Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-03-11
Pete Hopkins Writes of the Primary
Montpeelyu, Feb %

Montpeelyu, Feb %
Dear Jim
We've gut ther primry fxt. Their old
timers haint lected gunner sins ther
law wuz past faint lick ole times
when we Ulster git enuf ter pay intrest
mummy out ov a kampane We kant
let Their wimmin serlect our candidates,
faint nun ov thayre bizness. Thay ken
vote fer ther Mandates aftur we've
serlected them. We putt ovur in Their
SENT kinder silk. You kno jon Pid-
Jock hoo pushed fred Rabbits kampane
all ovur ther staet in a whele barrier il
Their he'd ov Their staet kermistry. He
an Url Kinnsley IL Their gold dust
twins ov Their ole gang Thay kinder
fxt it up fer us, jon thot az how
twudnt dew ter KUN out opun lick
agin ther primry, so he gut hiz pardner
old dok Osgood ter dew it fer him. You
see dok will stan thout hitchin. Their
seniters KUN akross az thay he'd pro-
mist. Sum ov them wuld mack good
fonograf advertisements.
| seen a Teller tother day a sldin
fust inter wun room and then inter
anuther, kinder lookin round ter see
he didn't kast emmy shadder Hoos that,
sed l ter Bill Joans. That's Harvie
Goodle. sed Bill What's he dom
hear, SEE I. lest Their saem thing, look
in fer Job, SEE Bill Hees a CRATE
maker ov jedges Hows that, SEE /.
Haint yer herd, sed Bill. Wal yer kno
Their farther ov Poll Chace hoo is ther
errand boy fer the sennit hez gut an
luther boy Harree Wun day Polls
farther seen Harvie Goodle an he SEE,
SEE he, l want my boy harree, my
little Harree, ter be a jedge. Alrite
SEE Harvie, thares my farther Tylur,
| want him ter be a jedge III mack
your bow Harree ter be ledge if yoil
fxt up ser that my farther ken be a
ledge too. Twuzzer trade. Ihayre
both hedges. Ken yer bette that!
| seen Frank Barbur tother day.
SEE ter him, SEE I, how be we gittin
along frank. Crate, SEE he ter me, git
tin rite inter sersiety Amt l dansin
Their shimmy fen long with Ann Hyser
Bush? Hoos Ann Hyser, SEE I, thinkin
it must be sum CURL Wy, hees Their
Representative frum Bensum, sed frank.
o, SEE l, that milyunare. | klneder
looked at frank WAL, sed he, | amt
retained by him, you NAV think | be,
but amt. How bout Their daylite bill,
SEE | ter him. BY gosh, sed he, l
doant kno but l kinder lene toards
Their ralerodes. but l amt retained by
EN-, Pete. You may think | be, but |
amt. How dew YOU fele bout Stod
Bates. sed l ter him. Nobuddy Guild
feel any bladder or wurser fer Stod
than dew; SEE he ter me, but yer kno
Pete, bruther Herb an | may want an
offs bimby, an I've gutter stand by
Their gunner, but | amt retained by him
You NAV think l be but | Amt.
How bout this sersiety yure talkn
bout. SEE l. Its CRATE, SEE frank line
having a crackin good item, only thay
doant mack thayre lemminaid kwite
ser strong fer ther danses az line ulster
in Brattleburo A how bout Their TEL
lers who sent yer hear, what'l thay
saw bout this sersiety buzness, SEE /.
rank klIlutI lUOl liilliAtt tiiNh ~
lookt round zif Sandy Daniels want in
hern distens. then he gut up kinder
cloas an WHISPERED, WI kno Pete, ther
only good them fellers IL is ter help yer
inter offs. l maed EN- think thay wuz
ther hole thing whiel wuz runnin fer
offs
Guy Bailey an Jon Tomas has ben a
havin kwite row Looks zif Guy he'd
ben a putin wun ovur on jon. II emmy
wun ken git ennything outer ther staet
its GUY. hees he'd experience.
OIL gunner Sturns IL keepin sober az
deknn.. Hees a gointer git ther kon-
tract fer bildin lotter new skule-
howses.
yures Truley,
PETER HOPKINS.
p See that them fellers at ther
south end doant put anything ovur