The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-27
ENGLISH AS SHE IS WROTE.
oRTHOGRAPHICAL VAGARIES or
THREE GREAT STATES.

ma
An Appeal 90 tho Secretary of thc Treas
ury for Aid, n Protest Against "Pnytng .
Debt That h Due Me- and n Demand
on the Authorities OF an "AslluH.'
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2G.-The following letters
are copied verbatim, literatim. ct punctuatim.
with the exception of the names. from the
originals. The first letter Is from the noble
State OF North Carolina. and IL Official
in character, being a com munlcation to the
Treasury Department 1t is dated Nov. 20,
and runs rs follows:
"Mr Sechatcrv Of the Treasure Of rnshtnrtcn n. c.
SIR: l rite TO in form you how things and
wat rasatcal work thare Is goin on mere -
Williamton and outhers phases and We capt
are under n grose and vile rascal peas of under
hand work that the land shark cald sailer
Borden house keepers in the first place thaS
will In duse the sailor to leave our vesfl as SoUn
Us we arrive leave wat litel wagis they hav and
go on shore to tharo dens witch cant be cald
no better now Gums the tug OF ware 1 want q cruo
TO get a way with then the Shark Gums to me
and sails he must have all the way from 8 to
10 dolas advance from tho capt and In sted of
tho sailor getting 30 dolas per month he Is com
peld TO sine fore five dolas per month and the
land shark takes the 10 or 10 dolas wat II IL
maid now emit there be sum way to help thcas
men and the capt out of this 1 have Gather
TO submit to this vile work or let my vesil lay
at the warf 1 am now laing and have bin for q
few uais on account of cant get no men to mand
IN vesil or less 4 submitto this cind of work
hare is plenty Of men hear and wood willin 20
II they could get out OF the sharks house please
bare this in mind and II yoa can due any thing
pies help us out. Capt. -"
Letter number two halls from Maryland,
rom Baltimore and the classic shades of Johns
HOPKINS, from the city famous for beautiful
women, monuments, and oysters. And the
writer. Tho is an FISHERMAN" He says:
"BALTo., Nd. Mar o 1896"
MIR -. DEAR SIR: / received your
letter to day and do endevor to Ans It to the
best of my ability. am very sorry in deed
that you or your clerk has mad such n mestake
ms to charge me with One Pr. of Boots that I
cant CINE no recorlection owe. and send me such
aDinsulting letter as I have just received. You
said you would not OF been sursprised IL / had
OF said | never lived in the country and never
woe n Pr. of heavy leather Boots and never
walked the muddy country roads and all that
sort of thing l would call such noncence talk
for that do not concurn the Boots at all.
And moro then that, l I'M not ashame to
tell any body that l was horned and raised in
the country. In old Va. Northumberland Co
at the head of Coan river. And more then
that l am honerd by my people and that / am
personal acquainted with more business men
than you and there are not one can say l owe
them one cent for anything / delt with Mr.. T.
H. F.-most al. to gather be fore l came to
BALTIC and don't owe him nothing You can ask
him IL you want. And more than that l can
get n good recommendation from him and
also from Any body in Observation-Disclosures and
also Mr.. c. Mr.. R and Mr.. l. COM
mission merchants here on Camden st Mr..
B on Pratt st Mr.. l. of South st and
meny more thai is usels to mention all ihos
men are personal acquainted with Inc and I
have a clear %coLtions and true carrector
amunksu them all and my credit is good any
! owe you for One Pr. Of leather boots that I
got burning. the Spring of 1893. Now l will
time: and what i bought. / left Baltimore on
the Dorchester the 10 of Mar 1893 on the IL Of
Mar VIC got in Coan layed there one day and
night and Capt. Luther Edger and l went
home and came down next morning got under
grain W" Come e1 to Il Balfo Vent back and loaded Mied
with, cord wood NJ, the Glead prong and went TO
Washington on that trip BOUGHT a Pr. OF
prove that they was the only Pr of Boots I had
during the whole time l was on the Vessel land
In fact / haven't got a Pr of boots OF no kind
scnee) l got one Pr Of shoes and two strawhats
and two shirts and One Pr Of pants and some
going shore eaven at Lewiset'a during that
Spring and summer. went ashore several
Luther. I am perfectly willing to pay ali my
dehts-and do pay them every where l go. and I
tnanR the blessed lOru tnar j nave always been
able TO paw them so far. but l don't feel able
and willing to pay debts that are not Justly
due me. Tor ! am I'M az, q Door %Tr X z boy ana have
think it very unkind for you to bring a faults
debt against me, for indeed l don't know any
thing in the world about the Boots.
Now ven say / must owe for the Boots or
else they would not of been charged on.the book.
charge any thing that you please but it is not q
very easy thing for me TO correct somebody
elsees mestakes when it calls for money. and
1t seames a very unreasonable thing that I
should get a Pr. Of Boots and weare them out
and not know anything about, them. Now I
would not do anything like that nor Gather
would tell YOU a story tor I've as you might
call caar it hd sS"G Bo i; II ~ you 1n haze Ps got 90 R my na% 7 SION on
spose IL GALES for nobody else to pay il but me-.
well it will not brake me no, will II advance
must take a good consideration about it, for I
~sirteuly don't know anything about the Boots
member of hayeing any leather Boot. at all
and it is n hard thing TO pay for what / never
FfgT..' of Boots Hs' ! siTteniys would say SMos 50 s and iq pay
the debt Mt once then l could rest easy ABOUT
such an insult over $3.50 From the way the
letter reed ! sursposc you must OF takeing me
to to- be be a p PoGd p "F ah 'G9 eave ! h f ! di sos es ee eys4 Gs
God for bid that | should ever be as much
above myself as that stuck up r. and lazy
proud and lazy 10 wait on people when they
go there to deal. Just beleave 1t was one Of
holy got a Pr of Boots and dident pay for
them reiEht away and the clerk was two laEzy.
10 put 1t on the book unull he for got who
bought them so he thought he would charge
them to me. Last summer when l was working
in the shop l delt with John p all toRather
get what ! wanted through the week and pay
up or Saturday night ask him II ] dident square
up before | left ask Mr.. p Il | dident leave re-
spectfully l d!de'nt quit the shop until knew
he had a mother helper to take my place, and
would'eut o! quit when ! did but ] was sick all
the time and could'ent work. But we wont
| !sll ont over tina Roots, Int l don't want TO
heare much more about II for i don't bcieave
/ got the Boots in fact l moast know
] did not because ! did not have any leather
Boots Mt all only the one Pr they was gum
Boots ] rot on NJ Of in Georgetown. Respect
July Yours. THOMAS 8. H"
The third is the product of New York. 10
comes from Rhinebeck. and shows that the
writer knows not the path OF rectitude as laid
down by Noah Webster. and regards not the
instructions OF Lindlcy Murray;
"RHINEBEcK. Apl IA 1905.
" To Them that Keeps thc Orhn Asium-
MADAM: The boy what | got of your orfin
asilum that was a good boy tAkin him two
monts tryal bein a pur man an sine your in
dcnsurc for to keep him but when ( got my
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