Year: 1862

Summer pass away and all was still a
mistery till very late in the fall when old
aunt Betty was at our house when going
home She look up in the tops of trees and
said thoes trees only few days ago ware
in clothing of green and now strip of all
its beauty 50 it's with us on sayin this
We, wi what's that in that nest so white
it look as paper or very white cloth this
had made a CRATE wonder in the, family if
our little pet Robin that built her nest in
there was not the thief-on gettin lad
der and goin up in to the tree there was
the collars that was left out owe night sa-
fly laid in the nest the robin had raised
her yong and gone and left us to learn a
lesson not to take folks sa SO as to make
gilty not guilty. I said to my wife now
if Miss - knew that we had laid it
to here Of stealth how she would felt but
the faverit robin that had song us her
fine songs and pick up the crumbs at our
door was the rouge. And at q mother
time We we had few Choice hens and
they ware fat and was very tame and
when [ went to the barn they would all
Come around me on one morning thar was
the old black hen that was the first fer
here Corn was gone l call but no hen |
went to breakfast women our Black hen is
gone to the bugs. vie l'le bet Mr. B
hook he has ben sawin wood for three
days and see him lokin at our hens yes
terday and when he was in to dinner he
said that our hens ware the fattest that he
had seen in the village and you know
that has all his stuff to live on to buy
and he could come in the evening and
hook her and then heve her cook and etc
up before we could find out She was gone.
well the first time shat .see him | will
ask him about the hen and if he has got
the hen he will show gilt and then | shell
now how to watch the hen next time in
three days after | chance to meet Mr. B
in the Street good morning how is your
folks heerd one of your children was
sick it is the same as it was last evening
and am going owe to aunt Caties to see
if cant buy hen of her for some broth
it would be nershin. Well you spoke Of
the hen made me think Of mine thare has
one Of my hens did you see them the last
day you saw wood for me yes and tolC
your wife that they ware the fattest il
the village did you count them yes die
and thare was six and roster well thar,
aint but five now and the roster we'll vel
that stranG likely she has gst to som'
of the neighbor barns I'll not detain eny
longer if your Child don't get better ! vii
come over so good morning so l wen
home and said to wife that | had seen NJ,
B. and ask him bout the hens, wi
what did he say thay ware all there tht
last day he saw for us. She still stuck t
it that the hen was hook and told hel
that I thought Mr. B had not got it 50 j
run along a week and wife. wanted thu
horse to 60 and see her sister about tel
miles out and | got up early 50 to feed tn,
horse 50 she could get back in the after
noon for had got to 60 to D. tina
evening and had bin WHARF kept my
oats in the barn, with a cover hung OF
hinges that ] lefted up the cover to ge
some oats thare was the old black hen an(
she had laid five eggs and had ben thar
aweek and takin her out she was no us
her self fed the horse CARED the old hei
in here is the hen that you said Mr. -
had hook and she had ben shet up in tn
grain bin by some acdent and she has al
ways eve since never judge the one tina
is not giltey.


So you See that you must not take un
Gle Ben or aunt Nabby say so- 70
things of thruth. LYMAN J. SEELY.


Jacksonville, May 20, 1862.