The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1846-05-09
AN IRISH LETTER.

! N@@' "ANA~AN @~eN N@AS'
Tollymucclsburg, Parish OF Ballyrsg
get near BalIySluchsuthey, Jan. q
1870.
Ny dear Nephew II haven't cen
you Iether since The last time, I wrote
10 you, because we have moved from
our former place Of living and didN'
know where lelher would find you
but | now wild pleasure take up my pir
10 inform you Of The death Of your owl
ivin' uncle Fitzpatrick, who died very
suddenly las, week after lingering i'll
ness of six months. The poor mar
was in violent oonvulsios he whols
line OF his sickness, lying perfectly quat
and spschless all The while lslkog inco.
heren,ly end crying for walher I had
40 oporlunity Of informing you Of hi.
death sooner, except wrote TO you by
the last post, which wnt OF Two days
before he died, and thin you'd had pos
age 10 pay. | sm al loss 10 tell what
his death was oCkasioned al bat fear il
was by his last sickness, for he niVer
vas Iln days lhegiNher during the whole
line Of his confNement--ond | behave
his death was ssiooed by his attn
two much ofrebirs stuffed wild pays sud
gravy, or pays and gravy stuffed wd
rabb Is, can't Tel which, but be that q,
II will, 40 soon az hebreathed his last, The
Iochers gave over all no pea Of his re-
coVery. | 1eejnr Tel y)u any ihiug a.
houI his hsge, for you we'll know lhs'
. March nix', he would have been
vio'y five years ovid, Isckin' Tin
months; and had he lived till that time
We would thin bov bin st six months
lead. His prophsrty now dovolves to
,is next kin, who all died some iine a.
%. so lhs, I expicl il will be deVlded
os,wsoe us, and you know his prophsr,
= was very considerable, for no had a
ine estate, viii ch was sowId 10 pay his
iibls. end HE remainder he lost in d
horse ;but it was the opinion Of livery
body g, the time, that he would have
won TIE race if the horse he run sgsins
lsdn'l bin TOO fast for him. ! niyer
Isw man, end the doclhers oil say so,
hat obsarved directions or tuck medi
inc belher than he did! He said h. |
YOU Id as lave biher ss swaIe, il it he'd
nly The same iags.-and lpicakianna a
viskCy punch, If it would only put hin
\ the same bumor for fghtin' BuJpoor
,owll, he will nivor ate nor drink more
nd ye haven't ivn rslIstion in lhs
'orId except myset and your two cous'
ns VINO were KILT in the last war.
! can't dwell on this mournful sub
act, and shall sale MY lether wild black
ain wax and put on il your uncls's
ost Of arms, SO ! beg you not brake lhl
ale whn you open the Ielhor, AMI
on'l open it ill three or four days sf
nur you resave il, by which time yoo
,iII be prepared for the sorrowluf 'idin'
our ovid swatehearI slnds her love I,
, YOU unknowns 10 me. Whin Tsrry Ir
i'Gee arrives in Amerikl, ak for thj
,ther, and if he disn'l know il from
re rest, tell him its the one that Spske' ,
bout your uncle's death and s,isd il c'
lack.
remain your ogec'joo'to ovid GRAD,
lolher, " c
JUDY O'HOOLIGAN. +,
o Lsrry O'HooIjgaD, I're of Ioe 'owr
Of TollymucCIescrag, Ptriss Of Bah
lyrsgger, near B4lIysIuchguthey, il
The county Of Kikinny, Ireland. u
P. S.-Don', write to me ill you i'
ave this.
N. B,-Whin you come 10 thus place II
op ard don't rade no more ill my 81
ext. d