Graham guardian., 1901-03-22
Matthewsxille Notes.


prehenshun that we wunce more
rol up our sleeves and shoulder pen
in order to excomunikate few
ov our meandering thots fur publi-
kashun in your most illitirate pa
per.
We desire to inform the human
family that we in Matthewsville air
still on the turf and doin' about as
well as other people air doin' no
better an us. We air glad to say
that the peopel in this lokality air
awl enjoyin' good health with the
excepshun ov them that air sick
among us; and we urnestly hope
this will find you all in the same
fix.
1t was my intenshun, as we'll as
my urnest desire, to report the con-
dishun ov the weather down here
at this writtin'; but l have been
outrageously disappointed. The
wind has blowed so tarnel hard
that it swept what little weather
there was by so fast that the them
ometer could register it.
| Mr.. Editor believing that there
air meny peopel in this country
and probly some in uther countries
who air ignorunt ov the existance
ov this place, its wonderful re-
soarccs, its unspakahle ritchies, Its
meny disadvantages, exports, size,
situashun and cetera. | take plez
shure and pains in furnishin' this
most wantabble imformashun. The
degree ov plezshure, ov course, will
depend upon the pains, the fewer
the pains the greaer the plezshure.
l realise that discripshun ov this
country OF to be writ with the
golden wand ov an angel dipped in
the softest rays ov sunbeam, up.
on the blushin' and delikate surf
face ov a rose lef and clothed with
! the lanwage and eloqunce ov a
Cicero. Therefor when an indi.
vidual with supply ov nolij about
the size ov the food supply Of Lees
army when he surrendered to U
S. Grant, undertaks sich an ele
phanturious task, hope you'll be
! chairantable enouf to cloze your
eyes to awl deficiencies.
To begin with l can say thar oul
ginreal stand as kommunity IL
fair to middlin' along side ov luther
places that air in about the same
condishun as we air. Our temper.
al condishun air fourishin' and oul
appietites air second to none.
II As to our provisions and sup
5 plies ginreally | am proud to say
, we have nuther. enouf nor too
much. for which we air thankful.
j Lokashun and bindery. This
place iz situwated between Butter
milk Point and Joe Fosters ranch
> l don't no whether Joe claims citi-
, zenship in this town or not, but
kin say we'r not karin . durn
whether he does or not. But
must straddle the thread ov me
story and proceed. We air blinded
} on the north by the Gila river
, whore our bank IL lokated. We
believe tnat Solomon and Wicker
sham named thar bank after ourn as
ourn IL the oldest institushun
I They kali tharn the Gila Valley
S Bank, and ourn has alwas been the
: Gila River Bank.
> We air blinded on the south by
the G. ", G.. & n Ry trak, and in
the rainy sezons we air water bind
ed on all sides. This is about awl
] | kan say about our binding ex
= cept that wunce in a while some ov
, our citizens air blinded over to keep
the peace and l kan say they gin
really respond to the kali.
l kan not give you the exact
!, latitude of this place but in sum
4 mer it ginreally stands about 12C
in the shade. AS to size it will
compair favorabley with luther
places containing the same number
D of square miles. The populashur
f l kan say is about the same size as
: JEFF Davis cabinet at the cloze oy
the rebelyun, and il made up prin
sipally of peopel belongin' to the
: human race, tho the boss race also
+ Represented and this, together witt
: a mill race at the end OF town kou
r stitutes our entire populashun
The white lanwage is ginreally
spake, Notwithstanding our clozt
, proximity to the reservation line
The peopel as rul air full of de
f terminashun, pluck, pugnacity, but
$ termilk and 40-rod beer. Their,
+ has been very little change in this
:. lokality durin' the last 10 years
L OWN to this fact the inhabitants
t kan bost ov good quality, stabili
ty ov karacter, the same yesterday
today and forever.
t Our form ov government liz re
t. publikan as you may suppose; the
: thar ust to be some demokrats il
. the naborhood. Whether thar all
u any at present OF not | am not abe
D. to say as they have not been hearr
It from cince McKinley's leckshur