Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1865-12-26
correspondents of Stanton Spectaitur.
rIcnlnOHU FIgIHuy,
Desembre 12lf 1865.

richmond Viginny,
Desembre 12lf 1865.
Mr.. EpDTTUR-deer Mozee.-i hev no doubt it
vii bee surprisen to yu to phind that in this
yillaig indede am asstonished miself, konsid-
erin the upps douns, the triles & tribilashuns i
he'd to enkowntre gitten doun here.
Befour given o akount of the things seed here,
will Civ you q shorte histore of mi tripp hither
no this wonte be interestin to al the wreeders Of
the s.,pectaitur., butt it is fur the benphit of mi
trends & uthers W hoo has never been frum home,
like miself them whoo has never travelled emmy
vel, deturmend wood sum of the wurd--
for never wus furthur befoer than the shopp,
the mil, and the still house--so thot wood sea
stanton, and sharletsvill, and richmond, and the
rale-rode kars, and the telygraff and al that kind
of fixens onst in mi life. when i arrove at the
sssitty of the mowntens" a1ed ''intellygent
kontryband'' which wus the quikest kommunika
shun with richmond seq he de teygraff massa
dem wires and de gemmen in de shop wild sumfn
like rat trep de table; just wax in massa
Virgins walked in and teched lis hat to the fellur
with the kontrapshun on the label How fast,
sez i, kin yu kommunicait with distant sittys I?
quiker nor time itself sez be. sez he, kin start
q messaig here at II o'clock and it vii git to
newe Orleens bi II O'clock. Bully fur yu sez j.
that suites me zackly, yu vii plees send Gov.
peerp ointe wurd that vii be at richmond yister-
day at II o'clock vii jst go npp toun and git
mi pants inshoored and then will git astraddle
the wire and be off insfantur. Sez he, yu blamed
ole phule balled heded euss, we don t kerry
peepel on this mesheen, we send messages and
sch like things. sez he, git out here and git in
them kars rite thar in bubble quick time or viii
xix - sez don't xix, let me go 10 the inshu-
rams offs furst but had no neshun to go too the
inshnrans ofiis, wus jst a going out back foar-
most to keep him from kerryin out his thret about
kiken.
Thinks to miself, this is q rite mutch Of q ad-
ventur fur the furst, but vii step in them things
he kols the kars ennyhow, beleivin al the time it
wus al ketch, and thai wus goin in a salune
or sumthin, but Virgins talks a sste It wus %
purity pais, stoave in ther, karpet, benshes with
velvet on them. White peepe & kontrabands in
thar with tbare faces all turned the saim wa
afterwhile heerd a tremenjus nois, indeescriba-
bel unerthly I! it sumt lin like q dinner
horn, and sumthin like thundur, and sumthen like
parsel of kows belleren when tina smells bud. i
heerd won fellur klose to me sa thars the whistle,
we vii be off in mint Thinks i, won poor fell
lur--that's me--is merely of now, won DER sich
nos as that vii finish Virgins. Thinks the
konserns is moVen shure enuf, or els that water
and shooger and ice that took up thar at the bar
room had sun brandy in it. VEL tha kept
gitten faster & faster--a hop-step- and jumpin
and sumtimes iien thot--a techen the grownd
onst in about miles.
Yu kin amagin mi konsternashun! had seed
staig coaches befour; noed the kars run with
out horses but didn't no that tina pitched and
jumped & fewd thro' the are in that kind Of ste.
Mi furst thot was to jump off the bland me-
sheen, but sune fownd that Good not stand up
long enuf to maik jump, tha coed so fast
While wus thus skeered and cogitaten every
thing get dark mite Thare now thinks the
konsern has run in the grown; no wondur it has
bean jumpen and pichen, and fen in the are !;
just thot it mite run in the grown like every
thing els that sores alofft. now give up all hope
of gitten out alive. in mi despare Good think
of nuihin but the Hmm wurds !: plunged in
gulpl of darke despare'' But the konsern kept
gon moar desently than it did befour, not so
fast. After sum time-i thot about dais : da-
lite cum agin, but sum fellur coas bi me SADIE it
wus only minis. i nevur wus 50 glad to sea
dallte in mi life. i axed that felur what pulls
the wrope axes yu fur yore munny-tha kohl
him the konductor believe, axed him what it
mtnt. He SADIE we had jist got thro the Blew
Ridg Tunnel. Sez i, tunnen or know tunnel VI
vii nevur git Virgins in thar agin. Sez i, MIR.
konductor WHARF is we now? Sez he, in abby
mari cownty in this subterranion, hopp-stepp
and jump, aerial stile we got to sharletsyill.
la CRATE plais, bully sitty no wunder i pin mi
fathe to albymarl and sharetsvill. i am Trade mi
ulogy, which rote on albymarl some time ago is
underdraned. Bizzy place hi houses, men &
dogs, mules and gals wakin all long the stretes.
Theirs the unionversity thars monticelly on the
big hill the graiv of the CRATE Jefferson. Mozee,
yu tell Bill Lin of the ''vindcatur'' to dri up and
go in his hoal s. let sharlotsvill aloan. Thar is
CRATE improvements goin on in this sitty. Bill
Lin to the konrary, notwithstandn. Too pair
of nu steps, 2 nu planks on sumbuddy's pig pen.
rite nu platform, good union platform maide
durin the war, in plais of the Internal, ricketty
seceshion platform that the peepel of albymall
stood at the beginner of the kruel, fratrysidell
war. if sharletsville has no Lewnatick ASYLUM,
she has plenty of foxes to fiji one with if she has
no Deef and DUNN institution, she has plenty of
them dunn fellurs what didn't voat nor sa wurd
at the last elekshun. So Bill Lin dri up. After
leeyen sharletsville we drove on in the saim stie
toards this pais and vas jist beginner to rit