Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-08-23
From The National hReUigeHrcr.
ANOTHER LET TER FRON MAJ. DOWNING
.Nason and DirOn'S .Sdl Of Snh Rirer


AUGUST IL 1919.
My DEAR Mn RrcuE: Yau don't know how glad
he 10 So how you have spanked mp since my last let
Ter To YOU ien are rally giving ii To the corrupt aud
Imbeclle Administrator peIl nell. | should think
every 'toll," and every "burher" aud every "Nefo"
Among 'em must have baigd eye hy this time. You
do give IL to 'em right aud lrh ahiut right. Uncle
Joshua says you the Tom IIyer of party aud
whip any body the Feds bnng into the my. Bat
now begin To feel uneasy pr fear you'll oyerdo your
sell and break down. and lhen shani have NIB dy to
take care oi us bln't yon remember the sioy III the
tame elephant that used To hep launch vesy Is One
iime they put him 10 launch vessel that too heavy
Tor him After he ed once twice and coulu'l start
IT, The keeper called out take away his lazy beast and
btng another' At that the or elephant reused
up aud put his head 10 The vessel again, AMI pushed
aud strained himself So hard that he Tel. dawn and died
Now don't want You to do So When viii thai let
ter 10 yon Two three weeks ngo to rouse you up a
hillo, didn't meant To make You furious thai yon
should fnn your head agln the Administration hard AS
10 break your neck. strain yourself much 10 fall
down dead. NoT didn't mean that YOU should he'll III
all The administrator, smack, smooth, as dead MS her
rings. in Two months. meant 10 give you two or three
years to do II in. Any time bdfre the next election
would do. II you should hl 'em ell night off beIue
we have lime 10 choose any body IL take their places,
you would have III the Government on your own should
crs, and I'm afraid II would be ton much for YOU. so
think you had better try coul down little 1t ant
prudence 10 keep so hot all tho time. That Is, mean
your own account. lu fear yon should overdo yourself
aud break down. And then again there is such tlHng
as drawing tao hong bow 10 h The thing yon shoot at
MaIT Lon ghow used tu be quite unluely IN that way.
You make FOLKS believe mddug size fish story. If
you tell II well but if You Try 10 back tup with n tar
nal great eocland bull story, they 20 night back again
and swear they doa't believe the fish story. It's dan
geouS loading guns 100 heavy, Tor ihen there's no
nowkng which will get the worst ofil. him that
stands before the muzze of him that sands behind the
bfltclI. SO hope you'll Try cool down little,
for Pm satisfied. since my last letter. You are hr-
NO away ammunition too fast And bcsdes, don't
think IT rig Tor you al your time ol life to be hghn
50 hard. Nor don'l think it's necessary nnther; for
things Is bghtenin up all over the country Oar party
is coming together again. AMI going TO carry all
'en. lbs true the 1ocks and herds Of Our patty la,
been dreadiuy broke up and scattered about. The on
ems didn't know their owners, and the Sleeps badn'i
40 hepherds and the Taylor wolves has been pro@lin
about The country and carried III agreat many Of ep
Bul lrum what hear all The country now, am
satisfied lhey all couin together again. and
platform and that platform is .iinsoa and Dirons side
Of SAT- Rircr. Mr., john Van Buren, is shoe sloon all
oyer The Northern States, and dnyin If 'em up an
headin OF 'em all AS fast he towards Mason and
Dixon's side of Salt River. Mr. Cah mn ia The South
eTn States is whisln round his sprlngy rattan. making
The hair and skin fly and headn en all up towards Ma
sm aud Dixons side of Salt River. And Co Benton
IS cracking his long whip all over the great Western
country, and headn 'em all across the prayres towards
Mason and DXons side Of Salt River. And Glnerd
Cass stands you know. where he always ha, Stood on
Mason and Dxons side OFFS 1T River, with handful Of
salt in hand and nub OF in 'toher and looking
all round and calling OF em 10 come to him and he'
ieed 'rm, 30 You have every thing to encourage
us. Things Looks bright ahead II won't be long be.
fore all the scattered ocks and herds of party will
be got together ON this platform Mason aud Dix
ons side Of Salt River and Then We'll have things all
own way, and Gin. Taylor and the Wilnot provlso may
90 To grass
Posscript-My dear old friend i've just got The u
Mon last Thursday, and Pan amazingly struck up, and
my eelns is badly hurt 10 see that you've got Devil
dered that you seemingly don't know It's a melan-
choy sign when old folks get bewildered that they
mistake their oldest and best friends for 'tllher-
Why, your head is turned right round How couH
You say that was "a fictitious Major Jack Downlngf'
and that my last letter TO you "trashy forgery -
and that yQu would strip the mask from me ~ | feel
bad now about writing my last letter to you for Pm a
aid you nok il loo hard, and have strained yourself
hard agin the Administration that IFS turned your head
beg Of You now, my dear friend, To lei all drop right
where tits leave Mr. Burke To do the burkln aud The
fghiin and yon 90 right out into the country ard put
Yourself under the ''eod wafer cure" somewhere and
see if your mead won't right again. "iettous,"
and you going 10 'slfip the mask from mel" Why. my
lie u, riend II You could only bo up here five minutes
,nf new pl0tioln,. M Maslg and DAons side of Salt
Il vef, and u Lit the m4-k ol my face minute,