The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-03-03
PETE HOPKINS WRITES
or THE PRIMARY
Mon,poelyu. Feb q

+ Dear JIM
We've gut Their primry fxt Their
+ old timers haint lected a gunner sins
Their law wuz past faint lick ole
times when We user glt cnuf ter pay
intrest mummy out on a kampane We
kant let Their wimmin serlect our kan
didates faint nun ov thayre bizness.
Thay ken vote fer Their candidates az
tur we've seriected them. VT putt
ovur IN Their senit kinder silk You
kno Jon Pidjock hoo pushed fred Bah
bits kampane an ovur thor staet IN
whele barrer IL Their he'd ov Their staef
kermistry. He an Url Kinsley il ther
gold dust twins ov Their ole gang.
Thay kinder fixt il up fer US, Jon thot
az how twudnt dew ter KUN out opun
lick agin Their primry. so he gut hiz
pardner ole dok osgood ter dew it fer
him You see dok will stan thout
hitchin. Their seniters KUN akross az
thay he'd promist. Sum ov them wuld
mack good fonograf advertisements.
| seen a feter tcther day a slidin
fust inter wun room and then inter
anuther, kinder looldn round ter Gee
he didn't kast emmy shadder. Hoos
that, sed ! ter Bill Joans. That's Har-
vie Goodle, sed Bill. What's he a doin
hear, SEE l. Jest Their saem thing,
lookin fer a job, seq Bill. Hees a
crate maker ov jedges. Hows that.
sez |. Haint yer herd, sed Bill. WAL
yer kno Their farther ov Poll Chace hoo
is Their errand boy fer the sennit hez
gut anuther boy Harree. Wun day
Polls farther seen Harvie Goodle an
he seq, seq he, want my boy harree,
my little Harree, ter be jedge. Al \
rite SEE Harvie, thares my farther
Tylur, want him ter be a iedge. III
mack your boy Harree ter be jedge
II yoil fixt up ser that my farther ken
be jedge too. Twuzzer trade.
Thayre both jcdges Ken yer bette
that?
| seen Frank Barbur tother day.
SEE | ter him SEE |, how be We git
tin along frank. Crate, SEE he ter me,
gittin rite inter sersiety Amt
d1nsin ther shimmy fen long with
Ann Hyser Bush? Hoos Ann Hyser,
sez |, thinkin it must be sum CURL.
Wy, hees Their representativ frum
Bensum, sed frank o, SEE that
nilyunare. I kinderlocked at frank
Waal, sed he, ! amt retained by him.
you may think ! be but ! aint How
bout ther daylite bill sez ! ter him.
BY gosh, sed he, ! doant kno, but
5indcr lene toards Their ralercdcs. hut
oiut retained by en-, Pete You may
Stink I he but J aiut How dew you
'cle bout Stod Bates, sed ] ter him.
tobgday Guild feel amy haddor on wur-
Ter fer Stod than ! dew; ser he ter
re- but yer kao Pete bruthey r ID an
may want an offs bimby, an I've gut
er tard by thcr puweri but Amt
.etaned by him You may thinkl be
,ut I ~int.
How bout this sersiety yure taldn
,out, SEE !. Its CRATE, saz frank Inc
.avin a cracldn good item, only thay
Ioant mack thayre lemminaid kwite
er strong fer ther danscs az line
Ister in Brattelburo An how bout
her fellers s sent yer hear, what'll
hay say bout this sersiety biznoss, ]
ez /. frank kinder thot a mint, then
.e lookt round zif Sandy Daniels want
n herin distens then he gut up kinder
Ions an WHISPERED, yu kno Pete, Their
My good them fellers IL is ter help
.er git inter offs. I maed en- think /
hay wuz ther hole thing whiel wuz !
uunin fer offs.
Guy Bailey an Jon Tomas has ben T
havin kwite a row Looks zif Guy !
ed ben a putin wun ovur on jon. If
ken git ennything outer thor
tact its Guy. hees he'd experiese.
OF gunner sturns IL keepin sober AZ
delm. Hees a gointer git Their kon-
ract fer bildin a lotter new sl1ule-
owses
yures Truley,
PETER HOPKINS.
P See that them fellers at Their
outh end doant put anything ovur