The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-06-03
JOSH TELLS MORE OF WHAT
THE WIMMIN SAY.
Communicated.
Somewhere-in-Cecil County
June /, 1921


Deer Mr.. Eddytur:
The more / think about this here
SEWN Sirckle, the more think it OF
to change it's name, fer eyry time my
darter Mary Ann comes home from
one of Their meetins she has a hole
lot more stuff to tel about pollyticks.
think they OF to call it the Polly
tickle Gossip Sassiety. Mary Ann
SEE as how them wimmin at the
Club SEE Urv is a workin his cards
to fool 'em on the road work, and as
how he's a keeping Bill Ewing bizzy
with his Ford a burnin gas and a
tellin the Dimmycrat road members
and ground sellers how anxus Urv is
to git all the roads fixed up reddy
for the campaign. But that jest
shows how easy wimmin are to fule,
fur don't / know how Urv and Bill
Ewing kim all the way up to Theo-
dore to arrange to have that road
graveled at once, as RUDE Reynolds
amt got time to tend to his own
roads and do his courtin at the same
time, and then he's not a candydate
this time, so Urv is a dom of his
work fer him in the Fifth Deestrick,
and some say as how he's a doin
some fer Bill Cameron up in the
Eighth too. l guess Bill Ewing
took Urv down to Theodore to git
that road fixed for John Hogg
Thompson so he kin git out this
winter to call sales. OF course, Bill
and John both bein auxioneers they
hev a very kindly feelin for each
other and Bill wouldn't want John
hedged in this winter.
There amt nothin rite about the
way these wimmin are kritisizzin
Of tibet little Teller Seth; the one
what Yves McAllister had made
sheriff two years ago, jist to hold
down the job til Yves could git reddy
fer it agin. You know as how no.
body ever hurd tel of that little man
til Yves perduced him from up at
Elk Mills, KNOWN as how he would
make a good substitoot fer him fer
two years. Well, ever sints that
little Teller has bin sheriff he's bin
offul bizzy mite and day helpin to
ketch the bootleggers and a putin
down the illegal Ticker traffic in this
here county. Why one mite didn't
he go al the way from Elkton to
Risin Sun to ketch a bootleggin car
the peepul he'd hurd was comm
thru thar, and that thar brave little
man and his deputies all waited
thar in Risin Sun and bi and bi the
bootleggers kim along and they
jumped rite out and ketched them.
Then that little Seth he demanded to
see what they were kerryin in Their
car, and the bootleggers perduced
part of Their cargo and little Seth
and his deputies al gathered round
to smell it, to make sure it was
reel Ticker, and while they were
smellin of it didn't them durn boot
leggers jump in Their car and tramp
on the gas, and it peared like that
brave little Seth man and his deppi-
ties were so overcum by the fumes
of that Ticker that they were not
abul to do nothin to stop them, and
they didn't rekivver until them boot
leggers were clear ON tother side of
Risin Sun, and then al to once they
seemed to realize the bootleggers
were safely away and they shot off
Their guns and hollered and yelled
and jest raised,-well, they jest
raised the dickens in gineral, and
skeered the wimmin and childrun in
that part of town so bad they didn't
sleep fur a week. And I'll bet the
bootleggers were most skeered to
deth at what narrer escape they
he'd, and I'll jest bet they are still a
runnin, and they will newer venture
back that way agin.
Now amt that sheriff man to be
proud of? But don't think that
little Teller stopped tryin to ketch
the bootleggers. No sir! He amt
bilt that way. He jist KEEP rite on
with the good work. Feared like
he wasn't one bit discouraged. Next
we hear of him ketchin up more
bootleggers and a takin twenty-five
kases of Ticker frum them. Then
that thar little Teller was jest so
soft harted he couldn't bare to see
them bootleggers punished, and he
turned them loose, havin kept the
Ticker Their in Elkton jail, KNOWN as
how it would be safe Their near them
lawyers and offus holders than it
would any other place, but them fule
bootleggers went rite to Washington
and told the authorities as how
they he'd bin robbed of Their Ticker
by the sheriff. Now did you ever