News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-03-23
FROM "MONTPEELYUR"
Legislation and Legislators as
Viewed By Our Old Friend,
''Pete" Hopkins
MoNTPELyUR, mar. Is.

MoNTPELYUR, mar. Is.
DEERE JIM
Yu ken talk bout theze frunt porch
meteins but thay amt nuthin lick Their
bak porch meetins were havin with ther
fellers az IL askin fer handouts frum ther
staet. Thay kun round heer in gangs,
eech pertikuler gang askin fer help frum
ther staet. Fust we he'd thur STREETS tur-
neys an thay KUN doawn ontwr us tellin
thayr hard LUX storys an sheddin ser men,
ny teres thay KUN mere aoodin ther kapi-
tai. Thare wuz tibet ole patryot Rollins
Graevs, hoos bin on ther payrole sinse he
wuz ole enuf ter walk; an Jim Kamel, hoo
kin ride too HOSES ter wunse better then
emmy Teller in Sante jonsberry: an rorein
Bill trasy, hoos ther most successful rum
raider in hiz naberhood; an charly Novak,
an awl ther rest ov EN-. Wa'al. Bill
trasy talkt ser mulch an ser lowd thay
left it awl ter him, an wd TUX keer ov Bill.
Then KUN the kounty klerks all in rags
antatters, hedded by ole Dok Russle,
sanktermonius lukin ole kuss. an Karl
Pembur, hoos inherited sumability in GIT
tin hiz salery RACED, an a windin up with
Bill delay, tellin how thay did things in
ole Bennintun. We gut ter feelin kinder |
bad fer these fellers, KNOWN thay kudent |
mack ennything playin keards lick ther
staets turneys, so we Civ EN- sum NOR pay. |
Wa'al, we thot tibet wuz Their END ov it,
wen wvu day bill Joans spied ernuther lot
ov hard lukin fellers hangin round ther
rere dore, Iukin hungery an mizzerbul.
Hoo be them?" SEE Bill. Wen I KUN ter
LUX Their lot ovur l discovered thay wuz
them probaet jedees. We've gut moer
jedges in this staet then thay hev kernels
in Kentuky. It's gut so yu doan't dast ter
spoke ter man 'thout yer kali him ledge.
Jedges, an ole jedges, an yung jedges, an
most ov EN- small jedges, an all ov EN-
lukin fer moer pay.
Ov Their probaet jedges thare wuz ole
Stun bennett, hoo kun pritty mere havin
hiz haloo takun ohslast 'leckshun, an Tut
tel, hoos whiskurs mack him LUX lick
meth erdist preecher, an Ham Baldin, hoo
mixes polertiks with yur state aftur yo're
ded, an Warnur Crane. hcos runnin
maet ov Tom O'orine, hoo kant tell
whethur hees sin fame or orange; an
freddie Southgaet, hoo's got line ov talk
fer Their widders an orfans tibet kant be
betei an Toni Shrunk, hoo's he'd offs
sinse he WIZ weened, an all ov 'em gittin
ser mulch it taeks 'em weke ter git out
thayr inkum tax. Thay nut only git
thayer salry, but thay tack 'tole often
yore hard earnins aftur Their ministur hez
dun hiz best ter git yer inter hevin by ct
good rekermend, an still askin fer moer
Thay dror yure will an set in Judgment
;er say 'tiz good will, an sum ov them
pere fore thayr own kourt.
We he'd er herein an Stun bennett
he'd er few teres ter say how hard he he'd ]
er wurk, an ter tell how biz childurn {
lidn't hev no shus an stokins. an Ton.
Shrunk sed ez how he diden't git but five
thousand dollers outen Their job last yere,
IN he nevur he'd offs fore he wuz 16
,eres old, an he diden't think twuz fare.
)h, Jim, 'twuz turrabul ter listen ter thayr
ales ov woe. Sum Nv ther boys he'd er
,ictur ov Stun wun item he wuz drivin
hru Redesbu,row,l an thay diden't tack
nutch stok in wut he sed. But Toni
'hrunk gut bye az usyul. Spoze we gut
er Civ 'em moer pay.
Mase Stun, hoo tride ter git inter offs
90 yeres ago by way ov Their barrie kanal.
n gut stuk on sand bar BRIDE. hez bin
ryin ter git in ergin by hangin' onter Gy :
'ayley's koat tales Their koat tales Civ :
ray an Mase landid oy biz he'd. :
Yures trulev,
DrTpp HOpvJNS | .