The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-02-27

BRINCIPIO, Md, Feb. %, 1859.
MINE DEAR BRUDDER JAcoB:-lt
has shust been 9oot while since l last
see you nit mine eyes. You knows
very veil dat bees going all over de
koontry to see de zites. / look at de
farms, de houses, do rail roads, de
churches, de school-houses and de vii
litges
In de upper part of de Cecil county,
dare ish shust goot many villitges.-
So in mine rounds, l coomes to one
place dat ish called Brincipio. Dish
ish not de place where dey makes de
pig iron; but where dey makes de
horses and sleighs and de Wagons and
de carts, and all de tings vat de farmer
uses, and de poots and shooes for de
peoples, and makes de brooms for de
ladies, and builds stone walls, and
cures sick peoples, and sells dry goots,
groceries and meticines, and coats and
pants for de folks.
Now coomes to dish place on Sat
durtay last, de tay before Suntay, and
de peoples bees very kind too me, and
says, "How too you too, Peter?" l
says, shust very veil" I goes into
the shtore, where dey sells de dry goots
and groceries, and speaks NIT de shtore
keeper. He is man wat has de
rhumatis sometimes, and bees very
poorly dat day Veil, after awhile, l
sees goot many peoples coome into
de shtore Some buys goots, and
some shtands around and reads de
news Den l says to de shtore keeper,
who ish all dees peoples? He says,
Dat one ish de black shmit, an onder
one, dat ish de doctor, an onder one
dat ish de broom maker, an onder one
dat ish de man vat makes de stone
walls, an onder one, dat ish de clerk in
de shtore, an onder one dat ish de
farmer vat lives on de hill. Den sees
dey all gifts ready do shtart away
Some have big shticks NIT big ends on
dem. So drinks l 60 out and see if
der bees fight; but l soon sees it was
no fight, but dey goes out to play what
de peoples call Base Ball l tell you,
Jacob, dat ish what l never sees be-
FORE So you sees bees very green.
Some of de peoples tells me dish ish de
first time dey plays. So den 1 feels
better, shust den one of de peoples says
to me you had better shust shtandt
back a goot deal, and l drinks so too;
for when l looks de man in de face,
vat sthtrikes de ball, l don't be very
shure whether he does not shtrike me.
So l shtands back and feels better
again. By and by, he shtrikes de ball
and drows down his shtick, and runs
NIT all his might Den an onder man
takes de shtick and looks shust goot
deal madt, and he shtrikes de ball NIT
all his might, and knocks de ball SO
straight up dat it shust leans back
goot deal. Den de leetle man, what
makes de brooms and keeps de books,
he calls NIT all his might Foul Ball"
Den he must shtrike an onder time and
run shust like de onder man dooes, and
80 dey keeps on till one, doc, dree
games be played Den l looks around
and hears great noise. Den
dink maybe dere bees an onder fight,
but bees mistaken, shust as before
1t was dat noisy man, init his horse
and wagon, vat goes all over de koontry
and zings longs and makes rhymes on
de people; vat goes after de law, and
breaks down dere wagon, and vat sells
de stewed ice cream and oysters. Dat
is little fish vat groves in leetle box
shust like snuff box. Dis man de
peoples call GINERAL NEvIL De
peoples vat plays de ball tells him to
shust dry up NIT his noise, but he
shust makes more as before. Itell you,
Jacob, he ish de noisiesh man as !
never see before, and some of de peoples
say dat if he does not shtop soon, he
will shust kill somepody NIT his tongue.
Shust now all de game was played out,
and de leetle man vat makes de brooms
and keeps de books, tells de peoples
dat one side had dwenty-dree, and de
ondcr side had dirty-too scores. Now
] shust don't underestimate dat, but
tell you de truth. Den dc clerk in de
shtore tells all de folks dat de name of
de club is Urica, and dey all agrees to
meet once ON next Sadurtay, de day
before Sunday, at one O'Clock after
dinner
Now Jacob, l tells you all about
what see at Brincipio. 1t is a nice
leetle villitge, NIT nice sober peoples
So Jacob, when you feels like going
around, be shure and call at dish place
but tells you before you coomes, dere
ish not lager beer, sour kraut, nor
whisky here. So you shust had better
stay away mitout you bring something
in your pocket. So goot by Jacob,
till you gifts dis letter and reads it.
Den if you like it maybe writes you
an onder one, doc, dree times before l
leaves
From your kind brudder,