Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04

William Henerv he he'd jest set his heart
OH it, and ses he to me, chester Ann,
they amt not another plrson here to
the Corners tibet kin write q letter emmy
ways neal you, fur you always know
everything that's agoin on, an then you
tell it so we'll" an the schoolmarm she
ses ''that's what.
Our schoolmarm is dretful proper
spoken gal must say. An that's what
I tole Angelina Biles the other day,
but Angelina she ups and SEES. "Mis
Scooper, l don't reprove OF ennybudya
usin slang languish," seq she. "an
you know Jest as we'll as ] do, Mis-
Scoopcr, that that gal do use an awful
site of slang"
"Now, see here, Angelina SEES 1, It'd
jest like to know what you know
about it, ses l. "Now, tibet dear blessed
lamb of gal hes bin stayin at my
house nigh onto a year. an [ guess L
know more about it than you do. An
I must say tibet she is smart gal an
noes what's what. Why, Angelina, !"
SEES I, cher granmother come from Bos-
ting, an you know the Bosting folks
noes thing OF too, ses /; "some Of
my forefathers come from there, an L
reckon ought to know if ennybody
does" An 1 jest give her to under
| stan that 1 want a gcin to listen to
ennything retrodental to the school
marin, an not take it up, an Angelina
she went off in Il huff; but, law me,
she'll be as FRENZY as pie next time [
see her.
1 was over to Jonathan Blodgers'
| yesterday to see the twins, an my o.!
you'd think they wus the fust an the
last twins tibet was ever agoin to be
created, Jonathan is that tickled over
EN-. Sairy Jane-she is Jonathan's
wife-her maiden name wus Sairy Jane
Timkins, an a rite likely gal sheI wus,
too, al she makes rite good wife-my
boy, John James, he used to think
Sairy was all the gal in the world, but
he found out different when he met
Martha Raymon. so he married her
sted of sairy. But as 1 wus a sayin,
Mr.. Editur, Sairy Jane is Il gittin along
rite peart, an thinks shell be up doin
her own work in week more.
| Well, an while l 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 q livin till she married Squire
Ropers son Peter, an now she is so
fine she keeps hired gal all the time
to do the work fur her. But, as WIS
a goin to say, Susanner she sed that
Mis- Roper had got herself spick an
span new black ridin cote, an now,
Mr. Editur, what in the world does
Susan want with cote to ride?
spose she has herd they was the stile,
but laws tibet cote was never horned
tibet could carry Susan on his back.
An she, 1 mean Susanner, tole us
tibet ole Zeke Jackson was q maxim q
fortune out of some kline Of lard tibet
he made out of ded colera hogs. I al
ways new old Zeke was mean, but 1
l never thought he wus so weekid.
| Oh, yes come neer furgettin to tell
you tibet George Trumbul IN Sman-
tina Cruthers hes made up their FUSS
an looks es though ther WIS a goin to
be weddin at the Corners.
The Widder Van Dykes little gal is
awful sick with the infiamaroomy tory
ism. You know the widder-she as
| got mad at the schoolmarm, cause the
schoolmarm cut her out with Jerry
| Wilmer, and wouldn't let her little gal
| go to school at the Corners emmy more
but sent her over to Sackville. an she,
little Emmy, wus TUX sick over thar.
Susanner was tellin me the strait
story Of the fuss that the Parsonses an
Cronks are havin. You see the Par
senses turkey fouls went over to
Cronks, an they Parsonses couldn't
keep EN- to home, an now the Cronks
want hat Of EN- fur the keepin, an they
are a havin an awful time.
Susanner tole me hull lot more, but
1 must quit an darn William Henery's
socks, for he is plumb sock barfutted.
Yourn fur knews,
HESTER ANN SCoopER.
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