Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-07-06
LETTER FROM
JONATHAN Q. SMITH.
tANP l'ilLEL, DOWN fN
II..,s n 49,. .fussy I.Isg T.

never had the plasurc oy slcapcn with yu,
but am 50 pleased with peace yu put in
the Wooster RcpuJIiha ov last week, that
! thot wood write two yu.
kun down hear to sea mi friend Tom
Fcttcrnan, who is loyal awl over A few
munths ago. Tom was in Millcrsburg aud a
coppurhed woman wanted two ride in his
wagun, about thrc milds two her hoam -
On the way out, she sed sumthcn agnst
Old Abe, and consequently Tom histed hur
out in the mud. Old Joe Ankeny then
rekomenled Tom fur promoshen, but he
haint got it yit
In your peace in the RepaJItken yu maik
lnensbcn ov the fortyGkashons, rcbclyon, |
&c, etc, what belongs two this plaice. ]
hay bin ookon over the ground hear, and
iind formidable airthworks. Banks air
throan up too hundred feat hi, extenden
! fur mllds around, aud the trenches along
BlackkIick air frum one hundrid two too
hundrid feat deep. The rcbcllyon hear was
brcwed in the time ov jim Buckcannon,
and know dout inkurraged by him, fur large
treas air groan on awl the tortyfykaahuns,
and awso in the entertainments.
Yu naim this place Camp Fizzle, but the
Coppurhcds hear sez this was the Camp
and the Fizzle was in Cleveland. Ov the
hundrd or too whot was indited only one
was kunvictcd, and he was konvicted by
perjury, not haven bin in the skrapc at awl,
and upon bcin satisfied ov this Old Abe
pardoned him and sent him hoaln. The
rest uv the PROSECUTIONS was awl grand
tizzle Mebby yu had better not sa emmy
thing moar about the "Gzzle' fur fear ov
hurtcn the fcalings ov the guvermcnt.
Deer Sur, the CRATE obict in written your
peace seams two bea two decline scrven as
2 President ov Fireman celebration ov the
lth ov July and two wclkum hoam the sol
gers, and yu Civ as your reason fur thus
delilinen that yu wood be ashamed two let
solgers sea yu in kompauy with Coppur-
hoda. Yu air right. If the Coppurheds
don't lave this kuntry the loyal men will
We must git better acquainted. ! under
stand yu air a CRATE feller. Yu air in the
. hardwair bzness, aud sa yu sold pistes two
the Coppurheds two kerry on the rcbelyon
in lloams kounty. In examiner the forty
fykashcns, found number ov port holes
intended fur guns kalculated two shoot
broad axes, the sam as Gineral Jackson
had at New Orleans, and that yu had kon-
e tracted two visit the koutraband kamps fur
l the purpis ov prokuren these guns, but yu
fallen two kun up two your kontract caused
h the rcbelyon two subside.
, am informed that in won ov your fty
o ov loyalty yu turned intwo Captain anC
y rdl2ed "a kumpany two go two the war; but
= the smell ov powder bein disagreeable two
u yu yu let the boys go and stadc at hoau
4 yurcsef. lu hav dun better ncr the boy,
hav-yu hav maid mummy out ov the war
perhaps not so much as yu did out ov the
Carmen Bank ov Wooster by Il friend, Of
y reluShea, uscn yu two kiver his efccts--y,
/ hav dun we'll sellcn wcpins two the Cuppur
s. heds-yu hav woar stoar cloze and kauzct
Y the wimcn two smile on yu--yu hav woa
the cloak ov rcliSen two cuver up trick!
maor loyal than oncst-yu hav sprcd yurc
self like unto old hen with forty cgs and
- bckum highcockalorum in pick hicks, sol
gers aid societies and sich likcanl | an
informed yu ken maik the biggest fuss oN
" emmy little man in the kuntry. Mi fren,
Tom sez yu wood maik a good fork two
u skater hay, but the handle wood bca tw,
, short
y Andy johnson won't du the right thin!
d by good men like me and yu, but hav secl
/ j. Dolson Cox, and he sez that when he il
clectid Guvnor he wants two due a rit,
ic smart thing fur awl hiz trends, and he pro
re poses two set the Immortal j. n. ~ up il
lo the lecteriu bizness and commshen yu hi
n Munky two gether up the pennies.
Mi trend Tom is taller, and he sez if y,
l. will bring down that flag yu had in 1856 witt
70 sixteen stars on it, and find the stuff, h
4" ~ will sew on the balance ov the stars frc
CRATES fur nothen.
10 | am written biograty ov CRATE men, an
p if yu will answer the folering questions cat
-, tygorically at yure earliest konvenence,
Ig will Civ yu a very prominent plaice in IL
y book
fl Did yu apose the Mexiken war and wan
s. the Amcrikeu solgcrs welkumcd with bludd
- hands two hospytable graves?
n. How mcnny flags with sixteen stars di
n yu furnish two the loyal men in 1856?
OF Did yu ever declare that yu was not
III tavcr ov abolishen slavery-only wanted
,o extended no farther?
to How much hav yu cheeted the guvermel
ed out ov sense the kommensement ov the wa
About how menny lies hav yu told c
NJ W. Coppurheds?
Is Yu lie about yure nabers, NEEDLE wit
II, uther peepils bizness, oppose mercy, fave
IT, bloodshcd, incurage mobs, cheat when y
or dr git chance, and du menny uther thing
,f pekuliar two them what is very loyal d
an yu ever hav emmy quams ov Conscience abol
ed these things when maken yure long prayer
and if 50, how menny.
of Air yu in faver ov the free Amerkens c
Afriken descent haven a vote?
80 lfa white man is loyal and don't drink, d
90 ! Hin, GOOD , lnJ bo