The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-18
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chisger Ridge. Va, Nov. II. 4

Chisger Ridge. Va. Nov. II. II.
| Dear Solon:
had little money all saved up
| that / aimed to give to the Y. NJ. c. A
/ for their 6eld work over there an
| france, but It's all of now. / was In
| the city yesterday and on one OF them
| Main st. cars seen a card hanging W
| and ut said. VIII your boy come home
| clean. And then II went on to say
-, Give 'em something to help clean him
| up, Can you beat 1t, a great big co.
| doing rummy act like that Or
/ course Lonnie aims to rcome nome
clean. That Is. II them calendars in
| France is the same as ours and they
have what you call a Saturday night.
| he Will l been knowing him for GO
| ing on twenty-five year and he ain
| missed Saturday yit less II was the
time he was took down with alling.
| Then on the othe4 nand. like to know
who II IL wants to know whether Lon
ME Is coming home clean or not. /
! wish some OF them silk hat willies
would ask me that Then they would
have To START a fun to pay their horse
pittai fee. / amt got so old and
cranky can't reckonize a insult
when it's Hinged at me in black and
white.
solon. times must be getting tight
up there In Wash / understand thsy
| are putting out what they call Baby
Bond now in few days Ii looks like
bad strategum to me. altho l say to
you / don't mean no harm as | ain t
no military critical But 1t do look
bad, don't 1t, to clean all the men
| with them Liberty Bonds and then turn
around and start in on the babies |
amt got what you would call baby,
| Benny being nineteen going on
| twenty, but IL I did have q baby ]
| would see to 1t that he sold papers or
something and bought enc. 1t don
make no dIfIunce to me II the country
| do make q mistake and let them
! Dutchmen know 1t Ia that bad off. /
aim to help EN-. right or wrong,
wrong or right. as the poet says. l am
with the gov. at Wash. or lines &c
| IA .tyGl.
There amt no jestus in this world
! Solon. Look at that fellow Trotzky
what was q reporter In New York at
twelve bucks per week and saved
enough carfara and went To Russia
and got Job running the Russian
gov. Here i am making nfteen per
! week out OF you and the Pepper Hill
Echo some weeks and look at me
Amt i a sight for sore eyes! A swell
chance got Of being kink. or a
duck. or q early. or a prince or some
thing. There Amt q whit OF jestus in
the world and kin you see how Ii IL
q twelve dollar q week reporter gets
a fat Job like that although hs ought
TO ha shot for not stopping Ia Francs
or England where they could uss
another good kink maybe instead OF
gutns to RUSSIA wners he will have tt
spend most of his time learning how
to say accept the nomination ant
thank you and / ain sorry l Amt got
no Jobs for Republicans now but come
back later when some of the present
ones is shot up. when here | am \ ff.
teen-doliar q week philosopher wear.
ing the seat OF nay trousers out or
soap boxes and sich down hare on tn,
Ridge. But say. Scion. just between
and you, II you see ad. In any o
them papers where they want nic'
fat kinH you let me know and as sool
, as / get all my family and furnitur'
: hauled In I win give you a nice pos
ouus or a pensnion or something. 70,
know how big my heart Is Solon. ans
] guess US old pals don't need to sigl
, up no l. o. U. post oftus yet awhile
Keep your eye open.
~ see in today's paper where tn
, little boy took his finger out of tn
lock and the whole Piave rive com
down on them dirty Dutchmen. Wha
could you expect of q little boy though
what is been standing there with hi
;. finger In that crack ever since ! wa
In the frst reader and PARTICULAR
with every other single dago running
/. pell neil pass him and not even stop
ping long enough to give him y ciga
ratio or nothing. Kin you blame him
] would took my Anger out OF tina
: crack. too, even IL a cute little fabl
e In history did have to be exploded
: But what don't see is why he didn'
n pick up a banana and poke 1t in tn
s hole before he rolled up his pants an
g struck out to save a stature in yenics
y Some folks naturally Amt got tn
q presents of mind a philosopher ha
- got. Oh. we'll, them Dutchmen vii
v have the best and wettest Saturda
I night they have had In a long tim
v and I guess a heap of them Is got no
p boxes on their ankles and dirt O
: their anatomies that water won't nur
none, SO what's the use not lettin
. them have a little pleasure althoug
= they Amt got no better sense than t
: be a Dutchman.
:. Nensey- Ticks-Erom- CAasxer- Rfdx,
u Eli Pukkins. mgr ed. OF Pepper HI
y Echo. promised We scribe two ticket
7. to Chin Chin. coming second -weel
Thanks, Eli.
II B. Deverey spent the day dodgin
creditors. this being his payday.
= Some expect snow ere long.
n There is talk that graftsrs Is get
r ting 40c per piece for rabbits In tn
= cities.
Is The health of the community
good at present as could be expeote
except for hog killing.
AS the checker tournament at tn
gen. store IL scheduled to start q
seven tonite, l will ring of. wiship
=, you and your many readers both sue
!, cess.