Sketches . homa, October First, Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen Page Three FOREWORD BY MR. SOURJOHN. Why we should have been induced to allow the per-fectly good tales told herein to be mixed with such an amal-gamation of illegal jingles is more than we are at this timeable to explain. That,without exception,the alleged jinglesare a libel on all rhymsters that ever lived,is apparent at aglance, that the perpetrator has questioned the truth ofsome of the tales so well and so accurately told herein showsthe inconsistency of his position. However, as our char-acter is above reproach we refuse to su
Sketches . homa, October First, Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen Page Three FOREWORD BY MR. SOURJOHN. Why we should have been induced to allow the per-fectly good tales told herein to be mixed with such an amal-gamation of illegal jingles is more than we are at this timeable to explain. That,without exception,the alleged jinglesare a libel on all rhymsters that ever lived,is apparent at aglance, that the perpetrator has questioned the truth ofsome of the tales so well and so accurately told herein showsthe inconsistency of his position. However, as our char-acter is above reproach we refuse to substantiate any state-ment made herein,or to be sworn to its correctness. We are willing to say, however, that the jingles by are all original for the reason that after a care-ful reading of all the second class rhymsters we find nothingnearly so bad. Mr. Sourjohn. Dewey, Oklahoma, October First, Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen Page Four If these are poems, make the most of them. Page Five DEWEY. On the bloomin big prairiesWhere the smoke aint and fresh air is:Out where the sun shines clear;Out from stuffy rooms and dingy,Where old nature isnt stingyWith the atmosphere. Page Six BARTLESVILLE ITEM Our esteemed former fellow townsman Mr. John Walk-ingstick, than whom no more elegant gentleman exists, onhis recent trip to the capitol city, being alone one eveningdropped into a prominent play-house,and thinking to seeone of the kind of amusements that Judge Graver so muchadmires, he asked for, and obtained, a seat near the front. The seat assigned him was near the outside aisle, andthe entertainment being really a grand opera, the Presid-ent had graced the piece with his presence, as the CountyJournalists say. John not thinking of the President, butonly of himself as a Bartlesville booster,failed to notice thatthe Wilson box was removed from his seat by only a few feet. The entrance of the President and John was by acci-dent exactly simultaneous, and as the band played
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