Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-08-04
BILL RoauS ABROAD.
He visits Dawson and Encounters
a Live Eoho-An Account Of
His Adventures.
HUMDURGIN. Ky.

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Deer Sur;-When I rit yu that last
letter | had no idy it wood bee this
long afore yu wood here frum me
agin. But the fact is I've been so
drafted bissy in the crap aint had
time tn write. Pme kinder thrue
now and last week Malindy got arter
me tu take hur and 90 tn Dawsing
and spend few days and a good
many dollars fur our helth. Yu 10,
Mr.. Editure, she's bin kinder botherd
with brown creeters fur sum time,
and, l have had the hen-hew end
waze. So | jist came up tn your
town and borrowed $4,000 frum that
Elick Rodgers and Malindy and me
as aforesed wer bowth,
Out OF fix we tuck our trix
And bownced the trane for Dawsing
Opity our fate we had tn waite
Fur the East bound tfanc at crossing.
But like the tax collecture it cum
at last. Well sur when we got there
| never seed so many folks at one
place, all fur the purpose NV drinkin
and every one peard like they wanted
tn drink the most But mind yu nun
NV EN- got tite, fur yu must no the
thow oro M tho ho,,or haIvos MY ,oam anu
Tbst 10 ,hn oot M ,ho ,,ood IonI,i,,
onos arc and tbo haIanco s won,s ~ hn ~
and yu 10 intent ofpurpose is credit
ed fur what it's worth in law.
Well when we got off the cars don't
ioto nw no,i;"o en,,isS LES - ~
ali cnd In ,n "1 I.oan n0 IT," a rn ~ "a'
,nout ma - oj Ia,.;' ~
man came nm % and asEe1 70 80 ~, ,,o ,Oih 9Th
him WHor Im vr Lonna oo, M ~ ~
tha Saudnstv I ~ SOW ho ~ wIoriS r T. ,,at2 "a;
se1 7 "Ritc Iere y con ho ..at tho
parl - That Sor,or sLnrd mo rnr mT n'
500 7 h,l hor1 nv parL Eo,iv is'ii
aIivo . so, 7 az r,I,at oIi,a ~ 60, 10
Iinder smiiiug The Part COZ T h"i hi
oiorn ho cnI sav auvthing Wal;nIv
lilo IN no hrola. r;i' IL my e;Jo w;,I
har @ oihon, III onJ cd -, o ~ m hindnU "inU n'n I
aHilI Inn,t evnoso vnur i~norau"o
hara tho cns, U,i ~ aus, hn;,,
II With mo so1 hu, 7 Sood oSo ,uas
"n;na, ,n Nv mo a un,hor Lnmnh so
HinJer s;1lod or "Vnn d;Jn,t hova
no,Iin alec 10 Tr;n,rn So, shn i,inJar
IonJ SoIsooJ ,So lost ill.,, Iond
Jm was IN go Iong with ,ho msn omJ
seo ,vLat S,rL Go not Wv Snao,;n M iu
500 nn,I;n hmt IoJ ,no;. II" o,,T
All IVhon 7 siIIaJ ar r,nu Mai;md,
Gon,t W. ,hinl; that GOOD ioolim man
,,o, r;;o H. ha,wan,' e. onJ hn. n"d
was taIk;n IN hnr lilo ho had pnIe
her nil his life That kinder rileI mo
and 7 wood hava ,rnne sm,,ors also
rite thcn If crd Hv cot Moii,dv;S
eve but she had her oveS an lin ,lI
tir Tina so conclnded to make tha
hest NV Il Yon sne II was no more
than I evnoctod hmt lidcnt look fur
il SO soon
We'll wa soon oot IN ,ha S.uduskv
which ;s tbe n;cest coolest Mace IN
Dawsin0 Tbe man ioId mo be
was DR.. CulIom and thot he ment
he eculled the arrivals fur his onest So
soon as got chance told MaIindv
we was CHILLED fur tony fnIks what
looked like we cud pay our board. |
but she had found out that was his |
name shore nuff and cum very near
Pyle-ing me ont NV the door intu the
ward. She sed if 7 dident'. act more
senceable she'd start me back on the
next freight that passed. Mr.. Editure,
Fde a giv a dollar tn seed Won then
to git Won IN tell me ALL about the
nature and habits nv Park and
what tbey etc and so on. fur WI see I
dident want I'm appear green But I |
concluded tn 90 down intu the settin
room and talk tn the gentlemen. So
| went down keepin sharn lookout
fur the Park all the time. Next dav
| went nm I'm the Summit Uouse To
see hoo was there. Mr.. Handy sed
he was keepino all Wright Owen I'm
the elevated location nv Ills house.
this hot weather. But. Mr.. Editure,
sum NV hisguests looked awful Brown
In me. I'm the Office at Mr.. Uamby's
Sam WRIGHT showed the picture nv
sum cliffs that was down the creek
He sed thew was mitv butiful and.
ther was A splendid echo down there.
I dident want io annear green so n
sed | never had seen a live echo but |
seen ones skin stuffed in Robiuson's
show once. All tho fellers lafIed like
thew dident believe me. Mr.. Owen
lowed maby il was an alegater's skin
had seen, 7 wasent rioht Certain butit
was. but I'de sed If was an echo's skin
and / stuck tn it.
Sam lowed hede take me down next
morniu and show inc live one at
the same time giyin one NV the fell
lers a wink which he thot I diden't
see. So that wink nut me ON NV
gard and | was tsymilIed tn keep nv
ewes open. Well next morning shore
nuff we went down. but the thing
was in lis den in the rocks Sam lowed
and woodent cum out while we stade.
Mr.. Editure. 7 wish I end perscribe
the buties NV those cliffs tn yer readers
but tbey will have TN he seen Tn be
preciated. Sam lowed them woods
| ,,,ovo ell go, r,,;,,o, IL L;,,o a., 4 s,n,