A Letter From the Bush

dere frend

ow yer rubbin along. i ope this
reeches you as it leaves me wich is
orl appy an kintent bill smiths becum real
frendly agen when i give im a gentil
reminder that e still owd me thirteen
quid on a wagon e bot from me 2 year
ago e's frendly orl rite but he aint pade
me.

likewise me wife as got reel sweet agen
she wants a bit of ribbin to do up a
dress she wearin at the dances she
givin in aide of the lokil choppin match
which is cumin orf nex month she sez
she wants to wear it just to please me
but wen i sez ime just as pleased with
or without it she gits a sorter look in
er which i dont understan and i bin
married cumin on twenty year anyways
the ribbin is goin to kost 12 shillin an
wen i sez it would be better if i give 10
shillin to the choppin match she wont
argu an the funny look gets sorter
deeper anyways the ribbin aint bot yet
but i sponse ile ave to get it.

bill smith sez to me wot about orstria
i seen in the paper were orstria is goin
to the dawgs an they dont no wot to
do with the country bill smith suggests
that they ort to give the country to us
2 and let us farm it bill smith could gro
spuds and ide gro appils an if they give
us a good rode to market wich we dont
get ere wed mak orstria go ahead like
wile fire cud you let us no wots the
xack size of orstria bill smith sez it
must be well over 2 undred akers we
got a map frum the kids atlas but we
cudent measure it up proper me own
opinion is it must be wel over 4 undred
an 50 akers anyways let us no as
ther mite be sum biznes doin.

its bin ranen ere for 2 days an evry
thinks pretty mudy

hoppin you are the sam

yours truly

Ben Bowyang