Eureka Reporter | 1905-04-07 | Page 3 | Goin' Down

goin down says hiram hicks to rastus green down in 11 jones store where tl ey hev sot day after day tur twenty vears or more it ain t no use to talk uv keers in threw this I 1 this place ain t never comin up it s allus coln darwn it ain t no e to talk about a bulldis big hotels sen an soch fur braingin in the ewels they hain t ro one ath enterprise in this d n sleepy this place uv comin up is jest a coln darwn sab rastus green to hiram hicka I 1 swan HI yew are right I 1 never seen a like this sence I 1 hev hed sight hain t noth n doln jest git up ev ry day an eat an go to bed agan in jest the same ol 01 way I 1 talked on boarders once an some one says yew yew yew ddn t board a ferryboat much less a city crew an so I 1 kinder gin it up no HI this here durn jest ez yew ay ain t comin up it s jest a go n darwn says ol 01 11 jones the grocer man who allus spoke right out in merln an without regard fur any one about yew fellers air a durn good pair to talk about this not hevin any enterprise an allus coln darwn why durn my skin yew ve squatted here fur more than twenty years A waltin fur the train to come an move yew frum yewl cheers yew ve sot right here with idle han s ai let yewl ol 01 tongues wag yew cant build up a by gum while holdin darwn a hag joe cone in springfield republican