The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-11-22
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Nutchman autrou5ttIes that he don
know whether to eat a egg in III
morning or save the nickel and heal
II times The poor sucker goes right OF
and eats the egg,
Ever since the war got under wa
been hearing these stories and be
fore ] swallowed item l rot a pincl
Of salt and spTinkled on their tai
feathers, but I am cured now, I stan,
~cady TO meet all epmy and swallow
the line, stnker ard hook and bait too
II some other sucker aint got ther,
Arst. Yes. oscar. / am convinced now
and I believe Dufohman will do any.
thing even waste sugar. And yol
know what turned the tide? Well
You reckerleak my mentioning that
butchraA what lives here and used {,
run the Joint down on Main st. and
don't speak u me nc more since
seen the light ana voted dry. don'l
YOU He was W at the N-Roads gen
store today whom and SHOCKS Bean
was having IT out for the checker
Championship OF the Ridge and I had
that sim snooks all tied up and ready
10 give the victory whcop when in
walks this Dutctnan and stood right
back Of my chair and all OF a sudden
he seen hJw had SnooSs In the cor
neT and he also seen that Shocks waa
FrpS&y and didn't see the only loop.
''.' t'A e. anu 40 SDl Know what ne
did2 He hawled night out say there.
Snoops, he amt got you. Just move
tHat king back in the king row and
t.ht blocks the king, and then l"
yes and then ] walloped him on the
cain and Sncoks NOV ed that king and
as soon As that Dutchman gets out Of
the hospital. I aim to wallop him
again and you can believe me or not,
every word DR. HIllls put in that book
Z 1T hot f,t1t
| thing else per cent? is giving away
| about them putchman chopping of
innocent ba bies hands and cutting up
IN general Hike the dewitt hisseif Is the
fact truth. ] know what | am talk
ing about and no quarter is my mot
toe from now on and | hope the soon
: er my little Benny gets over thar the
better and that he VIII mike a prac-
tice Of sending his pa n passed. Of scalps
by every mai As human beans them
Duichman is fine specimens OF van
dals:
drummer from Kansas City was at
the Central last week and he tells me
, that for d fact a woman named Miss
Iona Bond lives at Liberty, Mo, The
reason I ten you this is that some o.
them wise Yankee papers might think
u is good and copy It and then YOU
can sue them and give me half Keep
all this pussyfoot stuff below zero and
we s'3nd TO clean up itUe You
might put it on the front page up there
where that cartoon runs each day and
3 we that fellow what makes them
4 funny stunts chance to take day
off say 1haniagi wing 80 lie can go
down - t'rTTTEe couTry ana spend The
day fox hunting with Pau Scott. OF
course you are running the paper, but
| have idea once in while Just the
sar1e.
oscar. US fellers setting Dver here
wearing out high priced soap boxes
Amt got all the sense In the world
after all. Take me, as a horrible ex-
ample. have been thinking them
Russian soldters was crazy all the
time for working for &c Il day but
get a diffun notion today They don't
make only s. a day, Goodness knows
what they do make. I got to ngger-
ing and looked up for the past few
days and / md that they are work
ms for at least ten di1unt firms or
generals or what you might call them
in that isky language. One day last
week l see where they are working
for gen krock es9eff. the follow ing
day they is totng arms for gen Vat
tbs isky. the following Tues. for gen
Wherarew eatoT and so on until
counted that they at least must make
soc day what is A great deal more
than a whole lot Of Americans and ].
w WIS make during these piping
times Of war.
Ana it is pretty soft for them. too.
and atn't none' of them liable to get
Eisled either. the Wa l hKger it. Say
a Cossak took aim at another Cos
SAX and just before he pulled the
trigger the aimed-at Cossak say.
brother who you working for. The
atmer come back with gen Vetthel-
sky Then he pore sucker what was
In front of the gun would say, walt
minute before YOU shoot | want to
talk with the gen. Then he would walk
over and ask the gen. how he fixed on
soldiers and the gen. say. porely Then
the Suc kcr what like to got shot would
sine ~ and She Immediate conflict
would b. over So you see Oscar.
ever body what sets. on a soap box amt
just got to he right after all even II
he has got a ouid In his mouth and a
slick Il whlttle
We eeeu using ther7 new tangled
stamps now going on three weeks and
/ bet you YOU can't go save your life
tell RE whose portrait Is &on II. No
peepinE now, Oscar, can your
We'll ] got 10 go down 20 the Hwy
barn now and chase the loafers out
and lock up. Write ma someday and
be sure TO give plenty of scarce heads
TO That British drive on the western
front. even though them Tonmies was
ali tanked UT.
Yours respect,
r.. s. II.