The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-04-17

FROM AUNT MYRA.
All shsus sbe siasev Gegs, sad the
0sasa Cathedral. Zee.
LoownLE, Kr., April 9th, 1874


Ny Dsns I~s Ass'
/ reckon you've arriv at the conclu- |
sion that wasn't goin to write to you
agin. a. ithas been SO long since ] got
your lsster, but this mornin's so gloomy
80 ainy can't do nothin but rite. an as
you s.y you like to hear from me Ill do
my best to give you an account Of my
self.
You see. Lucy Ann, when body
comes to a big place like this TO 1--we, it
takes long time to git ust to the ways
an fa.hious, an my hed's bin so turned
tryip to keep up that I've had to let
wri,ia letters slip, bu. after this I'll
kindg keep you. posted. I've cum out
wonderful since you seed me, an can set
up IL Cue parlcrs an entertain company
gooJAs anybody, an use just as many
big words. l dunno whether they've
got any meanin to em or not. but they
.euui 50 nice can't refrain from indulg-
in my veraciiy. caught them beauti-
ful words from ore Of Hammers fashion
able friends. When hear big word.
l SEQ il. for / kpow it must mean some
thin or them highfalu;in folks wouldn't
u-e IT, Well. as Mrs. Fashicnh"n,er
says. must digest from my subject an
iutrude sone4o Of my ransler an observ'
ences Chat means walks. an-an oh, oh,
| dunno. Not long sgo We went through
the City HILL. My! Lucy Ann, its, its,
we'll, il bats the new Courthouse at
Stanford al To peascs. We went clean
up on the taver AMI looked everywhere.
The city looAs mighty beautiful from up
there, but oil you its mighty tiresome
goin up so may steps.
The big cloci in the tower beats every
thing l ever hid my mortal eyes on.
The bell is biggv than my biggest chick
en- coop at the od place, an you know
little Jake Brow, could stand up in that
when he was six y.r old an never tech the
top. Tho pengeilum is most as big as
maddor. While We ~s in there the bell
struck. an ! thought was deaf fur
good.
Last Sunday was EATER Sunday, an
we went to the Catholic Church. Cathe>
dral they call it. 1t loked beautiful
The altur wss all dressed in flowers, an
the church has got ever 20 many fine
pictures 10 it, but sich doins Well, l
nevcrl There was about dozen preach
ers Il recon they wus preachers) an sum
little hoys all drest in white with gilt
crosses and the like all worked on their
cloes. goin through all kinds Of curious
motions. They put high, red an whs
cap on one man and marched rosn vita
htn awhile; then they took some hs1ls
"A baskis an swang em rovsd. IN
6llea s<>suhaass null u spoks. IL sssas
tb,y call Il, but II thee's any sense in
barnin somsthin I'D Ipskin such smell
as that in meetin, ] ANT got sense enufi
to find il out. The music was awful.
Sometimes 50 low an mournful like that
il would nearly make the tears cum, but
all Of sudding there would be bang
an a crash, an hal 10 put my fingers in
my yers to keep my he'd from split,in
open.
Once we went TO the Sinners Cog, an
them Sinners that preach in that Cog
have most rs many Gurus ways as the
Catholics. | never heerd people call
churches as many Gurus names as they
do here in my life. Now the idea OF
callin church Cog, a Temple, or
Cathedral. | don't think sinners oughter
have as fine church as they've got no
how, an its wonder to me that them
wimmin Crewsoes don't buy 'em out.
Sinners where l cum from never set
themselves up 10 have church Of their
own. We went ta hear DIR. Stewert
Robertson preach not long ago. He's got
0 mighty fine church, tho taint quite
finished q guess they don't call it Cog
nor nothin). The last time We wus in
the Library We seed some water Doctor
itoberson brought from the Ded River
an sum from the Sea Of Jurdan. (Ieis
bin away Oft on tother side Of Mexico