The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-11-20
JOAQUIN ASIA STORY TELLER.


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MY present letter is from Eugene
Catys Ore.s wnero my father settled
down nearty i0rty years aGos and
wnete nave done more Work with
the maud t0ae pens these lines than
any man know-worked like man
Wnile stili Iad.
Lord tnose dsys when my sbfoeher
enu ose0 e tloe Win tno sun ana 80
oas suu M.s4 Sao nell.W Wtlo 6panteh
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a, anu ueve. coMe uua1 snem. 1nd run
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~ auu sna'P nol"vu ~ COWS woulu Run
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mou,u 20. .ne.n noms-.un liks wn!es
ne"u9 ''w"t" 'iolAe' anu 'no COWS s'seF
Us. ,
, xAuu w. .".a was no. reany tae
m,. a0.e pr.s nautuS .M.,a ~.
tlesnakes. The grass was tall and
thick, aud we poor boys were on foot
and barefooted. No money had our
parents to buy either shoes or horses.
And such rattiesmakcs! Whom tell
you that have seen knots OF rattle
snakes as big as barrel roll down
the little rocky hill known as "Rattle>
snake Butt" you would hardly care to
believe me without the solemn assur-
ance that tho fact is not q Jest. Yes,
the truth IL, we used In 0ptlug to 20