Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-09-29
Letter 10 Newt from limo
'ta thy OaIdbuck.

DEER NEwr:-When II wer here yister-.
la thot / told awl the news that wus
stirrin, and Ii kno that / expressed a hope
that l mout be al1owd to voat fur u, but,
alas! how kruelly wer disappointed. Ar
ter left toald the old womun how u
had begged me to voat fur and how II
kridc a5owt the wa old Matcnly and Full
Ter wus pitchcn in tn II. Ef II 0vur seed
an. old wumun fire up it wus Malindy.-
"Kridc, did he," ses she, "he is like the
man who straned at knat and swallered
a kamel. / wud luv tn see him kun weap-
in round me, I'd AK him few hum kwes-
tions. / wundur how pursun like him
kan look oncst man in the face, let aloan
sheldin krockolilc tiers and whinin like a
whipped houn. His tiers kun at very
lait da. VIII didn't he she'd tiers when he
broak the marrege vows and drove the
wife nv his busum ont on the cold cllaritys
NV the wurld? Viii didn't he kri then?
And when that wife of his youth was Ian
gushing upon bed of sickness. when the
fevurd blud madly swept thro her vains,
and when the lamp of life wus abowt go
in ont forevur, viii didn't he she'd an oshun
Of tiers to buoy her blud-washed soul up
10 the throan of God? And when deth had
klaimed her as his own. when that tung
Witch had told him the story ofluv wus
stillel and that arm Witch had wound a
rownd him in gentil embrace wus palsid,
viii didn't he kri then? His eye was dri
then, and smile, sich as demons wair,
ovursprcd his lectures. We'll mite he sa
ny hisself:
"The rocks kan rend, the crtli kan quake;
The sea kan roar the mountens shak,
OF fcelin, awl things show sine,
But this unfeelin hart of mine."
.Voat fur Newt Pacurdl No shant,
Timothy, as long as mi he'd is frum under
the sod. and if u luvcd me and respected
yoar family, u wouldn't want tn, neither, .
kricd she, Dustin in tn tiers. So sea,
Newt, that it's no use talkin, kant voat
fur n. shall notwthstanin kontiner tn
Civ advice till lection da.
U know told u yisterda that Jonathan
Juniper, the fcller who knms to sea mi
dawter Malindy, woud voat fur u. The
reesun viii thot so wus bekase tina want
tn git marred in the spring and Malindy
aint eighteen till fall, so rhay'd hev to git mi
konsent befoar tha coud git hitched. Yis-
tcrda evcnin, bowt dusk, Jonathan kums
up the road with his best bib an tucker on,
so goes to mete him and ascertain his
feclins on the subgec. Arter passcn the
time o. da, and axen abowt the folks tn hum
kwestiond him abowt the wa he wus 60
in tovoat this fall. Eur. Pershing." ses
he.- "Ef du,'' ses /, lyon kant hey Ma
Indy "Shc ses she woant hev me eff !
doant, and had ruther waite awhile than
lose hur awltewgcther. And even if il
wernt fur that | doant kno as should voa
fur him. he kontinerd, ''thc wa he has
maneged affares doant awltewgether sui
me. He has been extravagent in his ex-
pcnditurcs, and kant deny it. / saw hin
to -da and axcd him if he did spend S42S
fur stashionary as he sertiidc in the Dim
ekrat, and he sed he did but he had larg,
amownt still on hand. Didn't you sa the
saiin thing last yeer,' ses 'and then what
the recson purchased that so wurth senc'
the June settlement At this he got NAL
and sed wus talkin like Blac Republi
kan and that he tllot moar NV horse THE
than Blac Republican. 'Keap kool
Newt, scs |, Il want to AK u few kwes
tions and u kan anser them in the next Dim
ekrat ef u want tn. What klaim hev u tr
bcin kallcd the bost klerk the kounty eve
had, when it's notorious that 1--WE had dep
utecs who hev dun awl the bizness NV tin
offs evur scnce Il kommenced? What i
the reeson that fur evry stashionary bill
allowd ordurs air allurs drawn, wun larg,
wun and wun fur abowt 5 per cent nv th'
hullamownt? Who gifts that small ordur
Newt?' AT this he got as mad as hops
'Du mean to insinuait,' ses he, looking
as red as a turky gobblrr's snout. No.
ses l, i meme nuthin nv the kind, but el
the slew fits kan ware it. A few moa
kwestions- When / sed this he gin hi,
horse a kut and galioped ava"
While Jonathan wus talkin lot ov fel
lers who wer passen that wa had stopped
tn listen. When he stopped tha gin thres
cheers fur Jonathan, three fur Pershing and
three grones furu Newt. i wus struk dun
Newt to hccr Dimekrat gronei fur rite
befoar mi doar. t.
s'Sence yoar candidate is so ezy licked
owt, Unkle Timothy, ses Jonathan, '.I've
got sum moar kwestions I'd like to hey an.
serd What's. thA raass,e1s tl,>k :, J->-4. onq<
mon. lnlfyl