Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-04-12
LETTERS FROM TIE CORNERS.

Aout to whar the min folks
6f&SsSSs5ss 81 Wus. Things past off reel
Es~ - pei.abIy the rest
AZ . ~ O. the day.
sasysV3ess = ~ = When the vim
40 min TUX of the
fust quilt they throwed it over the
schOolmarm's he'd.
You no the fust pussen the quilt xiv
ers is the one whatI git married fust.
/ cool see the schCOlmarm Wus awful
tickled about it.
The wilder Van Dyke she wus jist
green with hwy.
Then they throwed one over Saman-
thy Cruthers, an one over Lizzie
Blodgers, an one over Sairy Giles.
It tickled all of the gals awful.
The widder ses: Il don't see why
you shud site the rest of US.
"Widders don't count, ses the school
marin, pert es you please.
Arfter they wus all threw an every
thing all cIeened up we sot down an
visited quite a while, an the min
folks cum in an we past arOun the
dOnuts an cider an apples an he'd a
real good visit.
Arfter a while they all went home
only themins es wus q g0in to stay to
the arty, an Mis- Purdy an Uncle
Lige, an the squire an his wife, an
Peter an his woman, they stade to
visit with me an William Henery.
It didn't take the young folks long
to git sturted to there games, an, laws,
how they did go Oni
They wus a p1ayin sumthin, don't
Jest recolec what they called it, but
they wus an awful lot runnin into it,
an they he'd to kiss, to.
It looked awful silly to me, but
William Henery he furgOt all about his
lame back, an wus jest a akin to jine
in, an I mus say the Squire an Unkle
Lige wus about es bad.
Arfter bit, William Henery ses tC
Sairy Giles:
"Sal, III bet a coon skin I Good
ketch you in a jiffy."
"I'u bet you cOOdn't," ses she; "but
I'll give you a chance, so cum a run
min"
I shud think he did 90 a-runnin,
an he run aroun an arOun, an she KEEP
a-turnin and a-dodgin, but purity soon
she turned too quick, an her feet
slipped frum in under her an she sOt
down on to the fore. an slid most in
under the stove. William Henery he
thOt shUre he had her then an wus
a gOin to rech down an grab her, when
she ups an ketches him by one panta-
loon laig an hits him peg back o. the
other nee an down he cum, like a
thousan brick.
I wus skeerd fur minnit, thinlkin
he was serusly hurt, but when I seen
him a takin a holt of her an kissin
her 2 or 3 times I made up my mine
he want bad off. But laws, after she
he'd scramled to her feat he sot there
a-grOanin, an ses he:
Hester Ann, by the jumpin Jehosa-
phat, I beleave my spiniI cOlume is
clean druv threw the top of my he'd, an
I'll be dog burned eff I kin move a peg,
so help me Peter!"
They all LATED, an Peter Roper went
an helped him up. I guess he was
kindly hurt thet time, fur he set awful
still the rest o. the evenin.
Benjamin he'd bot big lot O. Oisters
an I cooked EN- while the other vim
min sot the table; we give en- boIes to
eat out of. They wasn't quite enuf I'd
go arOun, an we he'd to use the soup
tureen fur 2 of EN- an the gravy dish
fur another; but laws, they didn't seem
to keer at all. The schoOlmarm and
her bow ct Outin the tureen, an they
Good git there heads purity clost to-
gether.
I guess I have toIe you enuf about
the quiltin an so forth, an so I'll super
sede myself
HESTER ANN SCOOPER.