Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-03-29

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M\I(AIS!aF mi tTubbel in ritin yu:
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EHfT Ito cents).
Won bar ov wife russin sope.
Won pint Ov soft sope.
a haffbOx of sOdY.
A receit fur hatchin COOS egs.
7 haint he'd much experience in ritin
| fur papers, but newer missed a meal
| of Wills in mi life. an waz cut down
frum tree with inch and half rope
! tide around mi neck. / don't hardly
no how tu commense this letter tn yu.
| This is a-good phase fur cOons. There
is lots ov them here. three fellers
| cum tn see Sally at won time, not long
| ago. I must tel yu about it ges.
| Yu see salley is mi gal, an she is
| right site smarter than sum Ov the
| folks no. / hev been teechin her nj
| onto sixteen years, an notwithstanding
/ hard studyin has maid her little eros
! eyed, she has lots of bows; but tn fin
ish mi story about the three fellers
| that cum tn see her. nOed suthing
waz gOin tn be did frum the furst,
| when she looked at me 1ovin like an
sed, "ebeneezer skinner is cummin
| down tu mite; now, dad, won't yu let
me have moIases enuf to max q slillit
/ fu1 of tafy?" NOin Sally waz like her
nav, I sed yes. Vel, ebeneezer cum
/ all dressed up with a red neckti, an
! they sOt down, ebeneeZer IOOkin pale
like. / kept workin away on mi boss
! collar an Esnin tu every word they
sed. finally, after he had stayed
! about haff hour he sed tn me: Chow
| is yure craps ?" This waz list what
waz wantin, an so talked a while,
! tellin him Ov one thing an a mother,
| finally telIin him how mulch noIases /
| he'd rased, an Winkin tn sally about the
same time. vel, concluded tn go out
| then, an when / cum back they wa2
! settin on won Ghare a hOldin the
! skillit bi turns an talkin awful sicknin
about ketchin possums an milkin
| COWS an SIGH like. sein wazent
| Of emmy big use, went off
/ tu bed. They waz gettin along
| bully, moved, kause heard noises
! Iik peple kissin EVERY feu minits. /
don't want emmy won tu think wanted
/ tn git rid Ov sally, fur / didn't, even if
| she duz hev q bad temper, but felt
mighty good. i waz just thinlzin
whether we he'd better ketch a possum
| or xii a hog when the time cum, when
| there CONS q mock at the door, an in
Gums a teller in striped pants, named
| johnson, loOkin like a pertater bug
on a vine, knoWed 2 chances is
/ better than won, an so / thought
/ tn miself, ell xii a hog" johnson
/ hadn't ben round but litteI bit til he
sidled up bi sally, leayin ebeneezer tn
/ hold the skillit. he had ent been there
/ AIo-so -
/ the door, an in CONS another teller.
/ you orghter been there then. they
/ talked an LATED an set close to sally an
sed funney things. finally the talfey
waz don, an they commenced to chaW
/ an pull. They waz gittin along fast,
/ sally an johnson puIlin on won bunch,
an the other teller on ebeneeZer, an
/ the other Teller on the other. all tn
| wonce sally stepped on a pertater
peeIin, an heared hur cum down ker
slap. The fellers LATED, an moved
/ what waz cummin, an it cum hard In
/ list 3 minnits bi the sun. sally he'd
them all laid out an waz hO1lerin fur
me tn cum an help finish the tafy.
There amt bin no ciclones over way
since. but if yu see anybody on the
marry IOOkin fur life partner send
] them tn sally. If yu can send won who
/ don't want to cOrt mOre'n to weeks.
blast me If don't IiI hog an invite
va tn the weddin an throw in a zoos
ster to boot. / VIII rite more next
time. direct tn mi direction,
JOSIAH a JONES
Jamestown arcansas
sally Is vel; while cal her purity she
is six feet In her stockin feet an ways
/ nj on TO t d hundred. ]. a. J.
Gil. ~ 1T "a ut