Essays of Little Robbie.

Otago Witness, Issue 2686, 6 September 1905, Page 89

Essays of Little Robbie.

—Mayors. — Mayora is men that runs the city the light way "befoar elecshun, and the way they please after elecshun, when thay go out to make a speaoh in the campaign thay ©ay,-Well, my deer peeple, if i am elected to - this" onorabl© offis i shal do all in my " power to uphoald the morals of our community lind make- this city 2nd to none in the whole wiirld. They also say, Whatever else i do i shal make the all nite saloons close up and stop tEe slot machesns and the dance halls. , then after elecshun thay taik a lifcfcsl rest befoa? going to close the'tuff -places, arid irhile'- thay are "taking- a* rest ■ the men wich own the tuff pieces gifc together and call on the mayors and say, If you doant be good - we will nhase you to the woods and yure maim -yriß- bo mtad. Then the* mayors doant knowTwhat to do so they doant do it. We-have aoout the nisest mayor of them all. When he starts- out to be elected again •he jest tells the peeple Well, how do you like my beautiful city, isent it a hot old town, and doant you have a. goad time nites when you are through with yure work, " you bet you do. Vote for me again and i guess you will always be abel to git what you wan* for yure; munny. ' Then the people vote for him <and he goes_ back to the mine and says I toald ybu-so. i wudent cair to .be a mayor, thaer is too many pepple asking you^ for a job, and if thay-,sk>ant all git c job thoy vote for another mayor -fclio next time and then you are licked, and you can't git a job yourself if you have been a mayor unless you keep it dark. —Bookkeepers. — - bookkeepers is men that started that way and ami got nurv enuff to change thare job. in the morning .they come to -the offise before thare boss,' and they take the books and look to see. how much the boss has got coining to him. and the- moar- thay see the . "better' thay feel,' i doant know why, because thay ;only; git' thare saim salary anyway. my uncle is a'bookkeeper, he gits ten a •week and that's lobs of munny for him beekaus ha aint ; go(t 'a gurl, pa says gurls doant go much on bookkeepers thay wud rather have bookmakers.—Milwaukee Sentinel.