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Show BROTHER DICKEY'S VIEW OF IT. "Dey tol' me dat de war wid de I Spaniels wuz over too long ago ter j talk 'bout," said Brother Dickey, "but I hez come ter de conclusion dat dey made some mistakes dey only moved de war ter Washin'ton, so dat Mr. Rooswell, what can't be in It no mo', bein' president, kin superinten' It en-durin' en-durin' recess, w'en he ain't runnin' de S'jv-':2!nt. Mr. TWr;' slpyed de .Philistines .Phi-listines all right, en" he tol 'em ' : done it, en don't you say I didnM en hit wuz all right, en de war w'ujf over fer him; en he come home nt say ter congress: 'Gimme dat giY sword you got ' fer me, en uat hous "J you buyed fer me, en dat parade yo j-promise j-promise me, en den make me presiden j er de country fer what I been a-dol.-fer you, en den I'll settle down on you fer life en live reasonable!'. But Mister Mis-ter Sampson flourishes his jawbona, en low dat de Spaniels on dis side da water wuz his meat; den Mr. Schley say dey wuz his'n, en n'er man 'low dat dey wuz his, kaze he kilt 'em, ea counted 'em, en cooked 'em brown' So, sence dey can't satisfy no one or, 'em, de guv'mint 'cided dat be be, t'ing ter do wuz ter fight de war ovf' , at the expense er de public. De only trouble 'bout hit is hits a war ii which dey ain't no pensions, only cus-sin', cus-sin', en' swearin', en talk en dat'3 cheap ez cotton is at fo' cents a poun!'' Atlanta Constitution. |