Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-25

0. K. He's get gold stuckpin on hees
foranl1an tie an FIVE gold lodge button
or hees YES, an gold watch an chane.
an gold ring on hees finger, an gold
teet> on hees mout'. Pom ma sole!
he look lax 'uman gold mine.
Wall, we shak han LAX good fren'
an l TAX de heetchwate off de mare
an say, Roll in" He don't berry.
After I stard de SWEET on ma forred I
nianige boos' heem up on de Doggy
wit out borrer a Jackscrew. Wen
he's settle on de sect I seen rite off
de wargin amt gon' balanse wit TO
honered poun' on one sides an hon
erd-tirty on de odder, so I put cupple
peece iron rale onder de sect for bal
las. Den I spik de mare an she
stared an stop almos' sam tam. She
look round for max shore she amt
heetch to de hayrack an stard agin.
Whoa! Hole on. Hain't you gon'
haul ma buggige?" de Teller holler,
excite.
I look on derickshun de plackform.
as dat all you get?" I ak: You
apositive you don't furgut something's"
p He say, NO"
I say, "Alrite. I be bac' tomorrer
wit de ox-teem.'
He laff so lowd an shak' de Doggy so
I'm scare we be domp on de rode I
don't max SOM remark no more. But
he do. 1 nevair seen lawyer Cha ckman
ak so meny queschun in one wik on
de co'rohouse as dat Teller do in two
minnit. An wat get ma Billy-gote
de mos, he ron dem interrygashun SO
close togedder ! don't had chanse han
ser tall. He don't seem car bout
de reply. anyway. He jess kip rite on.
! He lax know: Wat kline tree per-
later com frum? wy de black COW
wear de church bell hang it on hees
neck? For wy you cut all de horn off
de sheep 'cept one? wat for you bill
de rale Tense SO crookit? Wat de
diffrunt tween heffer an caf? How
neny aig one fair sise hen lay per
cur? An how mooch pig 1t TAX maxi
a hog?"
He appeer be brite Teller, but I'm
surprise wit hees ignoranse. tor
heem one pig. good breed, we'll feed,
ii she don't die, max one crackerjack
fine hog. An one hog. if she get
everidge lock, max dozen purity Ill
| PlIlh IiS.
l spose he feel sham COZ he don't
know something bout It, so he change
de conservatism an begin took bout
heessef. He t'ink he's to fat be heal
t'y. I don't dishagree wit heem. He
say he's measharmen' 60 ROM de belt,
an 80 roun' de ches', an he lax swap
phase wit it, He ak me wat l thinks
de hes way gut red dis fat tol'
heem, calls LAX, de nueeckes' way I
know is pitch de lode hay now an
den in de sun, an hoe two tree aker
pertater, an milk ten COW, an haul
de warter, an turn de separator, an
chop SOM wood an
He may moshun for me stop.
Il ken carry feefy poun' more an
live he spik despritly.
! At las we fetch up ma house an
we all pile out. an he stretch heesse'f
an look roun'. Carlo ron up an smell
heem an wag hees tale, an de gelliman
is plese:
Ma woman have de sopper reddy an
we eat altogedder in de kitchin.
get man -sise appetite mesef an
seen SOM purity harty hiremans eat
befor', but ma sommer boarder win de
blew ribbun. | cant see Were he's
gen yos' SOM fat j" he KEEP gon' dat
clip. I'm glad he be rich man an
raze de board dollar more wit de
frs meel.
He say I get de bes' fresh air on
ma farm he nevair use on hees life,
an he travil all hover de wurld. Jess
one ting wurry heem: he grow more
large roun' de skumferance effry day
| tOnny, too. wit all de axasise he get:
flesh. eat an fed de chicken. An de
more fresh air, de more he eat; an
de more he eat. de more he grow;
an de more he grow. de more he feesh;
an de more he feesh, de more fresh
air he get. SO you see OATS regular
en'less chane, an he's imposbul reduce
dat way.
Don't max som diffrunce. he henjoy
de farm, an stay wit us tell frs day
! Sektamber. an necks Youlie he's gon'
com agin.
Bambye. wen l get cot up on de
fall work. I rote you SOM more queer
ting bout ma sommer boaisler
Wat | was comm at wen l begin
! is. dat hadve-tizin' pay enomus profit,
Dat gelliman geev me bonus honered
DOLLAR Wen he's lef' ma phase, an he
! say she's wort it. I'm SEN you in
sides dis letter s1.O0. Plese polish de
folerin' adj on you paper:
FOR SALE-OR SWAP FOR OF
! TERMOBEEL. (honered dollar boot
if I can't trades emmy odder way)
ycke oxens Cargo sise). l moan ma
cheen (chane broke). seckun ham
/ GREEN separator good condish,,r-on'v
dey don't separate welD; II doz. boss
blankit (patched). Karryall, Doggy.
harness an sofort. Bceg bargain for
I rite man. Redress Y. L.. care Jurnel
Cffise.
! | weesh you prints dis adj so soon
you ken. COZ I SEN ma lsunce las
mite an I'm hangshus get de gasleen
wargin fore de snow fly.
Yors for lock,
VITAL IaPOINT