Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-05-14
PVT GRsfkE, STATE OF LuzYAvA. }
Mayfho 4 1910

DEAR MR. EDITUR-PFe ben so busy larn-
~ to talk french, and visitip my trends, and
leckshnneerin, and ritipg a speech to speak
to the agFisultslural msetin, the 10 Of this
munth, that / haint had time to rite you be-
fore nor | dqgi Teekun I'D be- ritin to you
now i'll habit promised to let you know,
when | heard from Zeke, how he cum out,
and what's the news tn the Bay state.
Wal. ! got a bull pile o. letters last male
trip, one frum Zeks N brother John, and ono
frum father. You knoy ] told you tina. | rnt
to tho old folks. that | lad sum noshup Of
nerrien sim o. these purity CreeoIe gals.
The folks up to the Bay state don't all know
what CTeeole means, and when father axed
Zske what nashun Creole was, he told him
it ment half french, and half white, and half
Niger, or suthin like 'hat-rct his hide he's
alters at sum o. his pTanks. the vaTmint To-.
He's very jelus bout the honor of the famcrIy,
father is. and you may knov what Zeke told
hlIB sufkea bis fssIins considerable. So he
got down and YIt me a long letter and | guess
rum what he's rit he must a ben awful wra-
thy and | shouldn't a mite wonder il he cracks
Zcke's noddle for him, when he finds out its
all a hb. W copy sum extrax of his letter
soft you may judge for Yourself. Toards the
last of his letter he sIz; "if you amt merried
ylt, ] want you TO eHn street hum. and not
make a darned fool Of yourself a eourtin mu-
latter gals. and rusnin for the Legislator (tbe
old man1l be's proHd's emmy boldly if I'm
%ieeted); but if you're merried. as you say, to
emmy O. them Creole gals, ! never want to
see you nor emmy O. your darned yaIler skin
ped Creole breed darken my door while /
live" He goes on to say a site bout my
cuamin tn the South TO larn malgamashun
and aberlisaun principles; bat. poor old man, 1
reckun he knows how it is before now, cos
brother John SEE he's jest waitin for him to
cool off a little, to tell him the straight of it.
ut was more'n Zeke darst du himself, 80 he
got brother John between him and danger)
think you editurs ought TO try'n enlighten
the folks to the Day state. and let 'em know't
Creole don't rneen mulatter, no more'n yam
kee neens isiun-
Fhar's bin a CRATE weddin cut a: Squire
Aliens since Zeke arriv, and brother Johns
letters fall o their duins out to the weddin.
He seq, that when Zeke red mylet,er in your
paper, beu. nay being candidate, he said I
was candJdate for governur, and that | talked
about runnin for president, and a site o. fool
lery stoe Hufnerus to Henshun" (as the store
keepers say in adyertixements}. But here's
what ae rites bout the w-eddin: "I'ES Just
~ Will h'in tiAfl q @CHGIAt ilc got
merried night beiore last to Jane Allen. Sich
q fine chance o. youngsters, gals and boys,
and SIGH ALFRED prime fun We had playin
{ thiHnble,' who's content and sica like, was
a caution to old bachelors, / tell v u. Zeke
kept At Us to play a play he SD he'd Iarnt
down to Luzyana, king and queen he called it,.
".Recollect all on ye,' SEE Zeke, after
we'd all agreed to play, tina, tho ones that
gifts seated first amt got no pons to pay, (he'di
put three cheers on both sides of the house, to
make seeyea;. and ifit,s a gal that gifts the
cheer on one side and a boy ON t'other, why,
got the privilege O kissir one MOTHER
Wal arter tina: he mads EN- all 60 out and
saet the dpo, asa told 'em to be ready when.
he whistled, to see who'd git thar fus,.
"When they all vent out, he takes out the.
Aasefs, Zeke did, and covered the
two that was left with a sheet, soft you could
tell if the middle one was out or no. Mem
Miller was king and queen on one.
side and zeke'n Sally Jenkins was on t'other.
side. .Ieke had told most all the gals howl
was playd, and sum o. the boys tn out thar
one foller, Joe Moody, tha clerk that
keeps store for Mr.. Appletc1,, to Simpson
Fllle, that Zeke sed he waited to see sprnble-
He'd ben putin on a p.te o'airs, and lookiu
az big as all out docfs, tryin to show off be-
tore the gals, and was dressed up to kill. with
breaches as tight as the skin. and a Ene gold
chain, that reckon he'd borrowed frum some
body. Soon's Zske whisIled they all cum
tar!n Id, for all the world LIE no many skeerS
sheep. a haulin and puflin one mother. to see
git the vacant cheers. Joe Moody waa
ahead. and as he cum stavin up to set doxn
oetwin men Keziahr Sally johnson sac made
outs if she'd brake her neck to git the other
the feller'd been sparkin Sally all nightl.
All, congratulate you, Miss Sawab,' seq
he, and With that he pops down betw esn m len
hallop outu the floor. The fell
Ter got desput huffy bout tarin his tights.
bus tbe gals told him twas all a joke, and
soon got him in a good humer agin."
That's all ! can rite to-day boat zeks'n
brother Johns dyiBss but I'll let You know
sheH they ritz agin, what fun's gwine on.
Your friend JOSIAH SIMPSON,
Tho 9Th ri AL v.au -~~rs