Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-06-02
An Irish Letter.

The Hannible, Messenger says that the fol-
lowing epistle was sent from Dublin to a young
Irishman near Hannible:
Dear Nephew Il havn't STINT yes lether
since the last time wrote to yes bekase we've
moved from our former place of Twin, an |
didn't know whether lether would reach YES
or not. now wild pleasure take up my pen to
inform yes Of the death of yes own living uncle
Fitzpatrick, who died very suddenly afther a
lingering illness of six months. The poor man
was in violent commissions the whole time of
his sickness, lying perfectly quiet and spatchless
all the time, talkin incoharintly, and calling for
wather. | had no opportunity to inform yes of
his death, except had wrote to yes by the
last post, which went off the two days before he
died; and thin yes would have had to pay the
postage to pay. am at a loss to tell YES what
his death was occasioned at, but fear it was
by his last sickness. He never was well tin
days together durin' the whole time of his con-
| inement. am at a loss to till what occa-
stoned it, but fear it was by his atm too much
RABBIT stuffed wild pays an gravy or pays an
gravy stuffed wild rabbits, caa't tell which
AS soon as he brathed his last the doctors gave
gave all hopes of his recovery. needn't tell
yes anything about his age for yes we'll know
he would have bin jest Is years old lackin' tin
have bin six months dead.
His property now dvolves to his next kin,
who all died sometime ago; SO l expect it will
be devided betwane US, an YES knows his pro-
perty now was considerable, for he had q
fine ESTATE which wint to pay his debts, an for
the remanether, he lost that on horse race,
but it was the opinion Of everybody, present at
the time, that he would have won the race if
the horse he run against had not been too fast
for him. l never saw a man, and the doctors
all say SO, that took medicine better nor he did.
He would as lave take bither as swate, if it
only had the taste and appearance of whiskey
punch, if it would only put him in the same
humor for 6ghtin'. But the poor soul will niver
ate or drink ony more, an yes now havn't q
living relation but what was kilt in the last war.
But can't dwell on this mournfu subject, an
shall sale my lether wild black salin' wax, an
put on it yes uncle's coat of arms SO beg yes
not to breake the sale whin yes opon the let
Their, an don't open the letther till three or
four days afther yes receives it, by which time
yes will have time to be prepared for the sor-
rowful tidin's. Yo're old swateheart sends her
love to yes unbeknownst to me. When Terry
MCGEE arrives in Ameriky, ak him for this
letther, an if he don't know it from the rest,
till him it is the one that spakes of yes uncles
death, an is sailed in black. remain yo're
aphekshuneight ould grandmother,
JUDY O'HooLIGAN
To Larry O'Hooligan, late of the town of
Tulymuchgerty, Parish of Ballpragged, near
Ballysluchgurthy, in the county of Kilkenny,
Airland
P. S.-Don't write to me till yes receives
this.
1t is supposed that Larry O'Hooligan is the
same who is postmaster in o small town in Mis-
souri,, and whose first cousins are two of the
clerks in the department here. message has
been sent to Tullymuhgerty for another cousin
to come over and take place ready to be made
vacant for him by the removal of native, if he
can be induced to come over