Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-10-14

SIIINGLE HoLLER, Oct. 1865

| Mister Editor Its q long time sens
rit to you, but l hsv good valid resol
fir not doin 80 for I've bin orful sick Fl
describe my larmin sicknis brefely-anG
now Ill stop to ga that was lectid justil
of peas and felt jest as wal as ever tina,
da and that mite and we all on us went tc
10 Etens that mite to tax a soshal vissii
after the vickterry for I tel you it was q
vickterry to git out them old superstishus
justisses en- git in them whole mind thare
own bisness on the Ticker questun. Y ser
L tell you that jest becos we met ter hay
little good time at Jose the old Square
had US restid and find evry won of us.
And it cum kinder hard on sum of us
that hadent the reddy pa, for they iist
tuck us to jale and 10 and Lutte and 2
moar are thare now, and should be if ]
haddent bin sick Lutte is raven mad and
SEE in AN elerquent maner the hull thing
is unconstertooshnnal, and if he could git
ont hede peal to the corts and get ha-
bus corpus TO git out with think Lutes
rite on tnat queshtun-
He argers rite when he SEE he has a
rite under the constertooshun to lif, lib
erty and the poorsute of happernis now
Ide iketer ask if we want in the poor
suite of happernis in konvivyal wa at 10
Etens and then ter hav our libberty tux
ava from us by plungen us inter the in
n a call af l1a1T,l =
klearly a fragrant interpolashun of our
inderviderwal rites under that sacrid in
strumint the constertooshun but line
digesen from the name subjict of mi sick
mes which LII now speek ov and at sum
futer time, rite you mower in detale ov
mi vuse on the constertooshun.
Wall as / was sain | was sic in jail
and the ole man that's my old womans
father tuck me out by pain the fine.
don't remember awl that happened, but
most distinkly remember that felt Jest
lik as tho i was on the ragin water and
every thing on the banks was in perpetual
moshun and now line gonter tell you
rite out that / think twas a vishun,
kinder fouruner Of what was ter foller /
see the hills on both sides Of the boiler
for was tn hum when ! was sic-yes
| see the hills ON both sides oy
the holler movin as with nifty urth
quaik and the popple tees and the white
berehes awl turnd TO snaix-whit snaix
and grean uns-and then them snaix
took arter me and gut inter my bed and
then jest beco- / wanted 10 get ava from
THAR kold embrais the old man woodent
let me but he and Liza that's my old
woman held me outer the bed and maid
me Ia THAR aginst the constertooshun
which expressly provides for the hbberty of
awl. lde hkrer no viii it Is that people pratt
so mulch about libberty when man in
his one hous-or his wits which i the
saim thing-cant git up ont oy bed when
its full OF snaix but the glorius conster-
tooshun in these dase is traled ignermen-
iusly in the dust and nobody but ringers
and wimmin can find shelter beneeth it,
ample and complorcoated foals-Y ser
was most ignerminniusly told in my nous
by my old woman and her father that my
exaggerated sicknis wos kausd by that
air little konvivyal time we had
ter 10 Etens-Now Sir / bleve if
l haddent tuck some ticker that
mite l wood have bin sicker for Ide
bin all da down TO the town nous and ii
was kinder damp and have thort wotter
was very hurtful for yeres and lately /
think so morn ever for during the last
weak or to sevril men have bin kid by
wotter and then Jest see what ererepara-
bic dammig it has dun TO rodes and brig
ges-1 sir if Ticker had dun haf the dam
mig that waiter has sry temperance man
in the Staff wood be lecturin and | tolde
my old woman So
| think L tuck leetle cold and didn't
talk Ticker quick enuf to saiv me from
bein sic and then when l was sic you
no | thort | see wotter and was ON it but
l spose / warnt and that was the sollem
vishun / see which must be a fourruner
OF the orful freshet we've had and now
sur lie digres to say that wotter never
was so hi in this holler befour nor sense
and you may just say that ii tuck the
saw mill right out and washed it down
streme-And won thing moar j wanter
sa ard that is our landlord at the villig
has been complained ov for sellin Ticker
and he doant want to hav you menshun
his naim in the Herald if emmy won rites
to you bout it.
Yours in haist
SOLOMON WEsTERBRooKs.