Holly Springs gazette., 1845-03-01
PETER WHETSTONE'S LAST FRO
Lie.
DEvIL's FORK OF LITTLE RED, }
Juuuary Q lS45.


/ Ny Dear, IIr, Editor Since the last
time ] writ you, have had all sorts Of
times; took a trip away out South. Well,
when | 90: TO the Rock, | was Ia a big hur-
~ 10 keep or, so | walked up early in the
morning 10 Goodrich and Loomis, thinking
[ would rig out in suit of their best, but
they had ut opened their store, SO steps
into auo her, aud bought me pair of red
broadcoth bricheS. The fellow measured
me and put up pair that be said would e.
me to shaving. So l stulIS them into nv
saddle bIgs and put out south. Well,wher
gels out, was asked 10 party, and |
ri9ged myself up bat OBJ lordy. my bree-
ches were big enough for The fat man that
vas blowed up in the steam boat had
my gallowses up to the last notch, but it
wouldn't all do. for | could have carried
cloth | hardly kuowed what to do; my
breeches would'nt do at ALL all and my new
ones hung like shit on bean pole
Thinks there is no trolic for Pete, but jest
right at this time in pops MAJOR Greene
.WrU' saws he, 'Kurnel, alnt you ready to
90 = Saws [, Il am thinking | won't CO.
sWhvP saws be, Look at my britches,
savsI Well. he commenced laughing /;
avs he. Them britches were made Tor
e Daniel Lamb ,rt' WELL says |, Daniel
e Lambert is stranger to me. but know
s ti,ev are a pretty Iooscfit' 'Oh, never
J mini them saws he come go and nobody
gill notice YOU. So went, found lots o
,,o,Is and abundance of pretty gals
Wei! there no dancing, and the folks wer
all sitting round the room so L SLIPS IN
:, corner thinking would hide my brtches
Presently some gentleman asked lady I
- 90 nm she otis and be leads her
'iS 7a,+,;cr IN the corner that looked llk
~ -, -, 80, kind o( chest Well, she opel
lte II he lii and il was right chuck full
% - ,eeIb. she lust run her hand acro
j. f,to,,, and never heard such a noise
lde NV life | whispered to the next fellow
ION me and asked what SOFT OF varIhint III
led was WHY. KurneI,' says be, that Is a pea
red nv. We'll the young lady commences
not and | never heard such singing. iorg
'bis nv btitches, and started TO walk close up
lent the peauny, when heard Ihem utefIng'
Daniel Lambert, says one = lheh kne
> they were laughing at my bn;ches 80
= r,It nv dander rising, and began TO
II. mad walked right uphold as sheep.
There was a sort Of dandy looking 8
ius Standing by the peanny. says
Now do, Miss, favor us with that deny,
little ditty-my favorlie-you know IT,
Then she commenced.
/ sWben the bclly-aker Is bearn over % see
III dance the Ionny aker BY moonlight win IN
That is all recollec;eG. When she.
Al through. up steps Maj Green. ana INTRO
ces me 10 her. Says She, land tell
She looked pretty) Col MILESTONE W
Is vour favorile 2 SAYS |. 'sut yours
$, and YOU will suit me- And that made
LAUGH. Well right at that up steps
,ow hat looked as if be had been sen;
and couId'l GO Says he, Miss VIII
olive me the last link is broken . w
saws she Indeed sir | have the most wre
ed cold in the world. Why Miss 9
|. svou wouldn't call yours bad col.
YOU had seen jim Cole arter he lay ou'
the swamp and catch cold, why,
she. (and lord. out she looked. .klilng')
bad was his cold 2 "Why Miss" say
he didn't quit spiliing ice iill the middl
August That made her laugh. :"
saws she sKurnel Milestone, that cures
es, cold So she commenced.
The last link is broken that binds ye
me.
Is, TO- The words you have spoken IS sorro
per- L.
Well, arter the lady was over, they