West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1899-02-16
Zone Of the Old Boys"
Who Is Not Much or Speller But
Makes IL Interesting. Anyhow.

DEAR Enron BRowN -
"all YOU doar hocausc you print pieces for
us old a"lgors You know that we are Kind of
Knocked out by these younger feiers I'm nol,-
tix ana can't wcrS much anymore so wo would
Ike TO be doln snmthin
Vow Brown III 10 you right IN tho start
'hat am genuine old solger of tho sIxtios
anu don.t Ike your poitix any better than
did rcbol load. hut you have been kind 20 pood
to us old boys TO print our poaces when ugly
follows Jumps ON us In rho Joarnnl aud won
sign thcir right name. Now am goin 10 vyrlte
you this peace ashin you that you keen NV
righ' name baok Co. ! know thom Journal
boys rito we'll and they want all of the post
oiloeS and "thor things, what some OF our BOYS
would Ike To have In thoir old days and they
got mad aud talk mean about us and got sorne
oi our boys 20 say mean things 20 IN ther paper
and { sign tholr namo. You know they nick
out all the ones that got Co be Captains Or
delys and one thing another la the war and
larned To write good podoes while the rest of
Nh was ightin.
Now brown Kind 20 think that fellci who
wrote such tuhny things I'm your last Argus
about Jimmy Lenbart, Jimmy White aud Jim
my Finn was that kind ofn feller ~ could
write and spoil Ike ho could would liko Ia
have my name slned 90 my peace. but you
NO Brown that us follers had 10 snow 60 larn
anything but 10 ,hoot aud dght. Now the Jim
boys are rite well posted aud have lots Of
larnen. One runs great big store anI Is dI.
fectur Ia the Bank. another ono lcks tho
stamps and the other one sues IA I'm open court
Tar our old debts. So you know 1t would not
do to sine my name. and you now they let out
the offices and would like To koop kind % on
the od Side OF them. but you now Brown
{ NJ we old soGers don't i've their ways.
You know that all tho FIRST sogers that went
ont was not promised any bounty but when
hoy wanted more thay had 60 oner ono hun
drod dollars bounty to them. Well you Low
that 1t would not be right TO ddit In this way
20 tue court made IL hundred for the arst
ana second calls. You ne we got naoso papers
in the war and tnoy said that this was the
way u was 10 be done and you no Brown that
the hrst hoys Only got sixteen dollars and
evenly FIVE cents Us boys believe that tbi,
~ ney was all collected but what was done
with IL T. tho question. Hut / ought not uf
said anything about u ms the Journal gets hot
under tho col ar every tIno one OF Us ola
brosen down boys mentions u and we can't
hkht much any more % takc ur part Wo
can write some In our way but to journal
says " u Ill p9rs nal stun and into tho waste
basket II K es
Now Brown yOu know that the court house
and records WIS burnt. and you no that they
all said That uragg bu MT IL bociuso TO had
lhnd suits IN court. DO you know that some
OF US old sOlger boys have been thlnHine these
many years that sOIe other parties migbt
have had as mach interest at staks as Grags
bad Now Brown am goin TO clio for this
time belerven that you oid nz up my spellin
as Destyo can and print IL in your noose
pape AIN sorry Brown I can't FIX II
up smooth aud ice Ike that fsllor did in the
last p per. never tiied bia words. A. O th q
fehvr picked out Of the dlcOnary. but b george.
That Teller semed to now what all Of ON meant .
Now Brown cover no all Of my Ign rroooo
tbat y~u can aud Soep back NY rite name and
"il write moro fDr you in ihs futuro.
OEE OF rns OLD BOYS.