Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-03-24
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from the
Democrats Pen

Well. Sir, found out who was my
contributor to this column last week;
the one who took me to task about
venting my Spleen" on dogs. Ii you
read what he wrote, you may recall ne
nut it in the form of verse and signed
Il "Jingling Johnson. In his letter
TO me this week, he signed his real
name. and also reminded me that what
ha sent was not to be classed as
poetry, but simply as "jingles." l
sm much gratified to be corrected IN
INV Characterization of his contribu-
tom. I used the word poetry, per-
haps, in rather a reckless way. l am
much pleased with his modest and un-
assuming estimate Of his literary ef-
forts.
There's another little item of inter-
en- in his communication to me. /
closed "Chirps" last week with a
0aery relative to Jingling Johnson's
finding me a job up in New Jersey.
He said he didn't know about that un-
less he could get me on lathe" IN
the General Motors Corporation-at
least, that's what the word looked like.
lie and the office boy thought that
was what she spelled out.
Now, my idea of lathe is that it
IN q sort of trimming" machine.
Guess he thinks I need a trimming
down. Well, am little over weight,
I must confess. The insurance tables
calculate that man Of my height
and age should weigh 1853 pound, but
/ scale around ITS: could shuttle off
q little of my avoirdupois without any
disadvantage arising, therefrom, but
! don't banker being stretched on q
usece of machinery with chisels doing
he trimming.
OF course, there is another aspect
Of that trimming" act. Maybe he
his In mind doing the job himself,
next time he sees me. If he has any
ding like that in mind, I'll try to
rake myself scarce, If can find out
when he has in mind a visit to these
parts. He may have that idea in
mind, since he seemed to think was
making fun of his poetry"
Now, he ought to know better than
that. Nothing really funny ever finds
its way into this column. I confess
there is an effort to deceive people
into thinking it is; but mankind is not
60 easily duped. They can tell the
Ghaff from the wheat; the diamond
from the paste; the rose from the leek;
ar the jingle from the poetic effusion.
How-some-ever, after all is said and
done, I don't think my "Jingling"
friend is so very dangerous. l reach
that conclusion because he says that
he expects to look for me in about a
couple of weeks and, to quote him 1--WE
will go out and lift one" I don't
know whether interpret that cryptic
phrase, Gift one" correctly or not,
but it has q ort of tasty flavor to it;
and it is an easy transition from a
lifting" idea to that of bending ones
elbow, But / want to tell him that
IN this neck of woods, "lifting one"
means Smelling out for pint, unless
he is looking for one of those delica-
lessons in front, and the Lord knows
what in the rear of the building. /
don't know where they are, and it GER
tainly seems that no one else does
IN fact everything goes to indicate
such is the situation, for if our worthy
legal officials just knew where they
were, these easy places would have to
show what was in the back room.
Still, I am not left altogether in
doubt as to what that ''lifting" act
signifies, since he winds up his epis-
tie to me by saying: eff at Princess
Anne, we will have to drink it in a
livery stable" Now, I have heard
that word "drink" before, and it GER
tainly throws some light on the COM
modify in question; but I am little
intrigued as to what is meant by a
livery stable-what, in the name of
Sam Hill, is 'livery stable? Way
back in the horse and buggy days,
maybe, bat the term doesn't mean any
thing in these times Of rapid and
Maurderous transportation. have read
IN ancient history about the spick-and-
span livery teams the Twilley broth
ers used to turn out, but that's been
90 long ago I don't believe George
Twilley himself remembers them. No,
Sir, MIR. Johnsing, youll have to name
some other place or you'll be lifting
one" out of doors.