South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-09-02
HARTMASsvILLE, Aug. %, 1881.


Maj. ilARPER,-Dear Sir: As YOU
have asked for items am, some OF our
friends have requested us TO let them
hear from us through the Iafcllige"ccr.
We tvail ourselves Of the little leisure
time we have to perform that pleasant
duty. Alter kissing them al good 10y G
at home on the morning OF the 10th
ins'.,~e started for our a leghany place
OF business n I'd reached ii. +. Murrhy's
about 4 O'clock. l.. NJ. Wo did full
! Justice Ia tho excellent supper which
| Mrs. NJ. soon prepared tor us. We had
pleasant trip our, uncle Robcrl's wa.
| g'n gliding US almost as smoothly over
The rongh road as il we had been in r.
! sleigh on snow. We had few minn, es
conversation with Mr.. Vance Gikes"n
"t Mont Alto. Mr.. G.. is locking vel.
| ami supports Il light mus,ache.
| As II is about us our friends want to
hear, suppose we must let them know
how we spent the Sabbath which i, just
past. We viii not be personal, lest we
should have 20 say unpleasant things
about ourself. Each OF US was engaged
at different illings during the day. ",
! hal. arranging OF toilet, not much eat
ing, great deal; sleeping. some play
ing dominoos. jnst ltlle; reading the
! Bible, few chapters; loOlting mt the
! pictures III treaties on engineering.
more than Nas right; going To church,
part OF the way. SIX Of us started to
! church, but learned on the wav Tint the
! preacher would not 10 there SO we turn
eel our steps homewari On TIE way
We had partial view Of The farm OF Mr
Mack. InskeeP. SIR. L. has beautiful
farm here and many fine cGttle Craze
upon its Thousand Hills. We spent an
hour or SO very pleasantly ut the house
Of Mr.. Nat. Kuzmi'er's. would say
to their frien Is at homo, they arc all
we'll. t.ii
By the way, forgotto hnme ono, and
the most important and cxcusabl. thing
con ;hc programme Of the Sabbath, viz,
writing letters. OF couse, wo wrote no
real business ldicts, but social letters TO
our listers, mothers and brothers. and
'hiuk, from what saw. that some of
hem must have written TO his lover, or.
loveress, If you prefer the term. One
young man commenced bis letter by
saying, "My nice litllo dear" or my
dear little nice, / could not exactly tCH
which. One word looked very strange
TO me aul ] should have taken it Tor
MICE had the young man not been from
Romney, and | knowing that be had no
nioces. 1t would have pleased one Of
those renders Of trashy love stories to
have seen the sweet strains with which
he commenced. continued and even clos
ell his epistlc After the words uuo'ed
above, ho continued, "My bright eyed
dinple checked, sugar Tipped" oh !
forget what else he dad say and all the
aa'tering adjcciiyes he preGxed 10 the
beautiful name he gave hoF. After oil
tIis he wound up by giving glowing
description OF this delightful country
where laurels grow NJ large as locusts,
tcaberry bushes us large rs lilacks, with
berries az large as cherries; anil rattle
snakes grow 50 old and large That the
ratiles of ola single snake wonli be sui
lioient 20 adorn \ South Sea Island wo.
man 10 n manner betting her appear
snce before heF King"
will not quote further from this lc,-
ter lest ! catch the fever now prevalent
in camp. We expect 20 have The first
20 miles Of our road located by the first
Of Sep. Te are 81 we'll. Goodbye.
u KNOW