The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-05
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Chieger Ridge. Va, Dec. A. II.

N'i''@SEt iAtbG| az ASGNH - -
Dear Oscar.
Reokerieck that one we used to
work about the horses head when |
and you was bare feet boys Neil,
cher was one Of them slick New York
ers at the Central last week selling
oil stock only of coarse all the fell
lows was already stocked with Lib
erty Bonds and War Savings Stamps
and after all he was only here trying
10 sell it. Anyway the boys dropped
INTO the lobby and set around and
bye-aud bye the sucker come down
and took "A seat. Presently they start
ed off as per schedule as regards how
long horses head Is. Some lowed
it was feet and some two and so on
and finally / UP and slapped the CHI
max on the situation and said
horses head was as long as a -four
barrel The argument got hot and
the slick party from above the line
chimed In and said = h1rsa't h~ad
wasn't as long as a -four barrel and
the right time come l lowed l was
willing. to be- that II was 50, nov.
n h SAYS the slicker. One hundred
dollars said /. Then we put the mon
ey up and somebody said how you
going to prove 1t and | said there
wasn't no way but one to prove 1t
and that was TO cut the horses head
off and measure IL and then measure
the barrel. They said no, there is
better way, Just measure the horses
head and then measure the barrel.
said no, I am the man what is pet
ting this money and l amt going TO
get no tricks worked on me. The
slicker said. all right. that is fare
enough. So | said where are we GO
ing TO get a horse what win stand
a major operation behind the ears.
Nobody as per schedule said nothing
Il F.It
what loses stands for the horses de-
mice. And he said all right, he didn't
mind letting me pay for horse. So
We sent around to Cosby's barn and
got the old nag that used to pull the
street car and fetched her right out
in front of the. hotel and had the
orerafi0n over with in few minutes
by Rhodes the butcher. And OF
coarse horse head Is as long as
a -four barrel and | took down the
2 hundred SIS and | said, come across
with another one hundred IS for that
valuable horse. only of course 1t
wasn't no valuable horse owing to
/ the sact that Cosby'd been trying to
give her away for mo. He come
across and the big banquet comes off
out OF that two hundred Xmas night
at the lodge hall and | am writing
this letter to ask you to come down
and shake hands with all the old boys
dbA say HSAAo AIlcIS ICiitTN NOW ar
you? There amt going to be no horse
sausage served and of course you like
/ simmon beer and what train must
meet2
There's a bran new Joke going the
rounds and l Will tell it to you. One
Teller ssYsIIwas in Mem York last
week and I seen fellow drawing a
picture and I asked him what he was
doing and he says drawing a horse
and wagon. And then the Teller says.
yes, that's fine see the horse just
az lain. And then the sucker says
didn't you see the wagon and tho
Teller what is pulling the Joke says.
no. it's union horse and it IS aIler
six o'clock and the horse refuses 70
draw the wagon. Then everybody
laughs except the sucker and of
course you see the joke only If you
| don't drop me a line and / will put
you straight on 1t and then you can
have a barrel of fun breaking ii to
y. Ivey three or four times a day.
! ! see the pres. has called on con
| gress TO mention the fack TO Austria
Hungry that we are lighting against
! them too from now on. 1t is n great
pity Oscar. for Ii there is a country
on the ma . what has -toted fare ard
above board all along II is that Aus
I tria. All them other countries is as
/ bad off foodically as they but is any
/ OF them come out and admitted 1t like
Austria? No sir. not a one of them.