White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-12-29
gflttt Gale,
JEDEDIAH PARsLEY's
NEW YEARS PARIN BEE,

DEAR SIR Perhaps you never went
Down East about muster time and Thanks.
givin', and in course you don't know
nOthiu' about huskin' frolics and parin'
bees and sach like. In such case. I'm
into you all about no particular measure
at seem it's You, and | don't kere if | lei
you into some ssrtin doin's in these parts
"ihat come off," as you Workers say,
next January viii be tn years. Now If
do tell the hull story, l shall depend on
your "onor" and | kalkiIate that's ray
Their better than Mississippiy bonds, J
that yOu won't let out on me. cause il
you did | should have Hetty Gawkins in
nv hair in no time. and may be sooner,
and Prudence Parr wouldn't never let me
stay with her again, in all creation. So
here goes and as every thing has title
nowadays, l go in for the FT ~s
NEW YEARS PARIN, BEE. uf
And you never went tn Parin' Bee
Well, tn tell the fair truth never did
tn only one, and pare me into hoop poles
ever | dew agin. 1t was rale scrsa
mer, Tor that matter. both on account Of
what happened there, and what befel
afterwards. l have been tn huskin' frol-
ics. and quiltin's and musters. and fourth
Oh Independence, and raisin's, but tn one
glnowine, high PRESSURE Parin' Bee. and
blame the luck but before l got threw /
mad an all sufficient great psirin' scraped
Cd my shin bone, along with a pair Of
new boots all gone tn smash, besides a
par OF spoilt trowsers for mother tn scold
spout tor year afterwards. You see
Ooi- Gristte made the party. You know
Voi. Gristle, L sposs. He's the Major Of
our regiment, tho we calls him Col. out
OF compliment. Well, the Col. and his
vile and Coz. Becky, made the frolic, and
IN course had an invite, and so did all
Tue gals and fellers for milds around.
II was gOln' To bea famous one, so mother
s0e went to help Coz. Becky git up the
nA'As the day afore-and when she cum
num' that mite. by goll !! if my mouth did ut
~A'er, when she told me over shout the
Gsens'tull Of punkin pies and the pile of
uCenuts' tn say nOthn' about the 'lssses
axe and new cider. already slowed away
~ 1he oack buttery. She said how the
HOl. was goin' tn set the two birch tables
q 'ne lore room, and kalkilated tn fix
.s , boards in the kitchen tn put the rest
~tae Whites on after they'd got done
pS1n' and as they expected about 40 all
~'u and there want cheers enuffor all tn
- 'ney had got tn eat standin', which
I toe most perliter way, and the Col.
.n NEW, for be had been to the Legislator
t e. S winter and seed how the great
S ;S.Is dun it. Gracious ihavt /, i'll
u make up for that thow- can eat
n, .Iuea agln that way, it goes down so
nv. .sa strater. Well, towards mite the
800 Jay while l was gitsin' reddy, who
liz 'u cum along but Jim Spooner.
toI a and had allen been purity thick, and
'' ..t each other every thing. - 6fr
.,n 90" ar you, Jed 2" seq he.
!, oo' rlte as book" seq I FHoW
,oi, Se.t about SO. only leetle taller
..v up to the Kurnel's to-nite 90 ~
tb..it les by hoky!" seq 1 .'fI can git
SO. .:n ere tasnal boots on.'' .s9
h. a sOrs some soft sope into them, ,. seq
SUI they'd 60 on as smooth a. lie. "
was a bran new pair of calfskin,