West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-02-19
UNCLE JOE
Breaks Out Once More and Writes Up
Some Notes aud Comments.
. BrandonvIIle. w. virsinny.

Well | low some of EN- has gin me up
fer dead, an Iot more wishes wuz but
aint. reckon. Anyways. dont.fcel dead
My rheumatis has been pcsterin me
considerable lately. an no wonder. neither.
They say w virginny wont take no back
seat fer any man an low its, about so
Were got to be ;righ, up to the scratch
with the fust an the swellcsi. amongst en-.
Being 50 spruce follerin' the styles We. re
go, to foller the same, plan with the wealth.
er. ust to think We kept the bes, article
on the weather market. but this year IL les
seems s u we wuE folieriug up the freaks
OF some durn guy like the kind that gifts up
the fashion books an changes everything
about as fast as poor devil can rig out his
wife an young uns. onc day we have II
| good an hard. a snowin' an a. BLOWN 10
beat the Dutch. and the next its one o.
them wisby-washy days that makes you
I, want 10 shed yer under fannens. o. course
any kind is all right. but l object to the
suddentness OF ,ts changes an my rheu.
matiz backs me.
Talkin' about bein in the push an splurge
makes me want TO tell you think we're
got the most compermisin' an up.toda,e
Legislator in the whole land. les think
what progressive sperrit they showed a
wantin' 10 elect monumint TO the memory
of our faithful an departed friend. Doctor
Danser, knowed an loved by ever bein
that ever entered the sacred precincts of
the University Jim. or ever had friends
there.
| wonder II we couldn't git 'em to pro.
pirate few hundred thousan to build a
| Memorial Hall an Library here. jes fer
the sake OF honorin' an preservin' his
toric Landmark. the oldes town in the
county.
wuz feelin' pretty capshus t'other day
an went TO see good oil neighbor as has
been laid up fer a spell. an as wuz iakln'
my leaf. he held onto my hand an says
says he. 10. write us some moose in the
ARGUS onct more. miss yer foolery like
the nation"
Well. lowed I'd try. an here am. but
as tol' you, haint ben out much fer
while an moose is hard to GIT unless you
visit
| did wander down aroun' Birthstone
Corner tother day an Il seemed mighty
natcheral 10 hear oil Dick a whisperln'
aroun' there an hear i'm sneeze now and
then till telephone bells down TO Bruceton
| rattles
| IL seems he $ bel there a month aready
an is Citing kind O. back to his oil ways
o doin'. lie had good laugh about the
Post Office t'o,her daY. He lowed he never
knowed they wuz any thing doin agin i'm
an while he was looking after his ducks
aud hens nest gang o. the prayermeetin
politicians got TO monkeyln' with the wires
a tryin' to stir UP a mares nest. Well. IL
do beat all what some brands o. religion
does fer them at gifts II good an hard
Talkin' about religion they say Bert Ben.
son is gittin' some rious here of late. He
lowed tother day he could Cope with any
man attendin' contracted meetns
Speakin' o. the Bensons most fergot 10
tell you about Ben's new industry. lie
lows to star, a laundry soon. He's already
engaged (w)Ringer fer the business.
Yes. an mustn't fergi TO tell you that
OF Marsh has gone bug house on the staye
haulin' subject. Seems like the more money
he makes the more the greedy oil galoot
wants an his wife an boys has to kind o
watch him nights fer fear he'll 20 an haul
blocks In his sleep
| Were a goin' to lose our Mr.. Pctry.
Most ever body hates to see i'm leave
He's agoin' where he'll git more dough an
so our loss n be his gain.
They's goin 10 be more moyIn' this
| spring. haint learnt all OF the moves yit,
but one we'll be glad OF Is that Of Glib Cup
pett comm from Bruceton here low Glib
wanted to git up here an git away from the
smoke an dirt that will be in Brnceton
when the railroad comes.
Schools ben a gittin along purity nice
an the scholars seem to be learnin. real
fast Miss Essela Wilson Is the teacher
| She's ben sick some but guess she's bet
ter now. I've ben a wantin to ast her fer
some time how the libsry Is a gittin along
an whether she aint goin' to have
spread O. some kind an git few new
books, but I'm so durn bashfol with the
wimmn Mandy often says I'm regular
calf low 1t ortn't to be very hard to git
a dozen or so OF books
The Band felicrs serenaded Garfield
Armstrong and his woman tother night.
an Of all the good things to eat you ever
heern OF they must bad en- Sues a
mighty slick girl. an deserved blow out
that d do her credit
Some Of as wuz purt nigh stumped when
we heard Roe Hopwood was married We
i all low IL orr 10 be the maxim OF him II he
got good woman. an they he swears
he has.
Our town growed In size when Mr.. or.
cutt moved his family here. Theys ten Of
EN-, an as jolly as you like oh. our popu.
lation has increased lately. an theys
more a comm.
Nov ef ever jay don't send me a volen.
tine beksse writ this. I'ii do Il agin some
time. but ef they do, its Good by
UNCLE 10