The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-01-30
FROM SARAH JANE

Fenton, La, The first month, twenty
six day, ninteen hunderd an fourteen.
Well Mr.. Editor, CESS you will be
powerful surprised to har from me
thes Weak but | am right here in
Fenton as usual with red hair, freckle
face, yello dress an aul, just as | youst
to be, and SinSe | Wrot that Their art!kel
in yer Jarnel about the skool system |
aint had no rest nor peace day nor
night. A few days ago there comes a
man to our house a thrOWen OF some
bills, believe he calls EN-, an twas all
erbout er big sale out ter Mr.. Edger
Hebare's. That's Whar you sell hoses
and mules think and they give a big
sack full Of something to eat with two
biSketS in it. v ell then paw comes
home that mite an be looks at Their bill
and he said: Gu, that's out to Their Gro.
sele. Well you no paw he's been talkin
about Sendin me ter Skool tie that place
ter finish up nay egucashion in spelin,
so he says Sarah if yer'Il do
up yer hair and put some freckle
destroyer on yer face an press Out yer
yello dress, I'll take yer to ther sale
tomoro an yer can see ther Grosele
skool house, so we hiked out soon in
ther morning an when we got there ii
looked like there was arbout er million
peoples there al purity soon we saw al
man an a big mool or horse an that
ar man was yellin out just as hard as
he kood; thirteen dollars is the money
kid Who'll make it 1880, an kept on
yellin till he said three times an sold.
Well | CESS he sold the mool three
times an if be did he got forty dollars
and four bits, but pShaW, paw says
that's dirt cheap. Well Mr.. Editor
just at that time felt some one erbout
ter pass by Me an l looked around and
10 and behold there was a big old man
and he says ter me: Miss Sarah Jane
| persume, and | says yes Sar. Well
SEES he, l want permit ter karaspond
to you for better fer worse. Well
after thinking er bit, / said what is yer
name, and he looked erbout a bit an
said, when yer ANGER address, me Pro-
pritor of Their B. z. B reSterent at
Welsh an it'll be alrite. Paw says its
Their place Wher yer 60 to eat at a
reSterent Wher yer get ten cents
worth of meet and eggs and theT
charge yer thirty.fve cts for it. Well
Mr.. Editor I cant tell yer who ther
teller is but yer mite no him by dis
kriben him as folers: He is eroout 6
and he stands around five feet ten OF
eight maybe in his Stockins feet and
CESS he would tip Their skaleS at q
hundred an so or 60 an he has some
gray hare but | recken it slipped of
the top of his he'd cause its all lodged
aroun his ears. Well | recon yer ne
him by that. Well l wooden mind 6
riten to Their Teller if | had er edgi
cation like some of Their gals aroun(
har, cauS Amt had no Skoolin. Nov
on Their way home | told paw erbou
Their teller the best coud and paw sal.
oh / no him, that's old Bar-and HI
stopped. Well Their old man said if
came ter Welsh he would take me tel
Their B. z. B. and have bite ter eat, al
paw said eff Their farmers ever Soll
sore rice so he coud kolect com do h
coud spar ther mony he'd get me |
round trip tiket cdus want to COM
back ter Fenton ter Sunday skool Whe
Wher Their play pianer an sing and TAX
up kolecion fhr Their churches an so on
Now Their B. q. B. man said he had
farm som WHARF in Their prare not ia
from Welsh / believe he calldd it, am
he wood like ter have er better tie
| 90 on Their place with him. Now VIII
nose, he mite be like paw an want m
ter milk the cows, dig the taters, pic
peas, dig COOLERS an such the like
or he maybe is jest firth, who nose
yer kant tell erbout an old Teller lik
that, but / will kloSe with best wishe
ter the B. q. B. Man and Their Jarnel
Yours afeckshenly,
SARAH JANE.