The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-08-03
HANCOCK, VI, July, 1869.
DERK MISTER EDIrrR

HANCOCK, W, July, loo3.
DERB MISTER EDITrR:
must sa it Civ me
crate satistackshun tn veu mi peece in
ure Registur, fer, ca sum ritter NV renom
(Silvanus Cob, jr. (junior) or Dickents, |
| beleeve,) seq" It's swete tn kno thet
our Mains will servive fur agcz aftur we
air gathured tu our fathers" which
meens aftur we air ded & berried.) Be
thct ez it ma, fclc thet the naim Nv Hig-
gins hez aulredy begun tu servive, d l
will frankley pleed gilty to a fcelin NV
pride in konsequense, which IL not saing
thet fele sot up abuv mi naburs, er fell
Ter orthers, whoze liturary produckshuns
faul sum short NV mine. MAJ rize abuv
sech meen considerashuns, 4 look with
komplasensy on aul, with a fue ocksep-
shuns, wun NV which IL Sary Jane Hig-
gins. She IL an old MAIDEN NV sum sixty
summers, odd, (she kalls herself 25, with
the vane hoap Nv ketching sum unsofsti-
katid yung mani, and klames tu be NV the
old stock Nv Higginses; but if she il, |
must sa thet fer Il femail woman she IL
jest about ez aggravatin peece ez | ever
beheld. it wood Civ me mutch the big
gest plesher tu sc the hui Nv Noar's estab-
lishmunt, inkludin Barnums kuriositys, Il
aul NV the karavans in amerika and Urop,
kumming thru the gait, then to sc hur old
shaker bunnit mincing along, Gt IL wa
she hez) but hev he'd tu bare it wunce
eech da, 4 sumtimes moar, accordin ex
the sperit Nv CAD an CAB semes tu moov
hur, which iz genrally about 2thirds NV
evry y hours. soen hur kumin doun
the rode fu daze scnce, and akordinly
drawd on a stoikal look, so'z not tu betra
mi reel felings Nv avershun, She KUN
in, Il after furishin hur old paper fan a
mint tn git breth, she kOmmenced, and
NV awl the tslkin ever herd, hern wuz
the better. she SPARED nun Nv her ma
bers, an sum fue Ia pritty konsidrable fue)
who want hur nsbers, KUN in fur shair.
| set fu minits in dignifdc silense, saing
nuthing, (konkludin thet waller wus the
better part NV discreshun), until she kom-
menced talkin agenst magazeen 4 paper
kontribushins, editurs, & so forth. She
il a jelus critter, and knu in a mint
thet she ment tu hit me. wuz mad
rite off, and | grabbed hur by the arm &
Civ her shaik thet sent hur creme spec
tickles and the humbly little bunch nv
falls hare (which she kslls a shignon)
spinnin haf wa acrost the room, and
sed, Sary Jane, sed |, you mischif-maik-
ing, kontemptibul, bride up old made eff
think u air kummin to Jerermire
liigginses tu displa ure powers NV tattlin
er to retale sekunt-hand gossep, | let u
no thet hev got out NV yure recknin
sum konsiderabul sed | and now, sed |,
l er 2 things II ken du in jest mint !
4 l haf sekunts; Gather ken shet up
wunce fer awl, er u ken gether up ure falls
gimcraks h start, fer shant parly emmy
moar with u. Ez | seast speking, she
thru up her hands and laffed Historically
and tride her best tu fante, a. eff Jeremire
he'd been present no dout she wood hev
maid out sumthing, but ez it was, / wur
prepared, and sed kamly, ez l Civ hur
hur vinegur CRATER, sed l, awl rite sary
Jane, of u want tu fante 90 ahed, & III
hev bukit Nv water handy. Ez sed
these wurds, she hoped up 90 suddingly,
thet " saiv mi life ] coodent help latin