Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-11-06
Letter from Turkey River.

4 Letter from Turkey River.
Nrs. Shoots gives her experience at the
4 Fair, and as particularly "doson" on the
4 "Committy."
TURTLE DUv BOTTOM, Turky river, Oct 6.
Mr. ED1rNR: Since l and Smoots got
Jack from the agricultural fair, I've been
est as busy as bee, trying to git things
10 rites. 1t duz seem that body cant
eave home mint but everything must
Hit upside down. Besides, there's Shoots,
do think he's the most provokenest hus-
bend that any woman ever had in this
world; he cant cum ia the house since we
got horne, but he must shet up one eye,
and look at Sammy, and say "spunes."-
Well, don't care, Shoots is good sole
ater all, and what's more, he's my hus-
bend, and don't care who knows it! l
declare, Mr.. Editur, l du wish I could
seen you at the fair. I inquired particu-
srly fur you, of tall, round shoullered
zig man, with his mouth full o cheese,
and paper o resuns in one hand, a string
saesengers in the uther, and SEE he, "ma-
am, you'd better inquire of the commit
tee on Jacks-they'll show you the penn"
end with that give him pease Of my
mind, that l guees he'll remember till his
= den day. du wish you could seen
SAMMY; no you'd a been pleased to deth,
he Was dlresa't go nice; as true as I'm born,
every single thing that child had on was
hnn new--out of the store.
Well, as soon as l and Sammy got to
The Agricultural house, see it was chuck
full Of men and wimmen and all kind of
0lke, and | told Shoots to hold on to my
dress and keep close to me, or he'd get
squeezed to deth, and above all things not
to lose my Sachell with them two new lin
zen diapers in, that feeby Fry took SO
nuch pains to put lace border on; and I
du declare hadent lnore'n get my foot in
the house before sutnbody sed, there's
An. Shoots !" and in a mint sech a rush
en- and crowden, and squcezen, and cline
IN on top Of one another, I never herd tell
am all my born days. Presently here
cum the preserdent, squeezen thru the
Houd, and lookeh as red as cole O fire,
and his cloze nearly all tore off; in min
he snatch't sammy rite out of my arms,
and SCI he, "Mre. Shoots, I'm so glad
you're eum-du foller me;;' and then he
ordered EN- to clear the main lie, and the
people climb'd up on the seats, and on top
one anuther to get alook at Sammy
At last we got up to the center of the ag-
nhulteral house and tuck seat, and sich
agetheren around-I thort l would suffi-
cate to deth; everybody had to have sam
ny in their arms, and there wer'nt one but
'ed that they knode that my baby would
get the spunes, and the preserdent lean'd
over and wispered to Inc, and SEE he, Mrs.
Smoots, you kin depend on me; I've the
'punes in my trousers pocket; and now
you've cum, I'll go and call the Judges
declare he's SIGH nice man, and l give
Shoots bunch with my elbow, and told
him 10 notice how he acted, and try and
be Sumbody. Well, du believe it wern't
tn minits, when the Judges was called and
tuck seats up at the head of the main lie
and sich a crowden and pushen, and mer
q hollerin, and wimmen a screechen, and
babys cryen, and boys wishing, l du
believe never tuck place afore in the land
C-the-Gyen. | felt wonderfully fiustered
at first, and then commenct tixen and ex
aminen sammys cloze, e. went into a side
lie and told smoots to hand me my Sach.
e, and as true as I'm born, he'd lost it =
D. declare, | was so vext | could knoct
bis head of, when here cum the preser-
dent, and seq he, ''cum rite up, Mrs. Shoots
'nng Sammy and follow me, and up
Went to the Judges stand; and there they
sot sure enutf, all three on EN-; and of all
Inc mstyest, nastyest looking old Bache-
ions that | ever see in all my born days,
QO think they were the cap-shief. I'd take
ny bible 9th that not one 'em had shaved
VSeen speck Of sope for more'n two
months. There was one on 'em that du
gtIleye was brot up among the wild he
men men mgens, and | know by his looks that
.e hadn't the sign of shirt to his back
slu tnen there was another one with HE
Ean'aloons SO tight-O, ! wish / could
S got hold of hirn--he was the ring-lea-
%%-l could hev Bhuck him out of his
sOossrs IN one mint, l was so vext; then
S Se was anuther enc on EN-, that han
s s..a baby jist as though it was bag Of
fO'aeFs, and not material bein: and du
OK ss.eVs IN my hart there was more'n forty
s go, gatheTed around them nasty old
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