Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-03

The following letter Is given here
with fictitious name % IL. bat II Is .
boa 6de letter and shows In a neat and
terse way the naive and wholly untrana-
mslsd styls OF historic taught At the
college alluded To- One can almost IS
y reads see old Pegasus with protrud-
ing and grass inflated abdomen snorting
athwart the clover enameled fields Of
fancy with burdock burs In his tail:
TuoALo. Ca. June "a
Mr. Hsn Sys:
DEAR SIa-In perustng a paper recently
came across POUR experience a well digger.
and really. Mr. Sye. | must confess that
laughed with an smisrAnts delight when
read where the famous Bill >ye had gone 10
work at hard labor. Poor fellow certainly
feel sorry for you. after al % your happy days
spent IL travelling around the world and your
pleasant occurrences With the hotel maids and
the serabis disasters thai has happened 10 you
sbroad- l surely can sympaIhizs with you.
Your picture Of drilling rock Is very nattery.
and wo1ld advise you 20 keep from dynamite
tas you are not Ike myself. .e pound person..
bet small. dried up gentleman. and II an ex-
piosion would take place the air would DC so
you could 90 seen
Your lot seems mine-trouble. hard labor.
and. like the bad Boys Dairy. always into
something that you know bit little about
feel for Mrs. Nye. your bet er half. know
you must Yourself. some one has told me she
Is such a good Christian lady. bat your terrible
experiences viii cause her To go down TO the
grave sooaer- sare do love 10 write 10 the old
tar heel state. was college girl al Salem,
y. c., for four years, while then a resident OF
Atlanta, and nevcr enjoyed Life any sweeter
before or siace- But | am living IN the country
now, surrounded 81 ali the vexafions a life can
have. but suppose that I make my life moro
miserable than ought TO- was glad 10 re&d
In your Litarary Works that you had such
good neighbors. That is a great blessing be-
slowed upon you after all your trials You
speak OF Wander bilt being near YOU Stick 10
such noble man As he Il. as much may be
Eiade by 1t In his last days. Wish l was near
kindred 10 him and would feel like starting
newspaper foundation. I only hope by the
time hear from you again that you have taken
up 8 new work. as the weather Is 10 warm TO
Go drilling holes In hard rock. see BY your
pants and by the patch that your coat and vest
has had q law suit. and pants went up wit
mesa and las not came back. l asked the
question once OF traveller who once came
through this country why IL was that BIZ
Nye had no hair on his head and always wore
cap TO hide the CROWN and his reply was that
Democrat aud Radical got into fight, and
BIZ went between 20 part for peace, and they
thought his head was cocoanut shell and
pulled all the hair out. | then gave him 10
understand that while the hair pulling WAS
going o. the brain knowledge stilled remained.
1 must take up for Fill Nye, Saturdays
paper would be OF no use to me without reed
in his great renown Litarary Works and look
ing az the beautiful pictures.
VIII, suppose you are tired OF my foolish
ness. and viii concentrate in bringing the
epistle 10 a clothes after | have given you q
bright idea OF guinia raising. have been in
the poultry raising some or years and
think guinia the most beneficial of all fowls,
and can give you another good reason why
they are 80 useful and gratu;tous. but you
know all about 1t. YOU just wanted to see who
would take the guinia question up. l live in
the country. but am thinker from quite a
ways up the gulch. Thought with me is near
Baogateu.
We bad guinia once that stole her nest and
We could not ind her. AT last we give her .,
but one day was setting On the stair steps OF
the porch aud all at once l was reminded Of
tho guinia, and said bet she was under the
porch. think quick at such times. / sent my
little brother under the porch. He only weighs
so pounds. Ho found the guinia there. She
was dead, and had been the like Of that for 3
weeks. That is what made me think Of her.
Well. hope you viii receive this letter and
take nothing but kindness FROM my part am
always Jolly In my writings.
Best respects 10 Mrs. Nye. and q great deal
Of sympathy also for her broken hearted cir
cunsfsnces. and a great deal also extend to
your self. Very respectfully.
Mss. VIOLET DE PEYsTER NUDGE
P.S.-Picase answer il the tone has suited
you. Excuse pencil as the rats has went of
with pen ana ink VIDE p. n