Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1888-12-20

JOr emmy blllu5, hA VieAi
William Henery he he'd jest set his heart
on it. and SEES he to me, "Hester Ann,
thew amt not another purson here to
the Corners thet kin write a letter emmy
WAYS near YOU, fur you always know
everything that's agoin on, an then you
tell it so well, an the schoolmarm she
ses that's what.
Our schoolmarm is dretful proper
spoken gal / must say. An that's what
| tole Angelina Biles the other day,
but Angelina she ups and ses. Mis-
Scooper, | don't reprove of ennybudy a
usin slang languish, seq she, ian
you know Jest as well as | do, Mis-
scooper, that that gal do use an awful
site of slang"
"Now, see here, Angelina" sesI, I'D
Jest lie to know what you know
about it, SEES /. Now, tibet dear blessed
lamb of gal hes bin stayin at my
house nigh onto year, an l guess L
know more about it than you do. An
! must say tibet she is a smart gal an
noes what's what. Why, Angelina,
ses /, cher granmother come from Bos-
ting, an you know the Bosting folks
noes thing or too" SEES /; "some of
my forefathers come from there, an l
reckon l ought to know if ennybody
does" An jest give her to under
stan that / want goin to listen to
ennything retrodental to the school
marin, an not take it up, an Angelina
she went off in huff; but, law me,
she'll be as frenzy as pie next time l
see her.
/ was over to Jonathan Blodgers'
yesterday to see the twins, an my Of
you'd think they wus the fust an the
last twins tibet was ever agoin 10 be
created, Jonathan is that tickled over
EN-. Sairy Jane she is Jonathan's
wife-her maiden name wus Sairy Jane
Timkins, an rite likely gal shel WINS,
too, an she makes a rite good wife-my
boy, John James, he used TO think
Sairy was all the gal in the world, but
he found ont different when he met
Martha Raymon, so he married her
sted of Sairy. But as / WINS sayin,
Mr.. Editur, Sairy Jane is a gittin along
rite peart, an thinks shell be up doin
her own work in week more.
Well, an while / wus over to Sairy
James, Susanner Hopper she comes in,
an she tole us tibet Susan Roper, she
tibet wus Susan Giles, an he'd TO work
out fur livin til she married Squire
Roper's son Peter, an now she is so
fine she keeps hired gal all The time
to do the wo.k iur her. But, as | wus
a goin to say, Susanner she ssd that |
Mis- Roper had got herself a spick an
span new black ridin cote, an now,
Mr.. Editur, what in the world does
Susan want with go.e to ride? l
spose she has herd they was the stile,
but laws tibet cote was never horned |
tibet could carr Susan on his back.
An she, / mean Susanner, to!e us
tibet ole Zeke Jackson was maxim a
fortune out of some kline Of lard tibet
he made out OF del colera hogs al
ways new old Zeke was mean, but /
| never thought he wus so weekid.
Oh, yes come neer furgettin to tell
you tibet George Trumbul an Sman-
tina Cruthers hes made up their fuss,
nm looks es though Their wus a goin to
be weddin at the Corners.
The Wilder Van Dykes little gal is
awful sick with the infamaroomy tory
SIN. You know the widder-she as
got mad at the schcolmarm, cause the
cut her out with Jerry
and wouldn't let her little gal
90 to school at the Corners emmy more,
)ut sent her over to Sackville. an she,
little Emmy, wus TUX sick over thar.
Susann was tellin me the strait
tory of the fuss that the Parsonses an
Jronks are havin. You see the Par
onses turkey fouls went over to
Jronks, an they Parsonses couldn't
leep EN- to home, an now the Cronks
want hat Of EN- fur the keepin, an they
re havin an awful time.
Susanner toe me hull lot more, but
must quit an darn William Henery's
ocks, for he is plumb sock bariutted.
Iourn fur knews,
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