The Biglow Papers Author:James Russell Lowell Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE BIGLOW PAPERS. No. I. A LETTEE FROM ME. EZEKIEL BIGLOW OP JAALAM TO THE HON. JOSEPH T. BUCKINGHAM, EDITOR OF THE BOSTON COURIER, INCLO... more »SING A POEM OF HIS SON, MR. HOSEA BIGLOW. Jaylem, June, 1846. Mister Eddytek : -- Our Hosea wuz down to Boston last week, and he see a crue- tin Sarjunt a struttin round as popler as a hen with 1 chicking, with 2 fellers a drum- min and fifin arter him like all nater. the sarjunt he thout Hosea hed n't gut his i teeth cut cos he looked a kindo 's though he 'd jest com down, so he cal'lated to hook him in, but Hosy wood n't take none o' his sarse for all he hed much as 20 Rooster's tales stuck onto his hat and eenamost enuf brass a bobbin up and down on his shoulders and figureed onto his coat and trousis, let alone wut nater hed sot in his featers, to make a 6 pounder out on. wal, Hosea he com home considerabal riled, and arter I 'd gone to bed I heern Him a thrashin round like a short-tailed Bull in fli-time. The old Woman ses she to me ses she, Zekle, ses she, our Hosee's gut the chol- lery or suthin anuther ses she, don't you Bee skeered, ses I, he 's oney amakin pottery1 ses i, he 's ollers on hand at that ere busynes like Da« less