The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1866-05-18
Jack shivers' Reply.
To the Little French son uv a bitch that q0rit
me that ZnSultin Letter:

Jack Shivers' Reply.
To tie Little French son uV bitch that aOrit
me that Lnsultin Letter:
SUR,-Jeems red to me tother mite your
riggermarole Nv outlaudish lirgo, and altho
thur Wernt much in it that decent, civil
ICED man could onderstan, L kotch enuff on
it to see that you was impertanent little
puppy, that ort to have your nose twisted
and your he'd busted with big hiokery
stick. Jeems got so mad when he red it,
that he tore the paper up and flung it in the
FIRE. He swere he would go to Nashville
yearly the next mornin an deman who you
was. Eff he was to lay his hans on you,
he'd make you shake wuss than dog with
a fit. That boy fout at Chicamogy. He
thar seed the hole Yankee army turn pale,
throw down their guns, and git back to
Chattanoogy like the very devil was after
'em. There the young Confederacy made
people respect her. Now she's ded and
white livered towards, that was afeerd to
cum nigh her when she was powerful,
strut aroun and amuse themselves kiekin
her ded karkas. Il takes a full Hooded
howard to do it, and there's more engaged
in that business now than ever went out to
fite her. Havin fout at Chickamogy, and
many other battles, Jeemes aint afeerd,
can tell you. I persuaded him not to kick
up fuss just now but to wait awhile fur
sumthin to turn up. You aint safe yet. by
a long site. Eff you bav got wife aud
children. would advise you to have your
life inshored fur thur benefit. as they wont
hav to wait long fur the money. Ef you
have got eny property, it would be prudent
for you to make Wilt will go to rekord
before amy. of the witnesses to it is likely
b dy.
What do you mean by callin me Mon
seur Jacques Sheevars?" Do you take me
fur Frenchman, too. you drotted little fool?
You make out like you know me monsters
well, but never seed you, or heerd tell NV
you before Eff you had.lsla7snowed who
was. you wouldn'ter y - letter for all
the money that Bottled Beast Butler tuck
off from New Orleans. There aint nigger
soldiers enuf in the State to hav made you
do it. L aint afeerd nv your long name and
your jabberin. 1t don'tshsye no more eff
feet on me than the kackfse ~ Usnea
chicken. One is about as nigh % human
talk as tother. You wont hav time to kac-
kle more Nv that French when Jeems
swings corners with you. One glance NV
his eagle eye win make you melt like q
saucer Nv butter before hot FIRE, and run
down into your boots.
You say that Mr.. Trimble is gwine to
hang me. How did you find that out? When
is he agwine to do it? Who'll he git to
hold me while he's at It? Iknow he has
bin appointed hangman nv the radderkals,
but how do you know he's agwine to hang
me? I'm told that everybody that rites his
name will be required to put R. H. (Radi-
cal Hangman after il, just like they put
D D. after Forney's name. ] always know
ed John TFimble want appreciated. and that
he'd reach the position that bis genus quail
fed him fur, eff he bad half er chance.
He's proved hisself to be Intellectual giant
in body, the like Nv which never assem-
I bled on this kontinent before. To be a
leaden man in that krowd-to be the head
brayer in that smagog of jackasses, Ort to
satisfy emmy common ambition. But he
didn't rest satisfied with this high distic-
ton. Z He sot his eye on the highest offs
that emmy subject could reach under his
suvren. The post he now holds is next to
/ the throne itself. The Knight Nv the Rope
and Halter is the bully boy with the glass
eye in court circles; / am perfectly aware
NV ali that; but don't you lose no sleep about
his hangiu me. Ef he was to try it. his
hand would trimbIe 50 he couldn't tie the
rope. He belongs to the large class NV
gallant heroes spoken. Nv by Andy Johnson,
that was at home under the bed, while the
war was goin on. sint afeerd Nv nc
sich. and 1 don't feel no "leetle scare, ." as
you call it, nor. big skeer uuther. A man
that didn't hav sand euuf in his gizzard 'c
face a rebel that had 8 gun in his han, but
now flaps his wings and hourishes his roPe
and insults the fallen. can never look Jack
Shivers in the face and talk about gallus
clame 10 be an honest man. 1 am what
am-always have bin, and always expect
ter be. know sum Nv Squire Trimbls's
friens land he amt got menuy, can tel
you } pretens to say he's Grassy, and tries t
excuse him on that ground. But don
believe a wurd Nv it. There amt no excuse
for him. The most Nv them thiek-hesded