The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-03-04
Little Johnny's Composition on Skating.

A man wich had all ways live were it
is worm whether. he come North to see
friend, and his friend shode him pair OF
skates, and he asst, the man did, wot they
wos for, and wen he was tole they was for
the feets, in the winter, he said he shude
think they wude be cold. Then his trend
said not if you went real fas, and the man
said how cude any boldly walek fas with
them sharp things on their feets, he wude
like TO no, and wen he was tole it was easy
on ice he said this is a carryin joke little
to far, do YOU think Tine a fool, you mite
waek little with EN- in gravvle, were
they wudent slip. but on ice is jus were
yude brake your neck in a minnit, you got
to polly gise.
like sno bollin well enuf wen it is plade
fair and don't hit me on the nose, wack,
and like to see Stays run over dog and
make him vel, and say hooray, and wude
like skatin if cude stand up on em, and
make like 8, and not set down till got
done, but give me worm day with over
cote and muffiers
Did YOU ever here bout that feller wich
was skatn were they was lots of foxes a
skatn too. and his heels fiue up, and he set
down offel hard? Then he thot he wude
sho he diddent care so he set still and Lit his
pipe and tride to be funny like he had set
down purpus, but wen his pipe was out
he cuddent git up, cos he was frose fas.
He tuke of his skats. but no use, he cudent
git his feets under him, and oil the girls
was round him, a gigglin, and his wife,
wich was big woman, she come up be
hine him. and she said wot a shame, and
she tuke him by the collier and puid as
hard as ever she cude pul, but the fellers
braces they broke. and he was dron out OF
his trowsers, so much for tryin to shO OF !.
| The feller he was one of them edditers
wich has been steelin nv stories and a
pTintin EN- like they had rote em their own
sells, but don't think they will thisn.
So that's oil | kano bout skatin, but
wen it comes to maxim a sno man line
guide at that bisness, can tel you, but no
nose on him, COS it wudent stick. That
one me and Billy made yesterday my
mother she come to see it, and she saiC
were was its nose, and Billy said o, wer
he comes out he leaves it to home, cos il
wude git cole and pain him, but wen evel
he wants to bio it Johnny he gose anC
fetches it. Then my mother she only SAID
wy, william! That's bout ol wimmini
can say wen they is fiored. My mother i
offle nice wen you come to no her, bu
Mary the house made has got lame toe
Las mite wen Uncle Ned come home ]
was dark, and | was hid under bush T.
see If he wude be a Trade of the sno man
wich he madden saw, for it was rite by tn
wok where he wude have to pas, and wei
he come In the gate he was wisslin som
thing from Don 10 Vanny, but wen h
see the sno man he stude still and forge
wot was the tune. Then he luked lon
vile, and then he went up cloce and san
bless nv sole, / th0t it was sno man, Du
its a gQst, some body has tuke the sn
man way, and this offie thing is standi
right in the same place. is jes like the on
, l see in Injy once wich ct little boy
wot fritefe eyes! Then Uncied Ned q
! turned and woked out agin thru the gat'
he was so scared, and was lef all a lon'
and wen Ilookt at the sno man it didde
seem like the same. and | thot it movet
and hollered like every thing, cos l W;
friten most to deth, and ol the foxes CON
= out of the house TO see wot was up. we
) we was oil in dores. and Uncle Ned to-
he begun to laf at me, but wen tole el