Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-22
LETTER FROM THE CORNERS,

q. solved IN sum al4
x...a sskahol; but they
49, tole Hiram it wer
rat pisin.. An, sen she, Mis- Scooper,
eff ever you seen a scared man tibet man
wus Hiram Dayton, an we amt never
tole him what it wer he drunk, nuther;
an he amt never fetched no whisky
sence
An ses she, "Mis Scooper, did you
ever heer how Nose Parsonses wife
| noses him aroun."
tole her didn't nose I he'd.
An then she ups an tells me how
Elizabeth, thet is Moseses wife, she
tibet wus Elizabeth Marvin, henpicks
him aroun. SEES she:
Elizabeth she makes Nose fetch in
all the would an water, git up an bid
fires an fill the teakettle, stir sars when
she wants him to, peal pertaters, tend
agoin to wash out sum of the baby's
durty close tibet she he'd tole him to,
she ups with pale of bilin suds an
throwd it over him an TUX the broom
to him an scrubbed him an hammered
him tel he promised to al'ays do es she
sed.
1 tole her I felt sorry fur pore Moses,
fur he wer aIays SIGH good-natured
boy an 50 willin, to.
Mis- Cronk, she sed she thot the Par,
senses wus the lowest down people she
ever seen; sez she, "They air ali of EN-
q durty, lazy, misable lot, an fur hun
part she wer glad Nose he'd got wife
tibet made him step aroun."
William Henery, he's most dun his
corn shuckin, an then he wants me to
hev a quiltin, and he will hev wood
chopin, but it jest seems es eff want
able to cook fur it, but I spect I'll hev
to-, fur the schoolmarm an Ben hev
tuned up fur me to, an to hev party
in the evenin. spose I'll hev to agree
to it or I won't get minnits peice. ::
Mis- Roper, Peters wife, she wus in
yestidy, an she sed thet they wus q
goin to hev might sciety meet to the
church before long, an hev supper ther,
an hev soshible afterward, an tibet
the committy wus goin to write names
of all the people Their on to keerds, an
give one to eech member of the sciety,
an tibet persun nd hev to talk to every
buddy tibet ther name wus on to the
keerd tibet they held SEES she, Give
bin aroun a little an saw how other
people dun" You know, Mr.. Editur,
thet Peter an Susan they went out to
Califurnia State last winter an Susan
thinks she nose thing or to sense she
: got back, an she is bound thet the
folks at the Corners shant be behind
the times emmy eff she kin help it.
The school marin and Mis- Roper was
o talkin over startin I4itarry Sciet1
here to the Corners, when the mel
folks git ther corn all shucked.
Mis- Roper ses we OF to hev sumthil
Of the kyand heer to the Corners flu
the benefit of the risin gineration.
The school marin sed she thot it nc
be more fun than "ban wagging" t.
hev on started, and so spose they,
kerry it threw, fur they air both awful
determined when they set ther beds.
I wus over to Mis- Hopperses tothe1
day an she wus telin me about the
fuss the school marin an the Widder
Van Dyke he'd one Sunday rite in the
church house.
You see Mis- Van Dykes little gal
Emmie he'd fit and scratched Mis- Hop
perses little Erminnie, an Erminnie
she went an tole the school marin, an
the school marin she arsked sum OF
the other younguns about it an they
all sed Emmie wus to blame,
an the school marin she hit her
three licks over the han with stick no
bigger than straw, an on the mex
Sunday she goes fur the school marin
about it rite in the church house be-
twixt Sunday school an meetin. TWAS
one Sunday when William Henery he'd
to stay to hum on account OF thorn he
he'd run into his nee when he wer cut
tin down thorn tree, an stayed with
him.,
The widder went an sot down in the
seat with the school marin an says she
awful hateful, so Mis- Hopperses wus q
tellin me, "School marin, whotd did you
whip my little Emmy fur on Fridy.
last? ?" t
Simply bekaws she needed it" SEES
the schoolmarm.
"Wal," ses the widder, madder'n
hops, "why didn't you whip Min Hop
pers, to-"
simply bekaws she didn't need it, !"
ses the schoolmarm, as cool as cow
cumber. An they he'd quite lot more
ally tole the Wilder
But, good erasmus, EFF ther amt
Jonothan Blodgers acomin drivin fit
to kill. I spose sumpthin is rong with
little Horrowson or Marolson, an he'll
want me to go over rite off. So good.
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