The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-07-11
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Mr.. Eb1TURs:

Mr.. ED1TURS:
Deer Sur, no yu will be miiy
glad tn here ftUm me agin and tn here
| am still liven. When | rit you that
last letter had 40 idy it was gwen III
he 40 long afore wood rite ayin
But hope | win pardon you when
tell WI have been trayeln most all
the time. Yes sur i've seed sum Nv
the CRATE sites NV this wurld shore.
But can't begin tn Civ YIN a retailed
account nv all I've seed fur 1t wood
take three ur four colams NV yer
paper tn print the history in. So yer
must be contentcd with jist the
names NV sum Of the towns and
places I've tuck in. BY prefcrin tn
my jurna Sc that on May the 9Th |
went III Johnsun's Mill tishin with
Mr.. Fulgenloger Yer see the rodes
was tn bad In travel foot, specially
when pheller had wore out his win
ter shuze and had III take it without
auy like mater inteaded man 10 go.
So dident make any start I'll luyly
May made hur apercnce dressed as l,
wer in her robe nv Twin green, all
tatayated with rozes ard dog fcnel
blossums and SIGH like.
| wont tire yu tellin as how fell In
the kreek gitlin Winners and like III
frozs aud how our bottle of bate Civ
out the turst day but will pcrseed III
say VIC kolch lots Nv the tinny tribe
and the most NV um was rather skaly
customers.
In my travels I've struck yer town
several times aud met ami shuck
hands with two ur three hundred OF
spesa NY men called candidates who
was nifty anxns lur me to vote for
EN-. But SUN how ur other there
lreater was outen fix jist when
wood meet EN-. So | dont't no
whittier lie vote Tor any NV en- vi
not since that Joe Clark backed out
frum the race. don't no what made
him back out unless 1t was he thot |
mite tell on him how lie swindled
MsliHdy outer that drafted colt last
fall. But tend III make him cum to
law fur that quadruped yet. Mr..
Editure of ali the cunnin critters
ever seed no the candidates beef
all. They all ITO yon and are so anx-
ious IN no how yer wife and chilen Is
gitiin along and seem so friendly that
you feel like yoten, fur tho last one
yu,meet evry time. But that Judy
Bowden made me so DRAFTED mad that
! sed never wood vote fur him
But when herd what a good and
crate man he was, have changed
my mind and shall Civ my insislauce
to make him guvener q bleve its guv
erner.) How lie cum tn make ME go
mad was tina, he kinder intermated
that | as well as himself belonged u
the gents scrub. lie was nocked
down tn me Us very influendwayi
man. Mr.. Snidcr that presented
him, remarked that he wanted me tu
} see the man, SO mite no hoo | was
voten iur. The Judg remarked Il a
he was rather on the scrub order bu
he hoped that was 10 objection fur
think SEE he all CRATE men ort IN slicl
tn each other even II we du appear
little scruby. We'll sur hardly nod
whittier III take it as n compliment a
insult. But when herd EN- tell u,
so many things he was guide fur il
that convention / jist decided to vot,
fur him aginst the'hole field.
Jist last week ! paid tina. dead city
Elkton visit. Sum interprizen chaI
has bot the town and sowcd it dow
in dog ienel. reckon he Intends Il
try Ia furnish circus men with per
irilne fur there tents, On my wa
4 | passed through Fareyiew ant
| stopped an took supper with tia
{ drafted Tom Hullt what went wit
me to Louisville last fall and brok
my bottle nv eye wafer on the kari
r rickalect. Well Tom was nifty gla
III see me and kinder thot AT fus
! that maby he was candidate bu
cum tn find out he only wanted [
borrow twenty cents tu by SUM tel
u hacker with.
o l tended I'll go to see that Gittar
' Go up TO his Lordy
. From the end of a cordy
!, but come to find out it was tn fur, s
| jist gin 1t out, and cum to you
= town to the convention tn here thel
g chaps brag on their man. Mr.. ed
y ture had no Idly that candidates wa
u all such perfect beings. Alter ina
l. is dcd, the averige obituary ritter cir
ID a man good Recommendation, whe
it will do him no good. But The:
obiiUarys OF Twin men think is hee
y the best, at least 1 know ! would lik
+ it much tho best for myself. tende
Il To tell you nv sum Nv the cnriouse'
'e ways and notions that Malindy lurl
when she was visiting friends in y,
:. city, and I may do so IN my next
. you can put it in where nun of ye
70 lady reders wont see it. But for Il
T. present must exist as this is getti
n too long alredy. l wish | had Tim
e. and rune TO tell YOU more about Il
4 sites | seen and the duins OF Il
a folks in this, bat l must quit no
r? shore. So no more frum yer fren
till deth,
s. BILL RoeUs.