Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-03-29
LETTER FROM MIR. RUFPIN T11MRI,E
fiNEY WOODS, La, March %, 1872,
MR.. SENrlNE1MAN


reasonably I never met you, but m
son Jimmy says he knows you, an say
you are right clever chap. copside
We are acquainted because I read wba
you say IN your tolerable fair paper ever,
week. Well, so much for a knock dow,
10 the ink Singer of our little paper. VIVA
started TO do when took my chair, wa.
10 write you good, old time. confiden.
''al letter, and let you know how things
inoEe IN This part of the parish. But let
INC teii you, first thing amt got much
"'"k lernln' and what write moupbt
NOT oe spelt ixzackly 'cording to the rules
iaid down in that little novel wrote nv
Old Noah Webster, when I was q hor
oue when toll you as how my old moth
er' t"ho left this earthly tabernicle of sin
oil" went to the bright throne above
Son'e 1orty odd years ago) taught me the
SIN OF novel readin', (I ALWAYS foo,
the happiest when am readin NV hill.
OF my hymn book) your mantle of charity
will stretch wide enough to cover an 49,,
shortcomings.
am going to tell you about nv place.
i've just thirteen miles from Bavon
SARA and have got .24O acre farm,
'ha1 used to bring bale of cotton Tn
1ne acre, but it is sorter worn ont now
ana don't bring good truck. Before Free
''om had four niggers, and made stuT
enough to buy barrel of whiskey every
year ana keep a good saddle horse all the
''ine. can't 90 that now, though. never
GU nome but once on a big frolic, and
n"' was IN the year 46, when a lot of Ms
vent down to Mexico to lick the Gre,s-
u.s. ana we licked EN- too, YOU bet. T
wouldn't mind lickin sumthin ore,s,
low; I'm awful hungry for fat meat, IF
." could stoop so low would like for 4
." 10 hght III OH US about water melon :
n.o anu can promise you a stunnin
ISL. We don't work much in that se,.
'n' MY boy jimmy says we old farmers
ere Tools to work our truck like wa nsed +
}. That cotton sells too chean n ,o,
IF moren two plowin's and two hoein,s G
ayoe he's right, for he's book learnt
"' oet"een me and you, was ALWAYS
ISL win specie when I only got five or
cents for cotton, but now l don't bave
red cert. Can you tell me how this ;s7 y,
. anu two or three of my neighbors
a a gioriication meetin' last Fr;d.
gnu over the election of Capt. Bill -
axe Tor delegate to the Convensbun
other Jake Featherston, Ga brother in
chorch) was requested to make
'oon' ana ne spoke. He said, "gentle-
H. (and we all stood up) it is with the
crest and pleasantest sensations If
de and pittyfulness, that I annou,oo
'i''s body the reconstruction of the RI
mo and glorious old wing party; the ze,
''ioh or Capt. Bill Leake and BEATING sta
ooSe Butler, the democratic candidate OF
tne Poslshun, makes my heart iunn y, an mn
oo"n with amotion. I'm glad we c.n wit
70 the ranks of our ant, bellim (thjs 10 han
and means old timer) foes. When ne ne
yam KEGS and scalawagers run the n;, I r.
n"u To JOIN the democrats to beat pro
'u6 now the radicals are whipped. M
must join the niger to beat the dem. q
u.s. When Brother Jake made this
u ih'ratlon, such shoutin and stomn-
'enC up that the shutters on the win.
oI Inc little school house that wa r,
nolan the meetin in ratified 40 that tent
II >em was shook off. After we onietoa and
l ne went on to say that II never was VI NJ
III "ppia,tse l nate the name, large
nail with pleasure a chance to prep
out of its anlSs." deli>
er Bro. Featherston run ont of 1;a H II. =.
ook his seat, Bro. Timothy Finn who Mere
'resldln' over the meetin'. got nm .na Peck
osed that the asse,,,,o, ~ anu Roue
7ihen commit and pledge ourselves TO -
r' TWO OF our party, for Governor
lieut.. Governor, in the Democratic -
nshuh' next year, and was abont
SSes1 TWO names when Brotber
orseon said that'd be going back on FL
lors, and Bro. Finn replied Nv GOV 81
at IT 1T was understood bv his ,ro Isl
"n tllat he wanted to go back on II
ssef' mat such an impreshun was SI
, ano 10 prove hat he wanted to ;S
Il 'ne good side of the colored pop- I'll
~ VIII only say that am a can. I'll
LUZ magistrate next year." Brotber al
i"shed like turkey gobbler when HR
le known his aspirations, and BRO 81
ton said that under such c;rc,,n SE
no was forced to believe the Pres. PIX
'u' lhslnuated that he was rather
ptuous: There is no telling how Z
,,tf n' . navo mad a regular row if The j
nClul member had not moved to
: mus ended our first glorifca.
- 'iio olu oourbons defeat. When One t
again will write Won another sour mi
Until then T am vour f.;o best B
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