The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-01-29
UNITED STATES wv AMERIKY,
Bung-hole post Office.

1oure paper cum all rlUe, an
was much tickeled. u sed
yu'd printed mi advise fur yure
glide, an that yure a goan to be
governd by it.
j got my reckord the day fore
yure paper cum tn hand, an i
seed in that a nuther trubble a
bruen, about CLAPoLE an tax
paer, an Lyer, an Fool, an Sim
pletOn, an Assl an a hole lots
Nv EN- a quarelen bout ole JERRY
RANNELL an Tom SToTBuRRoE, an
bout CLAPoLE bein on | side,
an taxpayer, I'm lyer, un Ass
un all NV the rest NV EN- on
luther.
now, i jist thout it's not fare
eff cLAPoLE is a lyer, cos theys
menny ov EN- agin him, fur
lysw hisself is a match fur eny
ov us without ennybody to help
him; though i low the rest NV
EN- don't amount tn much if
cLAPoLE Good git lyer tu let him
alone.
now, when i seed this, i gist
konkluded ide put a stop tu it
bi jinen in with CLAPoLE an help
en- him out NV the muss, COZ,
he's fur BELFoRD too, same as
me so jist tells JIM (JIM's mi
biggest boy, an i tell yu hese a
whopper, tu) i tellsJM to sadel
up ole mike, an ide 60 tn town
an see CLAPoLE about it ; an when
i got there CLAPoLE wrs the fust
l NV EN- seed. Sez i, 2 him,
where's the men yure a quar-
ellen with in the wreckerd? sez
he, i'm not a'quarelen a. with eny
body. then i gist shode him
the pease in the wreckerd a
tocken about him an LYAR, an
PROSECUTOR, an FOOL, an ASS, an
so-4th, xetera. then sez he, 0,
that's nuthen but DEs MARTIN, ur
sum NV the boys that wunted tu
git a pease printed they'd rote,
tu Sc how it'd look.
when he sed this, i got aled
at him; sez i, DEs MARTINS agin
RAPER, an fur my man, an he
didn't rite at, nuther! sez he,
how do Il no he didn't? sez i,
emmy body otter no that much
COZ, sez i, DEs rites better peases
than that is when he dus rite
eny, an DEs is not lawyer, nur
his bruther-in-law amt nuther;
an DIES dident live with fisher
wimmen nuther, like that man
that rote it did; nor he didn't
sketch drift wood by a muddy
crick" lik that man does as rote
it. Moreover, sez i, DEs woodn't
a used RAPER fur tn tell him
how much ole JERRY ode the
county, COZ he nose RAPER but
he'd a gist axed the clerk eff
he'd a wanted to a node, an the
clerk wood a tole him, too, an
a tole him the truth about it
also; but DEs didn't want tn no,
nur nun NV these men yure a
quarelen with didn't want tn no
nuther; an hereunto DEs ma be
like EN-, but hereunto IL all the
plase heze like EN-. Moreover,
sez i, DEs wOodent a keered
whether JERRY was tride agin or
not; an if he'd bin a goin 2
rite about it he woodnt a bin so
pertickler about sayen twice
that it had cost moren $400
alredy, when he node it didn't
cost a $3.50; an DEs woodn't a
bin SO keerful to say the last
jury wus only | fur crimenaten
JERRY, an so karful 2 sa nuthen
about Il NV the LIST jury bein
fur crimenaten him an only |
nv em on JERRY's side. More
uver, i continued: sez i, DEs
hant a lawyer whats trien to
clere ole JERRY, an he hant got a
man underneath him studyin
tu be anuther lawyer, an what
wants 2 run in2 an office next
fall agin yu, an DEs hant got a
hole lots NV bruther-un-laWs. an
cuzehs, an unkels, an sich like,
to rite fur him an 2 rite what
he wants EN- 2 rite, an jist Civ
him a chanse 2 doge out NV it,
when he gifts acused NV duen it.
Mister, sez j, moreover, it
tant MACK GILvRY nuther, that's a
duen it, fur hes q frend an
scoler, an he woodn't rite it
that way, eff he wus a riten it.
Sez |, it a man that's agin BEL
pnpn on IN DAppp'c cida thoto n |