Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-01-19
BILL RoGUs.
He Tackles a Tom Cats Ghost.
HuMDERorN, Jan. Is, 1886,

HuMDERGIN, Jan. Is, 1856.
[R. EDlTURE,
Dear Sir:-It's been so long since
rit TO you l spect you and your
elders has furgot how l are, and
ont spect Ide rit you this lift hadent
i'm that somthin happend to me that
me termin to tell you bout regard
ess NV circumstances. But aforc
,igin tn unfold tn you this tale
which will make your orburn locks
tand on eend, allow me to make sum
comments and side remarks asst wer.
IN the fust place allow me tn say we
III down here are nifty sorry yu let
hat bobtailed pup NV yourn tu al,
why dident you feed him and have
the devil" tend tn him fyu got
tired NV the job. Peers like there's
sumthln likin since you tuck MN
down, / hope you will git another
dorg soon tn take his place. Suppose
va try a hound next time they are
longer winded. herd NV an OLD
woman once on a time that had an
old man that snoored SO hard that
when he went from home tn stay all
mite. she made the cook grind
kahghphy all mite in The room SO she
cud sleep. Now l don't mean tn say
yur pup made disagreeable melody,
but [ du feel like alers looking iuf
the dorgeral afore l can rede the pa
per. Now / agree with that ClarKs-
Vile chap that sed since you tuck
the pup out "yours was dorg gone
GOOD PAPER" but l du think before
vu tuck him out it was a dorg on
site better so tn speak. But enuif
bout the dorg, l bleve I'll leve yu tu
du as you lik bout putin him BACK
again. Mr.. Editure whit is gettln
in tn so many phellers wantin tn be
TAILOR so bad? l thot Ide run iul
the place, but so many cumin out has
skeerd me clean off Their track, besides
Malindy lowed as how, Ide git thai
soon enuff eff dident change my way
NV tryin to spark every wilder
hapend tn meet. / tell you thai
doring scrape like tn got up truol'
| in the Rogus family as it wer. Bu
I'm progress in frum the subjeck ina
| / sot down tn rite yu bout, as tn'
preecher wood say, well as sed II
the preface tn this letter somethil
bappend that Pine termin to tell VI
bout. Bout 3 weeks ago i cum vi
| tn YER town tn try tn see that drate'
10 Clark and git that money fur tina
colt and got kotched by mite. so
st went tn see Will Cooper an
promesed him shote tn keep me al
mite. lie wus krouded like he allel
is and had tn put me in a rune wit
a life insurance agent what like t
NV talked me tn deth til bout leve
ur clock when went tn sleep o
, him. 1 don't no how long he talke
arter that. Sum NV the boys liza
told him bout them fax bout hi
tom kat cumin tn life and holdin i
he'd in its feet and SIGH like that
. rote w bout in my last letter you IL
|, So tina made it up with him tn wa
, til was rapt in the arms NV Mo
pheoas so tn speak and then holl
- like a kat and skeer me outer the ru
4 without MY ,cloze and have sum II
and cit my doller and sixty cents,
g my low bout it. So afore went
q sleep he told me CRATE long kat =
n as how Teller killed a kat in I'll
:, worry rume bout a month before, a
n as how that kat came tn the rune
,t ry time anybody slept in thare a
" scratched everybody's face and 81
like, and 1 tell yu il skeerd me
considerably and l wanted tn chan
of but he sed there wern't anyother I'd
W and he sed he wern't afrade no he
ne Well tn make a short story long,b'
re twelve, 1 reckon it wus, wus roui
IN frum my peceful slumbers by the
TX fullest squalls and yells yu ever he
IN 1t wern't adzackly like our kats
be I never had herd the COST Nv to
co kat. l sot up in bed and hollerd
tn ur three times sorter low,
wishin tn wake anybody up, but
drafted thing dident peer tn scat VIC
a cent. Ikalled tn the Teller in
uther bed time ur tn, but he ten
le' like he was sleep, so | hollerd
agin louder this time but the dir
, is thing jist moved in another kol
and kept on squallin worser than
red er. Bout this time jist lit outer
, 81 and tride tn find the dOre. In
hurryment run over the washs,
;so nocked the bo!e and pitcher NV W
N Ny off, brakein them all tn flinders
No brusein my self up cOnciderbly
thot l herd somebody singer GU
ira the hall but wern't certin.
'wn made me so mad that l jist term
kill the drafted thing, gost, ka
lila what ever it mite be- So l felt n
now and found my boots what wood
bout five pounds and soton the
bow NV The bed listenin til | locate
ruiz Then / jist stood up and SEE, dra
liver I'le make you squall fur
. 10 thin. So / swung the boot roun
: 80 ,h ~ he'd time ur too and let drive !
INV corner where he was squallil
Lord! murder! fire! help! SOU
ID 10 the Teller fur it was my
coast mate and had tuck
SQUARE in the mouth will
lmed heel NV the boot. The door
here open and in rushed Bill Coope
d. a lot NV fellers with candle
am what the thunder was matter
feet sur too or three NV the feller's
IFS. was nocked out, and his mouth
and like a beef steake. Well SUI
y I tha day he had tn stay in the tavt
w day and docture his mouth.
-. % Well every lady wanted II
Ut o, me next day. They sed the
er ny was bout tn talk the town t
Osuiy and they hoped he woodent |
tn say a wold fur week and
s 1or- spect he was.
Der in Next day decided tn col
judge cross ties on the railroad frol
tn Crofton where l found GU
were Rogus hoo tuck me home tn !
, near and Malindy.
!. The No more from yer friend Til
BILL RC
, been
nrrey. Touool;no has had a most e1