The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-19
HAPPY HOLLOW

Deer GuS:
lieared We WIZ thinkin ov cOmmin
back to tn lIttlc ole Huller to live.
Well, We viii all be mighty glad to
SeeNe. Reckon ye kin find enuf kct-
Ties an pans around in tn ravineS 2Set
up house kecpi;. with (at least more'n
ye '.uod hanher about waShin). seen
that ole fish buckit We ust to set ON
beside yer shack just WHARF We left it
it iSSllII strong.
Rut Gus, yuu'Ii he bewildered when
We Kit back an try to go someplace.
Wilson sen he will haf to pilot We
aroun like Il uSt to pilot folks acrost
tn prairie over tn bumps an thru In
bitches. But lnsted ov bitches an
bumps you'll be piloted over steel bridg
eS, culbertS, graded roads, cattle pass
eS an tn like. You'll feel fonney
turmn square corners an fOllerin SEX
ton lines. L can't tx yer eve on
Dute an stamp strait acrOSt tn prarie
enymore. Them days is gone by.
| will see up TO date farms with sine
boards givin tn name ov tn ranch, bul
letin boards, Zine houses WHARF wat
er is pumped, feed ground, churnin an
/ seperatin done an close wasn't all 2
/ onst with Il gasoline eniine. They
even pump tn milk frum tn COWS in
/ Happy Hollow Pete Petersen does.
! In place Ov settin on plank full ov
siNers in Sunday Skue We will be
! uShcd into oak pew. lnStid ov lug
gin ilavilan plates aroun to feeds tn
Wimmen hav paper plates which don't
hat he wasn't, (why dident think
ov paper deesheS Gus? u mite hav
ben here livin happy yet if ye hadn't
Shied at tn dirty deeShes. L recol-
lect when they he'd Sunday Skule in
/ NelS NelsenS shack how tn little fell
lcrs an tn teecher set in tn corner on
tn floor an pulled tn organ up i'm front
sos to make little place 2 themselves
Nowadays they hav hull basement TO
themselves little red cheers TO set on
an screens set up SOS they can't see
each other.
/ q admire our bran new service flag
/ Gus. Brother Biz bot tn silk an Mel.
he liouSeman made IT, Sure looks
swell. 1t is TO hang in tn church.
seems purity lonesome when we think
oy our boys that ust to help i'm Sunday
! SkuIe-AI an his horn, an Glad Feller
an Walter BaSt when there's eny
dektratin to do an Charlie. Well,
reckon Unkle Sam needs them worse
then we do-but he will never know
them like wedo Wilson is leavin i'm
few days fer a trip through tn Black
Hills an Wyoming to til coast. 1t will
be purity quiet, tell ye, when he's
gone. Wilson sez they will drive very
slow through Wyoming
Last Thursday mite they he'd an ice
cream duinS in the basement. Jake
Sholl is tn guy that cranked tn Ford
that brot tn cream that made eyer
buddy in.th Hollow Happy. TIL par
son there an tn Cody singers an
there wuz great big good ole fashion
Ell time, Gus-wisht We Good ben there
SCI Biz: Look ut tn calender, some
buddy, an see when frankie an tn
I Paroon isgoin'to be full"
One ov tn naberS team got loose an
an went home. 3 females wuz walkin
I hame-but along kums 3 fellers ridin
gentle horses, an it wasn't lOug till
everbuddy wuz ridin, Wilson pilotin
! tn gang. Drive slow here" Look
out. here's a bump "Keerful here's
Il ditch"' Sez Wilson This makes me
hink ov tn way Gus ust to guide tn
Wimmen folks home acroSt tn prairies
in tn early day. seq he.
The corn looks fine. Small grain
redy TO cut. This country is beginnin
1 o look like it does back where u are.
| Tairt rite that you aint here.
Yours hOmeSteadingly,
UNCLE RUFUS.
| p. S.-Tom Gal Hugger hez sheered
Billy tn sheep. Now tn fellers are
tellIn Tom he will haf buy a wool
blankit ter torap Billy i'm when wiE-
! ter sets i'm.