The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-10-27
FROM SARAH JANE

Well Mr.. Editor | recken yer III be
throin these yer paragraphs in yer vast
bakit, but as am rite hear in fenton
with red hair, freCklS yellow dress an
aul just as always is and seems that
the kuntry is geten in a Woser fix ever
day, just thot / was agoin to tell yer
valuble paper Their Jurnil about Their
konditinS out here. Well Mr.. Editer
yer no when yer have ter pay 1Octs for
Shuger 25c for swine busen and 81 bag
for yer biSket meteriel an aul such lik
yer kan make up yer mine ter git
down an do something. now Mr.. Editer
yer no Paw he's pen in doors aul sum-
mer an he Amt made single cent TO.
wards a Twin for Their house, Paw he
is poliytiSon and he is ben in Their
kuntry aul the time. Well Mr.. Editer
ter tell yer how / ben a Workin ter
tax kare of Their grocery bill and the
rent aul summer and get few pieces OF
kloSe for paw ter look good in Their
kompain, is this way, yer no chickens
bring about six bits a head and eggs
are ceiling for quarter dozen, well |
raised about so hens and about 40
rosters and the old hens and the young
hens lay some lik "a dozen eggs a week
that's some money and Their chickens
pay Their rent and Their eggs pay ther
grocery bill and Their family lives out of
Their gerden, Well along in Setembre
paw he sas Sarah yer better try ter
have new garden made an putt in
turnipS and kabage an some musterd
an rediSheS an such like fer We no times
is goen ter be kinder, d bad this
winter. Well Mr.. Editre yer no paw
when paw SaS do thing, SO it was up
to Sarah. Well | got Their garden all
o. K. and it full Of turnips, rootabigars,
kabag, muSterd, redises, lettuce. onions
and leeks an there just lookin bully
good. Well paw he got or pigs and
we got a hole lot of sWete taters both
yello andwhite, and paw he made me
SOW about one aker Of Shuger kane
well if yer kin think of bettre way
ter live cheep an ter have aul yer want
and aul yer kan eat rite ter home
would sure Xix ter no it, for | am
just Roman kuntry strap of girl and
l don't have no truble ter keep Their
farm agoin an live. Paw says better
nor if yer was a miIinare, kause yer
kant by aul yer ken raise an a nice an
fresh as yer ken pick it out of the gar
den and field and the hen nest and ther
chicken yards, | would like Their have
some bardrock chicken ter raise but
paw ne is so busy he kant order any an
OF course ant got no edgdtion ter rite
Ter blSnes men. Well paw saS yer kan
go ter SHOOT this winter, but shaw you
kant put konfedence in muffin paw tells
yer, Klaus ne just abot been goin ter
move ever sine ther probition questen
popped up. Well Mr.. Editer don't no
Whot yer think about my scrbling and
so on but if yer meet eny OF Their girls
WotS havin hard time ter get along
tell EN- ter rase chicknS ana good gar.
den an live like Sarah, happy and lots to
eat to home. Now Mr.. Edlter Their only
thing thatSl is worrowing me is my age
and Their matrimony? For never was
much of hand fer old maids, or batch.
lar, but if yer see any of these matri.
monty enkline young man pleas hand
him kopy of Their Jurnal that's got
Their this artkile in it. and am still at
fenton with my troubles and red hair
and freckleS. now about Their skool
started ter tell yer about ther skool.
started ter tell yer about while ago,
Their folks kinder round fenton hab wot
yer kali lexion I recken that ware yer
all agree to do a thing or ter not do it
an recken they agreiter bid a graded
brick house ter KEEP skool in an paw sas
| kan run over after Their P, Nj. recess,
| believe he kalled it, and take koars
o Wrltln ana Spelen Klaus he sas that
Whar my week point is, but who noes
| mite never be in Their Skool house les
its ter Shrub, that the way paw is. now
paw he is out looken after Their lee.
ton that ter kom OFF on Their third
Ocktober, yer no Mr.. Editer paw he is
kompaing fer Their same man Wot was
elcketed for congressman sometime
back believe paw kaled him Lasaroe or
Lasora something like that | wander
II he is single man or batcheler. |
Paw sas he is fine Teller an like ter
see Their man. Well Mr.. Editer yer
mite fine word or Wot is speld I'm
korect an in kase yer do pleas korert it |
for me. | klose my appeal fer home gar.
dening to aul my friends an Their Jun.
mel forse.
Yours Very Respectfully