Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-07-15
Letter from John E. Cake.
q is TO old q COOS to play with foxes
III roost at hoam.-.Not ShukSpeer.
GoARD VINE RETREET, in the mornin
bout 10 O'clock, nj QUITO the toarth o. iull.

N'NhNA 80
bout 10 O'Clock, nj the toarth o: JUL.
MIsTUR JoSA WHITE,
eddytur of the Mincrvy
Deer Sur-throo the perlteness NV Bob Quill
lin was purmtted the gratitycashun oy rcedin
yoar very intrestin papur | wus mitely de-
lifted with what | red in the papur but whot
tickled my gizzurd most war the glorifyn site
Nv my oan nalm IN prlnt-yes thar it WIS just
as natral as Good be. Wei, when fust seed it
| felt nifty aloverish | tel yew, an l dus believe
eff sum Teller had cut my straps wood shot
up tother side NV the III heaven NV delite. wood
a padded round thar like an annymated baune
an wood a bin happyer than sum NV them fellers
what walks the streets NV the gecrlsalcm
with their pockets full NV gingycakes. 1t war
sumtime afoar could sufficiently cumrose my
self to heer red what yew had sed bout me, fur
gol darn my picturs the minnit / seed my oan
naim in the papur, my hart got to beetiu
thumpin wuss than emmy forty mule power
injine yew eyur seed-my nalvcs seemed to be
a congregashun of tel ygratf WARS what commn-
nycated the gratyfyin infermashun to the hole
sistem, and yew mistur eddytur yes yew an
yoar papur wus the opyraters what sent the
dispach. | tel yew it maid me feal monstrus
cantankerous-I kno yew'll arf at me fur ben
so much decomposed but I tel yew onesty |
coodnt helped it emmy moar than | Good hev
flew.
Wei, aftur awhile got my yfe to reed to me
whot the papur sed for / wus ? much xcited to
to maik it out-she then red as follers s.Shood
this parrygraH meet the motifs of Mistur John
E. Cake, he viii find it to his advantage to kali
at over orfs.'' AS sumo as heerl it | went
strate to the chist an got eileen shurt an neck
hankercher an WIS deturmind to see what wus
the advantage yew spoke Nv. Well had got
al fixed an starched up an wus bout gittin on
my filly when who shood ride up but old Bill
Jones.-Sez he, "Mornin to yew John. which
way is yew gwne all rigged out in yoar Sundy
60 tu-meetins? "-Wel | wus monstrus glad he
axed me that kuesthun fur wanted him to kno
bout my bein in the papur, as | knode he wood
be sertin to tel it all bout the nabofhood, an |
wood hecum kiner konspicuuss, an a crate men
ny fellers wood wish they wus in my plase.-
Wei, told him bout my bcin in the papur, and
that | wus gwine to ce yew. ''Wel john" sed
he, 'aint that are Teller White Noterry Publik
now?" Direckly he sed that, felt orful stree
ked, fur it let the kat out NV the wat-I smelt
a rat rite off. Yew wanted to git me to kali at
yoar orhiss an then hav me gugged fur ritin
yew that lettur bout the Kno Nuthns.-No, no.
old koon, yew don't cum it ovur me that way.
I'm up to yoar law lodges eff duz liy in the
swomp.
Now mistur eddytur, wus keched in that
lie be keched agin. I kno | dun rong in akin
yew stitch kuesthuns but l think yew mite
told Teller it with out tryin to snaik him in
that way. | intens to keap my ey peeled on
yew heeraftur No mistur eddytur as is dun
Civ yew the the slip [ hopes yew won't git mad
an xpose me in the Minervy. beg yoar par
dun fur ritin that luther lettur, fur | ought to
knode frum yoar papur that yew wus turrible
man when yew wus mad; fur the pctur Nv yew
in yoar papur represents yew holdn big dish
with fellers he'd in it what spose yew cut off,
an the luther hand has got hold on snaik with
his tung out. / axed yew in my luther lettur eff
yew wus emmy kin to that mistur iona what the
whale swollerd. Now eff l had looked at yoar
pictur l mite hav knode yew belonged to the
saim family, fur THAR the very pictur shows
yew to be kivered with skales, an the top part
Nv yoar hat looks like allygaturs tail, an THAR
is Representa- the water an the very ship
whair tina piched the ole man iona overheard.
En-, Ell! ole boss, l understands them pints eff
yew don't say nuthin bout EN-. Wei my yfe is
standin lookin ovur my shoulder, an she SEE eff
l don't stop yew will hav the or6sers aftur me, an
eff it wusent fur that ide Civ yew sum moar Nv
my mind. Emmy how, as yew dident koch me
this time rename yoarn til deth.
JOHN E. CAKE