Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1887 — TOMMY ON AUTUMN. [ARTICLE]

TOMMY ON AUTUMN.

An Kutretaining Essay from the Pen of Our Young Man. This it Thee thurd sheson of thea yeer. it Has 2 naims, faui And aughtum. punkins and Winter squashes Is Ripe in oughtum and is reddi tu be hauld hoatn punkins is feltu the Cows mostli, but Squashes is kookd fur thea famly tn Ete. Sum of them Is giv awa tu thee nabers whats bin too lazy tu rase thare own. Thea qucumber Bugg rases Hop with the squash vines, and It Goesfermellens and things when he gets A chance. there is Lots ot kinds- of buggs in natcheral histri. Thay isdifrundt shaip and koler naimli: Thea pot at er bu gg, the api nch bugg, thea Joon bugg, The chinch bugg, the Litening Bugg, Thea dride beefe bugg. Thare is a hull drove ot Bugs besides, but i kant Think of thare naims just how. In aughtum squinulls is Fat and maik good Pott Pi. mi Bruther joehoway shot 8 thea uther Da. mi Pa set Him to plowing and he sneaked off And Wente hunting. Pa Felt riled Up and promist Him a thrashing, but Hee never Got it, cans mi Ma took joshes part and sed so Mutch, that Pa Let Him go. Wimrain is poore Hands tu rase A family of Boys, in the aughtum the skoole Dereckters Hire a man teecher fur our skool. in the summer we allwais have A ladi Teecher; cans its cheaper, bat it Taiks a %tout feller tu teech thea winter skule; cause aul the Big bovs go then. A skulemom cudnt Handel them. Skule Techers expeckt tu gif. Licked about twict A week. It taikes Lots of Edgukashun tu maik a Teecher. Tha knonwl Abouhspeling, Reeding, jografy, Grammar, ritbmotick and Rtteing. mi Pap see, He donte 8e no yoose in a Boys studdying grammer; It aint No benifit tu Him in Reel life. I like jografl Best. A oshun is A boddi of Watur surrounded By Land, a eyland is A. boddi of land surrounded By watur. Ships sale on thee oshun. when Pokes aipt yoosed .tu Riding in a bote, it moastli all wais maikes Them si.k tu Thare stnmmicks. Seesickness is worse than Luvsieknes, i Hurd mi sister Tel her Intamist jung Ladi fiend so.

TOMMI.