The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-27
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Dear Oscars
When that republican at the post
ofrus raised stamps 10 three cents
aimed TO go up and take crack
at him. but he has got a family OF
small kids to support and Is six feet
tall and weighs 200 lbs. and finally
decided to let him suffer along a few
years more before introduced him
to the greatest experience, But now
it is diffifnt All day long have
been setting In the Ivy barn gressing
and poking hickory stick down the
barrel of that old squirrel gun and
lou kin tell Ell Pukkins to tell Yank
Heating to git down them red books
and pick out 2. nice appropriate style
type for Il republican funeral. I let
him go when that era fter raised them
stamps to three cents but this morn
ing | seen in the Pepper Hill Echo
where every Virsinian is supposed to
buy q stenp what only costs $40.
They call err by some fanC. name
II course ana this time 1t is War
Savings Stamps, only | don't care IL
they give EN- Some highfalooting Rus
sian name three feet long, amt
going to pay no republican post
master $40. apiece for EN-. No. sir,
amt going to set by and see his
FTliiun wax iSt ike putteF pafi dflo
my little Benny and old oman dwin-
die down to tho size OF black snake!
ff you Git time run around to the
city haul building or where ever
sheriff sydnor hangs out and tell him
Just how The hand lays and get sat
% justifabie homicide papers fixed
IN.
see in the papers that them Of
fcers at Camp Lee have decided to
take THEM gun exercise at Dutch Gap
down on the Jeems. With that move
they done done everything but march
into Berlin, for you reckereck that
they. already took over old man Cat
ling's farm down there next to Peters
burg where they raise them gatling
guns l guess the kigrer won't think
Wa are such heads when he sees about
all these slick arrangements. And it
Is pretty good. amt II Oscar. to have
a pla ce full Of Dutchmen so close TO
the camp to shoot at. That don't
make much diaunee though, for / was
on the point of offering Mister Cronk-
hite my farm what has only. one
clearway and that faces the Dutch
mans place what used to run the
Joint down on% Main street and don't
speak TO me no more because seen
the light and voted dry. When IL
comes dcwn TO com mon sense US
Americans has got tit takes prac-
tice on a Dutchman to hit a Dutch
man.
Oscar. Just between and you. Amt
we got a heap to be thankful for this
80 OF Nov? First, we got this war
on our hands TO laugh at. the grub
ali out OF the poor mans pantry. no
sugar, and coal no-piece- at 3 NY price.
all the women folks going TO the
furren countries az nurses, LsFollette
In the senate, taxes. SEQ. stamps, and
cniRfer Ridge iisgraced with re-
| publican postmaster, Outside OF that
: though the future looks bright to them
what amt got only a few more years
| to live. Take that Andrew Carnegie.
| He is eighty two and wants to live to
| be 100 and says he'll get there and
! he liz the only exception to the ersu-
ment I know and he went off several
J decades age from a. acute attack OF
too much money. Only OF course /
amt no critical about such matters
and amt knocking him. but I guess
| his family has took him away of up
I In Madison CO. and he don't know
! there is a argument, much less a
! fracaa
! Well, Oscar, I have just about de-
cided to invite myself down TO orange
+ county for THANKSGIVING dinner and