Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1919 — GUISEPPE ON PROHIBITION [ARTICLE]

GUISEPPE ON PROHIBITION

.ye, I theenk thees proabish’ a funna beeziness. Alla my IJfe I drinka da beer, drinka da wine, drinka da whisk', but now, in litla while, 1 no can do unless I breaka da law an’.spends my time in jail. Verra well, mebbe so, but eet is hard to breaka da dog of hees olda treek, an’ when eVfa man what taka da drink mus’ go a to jail, theesa proabish’ weel hava to build mucha more jail to holda da peop? President Wilse, he say letta da proabish’ waif awhile, but meesta Weeliam da Jen’ da Bry; say no can wait, mus’ let heem come queeck. President Wilse, he vprra fine man; he spend mucha da time in a da France; he veesit Eetaly, he veesit Eenglan’, an’ I theenk he know what ees what. Meesta da Bry’, he verra fina men, too, but I theenk he stay too long in thatta Nebrask’; he no know what otha peop’ in a da .world are theenking. President Wilse, he mus’ know better as Meesta da Bry’ whatta to do, so I streeng witha heem, an’ hopa he hava hees way. But eef he no can have, eef we mus’ taka thees proabish’ whetha we lika or not, then, I verra good , cit’, I no breaka da law, but I getta even. I sava my mon’ and put heem in Leeberty Bond; then theesa proabish’ peop’ hava to work lika hell, to maka more mon’, to paya me eenterest on theesa bond. After , litla while, I beeta you they feel verra much sore, that they hava been so fresh. —Post-Dispatch.