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Theys so many things fur me to
aboao that I dort hardly no
to rite about a tall hardly,
3at. Sndt Brackett tole me to
toll you’ns about him a goin to the
■ fairj . He said thcit hit 1.6 kod to him
Ij.ke thai, 1 thot that I was the only
on« tliat spint eny money. He said
that ^hen he got thar he had 26 doll-
iirs tirj when he made one little roun
‘ "an got bad: whar he started frum, he
had a 69 ccnt larm clock, an he had
to berry 15 ccnts to git hnjn a stan-
back an a dope*.
Sum body said that I orght to
tell you all about the time that
"Jazz" Hichard made'him a air plain.
Hit v/as a purty bigun, an" Jazz" tuck
hit up on top of the house an tole
"Seke" an Junior that he was a goin
to bake off,, Tiiey ims skeered that
"Jazz" woud fly fur a way an they wouden git to see him no more, but "Jazz" tole them
to hush'cryin an he wouden fly fur a way, an about that time hit come a little puff '
of win an blowed "Jazi;" an his air plain off of the house, an they is a big sunk down
place in the groun jd.t, v:har "Jazz" hit,
I reckin you all herd about the time tiiat Fossor Turner axed his class, who give
us short workin hours an good times? An-Ned Willicjns said, "Mr, Rosiefelt", An Mr,
l^urner said good fur you Ned; an then Mr, Turner said who gives us the sunshine an
rain a.n all the purty flowers? An a little boy in the back of the room said, "God",
An Ned looked back that way an said, "sui.i body throw that rebublickin out of here,
I diden.no .tliat bees woud sv/am in the v/inter time, but they will, Lawrence Bra-
ck'itt has ben a slippin home from work an a gittin under the house an a workin on a
An his bees mite nip^i sv;amied before he got hit done.
Ant Mammie Ealam srld that if I wanted to keep up with the bee swaniu.n, that I
crght to see her once in a v/nilCc V/ell, she orght to no more than eny body fur she
nzon be ha\e a rcgler job of goin aroun an checldJi up on fellers what had bees,
Talkin about bees an gums, before I furgit about hit, siunbody orght to rite to
the givermint an ax them about furnishdn gums fur the fellers in the service thats
got bees.
Jack Southards, an Dewey Canipe is in the Army an they aint got no time to make no
gums, "Duncie" said that they aint got no bizness a foolin with bees an them in the
I tole her that if the givcmdnt diden want to furnish no gums, that I mite
coud git Henry Cloningor to make them. He said that Judo Towery diden hardly keep
him biszio, Aszic said tl'iat she was glad that the fellers in the service was a stay-
in in the bee bizniss, cause if these fellers at home wernt able to be in the Army
they wouden be much good in the bee bizniss,
I shore do wish you all.coud be at horie fur Xr.ias, but I no you cant, but I betcha
by next Xmas you all will have the houn beat cut of all of them guys over thar an
vd.ll be back at home. So tiU. them your ole frdjnd Goofy Gink, shore does wish you
all a Llerry Xmas,