The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-10-25

changes several months ago, and as our scout.
side" this week is devoted to fun generally,
we throw in this burlesque. The letter was
first published in the Boston Post, and purport-
ed to have been found on u southern battle field
by an intelligent contraband:
Darkeyesdale, Mass Feb. 10, 1865.
My Dear Neamire; Your last letter has jes
come teu hand, and the earrings teu. Kezier
says she's much obleeged tcu you: she looks
fust rate in EN-. guess that southern gal felt
kinder shaller when yeu took 'em out'n her
cars Served her right the creuel trol'p for
liyen' on the sweat o the poor culered mems
breows. Last week
Bgelow sent his darter Jemimy a SPLENDID
pyanner he captered from a gothic vandel
woman deown there. She had the impotence
teu call him brute and thevin' yankee; but
he got some o. his men teu set fire teu her
dress, and she soon sung another teune. Your
brother Job has failed again in business and
made atween thirty and forty thousan' dollars,
and meow he 5 got the handsonest pew in church.
The Dllabys and Metcalfs and Dewittles, and
good many more o. our nabors, has gone
dOOwn teu Savanner ten git holt o. confsca.
led property. Your father thinks they've went
doown u leetlc mite teu soon; for he says ontil
them southern confcdcrt cusses is eout and eout
exterminated, he a.lates they'll be likely teu
reowl areound O. nights and murder and set
fire tcu the loyal eastern folks in cold blud,
and teu, for by all ackeounts they're Jest as
savage as wild injins and wunt stay confiscated,
no matter what eour giaet and noble president
says. kezier says she wonders you haint sent
her any elk dresses yet; she says mebby ycou
got some sweetheart doown there teu give 'em
teu, but CESS that's only her fun, fer she
knows yeou wouldn't thi9k O. takin' shine
this section goes for vigorous persecution Of
the war, but purity much all on 'em has sloped
for Canady to git clear o. the draft. We've
got new minister here He's only preached d
the last Sabbath: he goes in strong for war and
determination. He says that if he had his
way he'd soak the hull confederacy in keroseen
lie, and set fire teu EN-, men, wimmen and
children, all but the colored folks. We like
him better than anv minister we ever had in
Darkeyesdale. he's so good.
There's so many o. the men folks gone away
from here, it seems as if there want nothn'
left but wimmin, and they're cut.in' up wus
than satin. don't know whatll become o.
the critters if the southern coniederacy ain t
extcrmnated soon; so that their husbands CAT,
git home from Canady teu see teu 'em. Most
all the officers deown south from these parts
has been sendin' home pyanners an pictures
an marvel stattcrs; but think they'd good
deal better send on silk dresses an jewelry, an
let the sojers burn the statters aud picters-
The pyanners II deu well enough for the young
folks teu pound ontu, but the Jewelry an
dresses is Jest the same as cash. Your father
says yeou must hurry up an git the south ex-
terminated as soon as yeou can, for then we're
comm deown there teu confiscate an locate an
so is the most of the folks about here and yeour
father wants yeou teu let him know the very
mint they re ex:erminated an subjugated so
he can git deown there ahead o. anybody else.
Kezire says don't forget some silk dresses. for
her, an yeour brother Job saws if yeou can
capter a good gold watch an damon pin he
don't mind allowing yeou a fair second hand
price for 'em in petroleum stock, which he's the
president of the company Exterminate as
many OF the gothic vsndels as yeou can. and
capter all the property yeou can find, and
don't forsit tcu read ycour bible steddy,
is the wish an prayer of yeour affecshenlt
mother. a. .-a.u. HAMMER TirFLINs.
Oh! P. S. forget teu tell yeou that deacon
Pardon's dartcr, Mehitable, is goin' teu be mar
ried next harvest time teu colored man that
skewered his libity from bondige in the suthern
clmes, by settin' fire to his gothic masters
manshun an burnin' up the family, an skewriu'
their jewelry an then scapin' inteu Massachu.
sets, the 'sylum O. the pressed colored man
He's good an noble an pious, though he an't
to say good lookin. Methitabe brought him
reound teu eour house tOther eveuin' on visit:
the room was pooty warm an smelt little
leoud, but Mehit says she's fond o. the sent.
cause mister Genatien that wrote book bout
it. says it is healthy. Old coppcrhcad- Stan
chard slept in short spell arter they went eout
and We couldn't beat it eout of his stubben
head that there was skunk in the cellar
Mehit says that Mr.. Swankey that's her colored
beau's name, is agein' to study for lawyer -
Mehit's learnin' him his letters, an she's only
been teu weeks at it, an he knows A an w
an lizard when he sees 'em aready, an' yet
that abominable pizen old copperhead, old
Stanchsrd, says when that nigger learns teu
read therell be good skatin' in hell. Them
was his very words, the h"rrid old blasted.
femer