Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-01-01

Monda mornin soon. yisterda wus a
da of events at our house as the poit
says, grand, glumy an glorious; it beet
eny forth of july. Susan she got up at
three o clock an when i walked up their
wus SIGH a cent of coffy and sassage up
my nose i cud hardly git any bTeth,
but thout cud take anuther nap SO
/ went off in the arms of morfus an
drempt of steem saw mills u grindiu
sausage by the car load and a maxim
colFy III the steem milne all at the same
time, III the next thing i knowed she
he'd got up the too nOisyest children on
the place an tina WIS runnin over tina
floor like too cats, an q bOlIerin like
painters. / cudent sleep no more so i
got up an made JOhnathan git up too,
an he wus as mad as u settin hen. We
he'd company that mite, a blind man
he'd stald at our house, an i thout he
wudent no how sOOn it wus, but the
first thing he said, wus it is dark yit. i
told him Susan wus a lOokin fur Mike
an Seth / recOued, an if tina cum he
must play the catar fur them, him an
Jonathan both he'd the he'd axe an i
guy them sum solts an told them tina
would feel better after breakfast. Su-
san he'd her hare all curled went tn the
table, like as ii eny of US keered tn see
cuTls that time a mornin. Lam sakes
That pore man sot an played the catar
all the evenln u thinkln her bow wus
there an, it wus a nuther Teller cum tn
see Johnathan about sumthing, an tn q
cudent hardly heer there years fur the
cataT an the children. Hammer aXy
she cum down tother da to reed to me
she lowed i jist needed some improve.
ment tn make mt CRATE, and sed she
wud give me some new idees, so she
sot an red, an sot IA nit an listened
what time the baby wusnt a cryin, an
she red whur it sed, twinin critters
WIS made tn Irvine. Ian sakes, ses i
stop now fur that makes the chiIls an
fever run up an down my back bone.
i allus wus Altered OF snakes! she guy
me a look of disgise and sed i wus tn
prosy fur her, an i told her truth the
poit sed wus stranger than fixturs eny
way. Hammer Axy is ded sut on romatic
things, she guv a ring tn her bow an
sed she whIshed she had one to guv tn
all of them she liked. Susan she tried
that plan tn an guv one tn Seth, an
after Il while she wished she he'd guy
it tn Nike. Jonathan he lowed we
mite git her a nuther one an then she
cud guy on tn Mike tn. i went to a
quiltil tother da dident see much of
enything tn rite about accept i seed a
boy with u been up his nose. i he'd tn
stop off an cud not finish my pease as
i he'd tn git redy fur q big teechers in
stltution out our way. / wus so buZziy
bakln cakes an pies an pickles and so
fourth, but now as it is all dun an over
/ want TO tell ilst how / wus fooled by
Susan an Seth. You see we started
home and the preecher wus a cumin'
home with us, an Susan an Seth tina
jist cum along close behind an got i t
In ny he'd tina wus a goin tn jine hands,
SO hurried in the back way tn git
some the dirty close off the floor, afore
tina got round tn the front door, an
when i looked out after the preecher
he'd got in, Seth wus jist heelin it fur
home, and Susan jist looked as meak
as u pet lam. | recon tina never thout
about jinln hands, but i tell you ithout
Satin We WIS Il goin III loose Susan, so
no more. Yours nom up the creek,
BECKY MARIA.
P. S. i recon we will git tn keep Su-
san awhile yit, fur Mike nor Seth don't
cum env more, eny further than the
gate, sense hev writ so much about
them, an Susan ses she is goin tn stay
ut home till ground hogs day if i don t
quit a ritin about her. A law. r. NJ.
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