The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-07-09

LETTERS FROM THE CORNERS.
The Party mt Thomas Jenerson's,
NECK on NoIHIS HALL,
KJLKENHY ConSERs.
IL n ak. EDITUR: Mis-
RW HBoggs cut up real
mZ</<<SlN Mcantankerons fur
Hlz1gT- ,lfNlfew days, but she
EI&XE$ -ZSEr w 1coodn't walk a
EtT'G fSSSAz@# paig, an Cruckshin
X/[$ M II cum 10 see her
E%5EzS&&A every mornin, an
&%%,SonT sM finely she got sum
-fXsEL/ SSA better, an we went
- * <over TO Thomas JEFF
ZzAA~E ferson's.
Thav hev every
ES<> thing awful handy
10 his house, the pump an cistern both
in 10 the kitching, an his wife Cyntha
is awful clever womin. -
"We're a goin to hey party whist
yure hear" SEES Cynthia. r.
40 poodv !" SEES the widder AN I've
wore nv new gobbler-red, an Ky VIII
be shore to purpose!
"Thets all you think about. Is jest
sumbuddy a purposln, SEES Aiani
Henerv. who he'd kim in in time 10 mere
her.
She slung the deesh rag at him an 10
struck him dib on the bald spot on MS
he'd.
"Je fuz! Sal, you kin hit Teller IN
the most inconvenient places L ever
seem" ses he, wipin the greecy water
off on his banana.
well, behave yer self them ses
she. :.
How'd you no NAV will invite yur
feller," ses Paigy, tibet IS Cynthas
seco1d gal. |
20! YOU will arsk him, won't You,
| Cynt," ses she, awful anxious, fur he's
Jest reddy to purpose, L no he Is, an
on less You wunt me to go 10 my grave
a wilder, youb arsk him." an she
| sithed so Cynthia finely sed she gessed
she wood invite him, tho she hadn't in
tended to invite emmy strangers.
The mite of the party wus awful
nasty, rainy mite, fur it were gittin'
| along tord fall then, an the wether WIS
vary uncerting.
But thay wus quite a cumpany thare
fur all. Mister Cruckshin cum, an he
brung Their tall, raw-boned woinin with
the red nose thet he'd wanted to dance
with him, an the wilder purtneer dide
o jelousy.
40. the duble-faced scoundrel" ses
she, chankin her teeth. 40, L jest
wush / he'd my hans into his whuskers
onct, eff / didn't make him holler. An
to think / wus the meens o fetchin EN-
together, and arfter me invitin him
to the party fur my own cumpany. y,
the vile deceeverw
But it didn't do no good to storm an
rave about it, so we went back into the
parler, an purity quick Thomas Jeffer-
son kim an tuck my arm an led me away
up in frunt of the cumpany, WHARF
VIM. Henry WIS a settin, an ses he:
my deer Paw an Nav, purmit me
to pursent You eech with sum pres
ents frum yure 4 suns. Hear is pair
of gold-bowed specks, from me an
Cynthia, an hear is you're forty gratis,
frum Martin an his wife, an hear Is a
new dress fur nav and pair boots
fur paw. frum Milly and his wife, in
speshal membry of the bugglers YOU
slew, an here is a order fur bari o
singer frum George an his wife to
sweaten you up, you see!"
o. bat ] wus sprised, an every
buddy laffed an / kindly put my hea
behind William Henery an cride u
leetle mite to think my boys thot so
much of us.
"Cum, ladies, o now be reesinable,"
/ heard Cruckshin sayin, an / Good
here the wilder an the otherin iawin.
"You think cos you've he'd min tibet
YOU must hev all of EN-, an | hain't
never he'd not one" SEES she. Il don't
wunder at ct yure so humbly," ses
the widder, IAN pore'r nor a church
mouse in to the bargin, but I'd hev
you to no tibet Mr. Cruckshin is my
cumpany," an the othern made grab
fur Sally, but we separated EN- an he
tuck her away. Then we he'd supper.
but L coodnt eat mulch on account o.
the presents I'd got takin' my apple
cart, but it jist scanned to hev made
VIM. Henery hongrey; but we went to
orr last suns the next day. So good
bye. HESTER ANN SCooPER.