Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-12
LETTER FROm TIE CORNERS.

ne bOle AeI
he'd wushed she'd give him bus, an
now he wus a gOin to take one fur
his wush he'd cum true. She run out
into the yard an him arter her an
thaY he'd only run arOun the house
Onct or twict when she struck out
towrd the hog pen an then turned
arOun rite quick an sturted back, think
in to dodge i'm.
But instid O. dOdgin' him, she run
rite smack into him, an es she is a
purity tOIObIe hefty gal, over they both
went, an William Henery he went Fitq
smack backards into the hogshed thet
thay use fur a slop bari, which Thea
dore he'd lef unkivered while he wer
sIOpin' the hogs. We didn't heY mulch
trubble to git him Out'n it es thay he'd
sOt it down into a hole In the groun'.
Law me what a site he wus, es he
cum out with pertater peahn's a hang
in onto his buttons, an the asafty bag
a hangln, to one ear, an him splut-
tern an blObern Wurs'n a cat.
The deIin aIays Heaps sum asafity
into his slOp bari to pervert hog coIera.
My sakes, how that mass did dreep
an smell-phew It wer jes auful, but
we cIeened him off the hes we Good, an
he BORED a suite Of the Dekin's close,
thet wOOdnt meet aroun him by about
three finger lenths, an Wus to long by
ies about thet mulch, but then thay
Wus bettern nun. We dun his close
up In to a bundle to take home. Ii
kindly quoted him down fur a spell, an
he wer willin to talk to the Dekin
about the crops an sech.
I wus serusIy alarmed about him
when I seen him a gOin into the bari.
1t didn't quite kill him, but he looked
kindly funny, an did dreep jes auful.
William Henery sed it wus my dreem
a cumin trew, an it mus a bin sIOE
bari I drempt Of, std O. the dry run.
How sum ever, when we got home
thot I'd bid a fire an wash out William
Henery's close. I went to the wood
pile Orfter wood, an rech up orfter q
stick of wood, when a hull lot cum a
tumblin down rite on to me, one hit
me on to my hes corn. an another hit
me onto the nose an skun it an got sun
bark into my eye, besides purity near
nOclzin me silly. It did seam es the
tibet wus day of axidents. When the
school marin got home tibet nitaz why
nuthin wOOdn't do but she mus 20 over
an see Mis- Roper, sumpthin ObOut a
picnic they wus d talkin Of.
She Wer boun to saddle the rome colt
and ride him, an she hedn't no mOre'r
fetched the back thet critter when
he kicks up with both heals, an then
jumps all feet offin the grOun and cum
down stiff-Iaiged. Laws! the school
marin wus s1ung a clean rod, an nOcked
plumb sensIess.
o! wus tibet skeered I coodn't move
fur quite a spell, but jes stood a sayin,
80, Lordy! o, Lordy!" But Ben an
an paw they keeried her into the house.
then Ben he went off poste haste
orfter the young doctor man. He sed
her shOlder was relocated, an thet she
mite possibly be bruised Internally.
But I guess she want, fur she only
missed a week of school.
When the Majors heerd about the
axident thay all cum to see the school
marin, fur every boldly likes her, she
air so gOod-natur'd. Well, I mus close
an go an let the HOllesteen heffer in
to her cat, fur she air balm fit to
raise the natives. Your effectinate
fren, HESTER ANN SCOOPEB.
P. S.-Mandy Cronk has got to her
maws; I seen her a few minits yestidy.
She is a cumin here afore long. She
sed Hiram was a informed man sence
te drunk the bitters.
II. A. SCOoPER.