Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-02-21
The Masquerade


Mr.. EDITOR: l alters holds !. a
true maxum, that "sein is the
hest mart of belevin," and goes
fudder towards that pint than en-
nv process of rashy oshy nas asiaid
So when I hern t sJ( town, seq l lie
to be. swont matter much to pos
-terity how I got tn the sho rum,
but did, and sez i tn the sho
man, i cum fur tn see the Mas
kaid, whar is it? he grinned, and
the other folks grinned; thinks /
there nifty glad tn Sc me emmy
how, and wun Teller SEE he, thars
the Maskaid over thar, don't you
here it. yes, SEE i du, and over i
went. thar it wus sho nuf, an
maxim en- offul noise. it wus a
animal, with a plenty NV legs but
no ize and no he'd an no tale, but
the mouth wus oful. j thot that
it mus be nifty tame, fur a gal
wus tappin it on the teeth with
her fingers, tho it growled and
squeked awl the time; wus
afeard fur the gal, an wus on the
pint Nv speakin my sentiments,
when ole womun cum up an seq
she, what is that, an afore cud
tel her, the gal whirles round,
an SEE she, its piny forty. thinks
| i then ime much mistook, and sein
amt belevin arter al. but SEE j
its nifty fine animal and with
the muney enyhow. but left
thar an TUX up with the crowd
i sune foun that my name WIS
Lemons and had cum thar to be
squeezed, fur i had hern sumbody
tell him to 60 sumwhar for that
purpose, and think I this is the
Iplace, an he ant cum yit and they
are takin me for him, so SEE as
loud as i coud holler in 10 voise,
ii ant mr.. Lemons, he will be here
presently, but they tux no motifs
Nv me, an seemed tn think my
remark loren to the subject. So
thinks i, lie make the best Nv it,
en- submitted jest as the rcbs did
when they cudnt help-an so i
TUX cam survay OF the people,
what had cum to Sc the sho, an
cording to my grammer when i
went to scule some of EN- had cum
on to several thousand miles, en-
the wunder was how tina got the
muse an cum on SIGH short motifs.
thar wus norway wimmin, Polan
men, scottish highlanders, british
foxes, en- the gran turk himself.
thot it nifty strange but thar tina
war an sein is belevin. my gran
nanny used tn say, josiah SEE
she yu Ell cute, You1e git along,
en- i had foun it nj on tn the truth,
SO fur-but sez this betes me at
Taste, larnin got the better NV
muther wit, en- node strate away
it wus the atlantic telegraf had
fotch EN- all, butt CESS that ole
woman from Norway will have
the rumetiz after cummin thro
the water at the rate that convey
ance travels.
But ime degressin from my sub
ject, had pade my muney tn Sc
the maskaid an Sc it mus. made
mi way tn the supper rune, at
las, ell got tn talkin with the
winimin, en- foun out, that the
hole consarn belonged tn Ben
Evelent and his society, that the
mask part cum from that big town,
down on the river, close by the
Nashville depo, and the aid part
wus home made, by mr., Ben Eve
lent and his society, an no body
else, least wise tina did not git
eny from the country, an very
few from town, tho it wus to be
gin to the widders en- offins NV
our soljers. seq i thar has bin
SIGH marryin in the country,
that maybe all the widders en-
offens is dun marrid up en- got hus-
bans NV Their own en- don't need
nuthin, but sez tina, thar is plen-,
ty NV EN- yit, en- its fur them we