The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-07-16

(WHICH is ON GRASSY FORK

JUL the 18th IS & So
Mr.. EDITURs Il know Bob Taller
pow'rful well, an Nancy, that's my
ole wumen wus gwinter rite him
lettar an see ii he cudent give me
lift. Ye see Bob run aginst that Their
TELLER what they call hereabouts bug
juse Petybone. They had a speekin'
down tn the Coghill meetin house
that Their time an Bob staid all mite
with me. Case me an Nancy an
Hi Rains is the only two democrats
in this deestrick. Hi couldn't keep
Bob, case he cudent he ced. Sed
tn Nancy, sed I-"can't we keep the
canidate?" Nancy lowed as tho he
wus stranger, an sumthin bout
keepin angels unawares, an if he cud
put up with such as we eat he mout
stay. Bob lowed as tho he wus nifty
much obleeged to us, an 'peared
pow'rful luvin tn Sisero, Nancy's ba-
by. After while Bob went out an he
coffed like an then winked at me an
/ knowed rite then he wus no angel
fur OF King an Mericus Jones
lernt me what that Their kind
of blinking the eye ment Nancy she
took tn Bob pow'rful, an up an sed if
she hadn't named the baby Sisero
she'd call it Bob. She called Sisero
case young preacher frum the col
lege preeched at our meetin house O
little afore that, an said Sisero wus a
babdist, Nancy lays by the babdists
a heep, an she named her baby Sisero
So | lowed Bob mite help me git the
poast offs at RedBud Holler, an so
took my foot in ham an went down
tn Clifton tn see Bill McSwane bout
it tn. Bills bin to the legislator, an
they du say he voted square fur the
democrats. That's powerful disa
pintin tn some of the RAIDS her'abouts
case they thought Bill voted fur bug
JUICE Pettibone. Bills a hard fox IL
trap, fur he gulled the wool over theil
eys in the knobs tn. Nancy says al
how she don't like tn see man ridir
2 horses, but tell her she mustn't tall
tn much when I'm tryin tn git thu
poast offs.
| hearn while / wus down tn Cliff
ton as how the president had pinteC
Bob Taller fur tn pay the solgers pen
shuns, / wus solger, but wusn
one OF Uncle Sans, | wus one Cou
sin Sally's solgers, an CUES I'll no
git eny pensllun Bill McSwane SCI
he'd past recomotion in the legisla
tar to penshun blind solgers. I'm no
blind but Nancy says if the penshuI
was fur lazy solgers I'm fit subjeck
Nancy's good ledge O. indigo bu
, she's cakalated tn blab sumtimes
Bill McSwane sed tn git NY petishul
an git all the democrats in my dees
trick tn sine it for me tn have tn
? poast offs. Now thar ant but two u
here an that me an Nancy an II
Rains. Hi he's wantin the poas
offs tn. | think its nifty insurin t
vote fur that there Teller Saintjon, al
: then up an turn roun an ask on
J, president fur the poast offs Hi don
I shore case / seed his ticket an it ha
/ WATER PURE WATER"
OH top Of it. Sainjon wont bottle
now / guess, case Dan Terser what
o been out in Arkansaw says the rae
hung Saintjon in Effigy. II he'd
J bin hung down in Alabamer thel
ther RAIDS up North wud a laid it 0
5, the democrats an kluklux. Name
e says it makes site O difirance who's
= dogs pisend. Hi Rains mustn't hay
=" the poast offs saore, case II he gifts
o it'll ruin the galorius democratic
r party in this deestrick. TIN bust
it wide open. Mr. Editur | want yo
= tn put blue pensil marks round tn
letter like Gray Allen duz when tn,
put his name in the tribune, an sci
'e it tn Uncle Sam an tell him I'll liz
IS his stamps fur him or anything els
c. Yours in haste
IL EZEKIEL REDBUD.