News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-02-16
"HOT STUFF"
From MONTPEELYUR"
Legislation and Legislators as
Viewed by Our Old Friend
= "Fete' Hopkins
Montpeelyur, jan. 81.

Deere JIM
You kno cheerman Duttn ov Hardwik
Hees bin heer, an givin us few wurds ol
hiz wizdum. He makes me think ov Han
Bones. He SEE az how he doant wan
Their publik servus kermishun given emmy
moar powur coz 'twud max EN- wurk, ar
Their kermishun amt constructed fei
wurk. He seq tina wud brake down eff tha
had ter du emmy wurk. Az tiz now tina
leeve most ov Their wurk fer ther korpora'
shun lawyurs. Leestwise he SEE az how
he an Ely Porter an Bill Warnur d ant
wanter be put onter ther saem levul az
jedges.
Hairie whiUehill hac gut an ideeinter hiz
he'd tibet hees goin ter be kerlecter ct Biz
lirtun wen Their barrie kernal tibet Mase
Stun WIZ goin ter bid is kumplet ID.
Hairie is sum kerleolier wen it kums ter
himself. No wunder the republican ker-
mittee ruin behind last yere eff Hairie ker-
licked hiz pae every weke.
Seen Erie kinzly last weke. Hiz smiel
IL kinder warren out an looks fadid. Spoze
that Their trials ov hiz wurk az Grant boy
fer Viii hays woar on-hin. Erie SEE as
how ees wurried fer fere sum Nv ther
pergressiyes viii git inter offs.
Seen tibet Red Ring hez ben serlected
ledge ov ther city cort at Rutlan. We,
Red hez ben a good jedge NV a good
menny things fer sum yeres. He an Their
clefe NV perleese haz he'd kwiter kombina-
shun fer sum item. Their chefe wud Arrest
Teller, serch him, find out how mulch
mummy hee he'd, tip Red off an then hev
him git Red ter defend him. Then the
pore Teller diden't hey ct chanse. Wuz
goin ter talk ter the chefe bout it tother
mite on ther trane frun Berlintun, but he
WIZ all het up an looked Xix er turband
terk, and WIZ bizzy a prasen the menry
ov John Mede and hurrain fer Pursy
Klement.
Abe flute hez gut things set up pritty
good. Abe looks aftur Their sennit an lit
tie Abe aftur the hous. Amt kwite ser
good zif charlie Daner WIZ presidin an
lookin zif he new how ter dew it. Their
gang kinder put twister on Abe ven
they left Daner ter hoam ter dew hiz oan>
milikin this winter, count er how help
wuz skerse.
AZ 7 WIZ er walking up tew Their kapi
tut t'other Gay with Bill Joans we seen a
Teller .kumnin erlong swingen er gold
headed kane an wearin tall hat set ov
spektakles with wun glass gon. an big
dimond, with Teller drest in sum kinder
yuniform karryin hiz travulin bag. |
kinder nudged Bill Joans an sed that Teller
must be Inglsh dock kun ter look in on
ter us. Bill kinder looked him over an
3ed faint nuther; thet's Nell Mawrus.
Kant be, sed l. 'Tiz. too, sed Bill. WAL
swan, sed |. Their last item | seen Nell |
le wuz er drivin er wun boss two wheeled |
zig up inter Montgomery fer tew try er
hree-doler law SCOT. He wuz' wearin q |
'OWLCll IdG dll COGlll rum DOII ISN sNSNho |
growth NV red beerd an smokin klay I
)ipe heed he'd fer ten yeres. | was feered
reed be rested fer tramp for he gut outer
own. Wuts happened ter him? SEE I ter
BILL. Hees gut be er Brattelbro lawyur,
ez Bill. Wen he gut erlong berside me |
ed, kinder respeA tabul lick, Howdy dew
nistur Mawrus. He put on hiz glass and
uked kinder down at me and sed, l wud
hank yew ter kali me by my rite naem.
ny naen is Mowreese, eff yew pleze. He
ut ther emfasis on ther last part. Bill
oans Looked kinder kweer. III be damd,
ez I. SOIL I, seq Bill. CESS tibet Teller
lay be drivin tibet wun boss too wheeled
ig agn, std Nv h'z ten thousan dollar kar
EN- them chaps down ter Brattelbro git
lru with him. Yures truley,
PETER HOPKINS.
Ps. Thares a lotter travul up onter
arrie-Strete. Thayer kindur nervus jest
DIV, coz thay doant kno wat Fred Tomas
Din ter dew. P. H.
Wilmington Times.
For crolp or sore throat, use Dr. Thorn.
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