McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-12-03
Hiram Bridges Letter.
Postum Trot, Tenn,

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see'l in yore paper that John
swim and sum moar. fellers wus a goin
to hav all da singin at gravulhill on
last Sunda, and so as it looked like it
was a goint to be purity da, hookt
beck and Pete to the wagun and
throde in cupel of quilts for the lit
tel Hirams to ride on and go to sleap
if tina got tard-bless they lttel soals
and me and Sallie we rid on plank
acrost the ole wagun bed for we Amt
got no spring sect and not much Of a
wagun neither, but we air goin to by
us a brand nue. IN about xmas eff cot
ton staes up we can pay our stoar ac-
count and hav jest about anuf left to
by a wagun. So we driv to Gravilhill
and tuck in the singin convinshun. i
tole mi wife ide bet a hole lot of the
foxes wood laff at our turnout and
s he sed let EN- laff. cause tina want
nobody thar thatud hav bigger time
than we wood, and eff do sa it misef,
them thare a fellers what went up in
indeanny arter them thare irun BRIGGS
and rid and ct and don thare sleapen
on them chu choos, and pade thare
wais with the money what that thar
brige Teller sent EN-, dident injoy tha-
sells as much as we did, jest cause we
knowed all we had we got onest and
all we seen and herd and got on our
trip we woodent be ashamde to tell.
and Sallie, she sed she I'D bet tina
wood, and sumbeday to!s me-th,st not
marry one Of EN- fellers wood talk to
you about thare trip. ide bust eff i
couldent talk about mi trips.
Sally is awful witty in her talkin,
ever time git in the blues about git
ten in the gras an det, she ses sum-
thin funny, and fergit it. She had
mi sides a Dustin all the way to the
Hill singing and back latin at her
funny sayins. She lowed that thade
think we was Vaun's Quartet when we
unloded at the hill, and sed you'd bet
ter sa that BRYCE quartet, and she sed
whoever herd of them fellers goin
to todoos in ole rattlin wagun like
US pore foxes. We had moar fun a
goin and a comm just like that.
Sallie she was drest in her best, Of
corse not as fine as the littel hirams,
cause she givs them the best, and she |
was SO glad to git a days rest. she ist
talked all the time mostly about the |
littel Hirams a bein so sweat and so
smart and anything else ceptin us a
fnishin payin fer our littel phase we
air tryin to by and gittin outer Diet.
1t is mite hard for a pore man to try |
to pa his diets and hav a fue fellers a
rain his tackez ever time tina 90 to
Selmar.
| tel you tina was sum singin at the
hill. like the wa them fellers nd git
up and sing thare songs when thauz
called to git up and sing. ~theaz fel-
lers in our county cort what US fell
lers has called on to sing out and eff
tina has ever started a tune thare and
led one, it has been mitey low one.
Tha was 2 fellers thare what could
sing viii wilson and HUI hoges. Tha
air the new mimbrs Of the county |
curt, and eff tina will sing out in it lik
tina did at that thare singing, we ull
hav sum singin, ime here to tell you.
| shore did lufter hear EN- sing. Ar
littel Hirams can cary tune by tina
selves and they no a Eole lot Of them
peacss tina sung out thare. Tha git
thare singin from tina ma. tina want
none Of EN- cud beet her a singin hi
timer when she was gal. Whilst
the s!ngin was a goin on 10 the hous,
tina was moar outside an tina was in-
side, so jest poked around seem
what was takin place and hearin
what cud ketch. Ever crowd hung
around was a talkin about our tackez
on them irun BRIGGS and them fore
fellers what Hoped off and stade about
a week, and a cussin of them fellers
what gangs at the courthouse on them
quarterly mondays.
Thar was l Teller in the croud, he
sed he was thare in Octoaber and he
sed he herd all tina sed and seed all
tina dut and he neqer herd nobodie
apint them A fellers nor noqodie elce
to go arter them thare irun BRIGGS. a
nuther Teller sed it looked like thauz
in devil ov hurry to git them irun
briggs and that tina must of thote