The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-02-24
KY Hobbs Speaketh to thu Herald

Mr. EDYTUR-Dcar Sir: Folks tells mo
yom nre mighty knowin' man, and can tell
any boly al! they want to know. Now,
there is somethn want You to do for me,
and yon mustn't say toId'y you. The Scrip
fuf says, thar is n murryin and given In
mnrrytn. horo latoiy; nlsaiu, sumo or tho Old
profits, believe il wuS Slmsor In the bouk
OF Sans. says tho Iabror Is worthy of his
hire. Now yon sec. I want you to give these
icllcrs sut. aud row en- up Suit Lake City.
lou arc the mnn to do il. a poor pas ,on
has to ride hard trotliu boss twenty or
thirty milcrs splasbin through tho mud,
and when he gifts thar, his nose rs rcd us u
Ky goblcrS snout, his years friz of, and
his eyes blowcd out by the cold winds, his
bones shuclt till thcr ready to fall together
In his skin, aud he stuns up and jines chi
together. makes en- both inter two for life,
Ill naver us much as hears heres your dol>
lnr. Aint it too bad. l reckon some folks
'hlnk rs lMw paSSon ents his dinner offln
his Old sarmins; now, want you to just
tell en- what You think about 1t, in your m.
per. You SEE my darter md Sim DDdson IS
promised, and when you tell en- about The
way some people do, will give It to Jim to
read, and aH him what he thinks, and If hc
II one Of them SORT. toll you he don't get
Il tnra Hobbs, and If he docs get her und
dont pay Tic pls$on noth.n, she shun't 1.-Two
with him single mint, and he will fiud a
billy divorce IN The sheriff s office by sun up
"cNt mornn, or my name aint Kizy Hobbs
he Shall leave his bed and boum. But I
reckon man what can't pay the passon
halnt no bed, nohin but q board. My gran
| ny vas nincty-iIve years old when she died
| nnd She told me, after tho Revolution war,
women was so scaco In this country thur
they brought ship loads Of en- from somo
where else. and man could buy wife for
bottlc of rum. aud few pounds Of to
b'cker. thought that mighty chcap for a
good wife. but law me, now, thoy mint worth
noihtn. think 1t is putin female woman
down nightly. l went to tho Mississippi
once on visit. way out In tho Chckisnw
nGlon, and Stud three months. When the
young folks thar iako a notion to marry
they have to wait ill tho circus rider comes
| round, ana tlnt nint more'h twice n year,
"hen thar will be half u dozen couples Il
marry, and you will SEQ en- comm, some
win ns mcny chickins ns they Gun tote
some "iih pair OF turkeys, another clJtl
lor orcechrs, some with pile Of socks. ant
so on, but all to pny tho pMssou. Well
mat was The best they could do--you get
lhat money wns scLce in them days In LICE
| SKILLET, that WAS tho name OF tho hit.t
iown not far Off. Them people though
!hclr wives was worth sOmethin' and reckon
tney was harder TO get, and not 80 wiIlln tt
mnrry: ms tho gals ihesc days. That is wha
l tell ktturn. The gals ought to know who
10 Ret' ana 10 sure 10 marry man TINT vii
pny INC pa>Snn. Now, Mr. Edytur, you Jus
SiVo IL to cm good; you nro smart like. NM,
knn shy right sharp things sometimes, and
nant goi no'hin to pay tho printer, siDce a:
how u has tuck ali we can rake and scrap,
10 hx kitnra Tor housckeepin; hut nintsu,t
sho WILL Keep house. That is what I wan
20 hhd out through your paper 1t jim
Dodson don't pay tho passorh KI.ura move
Keeps house with him. It yon will send rh'
truck aftcr pIrinttn that pteco for,me, I vii
make some The smartest shirts for You TIN,
over on edytur worc.-no ,disparngcmcnt I,
AIRS Ehytur's woik-:but you SEQ that is al
mo way can show my graitl,nde.
Mrs. Kizia Hobbs will accept Oh
thanks for tho compliment, equivoca
though 1t be, ,hat we "some,ilhes So,
light smart things. y; AS she has pretl,
ably and fully covered the whole grount
ofargumcnt in tho case, and exposed ,h
l'ttleness complained Of. 1t would bc fol
y ~ US TO attempt To- say moro thol
TINT Klzia Is right and true as a trivet
and Tint sho has permission to toucl
all smnll idesd pooplaap whenever sh
feels dlSpos6d 7f'15 "','f 'a~ p