Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1888 — An Old-Time Speller. [ARTICLE]

An Old-Time Speller.

Robert Kerr, aged sixty, and once red headed and lank, has established himself into notoriety in the Catskill mountains, where he- has been driving stage for a generation, by serenely bobbing tip with two or more wives. With his bigamous experience we have nothing to do further than to show that in the original style of his orthography Robert could put to shame many a younger man. May 26th he wrote one of his letters, advising patience, saying: “I am afraide I will tire you out, but I will live a life to pleese you when I come and make you forget your long Jashart waiting you will hear me rap at your door and take you by surprise before long. I no I will las and cry boathe. You will call your husband a baby and think he has gone when will that meeting bee and to harts bee a rest this is-thefirst time I have the hartake to see you I shurley thought I would bee there to spend Sunday with ybu and now to bee dispointed it makes me sick at hart.” * In one of his letters to “Deer Anny” he writes: “When we meat, I will ciss you from hed to feet.” This is followed with a lot of crosses to represent “cisses.” Next he tells her what he had for dinner — “sower krout, nise biled pork and plum souse.” .He winds up by saying that he loves her better than “lemon sodey.”