West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-01-05
FROM OUR DUTCH COUSINS,
AURoARRY, WESTERN VTRaINY.
Monday evening.
IRA B.


Mister Editor of the Argus:
Your dutch cousins. Joe DateI
and his irow Nancy Darter, writes
you another letter, jist to tell you
all about somethin they rally saw
list tother night Christ eve. Ii
was truly the most purtiest sight
you never seen in all your born days
Mister Editor. Nancy says she new
er cant lorgit it, 1t was great
big pine tree, green % a pertater
patch IN dorg days, and CROWN the
III, and it was ,st chuck luil of
e,ything you could think on in
this short transmitory life. Nancy
says it just looked for all the world
TO her like pine tree, but IT wont
no pine tree neither, for it was Just
as full o. nice poses as could be, aud
the preacher said 1t was a Uhrstmss
tree, and how that old Germany and
several other big towns have nll
hons OF just eich trees every year
Nancy says as nigh as she can tell It
had nigh onto forty wagin loade OF
all the purity things that human ma
ter could haven't, all haugin Go the
limbs. Nancy Gays that she was
keei ful to watch sons iellers with
long poles nockin and punchin and
pulin off the purity things and she
10 most sartin she never saw SIGH au
indelightiul tree 1t was bvndin
under the load of purity things tina,
jet kivered It's branches, sich az
sweet posles, curry combs, baby
shoes, great big sIocklns aud little
stockins, petty coate, turkeys, gal
lowses, doRs, boots, cats. squahn
moukeyP, dolls, collars, calico; coffee
pots, cakes, pipes. tobacker, wash
machines, in fact everything that il
good and purty.waS CROWN on that
tree. Nancy says she didn't just
count the purity things hangin' on
hat tree, but thinks there WAS nigh
onto six hundred and forty thousand
There WAS mazen eight OF people
in the church. They jlst all come
10 git present and see what the
preacher said was a Christmas tree
but Nancy thinks it was ,st some
kind Of strange pine. The meetin'
house was dreadful nice. 1t had
nice letters all over it jst like on q
finger board. Nancy came nigh on
to gitin rlled at some young chaps
tryin to make love 10 the gals. She
says the boys kept up SIGH q tarnel
sight OF PAWN aud scrapin that it
conf usted her thoughts add give her
dreadful headache. She says them
blsrsled boys st smiled at the gals,
ike hungry possums sniin at a
sImmon tee. Nancy jist wished for
her buckwbert batter paddle, che
made EN- smile tother way, tell you
she woulc, for they waxed her spirit
dreadful She was tskin notes, 70
We could jist tell you all about the
greatest wunder Of the age. Nancy
says when she looked at that glorious
tree with ever so many little caDd Ter
buruin al through II, jist reminds
her Of New York City or London all
on 3 blaze, or eome other great amh.
thester sparklin jet like bushels o,
twinkIin stars on a cold night Mis-
ter Editor it bsint possible to do the
subject Justice IN one letter. You
jist ought TO seen that tree yourself
to comprehend it's msguiohude, and
more too you Jist ought 70 seen them
Old dads and mans grinin VIXEN got
purity things. Itjust done US good
to set and look at EN- grin as them
ar boys what stood up on two big
benches and hollered out evsrybod lies
name in the meetin house, and list
axed EN- to stand up and git pres
ent. tell you them are dreadful
clever boys. Nancy says she IL most
sartin hey are 0ld Krit Kiingles
boys. Nancy says she saw Hampton
and Ira Bee both thar with mouth
open wstohin 10 see II she would
pull of Der stoekin and bang it on