The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1846-05-09
Ne'o York SPIRIT Of tie Times.
LETTER FROM A DOWN EAST HORSE
Nav BEDFoaD, March 20. Is0.


ar. SpirA9fMs Times, Esguire. Denr Sir
--Cousin BtlI's bin up here and he brouoht
newspaper with yor name on the ton of The fos
page ana ne sed It any body wanted TO bv :
; noas or gun, or any other animal of The ktna
tndt you Wa9 the person TO git a good one q,
Ihat you cold sel'cm one and save the oner the
trubbIe '''~ '"'' lac
no" 'atheF'a got hoes which is lest the
1hihg as Will suit somebody, and in readin vor
| paper see that SOMEBODY wanted a hoss as wi
tTot ID I min.s and good one and sound. and
not TO corst more than $780, and in vor niece
" 10 correspondence" you tex about such hassos
ana tha seem TO be purity hi down yor way.
SPoso you no bosses Is chcper her here-proba.
Oily the RESIN Is coz tha ar SO MANY round here
can count seven hosses and mares ON INV fin.
gers within miles, but ours is as good a. anv
on EN-. Ar fur his trottin mile in 3 ripits.
don't no us ever see him take noshun 70 trot
Much' out nc goes very well on the gallon, and
a5 long as he g.ts there, of courae il don't mako
mtca difference which feet he puts down fust,
ana ourh IS little lame in one If his feet which
ne oon snow much when he gaops, which ia
tho best thing about it.
OF corae don't want to deceive nobody, but
u our moss cant galop mile IN minita, he can
70 at tae RATE OF mile 10 miEits, coz tride
I'M pnfpas' ana thlnk he could have gone fas
ter but wouldn't let i'm, coz was afeared he'd
tumble down, but he didn't fall down Ill he rot {
tu the end of the half mile, and don't Think !,
was on account of his lame leg, but coz he was
tired out--and it's enuf to tire eny boss IN 90 {
as ne did--he duz tumble down sometimes when {
yor're goin so, which is the onlv resin father
wants III sci I'M, for he has hurt father, bad bn,
you needn't say nothin about that, for he don't
always rumble down, and maybe he wont wb;'e
Inc mans tFyin offim. Now if you can sell i'm
lar any where's near $500 you shall have the
privilege OF a ride on i'm if you will cum In here
aiore you sci inn, and will give you plenty OIL
apples, besides sum money and cider for SHALL
have more than want, fur father told me mite
Keep all the money got for the boss over Slo. Z
but hossee IL SO chepo here can't gil tina, fur
70,
Now Dill Sod as how ourn wouldn't du. but r
nee always lived in the city, and can't be exnec.
cd tn no much about sich things, so thot I'd
est rite TO you and say nothin more to him about
t. am yors III command,
JoTHAM GREEN.
4. >. II you com up here you'd better in. 4,
lnre tor Green lothian; faint my name in the !
Bible, bat tina always call me so down hero. lis
name cussln Bill give the, and axed I'm the
RESIN, and he sed he thort he saw something
green in my eye, bu, couldn't see nothin of il
IN sisters lookn-gIas.
FATAL AFFRAY.-We learn, with deem re-
gret, that on Saturday last, at an Exhibition of
wild animals, in Charlottesville, an aifray took
place between party of Students of the Uni
versity and some of the keepers of the Menap L
erie, which resulted in the death of student. Il
rom Alabama, whose name we have not learn. !
ed We refrain from stating any of the par,ic.
ulars which have reached u9.-Kpnchbgrg Vir. L