Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-07-03


| spunes"
Tmkle Duv Botum, Turke River,
June the T.
Mister Editur. Ever since [ red in
your paper about the agrekulterel sosiety
md them spunes, I've been teezin'
Smoots to git sum nice things for the ba-
br, and let me take our little Sammy up
to the agricultural fair; and would YOU
believe it he stuck out for time and
tried to beat me down, that Sammy wern't
ruthin more a commun baby, and that
Salla smiths baby, little Tidy ann, would
stand better chance for the spunes than
sammy. Well, | declare, it's too puryo-
lin to hear how some men will talk esq
Now / don't like to say nothin aqinst
other folkses babys, but when one sees the
octors horse tied at Smiths door every
lay for the last two months, [ think ITS
high time the agrecultureist sosiety should
snow it; besides ole misses Brown seq
here is sumpthin rong about Smiths Til
ly ann, and miss Smith needn't deny it,
neither. declare it sounds so silly to
hear miss Smith talk about her baby; she's
for eyerlastingly tellin how smart it is
Smartindeed | do wish you could see our
Sammy the poor little Teller is iist fore
months old next friday, andIdeclare to gra-
cious he can stand all alone and then he
seems tonotis everything yesterdayole1nis-
.es Brown cum oyerto our house to gitsome
aazseed to make a police to put on the
eumic Of their hired man, who's been down
On raft, and ketched the fever nager, and
told her that Sammy could stand alone
and she said she wouldn't believe a word
II it and 50 | made Jane sprin-
kle some powdered chalk on the middle
d. the fore, and l stood the poor child on
H. and SEE, /, call aloney! all aloneyl up
,3-day bandits true as line borne, the child
Tux three steps, and misses Brown see it
III q minnit She tux off her spectacles
and put them in her satchel, and after ta-
.inapinch Of snuff, se z she, "misses Shoots,
wouldn't distress you for the world I've
iced great many babys in my time, and
let me tell youyoad better prepare Shoots,
mind lor The worst, for | tell you now, that
dpildcan't live" and then she tux the flax
seed and went home withou tsayin another
word. felt wonderful distressed till
Smoots came in,when Told him all about
It, and all he sed was "fddIesticks!' and
aakt Jane if supper was reddy Shoots is
naturally a kind hearted man, but he has
slch an unfeclin way with him.
Now, Mister Edater, I want you to set
down our Sammy for the spunes; good
gracious, though, if heshould git them
do believe miss Smith would go ravin-
distracted, she'd be so mad about it J.
Well | don't care one su-mar-kee; she's no
business to be forever talkin about her
Iddy ann, when every body knows it amt
healthy, if the truth must be told. dare
'ay the judges are all experienced, and ma
turally competent and can tell a baby that
is somethin, the moment they set their
Eyes on it.
Yours, Polly ANN SHOOTS.
p. S. Don't let the agricultural sosiety
Put Sammy's name on the spunes till you
hear from me, because we're goin to have
him clistened as soon as Shoots comes
hack from Elkader. He's gone down to
sac il Mr.. Tomsun has made his diem will
and if he amt, / tell Shoots we couldn't
DO no better than put him in for middle
11me- Correspondence of the Clayton
County Herald.