The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-04-21
CORRESPONDENCE.
TIM VARIOUS.
Tim Visits HartfoSd--Whaf He did
Saw, and Heard There.

Saw, and Heard There.
Correspondence of The HARTFORD HERALD.
| CUSE HoLLER, Aprile the 1--we.
Well, Mr.. Editur, wos tellin about
them fossul remanes tina found on the
Hartford rale rode, rite uhar he'd tn tare
mi Letter in tew. i axt him if tina appered
tn be all Nv the same spesee, and be sed
tina wos nv oil descripshuns and sum non
descripshuns. And 80 it sune cum time
tn slepe, and lie bet thar wus never epny
better time made in tibet line BY enny one
BED than wos made BY this trayIer, I'll tina
calld tn brrkfass. Take il oil round, it
wos the best phase l wos ever at and il
went hard with me tn leve it. But bed
tn strike out, and arter sum time got tn
Hartford, not much empruved by the mud
! he'd merely tn swim thru in sum places,
and it wos wuss in Hartford then emmy
whar else. 81 .. Il.
Well, l wus goin along lookin about,
and seed big fat Teller acrost the rode
latin. ! stopt and lookt at him, and then
he boilers tn sum |, and ses he, Bets, hoo
Is her Bets ses, damfno. Then be Gums
up tn me, an ses, peres tn me you found
sum mud SEES |, thets no sine NV smart
ness tn fine mud round here. SEES he, wos
yu looking fur sum II i ses, want tn
see the editur. SEES be, 90 over tn tibet
big brick house, and go lu, the fust dore
on the lrft, and Ak fur him. So went
thar, an the fust met in thar wos the
sheriff what wanted tn sell one the tax re-
cete- SEES he, how ar yu, Tim, an be Jest
went tn maxim out mi recete. SEES / tn
him, whar's the editur7 Ses he, the hoo?
Ses l, man sent me here tn see the edl-
tur. SEES he, this is the he'd quarters nv the
sheriff, an here is yore tax recete. Ses /.
oil rite, an got out mi mummy an pade him.
An then / felt better An then be tole
me about oil the muse, an axt about oil at
home, an thot the wa tn make sheriff
sivil wos tn pa yore taxes. Then / went
out, an the fust I met wos ledge Greoo-
ry' an be lookt so grand with his store,
close an little cane thot he'd be glad tn
see me like he wos last summer. an I went
rite up tn him, holdin out mi hand, an he
lookt like be didn't no me SEES /, how
ayr yu, Jedge7 He poked out Nv his
Zig harry fingers fur me tn take, an I TUX
holt nv it, an it felt so much like Iam's
laig wus afeerd it mite Xix, an / let 90
pooty sumo. SEES he, did yu want tn sc me?
SEES ], not pertikler. SEES he, lie be in the
offs arter dinner, on he went oph hanlin
his cane as graceful as a gal ways her new
| bussel. -
Well. wos 1ookfn rom, an dreckIy
herd sum l call, hello, Timl i lookt
roun an thar wus Mr. Shanks. SEES he.
don't you kno me? SEES /, how air Won.
| curnel? An we got to tockin NV ole times.
an tole him whut wos lookin for. an
ses ne, I've got pece nv Ian up thar on
cune holler, an ef it suites yu lie give WI
a lese onto it. SEES he, yore father wos the
best friend / he'd up thar, and, SEES he, him
an yore mother is both ded SEES i. yes:
when dad bot bruther Joes an Ben's Ter,
hacker, and sole il an what we rased tn
Chiffon, an he cheted oil he Good. an tina
got holt Nv sum NV it an tux it Ia Evans
vile an got nuthin rum it, so BY the time
be pade Joe an Ben he wus pooty lite run.
an him so ole, and the big boys gone. an
! tuthers TO smol tn help, il list wore the ole
man doun; an then that revnu bisness Ink
the farm, an that left us about es pore es
we cud git. Sum foxes sed it wur shame
fur ShaBks to let that ole mans farm be
sole an them ehillun be scatterd with nutb-
in tn holp EN-, but dad sed that Sharks
wus oil rite. Then. SEES he, cum, Tim, an
lets go an git our dinner. an ava we went
an got our dinner.
When We got back, thare wus M, Cor.
Mr.. Tommus, Mr.. Wise, Mr.. Johnson. an
sevrul more tockin an lafiu. an ledge
Gregory cum doun on tother side nv the
rode, an stud thar sum time, an arter
while he peerd 10 think hadn't enny ket,
chin cumplaint, an he cum over an wus
the funnyest l NV the lot
Then l thot I he'd better look rom an
see ct could fine yu, an tole Mr.. Shanks
L wanted tn BE the editur. He tux me I'M
tn the phase, tole me how tn 60, an up
went an nockt on the dore. Sumbody sed
cum in. i opend the dore an lookt roun.
A yung man ses, howde, hev sete, an be
lookt 80 plesent an wus SO well drest. an
wus 90 good lookin, / jist thot that's the
editur, an went rite up to whar be wus
dom sumthin an begin askin bout things
he KEEP on pickin mp sum pee-lookin
things, an fxen EN- in his ban. an I ken
on tockin, becase va Sc l felt sorter AT
hum mong freDs. an he lookt at me an
then plnted tn sum reedin on the vol. 1t
red mo TAKING TO THE ConPosrroRsl"
! lookt oil roun an cudnt sc emmy thing tibet
lookt like q composition. Then / TUX mp
sum Nv them pegs tu look at, an he
TUX EN- ava frum me. An KEEP tockin
an tryin to be agreeable, an he peerd sort
er preocupide an woodnt took. Arter
while he lade doun the thing he wus put
tin them pegs in, an jist pickt it up to
look ct 1t, when he billed rite over an line
afeerd he sed sum words his NANNY never
iarnt him. AFTER he stopt an got breth,
he SEES, stranger, yu better git frum here,
or by the - lie send the devil fur Bo-
gardus He's jest gone to help Lum Wise
passlfi his gests, an eff he Gums back an
fines yu here woodnt be in yore plase
fur stud hoss. Well, yu sc. he'd no
chance tn egsplane, an thot he'd better
leve, an l cum mere runnin over Mister
Barrett on the stares. SEES he, Tim, whats
the matter? Ses !, the editur's mad. Ses
be, thets not the editnr, but TELLER he hes
hired. Then l felt better, fur wus AFRAID.
. our frenship wus quit / he'd long tocl
with Mister Barrett in his rune. Nov
yu must waite for the rest til I git NOR,
: paper. Yures trooly, TIN VARIOUS.
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