Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-03-13
[For the esprit of jefferson"
PossUM CREEK, VIRGINNY,
March the Sd, 1866.
Dcre l(istcr Spertt.

DcTe Mister SDcrIt:
liv down in the pine Woods of ole vir>
ginny, on p6ssum creek, About fore mile g.
u from bill simpsuns. reckon you no
bill; he'sa ole Teller aud nose heap Of pee-
pie, and heap Of people nose him. We
don't git nuscpupcrs down here more n oncet
III While, but Man stade all mite At bill
simpsun's \ while back and he Civ bill
"sperit." borrowed it from bill, aud me s.
Mi wife spent all the Time we Good spair of
Mites, besides 3 Sundays, Il readin of it, an
we rcd it all tell you WI at mister sperit,
but thar was sum nifty unk, mmon things in
That paper, to Alc-mity uukommon. is it
true that mister bob lee has let them fellers
what he was titIu OF, git the better Of him?
mi boy pete says he's burned glad if it is So,
If 1t Will stop the conscrps, for thay took
him, an He run OFF from them, and he has
Bin hid,n all day ever sense, i'll the swomp
up the creek an Il comm home OF mites to cit
something to cat. he amt scrtin about It
yet, aud he still hides Of Days, but bill simp-
sun says he is FOOL for mister bob Ice has
! sertinly stOpt titin, and tho you don't Say So
in your Paper, strait up and down. you kind
o hints at it Think. but pete still hides
In the swomp, an he don't hep me bit with
mi work, Bekase kes Atcard OF them con-
scrips, an Tell You thay was orful lookin
4CIlClS IiSS hdu " ullS anu lninHS ana ike
! to Eey Shcarcd NE and the Ole woman to
Doth, not To Speak OF pete, who looked like
he Was very sick ut his stomach when thay
Took him Off. the reason am writin Of
thus letter to you, mister spcrt, is TO ask
you to Tell me If pete cant leave the swomp
now, and cum home and 90 TO work ain
and also To ask You About 2 or . thing in
your paper. don't no cXacly what YOU
mean about thar bein Separate state out in
west vlrginny, and About that fc!ler out
Thar at whcelin whot thay call Jouyaqon. or
A"y"iG". or Sum Sort OF Man, Tho it seems
to Nc he's got more Devil about Him Than
he has man, tho not more, may be, Than he
has hog. Your Paper sas he is Tryin to
Makea New state out thar. ut wheeling.
reckon he picked out wheeling to Carry on
his Devilmcnt at. bckasc he wants to ,sh~cE
all the dirt to His Own brickyurd; don't YOU
EecEln! bill simpsUn sails thar ant no New
state out thar, - for whar was Thay to Git a
new state irom!' DO you Reckon mister
sperit that That fslcr FOREMAN could wheel
EnuF Of dir: to make y new state. and il he
Could, Whar would he put it, and whur would
he git the Dirt from! it is tru he Might
Eli up sum ole pond or creek or sumthin
with dirt, and call that state. and sumbody
mite civ the Fool cnuf Of dirt to do it, but
would that make state, mister sperit? if
1t would, blamed il don't git pete to help
me and Make one myself, as Soon as he gifts
ont OF that Cusscd swomp. wanted to ask
you ueep more things About things in
yore paper, But maybe hcv rit Emf now.
yorc paper Has got sum nifty fine Pictures in
it, tho, mister sperit thar is Il most Lu-
t!ul Hictur OF Rat what Has cot sum
pr!ntIm on Him, sUmthim about :. Lrakin
stones and sumthin else. ne and mi ole
woman was hole Evcnin Il ta!!in About
that rat Wondcr!n what it We're put thar far
and If it Good brake stones shore NUT then
thar was sum pictures Of horses AMI a COW
aud hog. and at The top was the word
"toutz-' sum people calls ,JiijA to,;iin You
no mister sIcrit, and toll. mi ole woman
rcckined them hosscs had Bin Il fam and
the s'rry lop;in one has! got the worst Of it.
and told her rcckinel the hog meant that
feller bparman. or sum Of his kimtnkes. that
was a fine lookiu g;.l, too, in the picture Il
milkin Of the COW, but Did not 10 wha: that
III ant onlcss L was sum Of them pcc2'c's
dar!cr ont in the new state 4 Milkin sumLoAv
ciSc's COW, for thuy tell nc they do them
sort Of things out thar. So 10 more from
yours,
ADAM STIDS.
p s. may rite agin SUM Of These times,
when pete g:ts out Of the swoma 50 no
more from yours, ADAM STIDS.
IHcENDIARY SPEECH OF WIN. LLOYD