Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-02-07
Letter from smith.
Llndcn. Mo. Inn. gslh.

Linden, Mo, Jan. 95th, lsGl.
Mn EsrIiL:-Wc got home safe and suund
and kommcnccd houselcpcn yesterday. IN our
hurry Of gittcn married at Mcrsburg, and caycn
there We forgot to fetch along our boy We new
er tbot Of him ill Jane wanted sumbody 10 bring
in chips We must hav him wright away. !
want you to Eit him and send him to inc by Ex-
press Put large card on him and rite on il
"JoNArnAS q. SMlrn, Linden, Atchison county,
Missouri" Send him quick Don't forgit to put
'in haste" on the card.
| left Joe Baker, who went 10 School to you on
Yaller Creek, to attend my School willie | wos
gon for to git married Joe hadent bin in the
School long till he raised pcrtickclr hi lie
whipped big girl and her big bruther Civ him the
alfrcdcst poundcn ever any fcllcr got in the Stat
ofMissouri, and that busted the School. Joe hated
it mighty bad, and he went and hid himself We
hunted for him long tmc-aftcr sarchen for
two days cum across little hill what looked like
pcrtater hole. kommcnccd diggin in it and I
soon found Joe curled up like gopher. lie look.
ed vory shamad and scd he dident want no more
lickens in that naberhood.
Jane wants to know if the Milcrsburg Wide
Awalles hav started South yet. She thinks Cap
tain Coin hadent better CO. lie ken do better in
the clothen bizncss. She is very much consarncd
about the Berlin Wide Awakes for their is so
menny nice young men belongs to them. She is
sure they cant stand the warm klimatc Of South
Carny and is afraid if tina are brot up to battle
loy, Of hon, ,r;1 bo ,ho Lao UInit
Captcn is too tall 10 dodge bullets She frcts
dreadfully about the Millersburg Post Offs. She
thinks their is lot Of lellers tryen to uker CAsKY
out of it. She ses CAsKY has the kcerds and the
pluck on the rest of en- but sense white man is &c
nifty onsarten their is no tellcn what mite be dun
Ole Abe shocd me letter from Millersburl
staten a list of seventeen Mains of pussons wha
wanted the Milersburg Post Offs, and it sale
kontinered in the New York Leager. Ole. ABB
sed he wood not appint any Wide-A Awake Pos
Master for tina wood all be wanted to fite. Whei
, wos sat Abe's house he was ritcin Proclamation
( marked "Privatc," to all the Wide Awakes t
= hav their lamps trimmed and in order and not b.
like foolishvergns, without darned drap Of Il,
in their lamps.
| am goin for to quit techen School and hunten
! hav made raise. An ole Snaik Ingen Docto
cum along here to-day and | bot reseat from
him for maken an lngen Lnament that will xii
or kure all the ills what flesh is air to. We trieC
it on little Niger what had the colck and in les
ncr an hour he was as dead as q Scotch Herren
put few drops on a bundle of daily newspaper
aud it extracted chunk of truth out of them abou
the size of hazclnut. | soked a pertater in il
and planted it, and two hours and six minets
dug two bushels and three peks out Of the hill.
young man creased his hare with it, and six hours
he cut from his head eleven doers worth Of hare
sold it to n wigmaker and got drunk on the money
had fifteen dollers in notes on wildkat bank il
Kansas; went to the bank, put few draps o
the steps, and in six minits the notes had left m
: hand th ty haf dollers in silver was layon Oh th
indentykel spot where put the Lnament.
man was skelped by an Ingen and put sum o.
h his he'd; in one hour and two mnts his he'd wa
d heeled up aid hared over with hare fore feet lon
!; and still CROWN at the rait of an inch a mint.
am sure it is jist the thing for suflcrin world, an
c am goin out to sell it. | hav sent bottle t
Ole Buck for him to heel up the Union with.
will du the work if well shakn and takin akordi
= TO the direcshuns. intend to travel thro' north
O crn lllnoys, lndyanny, Ohio, and tlro' New Eng
0 land. think will find more interprisen peepl
D their ner eny place else. They are none of you
a ole fogys, but the rae live yankees what go int
O everything nue. with a will. ] coll the medcyn
: "Smiths Concrapulated Essense of Snaik Inge
U Yarbs."
Z. My medicyne will soon be for sail at the Dru
Stoars of j. K Raifi and II Yergin at Miersburf
c want you to git bottle oft and try it on tn
feller what run away without payn his subscripsio
: for the FARMER; I'll warrant it brings him t
6 Limerick If it doz think you will Civ me
7 puff. Yours Forever,
DR.. JONATHAN @ SMITH.