Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 153, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1920 — Peanut Pietro [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Peanut Pietro

by KAYEM GRIER

SEENCE da war queeta fight een da olda country seema like nobody gotta somatlng. Ees preety hard getta da food and da clothes een dat place and nobody gotta mooch cash. Ease week I reada on do sporty page een da paper bouta one guy wot maka da priza fight een England gonna come deesa country. Da papar say he come over here for getta some match. I tink ees preety tough he gotta come tree thousand mile Jusa getta da match. I dunno eef dat guy smoka da ceegar or da ceegarette, but I tink he ees crate een da head. Eef I gotta go tree tousand mile for light up you betta seexa bits I queeta smoke. We gotta too many people deesa country now wot looka for da match. Everyday flva, seexa guys aska me for da match and bouta tree dozen for da ceegarette. But eef dat guy come all da way from England for jusa one match I feegure da olda country ees c i da bum more as we know. Dat priza fight -guy no gotta beezness to smoke anyway. Da smoke taaka da breath go short and da short breath maka dgj priza fight queet too soon. But Ino tink dat priza fight guy gotta moocha head. Eef he wanta smoke so bad ha could getta fired from bees job and mebbe lights hees smoke <m da fire. Idunno. . , . When I reada dat piece een da paper ,1 feela sorry for one ting. Iweesha my boss was -dat guy een da olda country. Eef he jio could finda match for lights hees pipe da people wot works for heem could have leetie pleasure and no so moocha smell. And eef I hava somatihg to say about, he sure hav» hard pine come over here for a match, too. ir Wot you tink?' ’—■——-Q Madneaeta a Dream. To dream of madness, although yes were the sufferer, is said to signify success in your life's undertakings.