Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-05-30
Letter from our Country Cousin.
"BAswup GROVE, Ma the twenty 9Th
1obundred e. sickste seven.

18hundred & slckste seven.
DEER KUzEN i've jist been reedin Har-
,urs bak part of his weakle and THAR il
lot oy funne thngz roat bi a Korrispondint
hu sines hisself G. o. W., and i jist KUN
Q the konklushion that if tina kan support
&C. %. W., q OF 2 b abel 2 keep K. A.
F.F. 2 rite fur ure papr. X. A. F. F.
stands fur Korrispondint and Funne Eel
Ter. Butt the sed X. A. F. F il not az
brilyant az the lait Augmented Artem AS
ward, nor profoundle filascfekal as josh
Billings. Kneether IL he like Prentis, "a
wit oy the LIST W iskee," & THAR il no
dangur of of his being politikel fule in
enne wa rezemblin the Rev. Petrollem V.
Nasty.
In order Q Kreeate latter a Teller must
hev laffable idears, ard abel to xpress
them in laffable mannur, and it IL vera
difkult to be funne without bein sille or
vulger. Thees remarks will be apparent
2 ure obtoos intelleck bi the time u finish
this lettur.
Ure K. A. F. F. proposez rite on cnue
subject he chews &c in any manner he
pleasez, utterle regardless of stile or konse-
qnensez, az hiz eyedears ar awl borrode &
the form ov Expression il stoal. Inglesh
gramur appeers Q b plade out with the
wood WITT Of the present da, d the ing
lesh langwidge il neerlcc dispensed with bi
moddurn awthors in interlardcn kommew-
nikashuns &c storezc with Frensh, Greke,
Eyetalyen, Hebru, Latin, or Foo-foo Hand
frazez, thair4 eye shall ndeaver kairfulle
Q avoid awl thees fawltz, & rite poor ing
lesh, sutch az we lern in over kommin
skewls
Now, havin' dlivered mi valedicshinary
spcetch, lie tel about the serkus we had
in over toun last weak. ide sawed up mi
postig stamp from the time ide 1st red
the bills, determined Q hav gud time fer
wunz. So the da the menagera KUN &
Kuzzen Arabela put on over Sundy kloze
and wawkt2 town. She had baskit oy
butrnegs which she sold git munne 2 60
Q the sho with. The sho haddent kom-
menst wen we got to town, so we sawnturd
ness & put on az menne arez as a prize
kaff at kownte fare. ide lukt at the
wether prognastykashuns in the awlmen
eck.thc day b4 & it sed "fine wether about
this timc," & it waz fine 2 bet. So
thunderin fine that we had Q wear an um-
brely awl the time. got wet kleer threw
2 my shurt, and Arabelly got her Shawl
wet two. But we wasent deturd bi the
rane from havin over. fun out Ide spent
awl mi munne for kaiks and kande, but
Arabelly bot tikets with hur munne, & we
went in. THAR waz lots ov vile animels
THAR. The LIST we kun Q lukt like a steer
kaff that's ben brot up on skim milk & wa.
/ asst | ov the shomcn if that was the ko-
liseum or the immense pavilyan wede red
about. mo, sed he, that il the Crate
Amerrykan Gayasscutest, and the anne
mewl in the next kaig IL the Afriken Ryo-
nastykuss fresh from his native wilds,
while further on u vii perseev the Hippo
bottomuppermost."
We gaized in sylent admyrashun at
thces 1derful wurkz oy nacher, & Arabelly
said she waz thankful God haddent maid
hur like the last wild beest We then
went % sot on the stares & presentle the
horses KUN out with their best klose on &
kavarted round spell, then sum fellers
KUN out & got straddel of poal hung in
the are, and turned themselves upside
down, inside out, before & beafter, 6 every
wa u kan think ov. After that the klouns
little dog tina kald Dunkie Tory kun out
& jumpt threw a hupe skurt forwardz g.
hindwardz 6 then he got inside the hupe
skurt and maid bleeve he waz JEFF Davis,
Il eye don't bleeve enneboddy kud told
the iifferns if the dogs tale haddent stuk
threw the hupes. Arabely sed tina ottent
2 disgrace the poor dog like that. eye list
laft at her, and she asst me how ide like to |
b served so.
Tha dun lots of other things ncwmer-
us menshun, but amt got time rite u |
enne more now. In mi neckst letr lie tel
how VIC sniped over skewlmaster last
weak, and in the meantime, as Seward
SEE wen he rites to Queen Victoria, "axcept
The assurance that line distinguished con-
siderable.
l rename trewly yewer
s@ss- ~
K. A. F. F.