, 1855-12-28
For the Pioneer and Democrat.
SCATTER CREEK, Thirston Co., |
A ID 1888

MISTER EDTER:-Sence l drapped tn
you them ere lines afore, I've ben arter the
war muse, and when | ketched mp to it, it
aint, find, no graft shakes, no how. The
war on this side Of them tarnal mountings,
jist looks to me like it wer a stOnden still.
| jst wish our foxes, who areSogerin, could
keep thar way till next early grass, arter
the snow clatawas," then l would feel
mighty glad; but jist as soon as our fock
gifts reddy tn let it dry up littel while,
them ALFRED Injuns kicks up fnrs agin,
and gifts arter tighten. If the tarnal crit
ters would jst only waite till our people ken
git in thar wheat, and taters, and gardin
truck in the spring, we mout afterwards do
arfnl well fornenst them; case you sea, we
must hev suthin to eat next year; emmy
how, we wood give them sich tarnd treet-
in as yu never hearn on, and make 'em
squat like duck hearin thunder. By
ginger, it makes me SO mad to hecr ont.
Things begin to look right smart chance
more skeary like, as they did at furst
long, case, you see, menny think its more
of war then tha kalkelated for, an didn't
want so much; tina jist wanted small far
up, like, to make CRATE blow abeout, and
maik sum politikal capital out on't-thats
all; an then tha wood commense to houl
and abuse Gov STEVENS, and all demercrats
as is in offs, an begin tu mourn Ond weep,
and cry abcout thar bleeding cuntry, and
try tu maik the people b'lievs how much
tina luved it. But Wiley'S ben kicken the
kiver of on 'em, an tina du look ALFRED
ugly, without emmy. kiver on 'em;-you'd
bOtter b'lieve they do.
General Wool had better be Citing
things in good way over hear, or else we
stand rite smart chance of gettin sum Nv
our nappers takein, afore we ar reddy. /
rather reeken as how as I'll not be reddy
for long time tn cum, If tha leave It tn me
in fact, 1 no won't. jist berlieye when
General Wool Gums over hear, il he will
on'y stop at Skater Crick to see me, (itI
aint mutch out on his way,) I will gin him
rite smart infurmashion, an tell him heep
he don't no; and won't charge him nuthin,
for sarting, for stayin all mite, nur for what
I'll tell him, nuther: an / know that's as
cheep as he kin git his cohy ground emmy
whars. Pm plane man, what allwersI
talks write out what l thinks-Ingins or
no Ingins-by hokeys, I ArR t
Sum people tells me that Maj. Rains is
goin to mak it kinder paper war over
thar, kase he writ oae letter tn the Injuns,
and nailed it on trea fur the Ingins tu
reed and hearn it nocked 'cm end ways
rite inter 6tts-jest this one letter. He
must be powerful skollar at ritin' letters.
But that kinder war won't do over hear,
We must keep given 'em lead pills, with
sum powder back on 'em, till tha rckuver
thare helth-maybe, about mex fall. /
hope General Wool won't be arter maxim
the war over hear, like Majer Rains is ma
kin it ovur thar I'll tell him not tn be
arter doin it that way, the furst time 1
sea him at Skater Crick.
Sum foxes spend a heep q time in fining
fawlt, and gittin up fuses and trubbles.-
Nou that aint no good way tn du in war
times; eyry man orter swoller down his
rath, until we nockt the enermy inter the
middel oV next yeer, or inter - etarnity
that wood be better. A good menny pee
Piles of them air kind begins to look kinder
skeered, kase the war begins tn look in
yearnest, nou | tell you.
Sea the trubbles peoples gifts inter by not
mindin thare one bizzines The edetur at
Stenlercum is nockt in to gin shop, by
the PierHeer an Demsyerat man, and gess
will stay thar, till arter the war, aud lpla
the fiddel for the sOgers, at them are stag
dances, what no ladys go two, nuther, but
men; sum foxes say he kin pla rite smart,
and makes heep better musick that-a-
way, than he can editering and printin
'-t
Fur private snigger now, ony jist see
how them fellers abeout Stealercum, rite
ihe littel pop Gun edeter into tarnal
scrape, and then aint got the branes to rite
him out agin-but leaves the littel feller to
stand and hold the bag, jist like tina was
al a snipin, and then runs off and leaves