Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-25
B.i. Rye'eLettsv


owing to circumstances went away
on little business tower few days
on the ears, and then when got home
the sociable broke loose IN our once
happy home.
While on my commercial tower
down the Omehaw railroad byin' a
new we'll digrin' machine OF which l
had heard a good deal pro and con.
l had the pleasure of riding in one OF
them sleeping cars that We read so
much about.
/ am going os ffty years old, and
that's the first time ever slumbered
at the rate eff foTty-tiye miles per hour,
including stops.
/ got acquainted with the porter,
and he BACKED my boots in the night
unbeknown 70 ne. while | was engag-
ed in siullovr. He must have
thought that j vas your father, and
that we rolled il luxury at home all
the time. and ,haJ it was i common
tang for Us to have our boots black
ened by menials. When l left the
car this porter brushed my clothes till
the hot flashes ran up my spinal
column, and | told him that he treated
me square. ana runs his hand when
he held it cat towards me. and l told
him at any time he wanted good
cool drink of buttermilk to just hol-
Ter through the telephone We had
the sociable at our house last week,
and when | got home our mother set
me right to work borryn' chairs and
dishes. She had solicited some cakes
and other things l don't know
whether you are on the skedju.e by
which these socials are run or not.
The idea is novel one to me.
The sisters in our set, onct in so Of
ten. turn their houses wrong side out
for the purpose Of raising 400 to ap-
pie Oh the church debt When | was
a boy we worshiped with less frills
than they do now. Now itseems that
the debt is part of the worship.
Well, we had a good time aud used
up $50 cookies in short time. Part
of these cookies was devoured and the
balance trod in our Atwood carpet,
Several of our young people got to
playing Copenhagen in the setting
room and stepped on the old cat SO as
to disfigure him for life. They also
had q disturbance in the front room
and Knocked Oft some of the plaster
ing.
So your mother is feeling rather slim
ana am not very clipper myself. |
| hope you are working hard at your
BOOKS SO that you will be an ornament
to society Society is needing some
ornaments very much. l sincerely
hope that you will not begin to MOL
k with rum. | should hate to have
you meet with felon's doom or I'LL
drunkard's grave let him do it him
self. What has the drunkard ever
done for you that he should expect
you to fill his grave for him.
Iexpect you to do right as near as
possible. You will not do exactly
right all the time, but try to strike q
good average. do not expect you
to let your studies encrouch too much
on your polo, but Try to unite the two
so that you will not break down under
the strain. | should feel sad and
mortified to have you come home q
physical wreck. think one physical
wreck in family IS enough, and am
rapidly getting where l can do the
entire physical wreck business for our
neighborhood
| | see by your picture thst you have
got one of them pleated coats with g
belt around it and short pants. They
make you look as you did when used
to spank you in years gone by. and
feel the same Did desire 10 do it now
as | did then. Old ard feeble as
am, it seems to me as though l cou.G
spank boy that wears knickerbocke1
pants buttoned into a Garabaldy wais,
and a plated Jacket