. 1t was evident
ly written by some one who was in
town to hear Cats Friday night, and
wrote his opinion to some one in
town, who after reading it dropped
it on the street. We omit the sigma
ture and the postoffice it was sent
from:
"Waal, Bill, | thot I'd write and tell
yer that | got in my Ford and went
ter Okally mite before las jes' ter hear
that fellow Cats what runned ergin
thet frien' of our'n in ther primary.
Waal, as wuz sayin', this here fell
low Cats is some talker on gineral
subjects confined largely ter himself.
/ guess he ranted around somethin'
like hour tellin' the 'sembled multi
tude of Gurus citizens and citizen
esses what er powerful memery he
had, and proved it by repeatin' er
speech he sed he had not sed in four
teen years, and tellin' thet he want no
boor-whatever thet is-no, he never
meant no animal, but that he was
Termed in the classes of Rome and
Greese, and thet he would prove thet
too, and then he repeated thet sad and
pathetic little song bout Annie Laurie
and tother piece by Bob Taylor
bout Song er ther Battel," but, blame
me, eff knowed thet Bob Taylor ever
wuz in er British battel, and how fine
he wuz when it came to high figurin'
which Knott sez is so, for he proved
hit in er number of precincts he had
counted-particuler wuz he good ct
showin' as how ther squar uz ther
hipotenuse wuz ekal ter ther sum er
ther squars NV tother two sides Nv
er rite angle triangle, which may be
ther truth, but don't believe it, and
then he made er few remarks erbout
ther dresses them highfilutin' city
gals wares. He sed at first thet he
helt er 'stificate NV nomination, and
thet, begosh he would hold thet
| 'stifcate no matter ter him what ther
'spreme cote sed erbout hit, an he'd
go to Jail in Okally fore he'd give hit
up, which is showly bluff or he's crazy
ter attack ther bulwalk NV our guver-
ment like thet. Waal, all such things
| pertain ter ther high offs NV gov
e1ner he discussed at CRATE length,
and then he talked erbout such miner
matters NV ekalization Nv taxes, of
which he sed he knew nothin' cept
what Town Faris he'd sed when he
made thet master piece speech in
Okally fore the primary, an the pub
| lie schools,-an' rite thar / thot he
would Civ them blamed Catholics
ther devil, but he never sed nothin'
ergin them furreners for they may be
erlowed ter vote in November,-an'
as how he would larn ther boys and
girls NV this fair state ter work.
yer know we'uns amt never learned
thet yet,-an' bow devoted he wuz to
ther interes' of Floridy in ways too
numerous ter mention in ther ten
minutes he had ter devote ter ther
miner matters, but ez all them things
did not pertain ter ther offs ter which
ther deer peepul had histed him, he
would resume thet more important
subject, hisself. He sed thet he mite
want some petitions sined, an we
could send fer ther blanks ter ]. v.
Burke in Jacksonville-Bill, is thet
ther J. v Burke what used ter live in
Okally,-and he would send them, and
ter vote for him, Sidney J. Cats.
Waal, | can't say as / didn't have a
| good time ct ther show, but I cum er-
way sad ter think thet er state what
had had Drew, an Fleming an Blox-
ham, an Broward might have Cats
fer guverner. I guess, Bill, eff I gets
i ther chance I'll jes vot fer old Bill
Knott ergin, an maybe he'll get er
fair count this time"