West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-02-28
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''""' w NY "''uu 10 o9ut scndiu YOU the
news since that feller down to Valley Pin,
took the writin' fever an beat me so bad.
But lowed from what YOU toll 'em I'm las,
weeks paper mebbe you liked me bout as
well as him after all.
Aunt Hetty says mos all the Subscribers
round here looks fer my letters fuSt thing
an air dis ppoiBted when they ainI none.
So concluded I'D write little piece II
Sallie Mander OUT to Gran svillr. hahn,
got no objections. Deed coulin't tell
from what she said la her letter a week or
two ago whether she meant to compliment
me CT whether she wus riled cauzc | writ
so mn h Anyhow. II was tarnation nice
o her to say as l could write po'try IL I'D
Try. Oh. IL could only make things rhyme
I'd be ticklcd mos to death. | low | could
done 'cr. too, cf I'd a commenced young
an had a leetle encouragement from some
gifted writer like Sallle Mander is
But I'm feared To try II now Ell wuE
TO. mcbbe the hand what sets up the verses
In the newspaper office wouldn't know it'd
break my heart ef writ some po'try an
II d not come out the first We, X | sent IL.
Sallie MandcrS ben a wondcrin who |
am. an a wantin' to know me. low IL
aint with while Ter her to go out o her
way any to make my acquaintance. I aint
nothin but a crusty oil bach. an anyhow.
ef girl takes any special intrust in me,
Mandy'il pull her hair.
I'm awful skeered now. One o SalIie
Mander's fren's tol. ono o mine AT at
smart FIR To GAINESVILLE wur a goin' to
do Uncle loe up this week
I'm out o. practice with my warlike
weapons. an. anyhow. | aint got much
time fer 6ghtin You see it's purity fair
season fer huStlin' timber. an feIler's
got to stick to biz ef he wants to make a
Twin an lay by somethin fer a wet spell
an fer s'portin wife
Ef Sallic Mandcr thinks I'll take II up
an furse with her long OF anything she
says, her names goln' To be Dennis, this
time. sure.
I'm jes' goin' to min my own business.
like I've be n doin' an try an not feel
hurt ef some people what's smarter n me
does make fun OF me.
aint goi1 to try to sore too high. an
be smarier'n really am. 'cauIe I've heern
OF birds at sored bcyant ther hight losin'
ther tail feathers.
Now the very fust thing got TO tell you
is sad. ! got to tell you the venable John
Schrock died Friday a week ago in the
mornin, an wuE laid away to rest In the
grave ard the next Sunday at half a past
ten The Rev Jeremiah Thomas. Of the
Dunkard Church u which Mr.. Schrock
wuz jined, preached mighty fine funeral
sermon in the Methods Meetin' House
after the berryin'.
lie said lot o. nice things about the
diseased. an the best OF II wuz IL wuE all
true. hsint much on shoutin' and prayin
in pubiick an sich but wish't when die
I'd desarve to hev as much good said bout
me as Mr. Schrock. aint a keerin' so
much w'ether its said or not. les SOS 1
desarve H. reckon they never wun
much better man lived than Daddy
Schrock" wuz.
They dint ben nothin' but meetin' a goin
on sence a Christmas The teacher even
backed out about that VoIentine Birthday
Party she'd talked about.
! low II aint much wonder she's got
kind o larry She's ben nussin' the grip
Ter week an lots o. the young uns s got
II too. She lowed they'd got purity nice
libary now. bout two hundred books an
she'd like to see some Of 'em do big licks
at their lessons fer spell.
The contracted meetings a goin' to com.
rs.Is m
folks II have somethin' to go to 'thout no
shows by the school Yes. and the boys
" cit TO go home with the girls sometimes.
too cf they aint afraid to asst 'en. Look
out The boy that's afraid o. women II
never hev whiskers"
wur telIin you bout the school libary
I wuz browisin' round In IT, tothcr day.
an saw at they'd got some crackin' fine
books They're got an awful purity one
writ by feller named Morton what lives
some'ers near Kingwood. He got IL
printed by them Acme feIicrs over to
Morgantown. an they's the incest red
cover on a. It's all bout a family what
lived In Nebrasky when il wuz new. an
IL tells ~ about the tough times they ust
specially the part at tells bout all Of 'cm.
er mos all gittin' married an iiyin hap.
py ever after. Wisht I'd ben there.
One O the fellers what SITS in the post
masters oAice Of nights said he thought I
wuE done gone mean to throw slurs IN my
letters haint never throwed none as I
knowed Of Anyhow. didn't aim TO. I
low he read the letter with a mikerspoke
an. ---- well. mebbe his boot wu1 a pinch.
in his toe a little too
Ken Sampson he's gone away agin Ken
seems TO like u where its lively bctter'n
he does here I low a young feller aint
much TO blame N he does like a few places
beuer'n Brandonviue.
One Of our say young duecs' has ben
tfyin to quit smokin' lately They say
irs bccautc purity girl ast him to- an
toI him his brcsth'd eli swcetcr. lie
says II aint so He says at one day when
he WIZ = haulin' stsvc blocks to Siabtown
an a enjoyin' Lis pipe he got so durn cold
his pipe stem frir fast in his mouth an he
had TO set on his mammy's tea kittle ler an
hour thawin' his pipe loose. reckon IL
aint no FISH taic neither Ter the eroun' hogs
word ben a'provu bout az good as his
bon this deal
got lots more 10 write. but low this ts
al len sen Ter a two cent stamp soak
ed ono Of a circlcr some feiier sent me an
asi me to answer with They agnt nothin'
like economy IL the ernfiuepfs of