The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-11-03
DOTE AT THE FAIR.

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deer eddatour,-the sheraff bein in
du west this p m takin part in singin
solough named BESIDES THE
BONNY BROOKS i am foarced to
cough bak to jam bradlie' ter hev
this hear letar righten. i hev jest
returned frum ther fare in kolumby
wher ther wuz a good congregashun
of peepil got tergether. Jim mac
milan an will mergil pade nigh waigh
tina sade thet tina want tina gain rote
up rite en- i cud do it en- tina wuz
feard thet the stait and REGARD wud
not git it rite, so down i goze to
the fare. most of ther prominent
peepul Nv the stait wuz ther eXceap
will mergil. vii did not cough doun
but Jim macmillan wuz ther en- so wuz
lasly en- kanady tina wuz to hev
larg gain of feetball on thuzda so
went doun en- soa did Jim. wei,
kolumby is wun Nv the wicketed
sitties hev bin in. ther peapul
ther wants to bet on evry thing
goze up on the stan en- gifts mer sect
en- threa felars Gums up thar en-
theigh sais les put up 81 each en-
CESS the gain en- the felar which
gesses best gifts the SO en- up goze
the moneigh; then tina bets thet
kolunby will do the fust kick en-
thet crimpsun will miss the ball, i
dint saigh nuthin but i knode thet
jims boy tasty wud ketch that ball;
then the outside felar sais bet
man sets by me, en- the uther felars
sais we talks the bet, en- up goze the
moneigh; then evry time laidi ur
gent slept thet waigh tha wud bet
that that is her ur him till bime by
a felar Gums up thar en- walks ovar
and takes the sect, en- the uther too
felars gifts up en- sais dam you you
costs US fifty cents, but tha paid up.
bi thet timb crimpsums men runs
up the feel en- the crimpsum bois hol-
ars fur thear TEEN, sees lasly en-
kanady en- i sees thet theigh is de-
termund to- win the gain; then i
seas severul irishmen en- datchmens
run on ther feel en- sum bois. whut
tina calls kalina hollars out fur kalina !;
but i said vary flu Of them bois looks
like kalina bois, if thet is whut thay
is talkin bout, en- axed man is
this the kolumby TEEN en- he sails this
is the TEEN which sum felars hez
hired to pla on the columby TEEN
which is called calina en- that hev
brought theas felars down heer to
pla ginst our bois, en- it isn't rite;
en- sez is all the bois ON crimpsum
skule bois en- he sez yes tina is all
frum ur deer ole state of c en- he
sez ther REGARD is oapin fur kalina
to see fur itsealf; EN- j sez duz the
capting of the kalina colag knough
thet this is soin on, en- he sez thet
the capting sez proov it; en- j sez
i doant bleeve emmy five bois is cumin
frum thet air yankie stait of penn
to 60 to kalina colag unles cher is
sumptin up "a gum stump, en- he sez
ther is boi goin to kalina frum fur
way i-owe-way en- ernuther frum
mitchingun, en- j sez doant the
capting of the colag kno thet this is
not treetin ben tilmuns farmer bois
rite en- he sez thet the capting sez
he is putin reppertation to kalina, but
i sez thet dr. rigs will sea sumthin
bout this here bisnes, en- if he cant
handal it ben tilmun will sea into it;
i seas ed. sniff thear two, en- CESS
ed hez his eze open fur such tictacs;
en- igess he vii likelie say sumpin
bout it in his next speach on ther
tariff.
wei the kounty fare is opening with
this assure enIi wuz wunderi in how
many of nigh trends wuz lookin to
this hear letar fur the program ez
die sondly calls it-well the fare will
be flung inter HE frum the jump;
lizzie, that's nigh wife, en- wuz tahn
bout the fare las mite en- lizzie he'd
bin up to purdys stoar en- she said
thet purdy sais the fare is to bea a
human. the rails horses is cummin
in by the trane lodes en- the pigs an
hogs en- cows en- fancy work en poul-
try, d a duey manigir, en- all farmin
perductions; en- the peepul frum
fur an neer is to bea on hands hev
got nigh mule fixt-jim stark is
goner let me hev his big fat slo mule
en- will ride frida ct one o'clock at
the he'd of processhun of butifull