Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-03-22
From tho Rome Commercial,
BIG JOHN WRITES TO BILL ARP!
Hes 'LonCsOIne'-KHis Views GA the
American En- Ifsh-Nvar- The war
steer with the Strained EHiI-TIc
wants ~ CircTIs-fhuks.
ARMU CHEZ Low GRouNn>,

wants ~ (ircTIs-Shuks.
ARMU CHEZ Low GRoUNnS.
March 9th, 1872.
DEAR BILL DO you remember all
them fine speeches you and Genl. Black
made me about farmin? If you don't |
do. I've tried it one year, and would
like 10 know about what time the funny
part begins. How long does a man have
to experience before he succeeds, and amt
it possible that an ordinary man might run
through and break down before he got a
fair start? Don't man sometimes get
too old and fat for his bisness before he
begins it? The truth is Bill I'm afeerd
I've 1nIstuk my okkupation, or else I've To-
! Gated on sumbOdy else'S land. Armuchce
creek is nifty good for mill ponds, but Ar
muchee bottom won't make corn for me-
1t turns up in slick, white, greasy elods as
| big as mud trIrrkles, and smells as sour as
a still house. There's two thousand craw-
fish holes to the square rod, and where
I tharC Amt a hole there's a cOWich vine or q
snake root. Old uncle Johnny Cox say,
its a very pekulyar sile and has to be man,
aged llccrt'ul!y. The fakl, is Bill I'm dis
appointed As a farmer, but [ amt gin NJ
vet. 7 thot that 7 COuId set on the dIi
floor of my veranda aud see my corn
CROWN al day long. ! intended to have 4
+ c0rnsM,Iln in the fail and invite You al
MP and ha}- the biggest fr0Iic in the world
Iii actually bothered me at night, thinkiI
who Up Ak and who | Wouldcnt, and how
I'll fix up for Gu. Ha- ia
That corn has never cum up yit. Its
gone where the coWich tWincth aud the
snake root tNistcth, and the craw-fish
boreth his hole. | hired two fcllcrs to crop
Il al
! of corn piece to the acre. The crop did
! ent make bat eight, Bin, and they took it
/ Old man Williamson is lettin Inc lfav meal
and is 10 wait on me till next crop. He's
as clever a man as ever took two tolls ont
of oEc srist. | hired niggerto SOW down
ten acres Of wheat for me last fall. lie
sorter scratched it in and [ paid him ten
dollars. That wheat haint never cum III
yet, Bill, andit is supposed that Niger sold
1t. You see that was CirkuS week when
he sOWd it and L Staid in town. I've al
most lost all hope OF it comm up this sea-
son. Would You plant the ground III some
! thing else or not? Smoky says that he
thinks that wheat spr0uted downwardS,
and will cum up sumWhere on turhcr side,
but Smoky is always theOriZin about
sunthin.
BIZ is there shuks in town = / want q
bale Of shuks-a small bale-one that my
| ODD Waua"at2er can haul over the mountain
/ Perhaps YOU can get me sum from Gen
| Black. He's the President OF the air and
I ought TO hav saved shuks. must hay
sum sort Of IuiIneSs for my old steer ant
! steer ana mule until grass cuIns-Shorely
( il will cum early this SPRING sh0iely it W i'll
! If it don't, Why Bill, I'm busted on stock
! ccrtin. Is there any news of anuther Cir.
! kus Cumin? Tell Grady to stir elm up ans
! cot f,on fi.I-1t v-,n tt rI,o
| Once q month 10 make me tolerble farInin
| as an okkupashun. I'm coming down next
! week anyhow after them shuks. Major
Blunt had jest as well hunt enl up, for if ]
can't Cit EN- L amt coming back here nc
more, and he'll hav ne to feed ashore.
Whats all this news about anuther war
, tell you what Bill when heard it lookct
I right at old DOhbin and he looked right al
/ The Wagiu like he Was jest ready to be
hitched in for immediate lite. l was pow
eIttiily relieved when / heard it was fuss
! between John Bun and Yankee Doodle
( That's none of Our funeral Bill, and !
wouldcnt walk 10 yards to see EN- eat one
anttther up. \ s L would-l'd like to be
on top of Armuchee mountain and see EN-
fte till every cra0 fish holc was filled with
/ thcir blood, and then manure my land will,
/ their bones. But L don't want to run any
! more Rjl---ec about them shuks az soon
IS possible. Them yanks hav cot Il ham
I KERN after me and can't rest till they are
. cN,eIniuatCi. But they aiIt aGoin to fitC
Old England. No sir. They woulCcnt de-
: clare war aGju sick Sleep ifthey couIdent
hire sum furTiners to- do the fitin. john
Bull is fraid of the Irish and Uncle sam is
afraid Of the Rcbs, and there's no tellin
what deyilmcut they would kick up in case
Of Il war.
Don't forGjt my shuI1s, Blu. The old
steer Amt III good lis, for aHuthcr caInpane
l motifs bis tail looks powerful weak. It's
never recovered from the old strain, but
there's 10 use in bonowin trouble. Nv
heller Strayd over the mountin on Judge
Nrl2itS side about a month ago, and they
say one never gifts back from tlle1lat woods.
Sumbody cut or the Judges saddle skirt
last week. tell You them fat weeds pop
ulation IS NIFTY fond If hide and taller. 1t
was the Judges go TO meetin saddle. Pity,
amt it? Don't tOr9it to sac Slack about
the shUks.
! ours truly, BI,. JOHN.
I. 81 We got sHHthing 10 tell yo,lwhcn
] see YOU There's q " oIian'ins the case.
The ia}t is 2nl I'm lonesome. i wish |
could cali back 80 years and sllf about 200
pounds Of surplus flesh, Id not play lone
hand no more, and Jest think what a savin
it would be in clothes. Look after them
shuks. RuineSs is tho thing now. See
the furniture shop and find out what they
will make 1neIa bedsted for : feet wide I'm
lonesome shore. H. j.