The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1862-01-30
Unl Arp's Last.
To NisTkR AHs LtykHoKs sowAr = sutS,;,o,
SkNrrRvILLE. Janywsry
l.th 1862.

'th 1862.
Mn. LISKuoRS, sur: in the spring of
the year, | write you a letter from my ma.
tive sile, askln for little moro time in
whitch TO dispurs. | told you then that
~ days wernt enut-that the thing kond-
int he did IN that brief interval. You kan
'"ok bak aud sec 1 war right. We tried
our durndeSt all summer TO komply with
your skedVol, but as you kept calm for
volunteers our cherykce Georgy Dimakrats
KEEP comm out from under their clay roots.
They sifrk themselves and spit FIRE. and
"oulndt 20 back SO long as tie Wings
would read e,n rhsnevs about this fuss
Mr. Abe l.inkhorn, sur .he spring hay
shed IT'S fragrance. the summer are over
and gore, ct!G ysi,er leaves of ortcm hay
i'kivcred che ground, old win.er are slcbbe-
IN hia froth on the yeurth but we have not
been able 10 diSpurs az yit--rne and the
toys Started last may to Gee you personally,
Ituc Az fa- an .xtenshum Of your brief
Phu.lo, but We got on bust in old Viz
/ e,iny, about the 2fst OF July, and like TO
have Ebt run over by passel of fellers
rn:-r.in fobt race from Bull run to YOUR
. EH
the P0tcinak River, but Mr.. Whiting sed
you werut runnin that masheen at these
presents. We next went to Mr. Harper,-
Ferry, 20 take the Baltimore Rail Road,
bht We ksudn', fnd the kondrktor. and
kars sct'nrd scarce, and folks sed YOU
wern't runnini tha. rnacheen much. We
tfTu h0wioincYcr e. take adec X r.ssace On
the kanai, but dam had broke, tnd the
water war low. and General Jack son ecd
you wern't runnin that 'Inacheen ska,-v
I eng AFTER all that, we cum bak aud tho {
Ne -would get Cabbea Wilks to ship us
over, but Nlr. Bennett sent us word the
tabbeR had quite sea farm life Mr..
Suard made hun quit, to passiiy an old
English Bull that was a belerin and ps~er,
dirt IN the air, Mr. Linkhorn, sur, if thu.
BuIi are of the satnc stok as the one your
folks seed here in July. he are dangerus
aud will hav bad effect on your populs-
shun. You'd better circumscribe him atore
lac hurts somebody.
Mr. linkhOrn--Sur-Bhat are yodr
faktory dom now davsy hcar'r 'vuu
had quit runnin their masheen. owing TO
thin crop OF cotton. IF you would pat
sweet lie in your faktorys they wouldn',
rust Will" standn idu. | war glad 20
hear you had 90, enuf cotton .. Port Rc7al
10 DO yourn and Suards families. The bows
say you got enuf to make ss MANY shirts a.
Fsista. had in has company.
Mr. Link horn-:St.r-hov 10 -voc con
on with your stoncf feet--do it pay e1p.n-
scs--are it safe nvsstuen.-could | pi,
ary stok in il at sar price; don't you .hink
its most too fur to haul rois, and wont il
inpoeerish new England sil. to take the
rokS ofion il,
Nr. Abe Linkhorn Sur-the l9,h ar
the anniversary of the day when Geoery
tore herself frsntika!ly loos from the abo.
liShun die nas'y--N hen she ripped her star
from off Il O striped rag, and spred new
shirtin TO the breeze. We kalkulate 10
celebrate that day. and am otherized to
invite you and Bill Suard over, to partske
o. our horswhipaliiics Wars Hamliny
| allow As how he's dead. OF ! would Az
hlm too Let me kno If you and Suard
arc comm, so we car nix up and swsp 4 lie
or two with you. kouldn't you all COR
slnUg with ll;sk when he makes that ad
vance he's been t5l.ine about SO long,
Bti' 9 yuuS fntten with you when YOU csm.
and kleln shirt 67 '~o Do YOU chaw
'uoasrr! We've rot -sSrne that's good Hly
F ,haw"d, aud Nh Davis gave him whole
warehouse At Richmond
MrT.iTtkhorn, sur, 4 wish you'd * Banks
TO send ME kO. fsh-Pole eats are bad
around here, and We wsn. something tc
dive cm away. II you bring Banks or
Phayunr BLtler With voc, VOC reed,' ',
bcing TIA, &od
fnUrn till deth,
BILL ARP
| = : Whet's E.eemourey heasn he'd
gone tc -spoct