The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1881-06-14
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Deer Sur IL hasten tu rite this let
ter tu let You no what a grand tim,
we've had here tu tho skulc house a
the winden up NV fesser Noails' skull,
and wish you wool getthe letter ou
aiore yer male Is opend. Fur yu NJ
how important 1t is fur yer reders Il
no bout the winden up NV thcs'
skules. .ia.Hlit .la4giiH
Last Wensdv arter noon was thu
day and every bpdy in llumduryiI
was out seplin Miss Lu Tompkius
1--WE call her just simple Lu fur short,
aud liz tell yui it like tn nv ruind
things her not bein there fur yu sec
she Is one NV the grandest singers yu
ever hern ANA she was tn sing 2 or J
tunes fur en-. But she wasent there
as sed ,iur this,rezin. Yer see I've
got s fine horgs and one lhstl have
broke so | can ride him and Lu when
she Gums over to stay with Mallndy,
she Is the dratedcst wildes thing ser
ever seed reckon. Well she's been
at me tu let her ride my saddle hog
fur ever so long. So that mornin
told her she cud try him. So she
went ont withme when | carried out
2 buckets NV slop, She got onthc
fence rite over the troft and when old
10 Il got him from that 10 Clark and
named him in oner of him, and Ma
Indy, thinks he fayors him iu) cum
up she drapped on him with one foot
OH each side us it wer so she cud hold
OH better yu see. Well sur old 10
.thot an angel ora buzzard one had
cum fur him shore. SO he tuck out
tu the brush like he was mad and the
way Lu did sqnall was larmia tu the
nubers. The lesser aud 4 or 5 Nv the
nabers was tn our house and when
they herd her hollerin they made
shore that DRAFTED gost what like tn
nv skerd me az the grave yard and
buited old Silvy in the creek had her
shore. And | dident have time tu
splane matters. So here we went
down the hill arter old 10 and Lu as
last as we cud. BY this time Malip-
dy aud the other wimmen folks was
making moro fuss than Lu and the
hog. But tu make short matters long
old 10 made fur thecre and rite in
he went aud cum nifty nj droundin
her. Well i got there pretty soon
and got her out. | tell yu sho was
the muddyest gall yer ever seed aud
the bushes had scratched her face mud
feet orful fur yer see she was bare
footed. Malindy sez to ine what in
the name Nv common sence did you
put her OIL him fur. | jirt told them
that size got OH him with out any
cuskara'er frum me and dideirt feel
that any blame was restin on my brig.
istation whatsoever. She is purity
sore aud has got tho oriulcst cold yer
ever hern tell on. eq .i,
Well as ! was gwen on to say we
all met at the skule house s,ine arter
dinner. So tho fesser made little
speech and splained what was the
rczcn Miss Tompkins warnt thare and
so forth and so on. And then the
concern begun which concerned every
= cnncern tixed mn FIR en- tn act an
aud n t;na nv n cnpcern hung nm fur
- ker,in We'll fust thing was n nroc.
/. ma,,on mr. sum concer,, like Thai bv
Bill Jones, promisin yuth Nv Ii
yers, bout twlnkel little stars bleve.
That WAS splenfled and all his family
chaircd hin, conuiderablo. But Una
a,rade II who'd tire Won 10 follow mo
,hron,,h tbe hoIe concern. Rnt Mr.
Ed;ture I wish vou wood brac nm tho
stuIe and bray on tho reiainmen,s
,hc ch;lderp made under the ,leficient
nmnauement nv fesser Mail. Eur
The manner In which tho skule man.
aued him and so on. You no bout
What N rite thnt will enterest q or IN
nv ,ha nairons onI tictle ihe fcsser
most m deth. Bout a colum and n
haIf wil, dn oness and IN use ann
hiv ,voras and latin IA fur latin il
90 son,eres,;n In the yene,,,l rciler :
Wall sr,er tho concern was over wo
Al, mn, IN onr concerns and went homo
IN s,,and In onr CONCERNS afore mite
fur ", see we was IN have n nuther
.a,:or,, ~ .~ ' =, ,ha stn,e bonse ,h,t n;te
IN the shapc ov sum speecheS oy hle
hn ,;a.a i'v; Tom W. sao ~ monors .had cou M
nornad tha,ns clyes IN nave tba con.