The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-11-03
MOUND BAYOU, Miss, Oct. 25, 1897.

MOUND BAYOU, Miss, Oct. %, 1897
MIR. BALI,
DEAR SIR:--The last copy of the
TIMFS was received this morning and
| just stop everything TO read the
news. Times is powerfully hard over
here since tho yallow fever quaran.
teen, aid news is mighty scarce. Your
psper was 2 welcome surprise to us
al, aud read 1t over to myself aud
nsbors three timcs-fur sum of 'em
KANT read without stoppin to spell
the words Now, Mr.. Rail, | am not
what you might call edicated man
like you, but | do perfess to bave some
common sense about common things.
And while | like your paper mighty
well, | must tell you kandidly that |
don't like the way you SANDER our
guvenor aud prest, of the levee board
Now | believe you are sensible man
i'll many ways, but you must pardeu
me fur sayiu' that | don't think you
have as much state pride as they have in
the piney woods whar me aud "Ance
McLariu" come from. Him aud me
was raised up close together, aud
know aim better than anybody. We
hunted 'pOssums with the same dog
aud chawcd rosum OH the same tree,
and tell you he will do to tie to.
He is n whale IN pollytcs; let me tell
you, In rs me and hlm and 10 Jane
carried the election in Rankin county,
and hollcTed all night long for Lowry
by pine not fires.
Them was times | tell you that
tried mans soIes, aud you never can
make me believe that them two felers
amt all rite yet, tho | haven't seen
neither one Of 'em In a long time.
Now Mr.. Ball, you know as well as |
do, that there's lots of good fellers in
the world what knows mighty little
about etiket, aud don't remember
whether | eyer saw the guvenor eat
any turnip greens or not, his father
alters raised lots of EN-. / never did
travel much with 10 Jane, and dop't
know how he acts in New York
amongst them htfulRtin doods up
thar, who alters poke fun at country
folks, who don't wear short coats like
'hey do. Ii is disgustful to me to
read all such nonsense about good
men, specially when they are don'
their bost to save thage country In a
cretitable msppeE
| dou't like 10 see people alters
a,ruunia' down good men.
A friend of mine in Cossiusco county
sent me a Carthage paper what had Il
letter in it about the new StatehOuse,
aud he signed bis name o. p. Q. Now
/ am gettin' on in years and have read
lots of of periodicals, butt have never
seed such name afore in all my life.
1t IS redickuous the way he wrote
about the guvenor and the old State
house; pears to me from bis riting he
wanted to be ether a judge or dees-
trict attorney and got left-in other
words thar's whsr the shoe pinches,
Now think men can differ and be
onest, aud whar's The use O villyfying
our Chief Exc oku'ive fur everything
he says and does, beksse he don't
happen 10 think as we do. o, F. Q,
was very sarcastic in his stile and |
felt my dander rsisin' all the time |
was readin' his pesky artiCkle.
Crops is nifty fine over hear and as
soon as | eau l will cum over to see
you ana talk over matters. l expect
to go down to Jackson In November
if kin git q fair figgur for some cot
ton, and will go to see tbe guvenOr
and spend whole week, aud get him
TO tell me about them arksteX for the
new capitul what the papers is per
laverin 80 muteh about. Don't fail to
send me the Times regular. will
rite you a long letter when cum back
from Jackson aud tell you all about
the Ststehouse,
Your ireA iii death,
HAYSEED