The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-14
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Chiggsr Ridge. Va, Nov. IS. 1917

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Chiggsr Ridge. Va. Nov. IS. 1917.
Dear Scion:
You know the other times 1 writ in
about the Russians? Well. ] was Just
| kidding them. It's d.aunt now. / lost
all patience with them since that fell
| Ter kerensky acted like he acted. You
/ seen in the Iapers where there was a
uprising and he made a clean get
away? And now what you reckon he
! has done? He turned right around
| and went back again and I amt got
no patience with Russian or a jail
! bird or no other varmint what amt
I got no better sense than to make a ex-
cape and go right smack back where
he come from. [ aim to cut off all my
diplomatic relations with that country
including Old Man Rolloff. who runs
! the Junk shop back of the Busy Ant
cafe and Is allus after me to play
| checkers / alnt no hog. know when
got enough friends and SIGH.
Mrs, Barnes baby. namely. JUROR,
fell down a flight of steps at their
palatial bungalow asst week down
south OF town and never even turned
the all-day sucker aloose tt had in
his mouth. AT the present writing the
| child's crying has subsidized and the
neighborhood Is resting as well as
could be expected
Mr., julius Beck. what sells paper
| for NJ. & H. Co. dropped around to
shake hands with we scribe yesterday
and say hello there old Teller. His
home is in New York and he sim
thinks that 1t Is a place to live in and
not no show for human beans TO visit
| only. He has cut down on his cigars
lately and he says its owing TO his
health. but We scribe happens to know
1 H. l,,A
Dutch.
J Thanksgiving comes along apace,
| Scion. and don't you start acting nice
! to me and anawer no letter sweet like
: for | didn't raise marry one of them
/ little turkeys you seen running around
| the last time you was down here last
spring sponging on me. only of course
| l was glad TO have you because | like
| you. but l amt saying this for the
| benefit OF no relatives OF my wife.
Joe Larimore. who used to be mayor
| Of Westerville. Ohio. and belonged to
| all the lodges east and west Of NAL
| lard orick. was in town Yesterday and
! dropped around to say hello and shake
| hands with Eli Pukkins. Joe is as
| fat as ever and still hates to see his
| name In print. He wrote a nice piece
/ about hisself and put It on Ell Puk-
kins desk, but asked ELI. who is mgr.
t ed ~ the Pepper Hill Echo. to please
don't put II in the paper as no was
| only practicing. Owing to the fact that
! the Echo gets ten cents a line for their
| ad. stun Eli believes him.
| Willie Smith, brother to handsome
| man bout town All Smith, is the
proud possessor Of twenty dollar
| bum check. It looks like II IS fashion
| able for the younger set to carry them
| around as 1t Is for women 60 be Sc
verely took and subsequently cut up
| for appendicitis. although OF course,
| Scion, they amt got nothing wrong
with them but too many persimmons
/ or late hours. or maybe both, l don't
know like them fake drs.
II. G. Wainman Is also acquainted
| with b. Devereaux
i Ye scribe used to know him before
the panic
/ / hope them .dagos hurry up and
/ make that stand. They are getting
! down In the part IF the country where
/ the names are unbearable. Who ever
/ heard OF anything being called AsiaEo,
much less a river? The country viii
sure be safe for the English die. and
4 encyclopedias, although ] can't spell
! ii owing tothe fact am groggy over
| them names now, when Russia and
Italy have finally overcame them
Dutchmen and stop fighting and fuss
| Ing and talking about fghting and
| them names don't stair Teller in the
face when he picks up a paper every
! week and give him the jimmie jim
miles and sometimes maybe wonder II
sure enough the grand old common
wealth have gone dry or is it amt.
| l seen In a old copy OF the Sat. Eve.
| Post a picture of a lop-sided some
thing hanging up over the German
lires what Irving Cobb wrote so lovely
about when them Dutchman was fix
iry to make a stew OF him and Jno.
MeCutcheon who was over there writ
ing for the Post unless they said only
| good things about them Dutchmen,
! and / asked the Dutchman what used
to run the joint down on Main at.
what the Tom walker Il was and he
said. Sausage. And I said. what. And
he said, sausage. And / cracked him
and do you blame me- Scion. for hit
ting Butchmeh- what says- sausage
to everything a human bean asks him?
didn't blame myself until looked
under tho picture ard they had 1t
printed ~ sausage used by Germans
for observation" Course II amt no
; joke now because they are all crazy
over there and I guess they really and
truly believed the thing Is a sausage,
only who has ever saw sausage
hanging up in the air with nothing
} proping II up7 ] turned the picture
; upside down as though the ed. might
of been under the influence of the
. weather when he printed II as Penna.
ia still wet. But then IrV. COBB ana
them other fat fellers standing around
in uniform in the picture was on
: their heads and now know them
Dutchman Is all crazy and can't win
no war much less this one and the
> country Is safe for democracy and
maybe after all the gov. Is going to
, leave me one boy. little Benny. TO do
: the chores and stick around home like
a boy oughter do when his paws al
ready got six lent out to u Sam.
Well. Scion. don't pay no moren
face value for Buffalo nickels.