Deacon Pickle PicklebV'S hetter.
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The following letter is worth the
price ola years subscription to any
newspaper. 1t relates to the career
Of a young man, bern in Lltce6eld,
Ct., who emigrated to the far West,
pedagogued there while, became {.
lawyer next, was subsequently joined
in the holy bands of wedlock with
Miss Fawn Greenbriar, and a plan.
tation and seventeen negroes, after
wards served two sessions in the legis-
lature, and finally made long stride
into Congress. When old Deacon
Pickle Pickleby was advised Of this
last good fortune of his hopeful son,
he devoted an entire day to writing
the following letter.


To THE Hon. JABEzE P1cKLEBY:


DutJul Son:-By the blessins Of
providence you be despotly prospered
in this world. Your poor old daddy
when he was boy. had but little sku
lin, but good moral instruction was
meted out to him. was taught tu
train up child in the way he should
go, and did it, but l never expected
to see him in the Federal kongress.-
Jabez, my son, don't be proud and
lifted up, for there is no knowing
what you may cum tu. You have
heard tell Of Aaron Burr and Bene-
dict Arnold. Your mothers rumity
pains are better and / have put a
new futter wheel into the MILL
Seth Phelps has married Nabby
Dobbs; he had tu du it tu avoid costs.
There has been fine crop Of garden
sass and buck wheat this year.


lmust admonish you agin tempta-
ton in the Federal city. They dew
tell me that it is Babylon ofa place,
and that kongress men never mind
pains and penalties, and drink nigh
on tew gallons of blackstrap, or some
thing stronger every day Of their lives,
and 60 tu theatres and other carnali-
ties. Dew for marcy's sake, Jabeze,
eschew evil company. l bought
new calfskin quieu as soon as ]
heard you was married and going
tokongress, for / kalkilated you would
bring your rich maum hum tu see our
folks. Your mother has put up bran
new curtins tu the spare bed in the
parler, and squirmed ribbens all a.
round among EN-. She has got tew
new strings of blue and white birds
eggs hanging under the luking glass.
and the brass hand.ilons skowered up
SO that you can see you face in um.


When you glt tu the Federal city,
dew try tn give sumthing tn the wild
ders and orfns of soldiers and sailors