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ro.NO. 16.DEFERRED CORREHPOIDE'f« E.TIM VARIOUS.«■ Vtalta VuilMH-Wk.1 II. Old.Haw. a ad U.ard Th.rr.Coriwpondeno. of Tas Hx.tpoid Ils««i.n.Casa Hot. LI a. April, ih. 12re.Well, Mr. Riuor, 1 woe a tellin about f0*1 them fosnul reraanm tha found on the “urn*« Hartford rale rode, rite whar I had ta mi leler in tew. 1 aat him if tha append ,So 'h* 1 to be all or the name epeoee, and be ecd tha wos or ol drscrip.liline and ram non “£Jwa! descripahnnn. Aud ao it aune cum time T“* *i tu elepe, and lie bet th»r wue never nnj S? better lime made in thet line by ennr one 7he “** bed than woe made by tine warier, til tha y*8r*rc calld tu brrkfaaa. Take it ol round, it wo. the beet plane I won ever at. and it ™* went hard with me tu le*e it. But I bed i ”*• 11 in rtrike out, and arter turn lime I got la Hartford, not much empruved by the mud1 heti nerely tu nwim thru in win places,and It won wueu ia Hanford then ennr •Frrt**- ‘whar elne. »® J°?r«Well, I wus goiu along a look in a boot, 10 * and I teed a big fat feller acront the rode . “*# 7 laran. I atopt and lookl at him, and then , • he hollers tu earn I, and aen he. Beta, hoo *. P00' 0 is he? Bets sen, damfino. Then beeume 1 h up tu me. an sen. perea tu me you found * 7 sum mod Sen I, thela no nine ur smart- 1 /?* neaa tn tine mod round here See he, won cod.lt,'', yu looking for sum IT I sen, I want tu ’’l.0!1 * see the editur. Sea he, go orer tu thtt |*‘°|{ f big brick house, and go tu the fust dore *on the lrft, and ax for him. So I went wh,c“ M tbar. an the lust 1 I met in lliar won the sheriff wbat wanted tu sell me the tu re- thel cele. Sm he, how ar yu. Tiro. an be jest ,arwn#-went to makin out mi recete. Sea 1 tu him, whar's the editor? Sea he, the hoo?Ses 1, a man sent me here tu see the edi-tur. Sea be, this is the bed quarters ur the sheriff, an here ia yore tu recete Sen I. ol rite, an got out mi munny ao pode him.An then I felt better. An theo be loie me about ol the nuae, an axt about ol at home, ao I thot the wa tu make a sheriff niril wos tu pa yore tuee. Then 1 went out, an the fust 1 I met wo. Jedge Gregory. ao he lookt so grand with his store-close an little cane 1 thot he’d be glad tu see me like he wos lestsnmmer. an I went rite up tn him. holdin out mi hand, an be look I like be didn’t no me Sea I. bow air TU. Jedge7 He poked out I ur hin big harry fingers for me tu lake, aa I tuk holt ur it, an it ftlt so much like a Urn's laig I wus afeerd it mite kik, an I let go pootysune. Ses he, did ru want ta seme? ties I, not pertikler. Ses he, lie be in the offls arter dinner, on he went oph hanlin bis cane as graceful as a gal wags her new bus eel.Well. I wos a look in roan, an dreekly I heerd sura 1 call, hello, Tim! I lookt rouo an tbar was Mr Sbanka Ses lie don’t you kno me? Ses I, bow air you. cornel? An we got to tockin u» ole times. an 1 lole him whnt 1 wos lookin for. an ...Tses he, Ira got a pace ur lan up thar on ,J?cuoe holler, an ef it soles yu lie sire ru .a lese onto it. Ses he. yore father wo. lie r|beat Trend I hed u|J thar, and, ses he. him #0J* an yore mother is both ded. Sea 1, yea- . when dad bot brother Joe's an Ben-; er: backer, and sole it an what we rased tu Chilton, an he eheted ol he eood, an tha * got holt ur sum ur it an tuk it ta Evans- t,ID® nlle ao got nuthin from it, so br the time bepadeJoean Ben be wus poot'v tite run, an him to ole, and the big boys gone, an * lathers to smol tu help, it ji»i wore the ole ?“**' man doun) ao then that remu biaDesa tuk Tmp the (arm, ao that left os about es pore ea lb* r wecodgh. Sum fokes sed it wur aehame ‘“7* fur aba ska to let that ole maa'e farm be sole an them chillon be seatterd with nntb- !**’ ia tu holp era. (rat dad sed that Shank. wuaol rite. Then, see he, cam, Tim. an ?. “ lets go an git oor dinner, an awa we went “ an got our dinner. l“® *When we got hack, thara was Mr Cox the l Mr. Tommow, Mr. Wise, Mr. Joneon. an' serrul more a tockin an Isffln, an JeJg. .. ^ Gregory com doun on tother side ur the bl*b,: rode, aa stod tbar sum time, an arter . “ while be peerd to think I hadn’t enny kct-chin cumplamt, an bo cnoi over o wue 1 , the faonyeet 1 nv the lotThen 1 thot I hed better look rotta an “T* see el I sou Id fine ya, an 1 tolc Mr. Shank. . 11 wanted tu ee tl.e editur. He ink me up ”**' tu tha plane, lole me how tu go, an up 1 t°wn went an noekt on the dor*. Sumbodysed cum in. 1 opend the dors an lookt ronn.A yung man sea, howde, her a sete, ao be lookt ao pleaent an wue so well dresl, an v , wue to good lookin. 1 jist (bot that * the editur, aa 1 went rile up to whar he wo* m.“ doia sumthin au begin aalrin bout things ‘He kep on pickm op sum peg lookin things, an fixes em in his ban, an 1 kep . ' on lockio, becaae yu ae 1 felt sorter at tbf|“ bum mong frees, an ha lookt at nit an ul*' then pinted tu sum resdin on the wol. It red “So Tslkiho to twh Coorosrroasf” f roun *ne“J»‘»e enny thing (betlookt like a compositor. Then I tuk up sum uk tb.m pegs tu look at, an he tuk em awa from me. As I kep tockio ao try in to be agreable, ao he peerd sorter preocupide an woodnt took. Arter while be lade doun the tbiag he woe put-uo them pegs io, an 1 jut pickt it up to look el it, when he biladriu over, an Ime afeerd he sed ram words bis mammy nerer lurnl him. Arter he stop! an got breth. he see. stranger, yu better git from here,or by the lie tend tbe deril for Bo-gardua. He ajest gone to hslpLum Wise pas.nl bit gcsts, ao ef he cums back an tines yu hers 1 woodnt be in rore plaae for a stud hoe*. Well, yu eel 1 hed do chance tu egsplane. an thot I bed belter leve, as 1 cum ner# runnin orer Mister Barrett on the stares. Ses he, Tim. wfoiu the matter? 8ee I, the editor’s mad Ses he, Ihete not the editur, but a feller he hee hired. Then I felt belter, for I wan afrmde our frensliip was quit. 1 hed a long lock with Mister Barren in his ruine. Now yu must wale for tbe reel til I git more paper. Yurestrooly, Tim Vaaiou*OUR ROCKPORT LETTER.Kocxcost, Xy., April IT.
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