Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-11-15
M Deer Ole Gal :

M Deer Ole Gal
| reckin has bin oncom-
mon onesy bekaus hav not got bak to Postum
Holler sine the brakin up ov the Farr. [ rit
u a lettir las weke explanin ov the reson viii |
hav lief wilder SO long, but Mister Straws-
bug, who wur Eddytur pro tempory 0 Noses
(which menes Temporarily in the place ov Mosy)
sed he Good ut posserbly squeeze it in the paper
bekaus it TUX so long to set up mi spellin and
he alwaze likt to hav important dokiments
printid akkerate. In that lettr [ was agivin
ov Jon Harris pertickeler pitts and kinder
think maybe the spellin want awl that war the
mattir Ct spells on the Fonedick sistem.) I
did Mt sa nuthin tho, bekaus [ nu mi frens oy
the Spectator wur sorter betwene Silly and
Karibdis, which is the Lating fur Hauk and
Buzzud.
Sum of mi ole perliticle frens sed | mite do
sum sarvis to the CRATE Klaus Of Konsurvatisum
bi stayin in the Sitti til arftur the elexshun to
wuk agin Jon. Harris Yisturda wur the da
and I made a big strike to brake the run Of lux
IN the Harris phamile-u bet did, In the
lexionneerin biznis line hole teme with lit
tie dorg undir the wagln. | wur preslnt at Is
presinx in this Kounty and adrest the suvrins
in favur ov Runnels of Botctot who wur arun-
min agin Jon. He amt no kin to ole Doctur
Runnels who wur with when Isac KUN on
the staig of axiom. | wur grately applawded
durin the cose of mi remark, and at l Of the
presinx CRATE hi tall man with blak har and
whiskers hit his thum males together til Good
see the fire fiji. He wur introduced to me
when the metin was over as Captin Sturrups
or sum SIGH name, when he shuk mi han for
Is minits and seq he with CRATE emoshun-
Socks [ congratulate lure mi man for the
next Legislator. Much obleeged to u Captin,
seq T. but amt in fur that posish til the price
oy liker kums doun. [ had mi pockets so full
of Fax for the People" that | Good Mt ben
torrud without losin mi balance, and the onle
wa Good regane mi equely briyum wur bi put
tin powerful big brik in mi hat and 2 ticklers
| in the tale eend of mi Kote
[ kant sa for sartin yit who ar eekted to kon-
girls. At the presinx whar lexsbuneered. the
people Civ Harris tremenjus big dose ov Run
nell pills and tina is krone to be sho shot
Tha viii wuk him orful if tina don't pintidly put
bin thru The Fisickn vii do him good enne
wa, fur SIGH a reses polertishun as Jon Harris
must sartinly be trubbled with wurrums This
ar the saim disese which Miner Bots sed maid
Henri a. Wise so wonderful risky. [ hav jus
met Billy o Rock frum lillian kounty, late ov
Irelan, who has kun into markit with ded
| lodes ov chesnuts and Gin Sang-but he drunk
awl the Gin hefo he reeched the sittl. Billy
repotes awl rite fur Runnuls in that eend ov
the districk | meme our candidate Runnes--
not Steve RuDnels what carries the male. 1t
| Harris is bette meme to thro mi ole hat up
hier an the bloom went at the Farr. When
| think what we ara kummin to under this here
| nu Konstertushun and see awl the ole fros-
| bittin perliticle haks and denagogs arlsin to
the top and agetin awl the PLAT offisis it makes
mi ole Wing Skotch Irish Prisbiterium blud
bile in mi vanes and [ fele like the poit Biren
did when he rit them kostc lines
Prepare for Rhyme, I II publish right or wrong
Fools are my theme, let satire be my song''
The spelin is Biren as vel as the poitry.-
Ell wur tolrable far pot, but did ut no nuth-
10 about Fanetcks. l amt writ nun fur the
muse papirs fur long time, but the hour has
arriv when evry inhuenshal man like yure hus-
bun mus do his duty or the kountry will be Civ
over pint blanc to the Radicles and the atfrl-
kans, declar its shame--tis plntedly. L
often wunder what ole Mister Kla or ole Mis-
ter Kalhune or the CRATE Daniel Webster wood
think if tina Good just drop in to kongris now.
| Mi stars wood Mt tina bile when tina seed the
| niggers? And wood ut tina be fur glttiu ava
| quick if tina found Jon Harris thar? He'd be
on the radicle side Of the bous Of eose bein its
the biggest.
If Runnels ar elcktid inten to sen for and
Isac and the rest ov the plundir to cum bak to
ole Agusty. | have pickt out locashun and
! ingaged the Bloom man to bring u across the
Ridge in his big baskit: It amt safe to ride on
| the Ralerode now unless u hav ure lite In
d-speshaly if u 60 by Jerry's Run. Mr..
Mosy has bin verre kline and polite to me, and
want to nit him a par of sox Sen em
ovir at unst by telegraf markt G 0. D., which
menes pay for EN- when get EN-.
| Yures til deth.