Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-10-12
People Column
Dear Mister Editor

l wuz down ter the store las mite
an we wuz discussin politicks, an l
made some whit yer might call OBJ
servations tibet the boys liked, an
one on EN- asst me why dident I send
EN- in fer you ter print. An thets
whit line doin now an l hope you'll
print it, fer some ov us fellers amt
so smart, ez somebuddy else but
hadent we ought ter hev our say so
too? We amt Their biggest dummies
they is nohow. Am l want ter tell
you jes how we fellers up here feels
about Their fire hospital fer sick DEM
ocrats Doctor Holcombe is running in
Berlin.
My granmother ust ter say men wuz
like babies, only a bit bigger. A
safety pin may be stickin him, or his
didies amt on straight, or his pap
don't suit his stummick. lie BIT its
his stummick. Probly got too much
bile. Might be worms though. Sounds
like it wuz too. My mother he'd
good receipt fer EN-. lie hev ter look
it up an send it down ter him, fer
the fellers suffrins bother me. Eff
fen it's them pesky seat worms, theys
orful aggervatin. Don't blame him
much fer being so cross eff its EN-.
I got burnt when I signed up fer
year with ther Berlin Times fer a
dollar. All I get lately is load ov
grief once a week. don't take much
stock in these here fellers whut is
allus tryin ter save US an ther coun-
try at election time at so much per.
I kinder listened ter him before Their
primary an I read so much ov his
stuff I begin to feel praps I wuzsbein
abused. But when he dident save me
in Their primary after all his hifalutin
promises, an shifted it on ter an
other chance at Their election tlets soon
comm on, I fingered no, not me.
First time it wuz his fault, cause he
wuz a slicker talker n whut / wuz.
But eff I let him put it over on me
agen thets my own lookout.
I never had no fault ter find with
our men down at ther Court House.
They allus treated me fine when I
went Their, specially Miss Bessie Bow
en-; allus obligin an ready ter explain
ennythin, an trottin round to Their diff
frunt offices an gettin my papers fix
ed up shipshape. An they knows Their
ropes now, an these other fellers don't,
so l guess lie Civ EN- my vote agen.
Eff I he'd nerve enuff an thought
I could put her over Ide asst him fer
my money back, tellin him whit hard
times I wuz havin. But spose he
wouldn't do no sucker trick like tibet.
Nope, when they sting US we stay
stung, whether it's subscriptions or
votes. Live and learn, my father ust
ter say. But its shure tuff dose.
l don't see no diffrunce atween him
and Their rest ov TIM Republican poll
ticianers down here, cept tibet he pro-
misses more an don't make good on
none ov EN-.
lie make my confeshun now. Yer
see I liv up lords Their Delaware line,
an Ide read this fellers stuff purity
reglar, an he got my curiosity reused
an when l heerd tell ez he wuz ter
Civ us free lectur down ter Berlin
in Their church, why went an took
all Their family. Wuz I surprised?
l wuz. They want nobuddy out ter
hear him. Twuz like prayer meet
in on a wet mite. Everybody staid ter
home. looked round fer all the
big town Dmocrats, thought they'd
shue be out. They all missed. Their
reglar preacher wuz there, an whit
h he'd ter say wuz all right. l liked
him. An the choir wuz on hand an
did themselves proud, but everybud-
dy else sidestepped. They even he'd
ter get Their preachers little children
ter pass round ther hymn books. An
Their lecture Their editor Civ, all about
these furren nations an how they felt
tord us an whut wuz goin ted do ter
us and Their debts they owed us. Huh
warnt interested. Thets two times
hes fooled me.
I've heerd now whut he seq about
| furreners an about our local men,
an he amt got nothin. No use fer him
ter talk ter me about boys I went
ter school with an has knowed all
their lives. They're good enough fer
me, an amt goin ter let no smarty
from Their North tell me diffrunt.