The Van Buren press., 1869-10-05
Pokipsy, Feb. IL. 1867.
Smith. mi Dear fti0L

'ta43ot+ Pokipsy, Feb. IL. 1867.
Smith. mi Dear fHot
This day, at ID o'clock a. m, cum In
contact with your letter, and was real glad
sew hear from yu. How do you like being
Tor. Sex. ov a Ly- Associ''{ 1t is light,
pretty bixzinsss, apd don't require much
capital ii AID i III Itl Ia
Let me ask You il you are any relashun
to Jake Smith. the halter. lyon are. for.
sit it, for Jake is common cuss
The Smiths are a good family, and pre-
vail more permiskus, than emmy Kind oy
folks that kno ov. but it would be unnat.
val in the highest il thar want snm, whsr.
they was so .llick, that was wuss than Che
Did yn ever read history. Ezra! If "
siian't yn will be surprised tcu hear tha
'John Smith married Pokerhon as, the dau.
;er, oy powhattah. The injun boss. T T.
The way this happened was so a,l Smil
.~aa sbouffgittiag siewsd, when Poksrton
,tAs went in. and fell fiat on him. Old Pow
'hattan Civ 1T, mp, and Pokerhontas had
Smith, aud Smith. setsled down and wen
sinto thsinjin Dizziness, in small way, On
ihis own hook. % iolii ,lat % taa tf'2
Thisist the grist oy the story II f2 =, I,
salT one soy.the most slfsktingest, trans
eaet;ons ON file. 'afnfn07aa . h5lage .iA
-1qfsa onsht tsu read history, Ezra vii
learu IN iiifornashnn. and give yu knoll
lsdg6' ~ eaukashun.t 9..i e, ..ss',a ~ --g
forgot lew state that John Smith lived
somewharo in pensylyany, at the tins hi.
transaky yhun With pokqrhpqtss took place
aid dsAs ssis't dead probably lives thcr.
new. ph&rosis ousl fnst rate thing abou,
histost Il u slwus true; If it sin''t true. i,
siA't history, $50 il y u lsrnit onst. yu nevel
havstsw tnhafnsss. A
But most poetri. and piktorial, and nov.
cls, iis wnsg than IN .sast wind ]. tho fulle,
anan gits oy them over night, the more
room thar in him The next day, for sum
Joha Smith. who had the, tran psakshun
with Poksrhontas. had aa immense 10 oice
ovsboyss thare Is IS ov that name in ou,
town this nerning, besides sexsrAl who
nave either died or gone to Denver City.
IN Did II ever strike yu, ETA that death
. ~ ~ OoU Nv toV iCtuhih hSui0 tuHBs
that could happen tew a man =!
IA man may 10 ritch, and kno hi.tory
just like slspjacks Tor breakfast, and b,
handsum, able to ifta ton without think,
ing, but death beals all these Just q. easy a,
bitin crackcrs.a3Nsni 4aA,As@e4 "a sitt
Death seems to be as far as man can git
when man acquires that thoroughly, hi.
ambiShun seems to be satisfied. ~. .E....
Ore man can be ritehsr. and lift more
than another, but he kan. DO any more
eader. flls4i-hHli,,l aogat HW ..e8
Lam glad thalv is one thing in this
wsrld. that is enuH for man.
speaking NV man, Ezra. dew yu kon.
ssidAr him taekcess yet, or has he got tew
Try again r. -h,t' "a ileanlaai a. l,atlia
History has good deal tew say about
man. that don't allude tew his suckcess.
4 ,Adew. Ezra. m.i s8ig ,ua. baa sa4 /
.gYures. full nv oats. ~ ,7 az
.aalaI; 'FNla ,laG0 saAJ DrJosh Billings. I
siveP P.,S.--ru do it for, seven dollars and
iehstteen CeRts. s,ll AZ ~ .iaqe' u - J.B
p. S.; p. S.; Time, Jany the enst J. b. .
NV +. SIP. s.; p, s.; Subjec. The Flceti-
ness NV Things. iarin fg4 ia ~ ~. u.