Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-22
A Letter from Arkansaw.


#N yu wanted cores
MIN pondent in every state
ashlAl5Rrei hav concluded tn act
RxNEbs as thus providin yu
MNX - send me the followin
On lseNNY1. thinges tn pay me fur
MW\\nt mi trubbel in ritin yu:
RAik5 Won postage stamp
aH7S ito cents.
Won bar ov wife russin sope.
Won pint ov soft sope.
A haffbox of sody.
A receit fur hatchin COOS egs.
1 haint he'd much experience in ritin
fur papers, but newer missed 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 tn commense this letter tn WI.
This is good phase fur coons. There
is lots ov them here. three fellers
cum tn see Sally at won time, not long
ago. must tel yu about it ges.
Yu see salley is mi gal, an she is a
right site smarter than sum ov the
folks no. hev been teechin her nj
onto sixteen years, an notwithstandin
hard studyin has maid her q 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 lovin like an
sed, "ebeneezer skinner is cummin
down tn mite; now, dad, won't yu let
me have molases enuf to max skillit
full of taffy?" Noin Sally waz like her
nav, I sed yes. Wei, ebeneezer cum
all dressed up with q red neckti, an
they sot down, ebeneezer lookin pale
like. kept workin away on mi boss
collar an lisnin tn every word they
sed. finally, after he had stayed
about half hour he sed tn me: Glow
is yure craps?" This waz jist what
waz wantin, an so talked while,
tellin him ov one thing an mother,
finally tellin him how mulch molases
he'd rased, an winkin tn sally about the
same time. vel, concluded tn go out
then, an when cum back they waz
settin on won chare holdin the
| skillit bi turns an talkin awful sicknin
about ketchin possums an milkm
cows an SIGH like. sein j wazent
of emmy big use, went off
tn bed. They waz gettin along
bully, moved, kause heard noises
lik peple kissin EVERY feu minits.
don't want emmy won tn think wanted
tn git rid ov sally, fur didn't, even if
she duz hev bad temper, but felt
mighty good. waz Just thinkin
whether we he'd better ketch a possum
or xii hog when the time cum, when
there CONS a mock at the door, an in
Gums Teller in striped pants, named
Johnson, lookin like a pertater bug
on vine, i knowed chances is
better than won, an so thought
tn miself, "i'll xii a hog" johnson
hadn't ben round but littel bit til he
sidled up bi sally, leavin ebeneezer tn
hold the skillit. he had ent been there
long when there CONS another mock at
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 taffey
waz don, an they commenced to chaw
an pull. They waz gittin along fast,
sally an johnson pullin on won bunch,
an the other Teller on ebeneezer, an
the other Teller on the other. all tn
wonce sally stepped on pertater
peelin, an heared hur cum down ker
slap. The fellers LATED, an moved
what waz cummin, an it cum hard in
jist minnits hi the SUM- sally he'd
them all laid out an waz hollerin fur
me tn cum an help finish the taffy.
There amt bin no cliclones over way
since. but if yu see anybody on the
marry lookin 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 xii hog an invite
yu tn the weddin an throw in a roos-
ster to boot. will 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 tn hundred. i. a. i.
| If Stanley is not lost and Bicycle