Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-06-02
tetter From Posev Holler.

| Lever FROM EeS6y hOiIcIs
Mr.. ERtToR Things amt what they
use to be down to our house. Now, al
ways did say Saryan ha6 good ideas, t
awful poor way of shown them. Then,
another thing, Saryan's always been
wautln' to wear the breetches, an, as she's
woman. always felt like indulgn' her,
(or else lelt a id sore head from the
Effects of an argumenD SO last Thus
day mOrnin' Saryan says: "Neal, you git
yOur shoes tied up an git your cane an
take this yer polk greens, as I've gathered,
up 10 cousin Charlie Jones. an take this
yer ticket, what Mr.. Ben Borden give me,
an vote it," | looked at it an saw For
clerk, L. s. WALKER. says "Saryan,
dear, haint yOu mistaken haint You
looked wrong Meal Buzzard. you vote
that ticket or you'll wish you had didn't
Mr.. Walker give yOu pints of law as was
valuable an never charged you fur IT;
didn't he always ask about me an the
children whenever you went to town
didn't he send word fur us to come to see
hlm sometime now. you vote that ticket,
or III know WHY Well, Of course, l had
to tell her would put it in all right, but
VIXEN got up thar couldn't 60 back 90
my old party; then, thinks l, Saryan
wont never know it, nohow, so l jist let
her slip fur uncle John Grahlll, an when
come home told Saryan put her in all
right, an | guessed Mr.. Walker would git
elected. But, somehow, che spicioned
somethih' wasn't right. so she says Neal,
if you've lied to NE III show you the diff
ference between a Walker an runner"
Well, durn me, if the next day cousin
Mcrg. Schumacher didn't come past an
boiler up to the porch an say "Well,
Neal We got beat but if they would all
done like me an you we'd a cleaned 'em
mp" Right thar Saryan got in an hant
seen no peace since. | always stay away
as much as | can in the day time, Init
lordy, she gives it to me Of ight, an she
even got so ! was afeared of her when !
went to bed. So Sunday all dav | was a
watchin' the turkeys, au' when | come
home at night she commenced as soon az
got in the hOuse, an on this particular
occasion
III admit had fear, or rather sort OF
dread of
Saryan's agittiu' most too near and may T.
knock my head off,
DemOlish half my teeth or knock RIB in.
An all because she said | had been fibbin'.
SO started off to bed, an as | passed
by my cobble's bench thought, maybe,
it would be better to take my peggin' awl
along for fear she might commence on me
agn. hadn't been in bed very long
afore Saryan commenced, an she actually
got me by the throat an choked me, an
| thought Id die cause | wont never hit
SarYan, (bnt if she don't Git better III Git
cousin Levi KelleI's mule to bit her,
though don't mention this fur fear can't
git the mule). But jist aforo | died |
seen ghcst-a big, long, white ghost
come mp 10 the bed an 1t took its
long, bOny finger an' beckened to
me TO git mp an come. | tell you,
vas skeered ; don't like CHESTS, but
| conldn't stand Saryan, so up | got,
an it took me mp toward the Brook
until we come TO a graveyard an an old
stone buildn' by it, an OBJ my, the place
looked awful, au' Jist as we got in the first
room OF this old buildin' the ghost stood
still an pointed its long, bOny finger
down to an iron ring in a big square stone
in the floor, an then a rooster crOwed an
the ghost WIS gone, an | knowed it had
showed we where some old miser hal
buried his gold. Bat what could do ? il
was. Oh, so dark. an then had eft in
hurry an forgot my pants, an it was
glttin' chilly, too so l began to grope
around in the dark an got against the
wall, an strange TO say, the mortar on 1t
felt soft an very warm. felt it again
yes, that was the wall. Oh, if I inst had
a candle | would mark the place an come
back in the day time. just then l though
about my awl, so | made a strike with il,
an 'roYe it in mp 10 the handle. Great
lord what a vel. what a scream. an
Saryan jumped ont OF bed an down the
Steps a hollerin' murder an woke the
whole house up an me with them far
bad been a dreaming an the first thing
looked fur was my awl, bu: it had gone
with Sarvan. So when | seen what had
done | slipped ont an went up 10 uncle
Pete Cooley's till things git little set
tied. Uncle Fayett Rltten9ur come past
this mornin' an says Saryan has to have
a cushion on her chair when she sits
down now. an is n loOkin' fur me. Maybe
I'll 20 TO the Worlds FAIR afore | 90
home. Well, I couldn't git a c.ance to
git much news this time, so | will close.
You must come down an see urs as soon
as things is settled little more.
Yours, IN respect,
NEAL BLIZZARD.