The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-22
Letter FrOll HGZ
He Writes the Bugle from Pottowassie Go Where He Ain't Got on
 Very We'll

We take pleasure in printing below a letter which Hes Bradbury has wrote to the Bugle. You all know Hez. He was borned and raised in Bingville and lived here most of that time until last spring when he moved over to Scraggs Corners in Pottowassie County where he bought a farm and expected to get rich. The letter explains itself. You will all be glad to hear from Hez.
 Scraggs Corners, Sept IF, 1907. Editor Bingville Bugle;
 Esteemed Person. take my pen in hand to let you hear from me. You re- member before I left Bingville I told you I would write as soon as got set tied and let you know how like 1t over here in Pottowassie County. I haven't got settled yet, being as haven't made enough this summer to pay the intrust on the farm mortgage which Is held by the man I got it from, but l will write to you anyhow. I don't like it here. Farming here is a failure. I am sorry now I bought this farm. might as we'll of spent my money foolishly in some other way.
 I cant raise nothing but thlstles. jim son weed and black-eyed Susans and the market is glutted with them. The browntail moths got into my peach trees, the bugs got Into my potatoes. the rust got into my oats and the rats ROL tnLO my HOuT DdFI6A- ApplSS also very scarce this fall. I thought I would get enough out of the orchard for mess of apple dumplings but I am mistaken--somebody else got them.
 You will be sorry to learn that I broke my leg in June. We'll, I didn't jest ad- zackly break it myself-a two-year-old colt broke it for me I sdon't think the colt done 1t on purpose. but the result was the same.
 trx fn fhn rn1f yvbAfa the accident happened, not my leg. The colt throwed me over stone fence and lit between the gate post and mow- ing machine which was standing in the field with above result I sold the colt for less than it was worth.
 We are all we'll except the dog-he is dead He got shot while chasing neigh bors sheep. My hens haven't laid worth a cent this summer. bought some stun to make them day and fed it to them, but it didn't seem to make them lay at all don't believe you can make hen lay if she don't want to and has made up her mind she won't, not even if you beat her black and blue with club.
 We have bad a very hot summer. have been nearly crazy with the heat sometimes and with no hard cider to quench my thirst life has not hardly been worth living to me.
 How is everybody in Bingville? Please tell Eph Higgins, P. NJ. to forward my mail to this P. O-I forgot to tell Eph to do this before I left town. If there aint no mail for me he needn't bother. You might also tell Hen Weathersby, prop. of the genl store. that I will pay him what I owe him just as soon as can get a little money ahead. but I have a premonishion that Hen will never get 1t. 1 reckon Bill Hepburn still looks upon the wine when 1t is red and ran- tankerous and goes to the Co. seat ev- cry Satterday as usual and comes home soused like a boiled owl, or words to that effect How is Harve Hines, the barber? Tell him that to come over and visit mel want to get my hair cut, anyhow.
 I shouldn't wonder I would move back to Bingville yet this fall. This ain't no place for a ambishious person like me, My talent don't have no chance to crop out over here If anybody Asks for me tell 'em I'm jest barely wigglin along, that's all Respectively yours
 HEZEKIAH BRADBURY.