Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-10-26
INTERFERING LETTER.

SICK lhalu"nS, and disappointed politicians.
"Miss Polly Stroud-dere maddam-I now
take my pen in hand Of the presence opportunI-
ty to let you know how we are we'll, but aul
putty in bin SO mortyide | could cry my eyos
out bodily. BILL wARRICK, yes BILL wARRIck,
is married to RARBRY BAss seed it done
/ mean, triain, decevinst crectur--but never
mind-Didnt | know him when he went to old
field skool-a little ragged orin Boy, with no
body to pat,h his close. Didn't know him
when he couldn't make pot hook or hanger IN
! his copy book to save his life, as for maxim Of q
he always put it tother way, ijst so S back
wards And then to say | were too old tor him
and that he always conceited was a sort of 4
/ sister to him O Polly Stroud, he is so likely,
particularly when he s dressed up of sunday
for froc-and what is worser his wife is prut-
! ty too. tho don't acknowledge it here Only too
think how doated on him, how | used to save
bosom blossoms for him, which sotne people
calls sweet sented shrubs-and how ] used to
put my hand in and pull them out for him, and
how | used to blush when he sed they was
sweeter for comm from where they did Who
N'lAN biiIhDtl III diId IiuLhlCDtITylu Will lilt
who always rode to prcechun with me and help
ed me on the horse who made pokebery stains
! IN dimons and squares and circles and hearts aud
so on at quiltins for me and talkin of poke
/ | do hope to fathers above that Poke will beat
Clay jjst to spite Bill, for he is a rank distroc
ted Wing and secretary to the Clay Club-who
always threaded my needle and has kissed me
in particular, in playn kneelng 20 the witty.
/ ist, bown to the puttyist, and kssn Of them
/ you love BEST and playn Sister Feebe, and
Oats, Peas Beans and Barly grows-at least
one hundred times Who waited as candle hol-
der with me at Tim Bolins weddin, and sed he
! knowd no one in the room he'd rather marry,
and looked at me so uncommon, and his eyes
/ so that felt my face burn for a quarter Of a
/ hour who | 10 say was it bnt BILL WARRIcK
yes, and heap more If | havnt a great
mind to sue him, and would do it, if it wasn't
nm feared he'd show Voluntine | writ to him
Feberary year ago. He orter be exposed, for
if ever he is a widderer nell fool somebody else
the same way he did me. Its a burnin' shame,
could hardly hold my head up at the weddin.
If hadn't Of bin so mad and too pround to let
him see it | could Of cried severe.
Well it were a nice weddin-sich ice cakes
and miniccles and rasins and oringis and hams
-four doins and chicken iXins, and four or
common :attest big goblsr roasted ever seed.
The Bryde was dressed in white muslin fig
cured over pink satin pettycote, with white
gloves and satin shoes, and her hair curlin down
with little rose in it, and chain nroun her
neck. don't know whether il was raal goo! or
plated. She looked butiu, and Bill did look
nice, and all the candydates and two preech.
ers and Col, Hard WIS there, and Bills niggers,
the liklicst nine of them you ever loked at, and
when did look at EN- and think, rally thought
: | should broke my heart. Well, sich kissin-
several Of the gals scd tha, there faces burnt
like fire, for one of the preachers and Col. Hard
wosnt shaved clost
Well, its all over, but don't keer-lhercs a
good fish in the sea as ever come outen it, I'm
not poor for the likes of Bill Warrick, hayin
now three sparks, and one Of them from Town,
whose got good grocery, and leads the Quire
at church outer the Suthcrn Harmony, the Mis-.
sonary Harmony is outer fashion
Uukle Ben's Oldest gal Suky is guyine to
marry n Virgiuny tobacker roler named S4Int
George Drummon, and hesays he is skin to Jack
Randolr and Pokcrhuutus, who they is the Lord
knows Oar Jack got his finger cat with
steal trap catchn of koon for Clay Club,
and the boys Is down on a tar raft, and old Miss
Coils and nanny is powerful rumatic, and the