Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-02-06
Fur the Spectaitur.
ALLYGHANY MOUNTENs,
NIPGINNY @ s 4
Jcnuary 10th 1900 & &c.


Mr. EDDYTJR:-lIr llozee, Deer Sur
Frum mi long siens rekon yu thot yore ole
friend addum had plade out, butt air happey
too inphorm u that is on terry funny yit In
sted Of in it. Vel. to maik a long tail shorte,
vii prosede to civ d accownt Of miself y
Sc tux sic on the furst da Of last aprie and jist
got vel 10 dais agow | was be'erious, owt OF
mi he'd & sumtimes neerl ly owt Of mi buddy aWl
the time Eyry thing which hez expired sins
that time is seeled boock to me. | he'd sum
plezent dremes durin the time, | dreemed that
our Independents he'd bean acnoliged by Patti
gony and Terry-Dell Fewegow and thar was
graft rejoysen in owr belovd Konphederacy. |
dreemed that the kommitty On the Phlag and
umphantley oavur owr kappytel, the pryde and
admyrashun of owr people. Aftur the moast
tejusest and moast aljusest labur the kommitty
after munths repoarted phlag with plane rid
backgrown with yaller stripes runnin Diagonal
ly akros-the wimmen kal it bi-ass. = sea the
graft diffykulty with the kommitty for munths
was whether to run the stripes upwards and
dounwards Or horryzontally, and tha jist konl-
promyzed by runnin them katty-kornered
Wei, SO much for mi dreems, but you sea
don't noe what hez bean xpiren sins tux sick,
and rite to fur ipformashnn. We is ava out
here and hev no males and no nusepapers; the
l6lSO IlU>CpdpCl GCGlt NltS lesSU - klL
immajin what stoly's is surkulaten in these dig
gems sins got wei. [ noe thees is awl yanky
iize, but vii Civ sum ofthem. Thees union
trash about here tel me- sins hev got in my
he'd, that we is subjygated; that the wor is
over; that Gen. Lee hez surrendurd the army
Of northern Virginny: that 10. Jonson hez
torked oavur the army ofTennysea; that Forest
hez gone up the spout, army and awl; that Cir
by Smith army hez gone doun the sposst; that
Moasby has been squelched. Tha sa that jeff.
Davis hez bean kotched and put IN prlzen that
Gen. Hamton hez tux the othe, and Jlmboden
two, and Bolden and awl the wrest. MIR. Ed
dytur did u evur here sich pack ofyanky lie
Don't u think tha want me to tik the othe tha
kal the damnasty othe and othe to xport the
konstitution Of the Benited Stats.
But, Mr. Eddytur art phirm as addymant,
I kant be phuled in this wa air trew as steal
to the Konphederate Stats of amerriky l
knoe we vii suckseed in owr koz. [ knoe we
am rite and Provydens air on owr side. [ halt
the yanky rails, which murderd owr dotters and
insulted owr sons; which burnt owr stock and
niggers and kerryed of oWr barns and howses
Don't think, Mr. Eddytur, it wer the moast
meenest trick u egnr heerd Nv fur them union
trash to tri to maik me talk the othe-to talk
the disadvantaig Of mi week stait of helth.-
Steelin korn from blne hogg air meen; kis-
sen sOalger Wlfe Hnen ne ar IN the army Hten
for owr rites am wurse quortermasturs Is moar
wurse; but this ar moar wurser than awl-
Ruther than talk the othe to xport the konsti-
tuition of the Benited Staits wood hav mi rite
arm manipulated, mi rite foot decapitated, i
wood hav hi rite eer smoted off, mi rite nose
smashed in, mi rite eye xfodlated, mi livur
scrushed, mi lites hung on fens-staik for Gro
bait yes, tha mite hay mi hart fur a mows trap,
and mi skull fur slider mug and if awl that
wood not do wood suffer marterdum fust.
Befoar wood 60 back in the union wood du
moar than inny buddy hez eYur SADIE tha wood