The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-07-28
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The following very funny letter ap-
pcared in n number Of the P0uNry
Honthlv.
MEEarEE VERKis-I see dot mosd
eilerbody wrides someding for dc shicken
babeis nowadays, and fought praps
meppo can dot too, rs wride all apuut
vat dook bace nit me lnsht summer
you kno-oder Of you don't know, den
dclls you-dat Katrina IDIOT is mino
vrow) und me, We keep some shickens
Tor long time ago, und von tay she salt
to nc, "Sou.ery," IDIOT is mtin name)
wy dond you put some Of &c aigs under
dot olt plue hen shiclen2 tink she
wants to sate." WELL" salt, "meppe 1
guess | will" so bickcd out some OF de
best aigs und dook um oud do dc parn.
fere do olt nen make her nest in de side
OF de haymow, pout five six feet up; now
you see l never vos ferry big up und
town, but vos pooty big all de way
around in do mittle; SO koodn't reach
up dill =! yont md get parrel to stant
on; veil cline me on de parrcl, und
ven my he'd rise up by de nesht, dot olt
hen she gif mo such bick dot my nose
runs all Offer my face nit blood, und ven
dodge back, dot plasted olt parrcl he
preak, und p! vent down kershlam; I
didn't tink koot go insite parrel be-
tore, put dere | vos, und fit so dite dot
koodn't git me out efferway; my fest
vos pushed way up under my armholes.
Ven l fount dot / vos dite sthuck,
holler Katrina Katrina !" und ven she
koom und see me sthuck in de parrel up
to my armhole, NIT my face all plood
und nigs, she shrit lait town on dc hay
und lati und laii, till got so mat I salt,
"Vot you lay dere und laf like olt fool,
eh? Wy don't you koom bull me uud ?''
Und she set und salt. "Oh, wipe off your
chin. und bull your fest town. den she
lait back und laft like she wood shblit
herself more rs eter. Mat as I vas
fought to myself: Katrina, sbeak Eng.
llsh pooty good, but l only salt, nit my
greatest dignitude, "Katrina, will YOU
bull me oud dis panel?" uud she seed
dot | look pooty red, so she salt "Of
course will, Sockcry;" den she lait me
und de .parrel town on our site, und I
dook holt de door sill, und Katrina she
bull on de parrel, but dc first bull she
mate ! yellet, "Donner und bitten, shtop
dat. dere is nails in de parrel" You
see de nails bent down ven vent in, but
ven koom out dey schtcs in me all de
way roundt. Veil, to make a short sthory
long, told Kitrina to 60 und dell nay
Dor Hausman to pring saw und SAW me
dis parrel off; veil, he koom, und he like
to shblit himself NIT laf too, but he roll
me ofer und saw de parrel all de yav
roundt off, und git up NIT half parrel
round my waist; den Katrina she say,
"Sockery, vait little. till git battern
OIL dot new ofershirt you half on,n but |
didn't salt q vord. l shust got a knife
oud und vittle de hoops Off und shiinv
dat conforndet olt parrel in de wood pile.
Plmeby ven ! Gin III de house Katrina
she said so soft Ike: "Sockery, dond YOU
goin' to put some aigs under dot olt plue
hen ~ Den salt, in my deepest voice,
Katrina, If you efer say dot to me again
I'll get a pill from you, help me chiminy
Gracious" und dell you she didn't say
daI antAmore,; Veil, ven shtep on a
parrel now, 1 dond shtep on it. I git n
oox. Drooly yours,
SCCKERY KADAHoUT.