The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-09-21
LETTER FROM FANNIN.

LETTER FROM FANNIN.
We'll, Mr.. editor, I spose you'll be
little sprised to git this hearin
frum me, but the "Dotter.' she don It
feel very much sposed to write an she
axed nae to take my pin in han an let
you know how Fannin is doin--an
so as the poet said: s'The mouth
speaks out what it's full ov''-I'll do
that an I'm plum full mouth an all of
the big party what we had down to
DR.. Mobiles. Now you all no DIR. no.
bic SO I'll not stop to speculate on him
an his wife an his datters who you
all no is most delicious hoarstess.
But I'll jes go on an tell, in the best
language ! know, bout the great big
party that fotch forth the gallant gals
an blushin young men Of the sur
rounuin naborhood. We knowed
we'll ernuf las Satday when the re-
ceiven ov the invertashuns come on,
that there wuz nifty heap er fun or
sumpen er layin stoed up fur us all;
but in our most widest midnite
snoerin we never dreampt dream or
never kungered up no sich musement
in our head as happened down to this
party. Bout 80 ater seven, when the
dust er day y-lite wuz er proachin Nv
the mite an the spacious morn wuz er
climen NV the trees the guess they gin
ter cum, an now you can jis imagine
ct you can what all the ciety ov this
town looked like, for ez fur me there
amt no words in my cabulary to spress
the beantifcations an frageration nv
um all. But hole on a mint got to
go back an tell how the jnverta-
shions WIZ writ-look like my mine
SO fth1sed wild the party hits kiner
rnnnin away wild thunHen thoughts
70 git ready-so here goes the in
vertashions what all got on squisit
piece Nv brown paper, all notohed up
an prettyfied, here it goes:
i taken my pin in han an write
you few lines to let you no weuns
is a goin to have party at uses house
monday mite an we want yonens to
be sho an come, at this settin we er
we'll an doin we'll and hope youens
is doin the same, ader Ellice an
iough ellice an uler noble an Flower
erencs maigh knowbel.' Now you
know sich fetchin notice as that
wuz boun to rouse the sperets Nv us
all-so now fur the riven nv the guess.
They come-the gentmen er tetchin
their bess gals an all, outen the oeption
Nv er one. riged out in their most
highfurlntinest garbs ov er costume
an they all fotoh their ticklin box
turned up side down an speculate we
had some fun. Wisht 7 had time to
make mention nv every guess an how
all wuz retired an costumed but !
haint but Use Doun to make menshion
nv that good prince Nv fellows, Mr..
Stued Tinnin what to the most sprisen
expectation Nv us all, come er hoppin
in ther crowd the gayest nv the bunch
dressed in his mos fetchinest sunday
go-to-meetin close an Mr.. Will muir
dowell all er smillen with his mos
ketchiniest smile. Well all was too
pretty an too numerous to tsll nv.
We had q galore Of fun an ilivatin
games sich as handkerchief all mixed
mp together, we scotched aroun an
played al coated inthe lawn till all
at once we hearn the sweet gingle Nv
q COW bell an all in one cordance,
like, rushed pell NELL in most
dignifed way to where it went off an
10 to the goodness! we followed its
lovely strain till we retch the eatin
room where we all Jared to mos
gorgerous splendiforous repass the
table all covered with spacious red
oil cloth wuz er gruntln with the
most dainty an fragrant supper as
only DIR. knowbels folks no how tc
| fix Tho menyou wuz as is goin tel
follow -
First coarse Peas, fat meat, cold
water bred sardines in the can, pickle
| in tho bottle.
2nd coarse Onions, olabber with
long sweeten, ginger enape,
3rd coarse billed cnstard an mo
lasses cake.
After this sprncious fest we pared
to the parlur an all er settin 'aroun or
the flo. in q circul nv ling, had eel
one ter git up an prade roun SO ez VI
could zamenize "a speculate on thei'
dressin nv nm all er premium nv e.
prize wuz offered to the cupple wha
was dressed il the mos highfurluten