Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-04-20
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[TURE SOUTH KENTUCKIAN:

EDITURE SOUTH KENTUcKIAN:
I DEAR SUR Il nodised in yore last
isshoo that cuzzen Josh Rogus had
rit letter fur yore paper diskriben
a Witt he made to yore city an such.
Well sur, never node afOre that cuz-
zen Josh wuZ much Nv Teller fur
litachoore all SIGH till he rit that let
ter. node cuzzen Bill wuz inclined
that way an had reeped sum reputa-
shun in the field NV written proze,
but wuz sumwhat took aback at
Josh.
Well sur, we had wedlin In this
bette last week, all nobody else but
me an Suzan Skinner wuz the hi con-
tractin parties. In fact we got so hi
that contracted a cold goin home
frum the Squire's arter the ceremony
had bin sed. Arly in the evening the
gests all got thar (To Squire Skin.
ner's, my wife's daddy an assembled
in the spashusest rune they had OH
the premises (the parlor and DRAWN
rune aud settin rune an SIGH is all
blended into wun at the Squire's.)
Direckly the parsun driv up in two
boss Vaughn an everything bein
redy me an Suzan stepped out an the
parson commenced to ty the Cor
geous not. Well sur, darned if /
wuzent skeered wuss than ever wuz
afore, an that John Payne Nv your
city who was wun NV the waters an
hoo is danglin after anuther wun nv
the Skinner gals luked like he'd drap
whar he stood.
The parsun seed as how me an
John wuz both fallen, 80 he jist cut
the drafted thing short and sed we
wuz man an wife. l managed to
slip out round ahind the house and
got drink NV corn whiskey out NV
quart what Walter Owens had hill
ahind the chimly or don't think I'D
aever made the rifle.
Well sur we sat down to supper,
an then the fun commenct. Sum-
body axed John Payne to drink Su-
zan's helth and he scd sumthin about
diamond rare" but we didn't ketcll
the latter part Nv his helth, though
we all node it wuz good or John
wudent a sed it. 1t seemed to me
that everybody ct morn they ever
did afore.
.''The wurld iurgtten an by the wurld furgot,
An thar we sot and sot an sot,
And we ct an ct till we neerly bust,
Ashes to ashes an dust to dust"
AFTER we had ct enuff to satisfy us
+ fur the present, the ole Squire pre-
bounced as how lie wuz goin TO Civ
us dance, so the spashus rune wuz
cleered NV the bed an all luther ar
tickles that mout be in the way Nv
the dancers, all the Squire tole us to
lite in. Geo. Martin wuz thar all
happened to have his ole fiddle with
him, so he played All we danced.
They all tride to git John Payne 10
git up and pronounce hisself candi-
date fur county prosecutor, but he
.wuz so Embarrassed thar afore his
gal that he axed to be excused. About
this time Teller who had heard
Charlie Bush wuz thar, cum to git
him to tend to boss case whit wuz
cummin up at Squire Bender's court
an he had tn leve. l hearn after.
wards that him all Squire Cato, who
wuz representa- the luther side, had
il nip an tuck that day over Hop.
kins county hoss that wuz blind in
both ize an had chronic case Nv
eppizoodick.
Well sur, line a cummin up to yore
city afore long an bring Suzan with
ME. You see the honeymoon aint
over yit, quite, though we've bin to a
good many places on our weddin
tower. We fust went to Dawsing
hoss-back, an frum thar up to Empire
whar we got off an cum out home
1t seemed to me all this time jest
like l wuz in dreme. A Teller mel
us on the platform at Nortonsville an
TUX on over us orful. He sed as how
lie heard Ide got tn be a "benny
dick" or sumthen Nv that sort, al
then got mad. Ide whipped thu
life out Nv his ugly karkass rite thai
but that lobe Hurt sed as how thu
Teller ment l wuz q married man, al
I let him alone. They sed arter
wards the teller wuz candidate flu
jailer. / thot he wuz orful familiar
Mr.. Editor, whut is the menin w
benny dick?
Yourn without shrugged,