Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06
LETTERS IRON THE CORNERS.

LETTERS IRON THE CORNERS.
The Hast Of tle Quitting.
NECK On NorHrx HAIL,
KnKExxx GoRKxRs.
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| q M Arfter We he'd
= pride VILLA n
i - Henery outsn the slop pale
~ an he he'd changed his
EssA close as to1e you about
H,a.k in my las, he wus kindly
sfk{A quiet fur q while an went
i o8.HAout to whar the min folks
/ kMN WINS. Things past of reel
i ~es. peicabiy the rest
aEs1E~ ~NS When the vim
~ min tux off the
fust quilt they throwed it over the
schoo1marm's he'd.
| Yon no the fnst pussen the quilt xiv
ers is the one what1 git married fust.
/ Good see the schoolmarm wus awful
| tickled about 1t.
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.
1t tickled all Of the gals awful.
The widder SEES: Il don't see why
you shud site the rest of us. .
SWidders don't count, SEES the school
marin, pert es you please.
Arfter they wus all threw an every
thing all cleened 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
real good visit,
Arfter while they all went home
only themins es wus goin to stay to
the Iarty, 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.
1t didn't take the young folks long
to git sturted to there games, an. laws,
how they did go onl
They wus playin sumthin, I 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 akin to iine
in, an mus say the Squire an Unkls
Lige wus about es. bad.
Arfter bit, William Henery ses to
Sairy Giles:
@Sal, I'll bet coon skin I Good
ketch you in a jiffy.s
I'll bet you coodnt, SEES she; "but
I'll give you chance, SO cum rum
nin."
/ shud think he did go 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
p 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 d
thousan brick.
WINS skeerd fur a minnit, thinkin
he was serusly hurt, but when seen
him takin holt Of her an kissin
her 2 or B times made up my mine
he want bad off. But laws, arter she
he'd scramled to her feat he sot there
a-groanin, an SEES he:
"Hester Ann, by the iumpin Jehosa-
PLAT, I beleaye my spinil colume is
clean druy threw the top of my he'd, an
I'll be dog burned eff kin move peg,
SO help me Peterp
]; 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 eyenin.
Benjamin he'd bot big lot O. oisters
an / cooked EN- while the other VIM
min sot the table; we give EN- boles to
eat out Of. They wasn't quite enuf to
go aroun, an we he'd to use the soup
tureen fur 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.
guess have tole you enuf about
the quiltin an so forth, an 50 I'll super
sede myself
HESTER ANN ScoopER.