Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-01-30

Bill Arp's Last.
TO MISTER ABE L1NKHoRN, NOW AT WASH.
INaTUN
SENTUav1LLE, Janywary 18th, 1862.
MR. L1NKHoRN, SUR: in the spring Of
the year, writ you letter from my native
siIe, askiu for a little more time in whitch
to dispurs. I told you then that 20 days
wern't enuf-that the thing kondiut be
did in that brief interval. You can look
bak and see I war right. We tried our
durndest all summer to komply with your
skedool, but as you KEEP calliu for volunteers
our oherykee Georgy Dimakrats KEEP comm
out from under their clay roots. They
shuk themselves and spit FIRE, and wouldn't
60 back SO long as the Wings would read
EN- the news about this fuss.
Mr.. Abe Linkhorn, sur, the spring hav
shed its fragranse, the summer are over
and gone, the yaller leaves Of ortum hav
kivered the ground, old winter are slobber.
in his froth on the yearth, but We hav not
been able to dispurs as yit-me and the
boys started last may to see you pussonally,
and ak for an extenshun of your brief Phur-
10, but we got on bust in old Virginy, ..
bout the 2lst Of July, aud like to hav got
run over by passel of fellers runniu foot
race from Bull run to your sity. Arter
that, we tried to git to you by the Potomak
River, but Mr.. Whiting sed you wern't
runnin that masheen at these presents. =
We next went to Mr.. Harpers Ferry, to
take the Baltymore Rail Road, but we
koud' Mt 6nd the konduktor, and kars seemed
scarce, and folks sed you wern't runnin
that masheen msasch we tho't, howsomey,
er, to take dek passage on the kanal, but
a dam had broke, and the water war low,
and Genral jackson sed you weru't runnin
that masheen skarsly eng. Arter all that,
We KUN bak, and tho't We would get Cap.
pen Wilks to ship US over, but Mr.. Bennett
sent US word the Cappen had quit a sea
farm life. Mr.. Suard made him quit, to
passify an old English Bull that was bel
lerin and PAWN dirt in the air. Mr.. Link
horn, sur, if that Bull are of the same stok
as the one your folks seed here in July, he
are dangelus, and will have bad effek on
your populashun. You'd better circum-
scribe him afore he hurts somebody. :
Mr.. Linkhorn-Sur-what are your
Faktorys doin now days? I hear'n you
had quit runnin their masheens, owing to a
thin crop of cotton. Eff you would put
sweet lie on your Faktorys they would not
rust while standin idul I war glad to hear
you had got euuf cotton at Port Royal to
do yourn and Suards families The boys
say you got enuf to make as many shirts as
Falstaf had in his company.
Mr.. Linkhorn-Sur-how do you com
on with your stone aeet-do it pay expen.
ses-are it safe investment-could git
any stok in it at far price, don't you think
it's most too fur to haul roks, and wont it
impoverish new england sile to take roks
often it.
Mr.. Abe Linkhorn-Sur-the 10Th ar
the anniversary of the day when Georgy
tore herself frantikally loos from the abo-
lishun die nasty-when she riped her star
from off the striped rag, aud spred a new
shirtin to the breeze. We kalkuIate to sci,
ebrate that day, aud 1 am otherized tdfn:
vite you and Bill Suard over, to partake Of
our horswhipalities. Wars Hamliny |
allow as how he's dead, or would ak him
too. Let me kno if you aud Suard are
comin, go we can fix up and swap a lie or
two with you. Kould' mt you all com along
with Max when he makes that advance he's
been talking about so long? Bring your
knittin with you when you com, and klean
shirt or two. Do you chaw tobaker 3
We've got some that's good. Ely chawed,
and Mr.. Davis gave him a whole ware.
house at Richmond.
Mr.. Linkhorn, sur, wish you'd az
Banks to send me kodfsh-Pole cats are
bad around here, and we want something
to drive EN- away. Eff you bring Banks or
Pikayune Butler with you, you needn't
bring the kod. Yourn till deth,
BILL ARP.
P. S.-Whar's Freemount ! hearn
he'd gone to spout.
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