Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1898 — A HALLECK MAN. [ARTICLE]

A HALLECK MAN.

Der Alistur Editur: We ar i fer Haluk, an he is the hul bord. He shod in buk 10 how he hird ekspurts an liurs at a pur sent, sich as if in a lasut that if the kounti gits bet it pays the kost an the ekspurts and liurs gits nothin, an if the kounti bets the uther feller paz the kest an the kounti gits nuthI in. He sez Martundal wuz busted J inter ofis fur stopin the river dich i an got hiz nam on the korner stun I us the nu kort hous fur that. Haluk sez, “i stopt the Wakaru|si an stopt the prarz uv the 600 ! with tafe,” an he shod us in the dich buk 4 that it wuz so. Haluk j iz smart, he telz us hizself that he iz a beter liur az Gifurd, Tomson ur eni uv them swanp lan fellerz, an he ken sav the swanps fur us tu hunt an fish in ez long ez he stay thar. He sez the kounti has muni tu thro at burds. It waz him ’at bilt this brig so long, fur uz to stan on tu fish an shut at the swanp burds. We don’t ker if the kort hous iz tine an the flag pol hi, nur whut that Waterburi klok kost so long ez the lakes an swanps iz left, an Haluk swarz he’l save em fur us, so that the musrat an mink, the fish an the fouls may hav a hom an plas tu swim in. We paz no taxus an jist want our fun with the rod an gun. Sum uv them 600 felerz ma vot agin Haluk, an we want al our tribz to stan tugether fur him. Es we dont our okipashun will sun be gon. Sum us uz iz dimikrats an we want to tel al uv our disipuls to stan bi our grat an gud frend Haluk. Haluk iz a askin us to spot the farmur on the dimikrat ticket fur he mite want tp raze kom insted uv musrats on the fu swanps az iz left. We want a liur on the bord who ken hach out lasuts to make the swanp lan sharks an rich men squirm til we ken hev a good time. Nimrod & Walton. Burk’s Brig, Oct. 1. If you have for sale a farm, house and lot, or any other property of a salable nature, try advertising it in The Democrat.