Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-05-04
From the New York Spirit ofthe Times.
ORIGINAL LETTER FROM THE GEoR-
CfA MAJOR.

PINEvuLE, April 5, 1874.
To Mr.. PORTER DEAR SIR Ever sense
redd that piece in your paper, whar you sed
you would walk hundred miles, just to shake
hands with nae, I've been monstrous anxious to
git quainted with you. But its sich a terri
ble long ways 10 New York. and Cotton's down
so low, don't much think Tll ever have the
pleasure of seein you in the world. But there's
one consolation we literary mems got over
, common people, and that is, we can form 'dHar-
,anccs and friendships by our writens without
ever seeing one another, and ben as some of as
amt no great beauties, perhaps lis as good
! way as emmy. Pm told yowr monstrous CRATE
/ long gander-lcgged feler, and you may be 'bo.
animation ugly for all | know but ,hison thing
, I'm certair of-you must be a smart man, and
a man of frst-ra7e taste, OK you wouldn't like
+ my rtcns so much. | would rlt yo1 a letter
before, but the fact is, sense last February,
hant had much time for noiiing. The baby's
been cross as the mischief with the hives, and
Mary, she's been ailin good deal, and thep gou
know This time OF year we planters is all busy
fEen for the CROP
Nothing uncommon ham 4ooK place d,rnn
here lately, only tother day catasterfy hap.
pcned in our family that come monstrous nigh
putin an eend to the whole generation of rs.
| never was so near skeered out of0ry senses
si;,re in my born DAYS. aud Don't 'blieve old
Miss Stallms ever will git over it, if she was
! TO live thousand years But I'll tell YOU all
about it.
Last Monday morning all of as got up well
and hearty as could be, and sot IN our room
with Mary, and played with the baby till break
fast time, little hinkin what was gwine TO hap.
pen soon. The little feller was jumpin and
CROWN SO, could hardly hold him in nv arms,
and sprainin his lh&e mouth and aughin just
Ike he know'd every thing we sed to him
Bimeby out Prissy come to tell us breakfast was
reddy and we all went into tother room to eat,
cept sister Kesiah, who sed she would stay and
take care OF little Henry Clay, ill we was done.
Mary's so careful she wont trust the baby with
none OF the nggers single mint, and she's al
ways dreadful oneasy VIXEN keslah's got Z,
sue IS so w'd ana so careless
"el' we e" sot down % breakfast, and he-
'"''' e''o ny e'a''' 10 "e' ""'l WIN
'"e o0"y' Ju''P'~ up anu N'Ss'" i'' anu 'aih'h
W !" 10 "s'o aS '"' 'ouiu'
No" s'S' 10 w care'ui o' my precious 'i''ie
"@'"" ''' "''!' 'ouu Us S''eeou'u 10 ner' ""ed
s"' wac s"'"e uP e''"s'
'' cat !o"' o'e""'dS'' chio' ana ooh oe so
"'u'','u '''' '''e o'oy' Seso'u MISS "'d'''"s-
So" ~" ! ~" y"u'se'' "''''t peace "heh II
0',n So"' S.s".
''''' ses ''S'e' O".'I's' '''e won
'e' nooody 40 noun" 'or ''o'Ie Henry out her'
se"' "'ow "OuI1 ~ DC SO crazy eout ao
c''u III '"'he-
"e'i' ou' you Rno" sister h'z rs 5" careless,
III a'"'ys 50 'ra'd she II lei s"aiier some
'hhlg' " e't 'a'' s''ae way
iu'' ,u'' s's ''e o'u woh'ah' 'hey amt No
sense /" oe"g oil ''e ''"e scared To oe'h oo"'
"''"'"' cope got ehoug" 10 90 IN 'h's world
" o'af '''e 'ro"o'e Wheh II comes 'hon' stud
"y'n up iaNe some OF 'hem goo1 mol corn
"u'""S' see s"e' 'hey hish'y hlce'
We was all eatin along-the old woman was
taIkln bout her garGn and the frost, and was
jes; rasin my coffee cup to my mouth when |
heerd Kesiah scream out-'Oh nv Lord the
baby the baby! and whap il come rite down
stairs onto the floor.-Lightnin couldn't knock
ed me off my seat ouicker-down went the cot.