The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-04-11
"DEIN' A LITTLE LONESOME"
How TO Get rid of the Rcumatiz by
Aunt Polly.

MY Dear H /. C.--Bein' little lone
sum like tonite, I tho't mebby I mite
while away the time by maxim you a
short call It hes bin quite a long time.
morn a year sence last came to see
you. and a jretful site of things hes
happened sence then.
First an foremost that nice. kind
nefew of mine. Kezekier. that tole you
about. died along last July. Jerushy
and all the rest of us felt dretful bad,
but that nun. nuthin' else altered the
stern fact. Long in the fall l concluded
not to keep house eny longer, but go to
live wish sum relations who had ben
wantin' me TO cum fur quite a spell
I've ben here bout five months ana
hev bin as contented as one who has
alters kept house ken be to so an live
in sumone e.ses house. l get kinder
lonesum sumtimes an to hankeiin orter
sum of my old friends, but taken all in
all. I'm dom very we'll But one thing
orter make me thankful that | am. I'm
a gittin rid o he rheumatic / couldn't
hardly believe il at first, but its a fact.
an il didn't cum about by takin medi-
cine nor rubin on o linimeuts. but in
quite a different an altogether eXcit-
in way.
DiuSA ltil NVN dbbuA II. NY itidAAtiA
Jonas. is bachelor an his gran
mothers dauter is a dauter to my gran
mother. The old lady Is a Twin an
keepin house fur Jonas. Now. Jonas hes
a dog, a great. big. long-legged. lop-
cared, slab-sided critter that ken run
most like a streak o lightenin'. when
he is arter sumthin tibet he ken wOrrit
the life out Of. but I notice he ken move
slower then mOlasses i'm winter when
tole to do sometin' he don't want to.
Now what struck me as Gurus coin
evidence they call him Snider. the very
same name Arnold Bur" called his dog
Such an uncommon name. too. but he
isn't yaller but black and white and
has brown ears an brown eyes. They
call him hansum. but in my opinion han
sum is as hansum does. an I leave IL to
you 10 decide if Snider treated me ham
sum. When | KUN he didn't seem 90
take kindly 10 strangers, an 'peared TO
think ] was an intruder. ! never cOuld
abide dogs. an would never have one
around, an if Snider didn't like me
there sartinly wasn't eny love lost be-
tween us. and when ! got up to hobble
across the room that air misable dog
would nip around my feet, an pull my
dress, an chaw my cane, an one day
he came at me so savage like. l stepped
around the center table an that plaEuv
Critter seemed TO think / was game
sure He just stuck his nose down
to the floor and kun at me like a streak
! dropped my cane, but hung to the
table. and round an round / went and
round an round went Snider. To this
day | don't know why he didn't catch
me. but L sp'ose my time hadn't cum yet
Bout the sixteenth time around | was
so dizzy ] couldn't see enythin' but "a
white streak. / caught at the back of
chair while ROOM dog an all went sail
in by. / hung TO the chair. keepin' Il
between me an Snider. And O. how
he would jump bark at me. Enyone
who has beard a hound hey when he has
freed his game ken imagine the dretful
noise the critter made. j KEEP "A jumpin'
the chair at him an mOvin backward
toward the door an by an by / reached
IL. an backed out, an shut him in And
don't you think all this time when
was raCin fur my life, Jonas mother
and his brothers wife were a layin
back i'm their chairs latin fit TO kill. BY
an by Emeline she sed:
Aunt Polly, IL you an Snider will
hire out TO circus you ken make your
fortune"
or coure I expected 10 be laid up fur
ever OTTER SIGH run. / never expected
TO be able 10 walk straight agen. but II
you'll believe me II seemed 10 timber me
up. and I'm not hardly a bit lame eny
more. When / git up to walk across
the room. Snider he gets up too, an
tips his he'd TO one side an winlSs one
eve. an ] dassant limp fur fear he'll
think I'm game fur another roce. /
don't care To give another free show rite
away. Emelne says as how / look FIVE
years younger than when I KUN here
an mebby sum OF the other inYalids
better try what a little lively exercise
will do fur 'em. You'd be surprised TO
see how spry ken step around and yes
terday | saw my best cane out on the
yard all chewed up. Sum Of that plag>
ney pups work: but / don't need Il eny
more. an Snider an / are better friends
than we ulster be. My rite arm and
shoulder are still very lame. but Jonas
says II exercise has such wonderful
effect he will put up po,e - / ken
practice turnin' hansprings he does
will let you know how | succeed
with best wishes fur the prosperity OF
the club, / remain your