Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1899-11-30
Pas Day on the Farm.

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George, In Chicago Times Herald.
Me and the pup and nav an paw
and little albert went out in the
Country Saturday to visit unkle
Henrey's.
Uncle henry is maw's bruther
and wunst him and her was little
boys aud gurls like me and albert
and Unkle Henry SEED nav yoost
to run around 10 Her Bair feet and
cline trees and fall out Of the Hay
in the Barn and skin the Cat jist
like boy.
I'm offul sorry | Herd that about
nav Becos / Can't hardly keep on
thinkin' She's nangel any more.
wisht She would Bin a nice
little CURL with dimpuls in her cheeks
and Curls Down her back and al
ways kept Her Ores Clean and
Didn't never make shoots at people.
Sumtim, when l think about it |
almost Haft to weep.
Before we went paw He was tell.
in us all abont the great things he
ust to Do when He lived on a
Farm. It's a wonder people didn't
come from miles around to See paw.
So when we Got out paw He thot
he would Sho us how to milk COW
and Unkle Henry give him a pale
and Stool with only one Laig
what paw had to Balance himself
on.
They was nice Sad lOOken COW
what was all Black with q White
Stripe around Whair Wimmen
Ware their corsit and Unkle Hen
ry Told Paw she was as Gentle as
q lam, so paw took off his cote and
cuffs and let nav Hold them and
pulled up his Sleaves and Set Down
on the Stool with one laig and Held
the pale Between His nees and
Grabbed hold with Both Hands.
The furst stream shot out WHARF
paw wasent Looking for it and
went all over His Best Pants and
NAV she Began to jaw and Told
him He couldn't afford to Gro and
room his close jist to show off.
"Oh, Don't make a Fuss about
nothin," paw says. "That won't
hurt. You can take it out with a
gasalean. You couldn't expect a
person who was all out of practus
to Set rite Down and do this as
Good rs if he was Keepin at it Ev-
cry Day. But I'll Be all rite in a
minute ar two"
About that time the COW wanted
to mock a fly off her Side, so she
switched around and got her tale
mixed up with paws mustash and
paw he had to spit as hard as he
Could for quite a while and he for
got to milk.
Then He Begun again and Hi
hand Slipt and the Stream Hit NAV
Just below the Ear and run Down
inside her collar. Nav she yelled
and Dropt paws cuffs, and the pupr
thot it was the Cows foot so he
made a Grab at her heels and the
Cow slept on paws foot and the
stool with one laig went over Back.
wards and the milk what paw hap
pened to Git in the pale run under
his Vest when He was laying thart
with his feet in the air and a look
on his fails what made me think o
the Dying gladdyater in the pick
ture.
"Oh, paw nav hollered, "why
was you SIGH fool as to try it?"
"Git away from me- paw sec
when nav wanted to help Him t.
Git up. "If it hadent of been fol
you this wouldn't of Happened. II
you would of stayed in the HOus,
WHARF wemmen Belong they
wouldn't of Been no Trubble.'
BY that time he was on His fee
So the pup was looking up in hi
fails and wagin his tale kind o.
pleasant and paw Hauled off ant
give Kick at him. But the pup
wasent there when paws foot reach
ed the place and the straw he wa
standing on was purity slippery.
don / no whether the Damidg,