Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-05-19
Letter from John e. Cake.
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| GouRp VINE RETREAT, Ma the 9Th, |
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| MIsTUR JoSA C WHITE-Deer Sur-As poll,
mandy lain hey con doun Quiins bawI hev LEI
me like them British eers left ole avn aon
in nv eiory" thot wood put in the time while tina WI
gon to rtin to yewto to tel yew the gods fact ms
HINT round arl mite then tree the fust
] an ideur.
| Wei mstur White is very mulch obeeged to yew fu
yore hfalun notiss Of in the mnervy tho didn't like
1t darnd Bit when yew oe yore reeders fur quicker thai
mouth. la at mi lettu-god I've aw reddy bin
moryde deth bi heern them felers bbydo crysizen
lardn at mi ritin why eff yew'd beeve me heve fell
wus than that pore gal " Ruth Hall" did when she fus
tempted to rite but didn't talk it mulch to hart as to
maik fuss in the family bout it, tho felt mtey like rtn
auybyografy hittn of mi ole ants devil Of rip
the nucks eff she cuts up emmy moar Of hur shines
I'll doc it yit, pleese god will.
wus up to tbbydo last weak as wus gwine doun b
the house seed croud standn luther side of the
street sposin thar suhin out bucked up to 'em
a1ed whut gwine on-tha tole me fur to go git
tck wood see Wegessin it be show Of kind
thot I'd risk quarter ennyhow, slept to the
table flung doun puer give a tick ole hoss
Il he'd sed than tina awl commenct larn at
me eer handed tickit; well when redit seed
than Niger caut with sheep his back.
Wei mistur Eddytur Pse nifty glad yew wus eeckted l
hoaps ef yew hav emmy appointments to maik yew vii
membur yore ole friend Cake
spose yew wood like heer suhn bout the bawl
Quilnswel polly and mandy jain hev jest tina is
mitely sprzed fur to ketch up ait rtn, polly
she'll be bound Use rn suhin bout thar gwnc to the bawl
fur she I'm continually rn yew bout the private matters
Of the family nou twxt yew me I'm gwne to rite yew
egry wurd tina bout the baw & viii nuthn xtenuate
whut ought to be set doun in malice the po seq wei
SEE polly that is the very thing rtn bout hou did yew
awl enjoy yourselves emmy hou? Then Mandy jain she
struck sed as fur hur part she didn't fun at awl
fur dreckly she got thar that slick headed woody mouthed
dandy um toun commenc payin his devours to her. SEE
she, why muther did yeN loock at him? thar he
turnin his he'd fur aw the wurd like sick caf KEEP
a fealin Of his hair prmpn of it, like he he'd maid
bargin with stay tucked under afeerd it wusnt
gwne to fiji the contract.
He cum up to axed the pleasure of mi cumpny to
the supper-tabel-wel with him but wish hadn't
dun the made rite SICK he met bad-why daddy he
sme fur aw the wurd like that muskra yew shot doun in
the swamp luther thar his hankercher kivered
with the fumery toehe than bologne. Why dad
he a reglar live smeln bottle
After mandy jain had got throo polly she put in sed
well well mandy jain yew The last that orter tauk
bout boys usn fumery thar Amt gal in aw mi that
uvs cnnamun draps thar hankerchers than yew
doc pore fathers bill at Quns shows that fact AS
fur dandys thar is menny them nowadays pettycoes
thar is in britches I'll declar when to compar
gals nowadays with whut they use to wus when young
kin hardly keep frum cryin at the CHANGE Oh how
luvs them good ole times in vrginny when go
qun in over short tow linen dresses carrd Shoes
under over arm tel jest afore to the house then
hesyated at putin em fur feer mite sle the bot
toms arter wood git inside the house each gal
wood set with her feet stretched admrng her shoes
then arter the qultin the fdde caued
how gladly wood shuck off shoes end pitch in fur
the dance In them days didn't hav emmy Of yore pokas
or shotteeches-yore fashunabe fur huggn the
feers-when the feers wauned to do that tina jest cum
rite out openly did it. without puer apoergy
which over modurn danses afourd Moorovur when thar
wus ennything Of that kind gon on, dun in the
moast private manner not is in thees times noua
days when tina bgns fur to danse thar fashunabe aeck
form circle ke .e) jest fur the sole purpose
Of seen EN- hug each uther mi god, du.n approov
Of maxim sutch things publickthe gals boys IL cum
nara enuf without emmy such advertisement fur the
nstitushun. Sum Of the gals thinks than pear moare
modest tina danses hug each er in the moast furius
nanner-nou fur mi part don't thars emmy moar or
half as mulch in this performance luther
hr whut gupshun is thar in two gals hggn each luther
i is sartiny sensible to hav likely yung Teller to
Zoo thai, il it,mus be dun.
Thar is still anuther class Of gals hoo is so oruy modest
y so fond Of huggn that tina cant doc Gather Of the
lther casses-tha can't hav Gather the boys gals to hug
EN-, but tina must hav corsets to purorm that delicate
'perashun them corses thave squeezed the life out Of
nenny pore ga-tha reglar graveyard agentsmanny
acturs Of dizzeezes to order
Wei polly wus gwine on in this strane gittin wu.s
Then toe her fur gods sake stop taukn to the pore
gal in that kinder se sheed mak ole fogy mady jain
Polly she turned up her locked broomscks at me
left the room as mad as a hornet
wood rite yew good dee moar tel yew whut polly
ez bout the man creashun but mi candel is gittin low
must fetch mi ettur to pint with the compliments of the
amly ceptn polly rename
rt.-- Yourn til deth JogS CAKE |
p g. Mandy Jain toe me to yew when the draygoons
gwne to muster fur she she neery ded fur to see
m In thar regimentals. . JEC