The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-09-29
i. N The New York Express.
MAJOR DOWNING.

;.;;s.,;cr o the Majors last. The ms.
.j,1ng Of the errors committed. how
ss,r--such IS :" four days ago." foe
!. Ian, wears sgo'-we presume would
:. ,,nmedlsleIy noted By the reader as IN
.,,g in prinl,-lor the MaJar never
rs sii.akes ss to dSss aad farls.
s,sIe,s they b. Eilfh ones. All We
"a .,y ab5ul, 4 j.. IL any future nser-isii
:, our pat should draw from The Niger
=, ssoj a starry. BY way Of episode. As
!. ssaisiasd IN the following letter, We
,,sa'i rsgIst u.
N,s, $50 srerk Il the TSo Psliiss
gs.kawsg. L. {. sept 10, 1897.
7. 4, gli,srs efias .ysv rsrk Day Ezpssss:
Iroi On. Il your papers in which YOU
,nn,sd my last letter 10 :. Uncle sam"
"A when read,n ont. IL wa- fortunate for
v,a that yoa vas tsenly miles af.-for
ever did see sch 'lsrnal work ~ YOU
n,Ie IL same paris a nv letter. How
vpef. al I've GOT n say about il il. IL
iak. who read my letters in priat, tind
.ny hing IN 'em that don't read smooth,
sl la'I corrert as to dates and facts.
lrg a,y SET u down agin Tie pr..liers.
LEs.iesl 50 once with young Doctor.
RID % nine, IN The Coiars times.
n wni q long letter once, about how
Ne cared falks by glFing CaIomeI,--
unl - Calamel in doses rery Nitrate"
lind the Printsra put IL in print = Cal
10 in dnses srery minute" Up vent
C,.sasi among tie polheears s---and
lbra cent the poor sick folks. Ilaarn'i
he Docior's laulI,---ior IL vas all own
| 10 he pnnlers, aud li,lle Z" e."
Now alpre ! trust YOU With other
nnsrs. II. gave yOH the pFlnua al a
sin I've got 10 tril.-and sou may stick
y nany rs and o. and Il lnto it as
yo1 please, and | don't care What you
! nike ont 80 long - folks take the mother
ri' ,nI BARN ont. Itlsa story about
l ,sIe san, aud some Of his eapers amoog
be somen folks.
uacle sam. YOU know, always vas
,otidbie kind OF erIiIur, aud from his
ira comm into life. never canld CIT along
eel slIhouI havin his hull family abaul
hin, all on 'e'n givlh him = hanst ~
he ree;" but, Uncle San fsuad. y
asI folks do, alore they git gay. that
aalsss he took a wife TO take care OF his
suans aud keep things slick'd up abnut
hm.e, be- would q, into trouble and 50
lHh. Well, alierIryIn various plans and
'seln good deal Of trouble one way and
mother, he took advice some twenty
l'srs ago, aud got married To a smooth
ast quaker Lady, worth % malions ol
1Ilars.--and a. Uncle SAN vas cam
i'table liberal in his way. he put into
lie family stock 7 millions of dollars;
ant IN the " rale grit" howsever. but
Hh'I he said then was inst as good as
gn'," aud 50 together they had IS mill.
aus. Well. IS millions was no tribe, and
nags went on smooth and slick for nigh
pun 20 wears. aud every body SAID, al
ome aad abroad, there never was a hap.
st couple. Uncle Sans wife did all a
vie could do, and tho Uncle Sam would
a'e and 4 while, sneH up and talk big.
Is vile sa,i noIhIn, but kept sliichin up
Is b'recaes when he'd spill, EN-. and
~ IN buttons when he iwilch'd 'em off.
Dh By and BY Uncle Sam got mixiu up
M odl compmy. and among other
'aes. got kink in his his head out Of
'aF Wughts doctrines. that man Of
much Importance haln'i ought 10 suck
"ne wife. but have as many as The
Ef7' Hogm. ~-->
- s"ow." says Uncle Sam. &" I'm a
''d mind to try III" aud 50 he talk',l To
'et lolSs about il, and To rights the gals
" The notion 200; and the Uncle Sam
one Amos Kindle to go round aud
o'aa about. aud see il the gals would
81" The racket, and he come back,
~ says he" Uncle Sam. there's M mis-
ne ao"u' II; the gals are al ready, aud
we tlan yon can shake a stick att
y sure enough. just then the gals all
w" got The notion, set, ,n.--thcy prais-
up Uncle Sam, and abused his good
- quaker wIie-O shocking. there's no
ln what they didn't say; and among
er mugs they said, that Uncle Sans
I" Was - - pshewii
-" uont say SOL! and - marcy
gs!@ Well, the next thing we see
o"eIe Sam was. he look'd as fine as a
ne --ruiiies ruund both eends of his
"E aud sIch caparin as lie cut among
new wives for a spell, never was seen
e-'and SIGH frolics!l and all his old
"''es as busy as he was among 'em, dill
%e iolks begun Ia wink and whisper
%a' Uncle Sam aoas so liberal he had
% 'F enuf for himself aud friends
aH'ngs went on thus for abou, three
1ts' when Uncle Sam began las mos,
~ ao' when they get too mnch Of a