, 1856-07-11
Letter from Giles SrrOgginS.
SKATER CRrcK, w. 7.
June llM, 1856.

OuHc llH, lCOO.
MISTER EDIrER:-I haint had mutch time
10 drap yeu fue lines fur good long time.
Sence I've ben in the wars out yander,
ben etin so mutch boss meet, begin to
want to jump stif.legged, aud cant steddy
myself mutch to riten letters, yeu better be-
leve. Gist to think on it, to bee out Gten
ingins on lvin on hoss meet, l tel yeu Mr..
editer it's no fun at al, yeu better believe it
aint emmy wa yeu kin ficks it.
gist got hoam to look arter my family
and crops, aud heerd about the CRATE fuss
sum of yeur pepil at Olimpy an Stilicum, is
maxim with guvener Stevins. Wee out
hear on Skater crick, viii bee up thare
about that time an Sc the lick them darnd
lawyers want to do things by, an like as
not hav hand in too, an Sc that justis is
dun to guvener Stevns, an that no under
holts is takin by them alGerd medlers of
lawyers. l don't think it will take mutch
out hear to stur up hornits nest that viii
sting sum Of them fellers unity hard. l tel
yeu now tha bed better look out fur brak-
ers, orsthare wiz bee more than one fante,
an more than one pare Of pants spilled the
next time; the pepil aint agoin 10 stand
mutch moar Of this kind Of bizines no how
Guvener Stevins. has got q plenty to do,
to fite the ingins, an save the countrey, an
haint got no time to be fooln ava with
them felers no how.
Has bruther Evans rekiyered his helih
sence he fanted an spilled his pantsI Poor
feller, Pm SO glad he aint ded. That vim
igar factury man, Kendall, the peepil tells
me is nifty nj mad; well, he kinder look
that wa al the time; and Clark tina tel me,
hes quit playin thre bean poaker, an plays
fur sents q game now; he is gtten kwite
rispectibel fur him. Duz Kernel Wallace
git drunk as mutch as everl Lord hev
mursey on them sinners Sd, is these the
men maxim al this darnd fuss? / think it's
time we out hear on Skater crick begin to
look to these matters, an al the peepil oil
over the contry, and have say and hand
in it now to the last, thare is sum accounts
that shood hev long sence bin setteled, an
now viii bee good time to pas rcceits, an
wipe out ole scars am in, for one, by
JUL, an no mistake, nary time. ,Thare amt
no yuse now, Of tawkin, tha must face the
musick or fante this time. Lord won't we
have time, and sum fun! You better be-
leve VIC will.
A good menny peepil wanted me to cum
up thare with 'em, an sta an find out all
about these things. kalkilate it vii bee
time plenty to be thare sum foar or FIVE
daze befour the time, an wee don't iuten to
lot mulch go on that wee hev no hand in,
for the hull peepil's good yeu better believe,
am in airnest now tel yeu. i..
Wee, the peepil out hear on Skater erik
are goin to stan by him.
lst Becase he has bin doin al he Good
to save the contry an the peepil:
I'd Ef he can't do it, thare aint nobody
out hear what kin do it, l tel yeu, an the
cOntry viii bee eileen gon in.
Sd Wee want him to beat the ingins, an
ficks the contry up agin; If these darn'd
Latcvers, and them enemys Of the contry,
sich as tina hev got prisiners kin keap bank
in him an botherin of him al the time, il
wont do no how, tel yeu;
i 4th When he gifts dun fiten the ingens
wee want him to help foxes git ther pa ful
the war, an etin ther meet an sleapin OF
the groun without emmy kiver, while theI
familys hey to liv in blok-houzes.
will gist cloze this Letter by telin yel
| that me an mi naburz, an al the rest o
mankind, viii be up to olimpy to SC far'
pla, an wee will hev it an no mistake; al
: stan by guvencr Stevins, bccazc he IL stan