The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-02-12

CLASSY, CREEk, YUNYoN KousrY,
NoRF FERLrsAR.
Dear Kuzen Sfukelu:.-

Dear Kuzen Stukely:--
Sens yu went to Gorgy, yu don't no what
fine place Munro is got to be- Thar is
heap Of nu houzes maid thar lately. The
very spot whsr DR.. McC.. yused to kill SO
many big turkies, and whar Uncle Jerry
killed them blue bucks, is got to be right
smart town, and looks fust rate. The iale is
a fine brick bildin', three stories high, and
thar's alters somebody in it. Meester Hart's
big house amt done yet; but he's got steem
mill that knocks log into saw-dust quicker,
and grinds 81 minutes into bushol of meal
directly. II dus.
But I'm gwinc to tell yer, is, of Meester
Major Kuventin's fine house, which rekkon
looks like kings house, for l never seed
any thug like It afore, nor sens, nor yu nee
ther. II cum in town wun day, that is Num-
row, did, and looked down the strete
tourds Kurnel Brumc's Trott place, and sich
a big white house was shnin thar; the Jeru
GLADLY! hadn't bin in town for munse
aforc, l hadn't, and was sprized to see that
pallis looking place, war, standing under
that apple tree afore Mr.. Hewy Hewsting's
house, and seed tho Major coming from
the court house, and ses, "Major, kin a
body the Ike ov me go and see that fine
house of yourn that shines so purity and
whitc" And then cotched hold Of nv
britchos, and looked at my fut to sec If it
war fit to go in fine place like that. The
Major scs, Cor he is a a mighty cleAer man,
he ISL 'Oh, yes, certainly. I'm gwine hum
now, will yer go along" ses he. 1t war
about 10 or clock, and thinks l, body kin
look at it afOre ~; so down goes with the
Major, dus. And as We went along, the
Major looked at the strcte leadin' to the
kort house frum hissen, and he ses, ses he,
that whar an ugly place that he wunted tn
improve, and sich pile of broken bricks and
wun thing nor another as had been hauled
thar to pile up. Ses !, "Major, you don't
pin yourself down to yer own house and lot,
but you're tryin to help the whole town, yer
is J" Well, ses the Major, (for he is very
modest man, he ISL "this stretc, when made
good, is finish to the whole view." And
We weut along till we got to the gate, and
the Major nut his fngcr on tr;ooer ,ooL;no
thing, whack it went, aud the gate flew
opcn. and in we oo. wc dus W. won't .,
whar the flower gnrden IL to bc whom hos
ready to the house. and I looked nm % Tho
shed. and thar the ruf looked ,;ko h;o, ous,
ard with white ribs across it, sich as Aunt
Holdab vnsed n moka nm chr;s,,n,o g., ar
yung wuns. The Major ses tb;s ia tho
Verandinah where one NAV sit in the heat of
the day and cool hisself; and swar II Look
ed like Dinah had bin a hold on II: every
thing was cut in sort oy net work. ont of
wood, the posts war teetootallv cbeekcrod
all over from head to foot; and then VIC went
to another Pizarro looking place, tba. i,ad a
brick floor, and shs poa,a wcro sot on rock
pedisilles' and on wun pose thar war double
hook. l AKA the Major what 1t war for. He
sea u was ior hanging his coat when his boy
orushed IL; and thought 1t WIS n fust rate
place 10 hang ms boy and brush him, ef he
oio nj DO )ist rite' did. We didn't go in
inc honse yt' but we goes to the garden
gate and then axes about the gardn. The
piaJor then showed how the gardin was to
DC nxed' Tor It wasn't yit done, they coodnt
au every thing that's to be dun in ycar,nnd
.hen Ill rite again. will. a wide walk is
10 DC cut across both ways, and in the mid
uie VII. oe beautiful summer house, with
pur'y shr"os I'LL round II, and on the fur side
from the mousse thar VIII be "Tarboro,'
larooro win grape vines all over 1t. We
then lett the gardin and goes round the house
toards the cook house; thar i saw in one
corner OF the yard nice lookin pump just
hhlshed' ana thought tho water must be
good Tor 1t looked so nice; and thar was a
Teller named soilyman diggin up stumps. l
""h' "heh iooheo Ut inc mousse, ana then