The Abingdon Virginian. [volume] (Abingdon [Va.]) 1849-1883, 1863-07-03
For the Virginian.
BEAR COVE, WISE Co., Va,
June the 18th, 1863.

Master Coale & Bayr-Its bin good long spell
since rit you a letter, but I've bin so bissy put.
tin in crap, didn't have the time to spare.
The last letter / rt to be printed, was for nv
old friend Mister Charlton at Knoxville but that
stirred up SIGH muss it sorter skeered me. and
/ begun to think I'd never rite for the papers
agin. But, as the old man Shadrach used to
say, "second thoughts is best in the long run y
4 4 think II rite one more anyhow, no matter
/ what turns up. s1gtsf 80
Speakin Of shad reminds me offish--so, talk
in about that little. christian epistle to Mister
charlton reminds me that owe an apology to
the good old brother that used to rite sNotes by
/ the Way" that 0rter to a bin made long ago.
and would a bin made, if Mister Charlton hadn't
as good as sed he wouldn't print no more of INV
letters l thought as how the ssNotes by the
Way brother was q good old Hardshell. and
dldn, want the blessed old land marks pulled
down and new ones sot up I'd try to help him
little, and at the same time drap him hint
that well-meanin sensible people mout sometimes
rite too much about trifin things without bene
ftin anybody great deal T didn't mean no
disrespect to him as a man nor to his Office as |
minister, and if he got offended ok his pardon,
and will promise never to agree with him agin. |
nor eat meat nuther, if it puts stumblin- block
in his way. s. sa@ go F.s
II Aiity curry tudt kOts mlSLer CHARLTON lu- 4
to a scrape, for he has anuf to worry him con-
siderable without me helpin to do it. Pm afraid /
ne finds Jordon o hard road to travel. l like his I
strait up and down, Independent and honest
course, but / pity him from the bottom of my in
nards, he has SIGH a miserable set of grumblers
to try to please He don't say .nothin nor do no.
thin, that some thick headed or thin-s skinned fell
Ter don't git mad at him and growl like bear
with sore head, and say that he orter do this
and he orter do that, and seem to think that all
the sense in the world is inside Of their heads. +
when he knows and know it's nifty nigh all on
the outside. Ii he tries to do good by inventin
means to circulate his paper, and offers poor
good boss to work for him little
without lnfringin on the time he owes to the
Lord, some pharisee has to set himself up as o
Judge Of his actions and his conscience, and ses
he's gwine to the devil as fast as that boss kin
carry him. If he prints letter from me incul- :
latin the old landmarks as good doctrin. and !
lelpin brother on his way to Pilgrims Rest,
whole set OF grumblers is at his heels, and / :
hey abuse him out Of one side of their mouths. !!
While with tother side they try to agg him and
ne beth on. But I'll let all this pass, for it does
eem to me that my tother letter come mity nirh 9
aakin certain brother backslide when / only =
Intended to encourage him, and nearly upset q 9
cap Of other peoples religin into the bargain. !,
'ut m rlnn Tor worldly paper now, and must =
ct sperretual things alone.
We've had q great deal Of BLOWN and hurraw- "
q over here in Wise for week or two, tryin to q
it up companies for home defence, accordin to h'
lister Letcher's plan. don't know how it Is es
4 the other counties round about, but it's up al
i'll bisness here There's set Of fellers round bl
ere thatw pipin hot for war before itsbegun, pr
nat wanted to kill somebody or git somebody to al
i'll them right of, but they're more peaceably in
isposed now, and think it's necessary for some v,
stay home to crap, go to mill and take keer "a
{ the wimmin. But 4 wouldn't make no objec- n
on to this, if it hadn't bin that these same fell =:
RS used to tell me and dad and Bednigo that we -
Is sssubmishioners" bekase we wanted to settle ~
le question Of State Suvrinty in the Union in =:
id Of out Of it, while we had majority in the =.
d Sinnit, and sed if Yirginny didn't seceed, =
ey'd 60 right strait to South Carolina to live. ~
hey never would volunteer, but when the thing an
me to the pinch they got substitutes, or Offices sei
had bones in their legs, or some other ailment &C
1t they can't shy off no longer, and viii have
face the music or hack. One things certain tai
If they amt for US they're agin u.s. II they hol
US they'll jine if they're agin US they won't. hin
lat'l settle the hash, no matter how loud they go
y talk about Secession, State Rights and the
uthern Independence. If their actions don't tbe
ve-fail with their words, they're asses in lions The