Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-12-02

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Betsy to fellegraf hak that he wnd at.
tend tc i. "a snne as he beat Generl
Grant. which by sum mistake NV Bet
sy in sendin or Quene victorier in re-
din, sed, As sune as beat the game,
I'll give geuerl gruut.' I woke, gUt
mp and drest myself and r0ts : pecs nv
poitry to Betsy. ABOUT snnrise herd
Betsy gittin up and I got 6ut % yurk.
had cut about haf = roH Nv eAtkeF
Storks. with . few peach a hvot
sticn on the top vhea Aess S1Zs
4Nule - Az I 4 I
Betsy seq cum theef 2llsekly. Ga16166
grashus, seq I, which nv the childuns
got the bilyus now? Dunno, sir, but
she say cum to de house dreckly.'-
When I got in the house, sex I, which
Nv ems got the biHuss Nun, sss
Betss, btu husbun cum and LUX at my
legs She pulld her close up to her
neze and rolled her stockings down to
her fete. Seq she, 'husbun, did yot
ever see ennythiug like thatY' No
m IN. What du You think it isr' Ser
I, wife, I amt no doctor. but shud say
it wa. chilblanes, or ue.tlerash, or tits-
lerrew, or yoller janders, or sumthin.
Seq she. Il think it luks more like kon-
chushuns.' Seq |, thiuk it luks more
like brewses. Well that's the same,
seq she. Yes MIN. Wei, she hal the
darpe.edest legs Won ever saw. FROM
her neze down to her fete was luveFd
with blue black splo:ehes from the size
NV silver quarter, if reckurleck. to
that Nv u haf. Seq she, 'husbun, what
wrd you du for il p Moves MN.
think il may he the effecks Nv Tie
dreme you had last mite. Air you sur
tin it was hoss, or was it n muel or n
ajacks Sez she, who ever herd Nv u
dreme levin brewses on wun's legsF
Yes m m; but David seq, vanish like -
dreme when one awaketh.' He don't
say ennything about the efserk, vanlsh-
in, and theerfour preshume he didn't
mean that the effccks vanished. I'm
no docter TO diagnoze II as emmy NV tho
abuv menshund disezes. but sor in q
mcddlekil olmanic, that if person got
hickt by n muel or a ajrcks, or emmy NV
theer relashuus, viuGyGer. pepper, salt,
camfre and WALLER clay and brown pa
per was a surtin remedy. Tommy sug.
gested mu,ln leves. Well, Betsy suus
had po,.tis NV the ahuv compounds,
and bound it around her legs from her
neze down to her fete. After l got my
breckfust, / went ont to cuttin down ter.
hacker storks agin. Befor had I'M
ished the rows I was in. here GUMS Tom
nv runnin agin. Mr.. Bragedon, Esq.
Miss Betsy seq cum 10 the house. -
Gudness alive! Who's got the bilyus
now? Dunno. sur; she sez cum tothe
house Yes nm. Wien got to the
house, the first thing Betsy did was to
strip her close up to her neze, and sex
she, 'cum here, husbun, / want you to
Lux at my legs She tux off the poll
tis, and seq she, 'hushun. On you see
emmy change in my legs? They fele
better Seq |, Yes nm. RELY did
see change, for so much Nv the clay
had stuck to her legs that / culdn't sea
any bruises. They lukt just like tu
skind pine poles pulled out Nv squashy
clay. SEE I, Betsy. the ressypee in the
meddlekil clmanic seq, if it is the kicks
Nv a muel or Jacks, it will begin to
impruve in for.nit's time. I had Or
lux Mt her le.s just ten times the first
day and just 81 times sints. 1t has
Just bin wun weke. This 10 the pece
NV pcitry about her, and it had pow
erful gud cffeck:
o Betsy. my darlin. becaws am ole.
A nd The silver threds minsle 50 thick with the
go'-
Du you think shud .hun the kule shade Nv
the bowers.
The hu,iful buds aad the fra grants nv flowers
Ny face mp Ill now. no rinale has maId,
Nor chilhlane nor rinkle nv bart has yet scsrd;
Mcihinks then lis kruel, that shud be made,
To GO and sit down in senexian shade.
Ai,ho the ia roses YOU wore when W. wed.
Ar CORN and now b.nme in a different hed;
LUX thru the lane nv three lustrums uS tiius,
A. these mGltiplide ros-s yors in yor prime
O Beisv, nv darlin iis strange 10 relate,
tnarrid you wun and now you ar ait;
md I'm shore am s1tisfiie with the increa-s,
For vslrew the nit Rt a bilyen y pece.
The vine and the olives, in harmony Iwined
nou, the wallsuv nv house and table combined,
Form a uewklyus pleSent at wurk or At play.
For a fragrant and butifui Household Box.
When finished redin the poitry, Bet
~ called me 20 her, (she cndn't cum TO
me on account NV the poletises.) and
putin her arms around nv neck she
kist me, and ser she, 'Hrsbnn. ain. you
darlin husbun 2 Sec l, yes MIN
'Aint you the best lukin man in the
kountY Z! Yes MN. 'Aint you th.
yungest man in the wurld Nv yer age:
Yes MN. 'Aint you the best man in
the wurld 2 Y-ye-yes MIN. But.
Betsy, if it be 50, pom NV sakrid ward
and onner I'm powerful sorry for it.
"Al isquiet along the lines now"
Yor effeckshunit unkle, r.
Bril- BRASEpox, EsoR.
p. s. This letter was ritten at the
rite time, but herd you were bizzy
lectin the candiiits and wuln't like 20
be bothered. -.a