West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-12-19
Uncle joe JOttings
BRANDoNViLLE. w. VIRGiNY. }
Dec. the 9Th. 1907 1

Howdy do. Mr. Argus. Man haint
wrote any to YOU fer quite a spell. an fer
varyoous reasons. Fust of all be busy
Second some OF the fellcrs got So mad las
time writ an made some threats Not
as ! IN atearel. CT keer, seeing as | never
say nothin' but the truth, an never.
purpose say anything as n hurt any body
but yes lowed Id wait a spell tiII they
cooled down. Some OF the boys has been
clamorIn Ter piece. an | hccrn Of some
people way of in L other end OF the
county as likes ser uncle" an likes the
foolery lac writes, so sharpens my quill
an commences To scribblc you a few lines
about some OF us.
Some Of our iellers is gittin' the
queerest ways OF sayin things T'othcr
day ast one OF the boys { he'd ,een my
tcrbaccer p'uch an he sort o LATED. an
said "ScaiCh me Well. lowed he
ment as II was in some of his pockets an
should help myself TO it. so | dove down
into his hip pocket after IT, an Lord save
me he whaled away an blame near
knocked ne chilly. Wouldn't yer face
jar a fcllcr r he said.
] finally got it into my upper deck as
them expressions was what they call
slang an didn't mean nothin al all.
SchooIs sailin along fine Miss
Minnie FrankhousCrs the School Marin.
an she winnin' the Young un's hearts
right along. One of the boys lowed
tother day at he liked Miss Minnie a
heap better n he did Miss Lynne *
Mandy took it purity hard at fnst at
any body'd beat her chum. but she
got letter from her yesterday an she's
happy as a clam an busy as a mailer an
likes her work, an since that Mandy's 5
better satisfied.
Some of our folks is wantin a Christ.
mas doins an some OF en- haint. so I'm a
feared the TWO factions u jis' one pull one
way an onc.tjother tiIl None Of EN- does
anything. We -orter have something an
we kin If they all pull together. even il
It's late.
Ihankssivin's over an I'm durn glad OF
il. They wasn't huch Of splurge cut
about II here 'cept most every body had a
bird o some kind fer dinner
some o the boys had a spirit party. /
don't know whether any OF ems neeiums
er not but fTefr they raised some spirits
fer the occasion. didn't hear who all the
spirits was but somebody said one was the
spirit Of Fermcuti. don't know who he
war but lac must been a jolly ole duffer
the fun they seemed to have.
! don't know how thankful the people
around here was. know / was mishty
thankful fer a gander fer dinner an fer a
soundin appetite to eat i'm. lots o muscle
to airn more like i'm
Talkn o birds don't the bloomin'
American Eagle have to hang his head an
tuck his tail jos fore Thanksgivin'Y He
aint iu IL with the geese an ducks. an
chickens. an, turkeys then. but Gee.fur.
jerks low he's glad he aint in it on
Thanksgivin'
Our old doc as ust to be here. Doc.
Hsrdwick from Davis. was here a visitin'
while back You bet ever one was clad
90 sec him He's as big an han some an
modest as ever an reckon he aint married
yit
Our own little doc is a holdin his
own right pcart Ever body likes him.
an some as wouldn't take no stock in him
al FIRST is comm to like him as well as
the rest.
Some Of the fcllers spend good deal
o time huudn
Wurly kindly an - Benson got so much
game tothcr day they had TO salt some OF
30 down cut in the woods while they went
home fer team TO haul it home. They
both hunt purity well. don't know