"Wanted, a Closer."
[Illustration:
OCTOBER.—Battle of A gin·court. (Petty France)
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JOE COSE IN LONDON TO PHŒBE BUTTERCUP IN
THE COUNTRY.
"O deer Feby sich a plase lunnun is yew Havent got a singl hidear i only
wish yew was Hear yew wood sune hav al the tethe Stole out off yewr hed
ass for sites Bles yewr week ize i hav sea evry think & havent had no
time for Nothink only luvving yew & Sory yew rote them 4 ubbrading
ninepeny leters wich rely doant Bleav as yewr Makeing me a pressant of
the Kichin sithers at parting has Bean abl to Cut our luv in 2 O deerist
Feby the sithers must be verry Sharp grun indede ass cood Severe sich
luv ass ourn i hav bean to the Tip top of St palls & Drunk my share off
2 botls off wisky inside the bal wich is quite a rume But must confes i
nevver was in sich a Bal rume in al my life the vew is rely Wunderfull
nevver sea so much smoak togethar in al my Days allso hav bean to sea
the lions in the towr wich their is no sich thing to be Seen & the same
of the brittish mewseam wear i was Told i shood sea al sorts of Live
creturs but turnt out nothink but Stuff allso hav Bean to doory lane &
Comon Gardn & my i Feby sich hacting & singing Fillips partickler tawk
of Garick i am sur he is ass Depe as Garick & mister Brayam sings Deper
& deper stil allso hav Bean lukky anuff to sa the yung quean wich deer
Feby she is no moor Like a quean then yew ar namely insted of a crown on
her hed ass she orts to hav her Rial hiniss had nothink but a comon
Bonit & insted of a septer in her and nothink but a Grene silk parrysawl
only Think Feby of ruleing a nashun like Grate briton with a grene silk
parrysawl allso hav ad a intervew with the duk of Welinton wich insted
off Bean the Grate ero they giv him out to be is quite a Litel chap &
deerest Feby cood Lik him my self & stand of 1 leg then theirs the parks
ide Park St jamess & Regency park lately Threw open to the publik wich
is a grate advarntige in regard of meting nuss mades wich ide Park &
kensinton gardns was rely geting so Low did i tel yew befour of the stem
pakits on the rivver they ar al as one as stage coches namely going upon
weels & Carying inside & out pasingers only insted of osses is Drawd
alung by nothink but Chimblys to be Short with yew i hav sea allmost
evrythink But not yet ad the plessure off Bean pressant at a Dredfull
fire tho they was 6 ouzes Burnt only a strete of last tewsdy nite & a
hold gentel man Jumt out off a 2 pare off stares windy on to a Pattant
air fetherbed only unfortynat the made forgot to Blo it up in the mornin
and consiquensialy the hold gemman insted off Braking his fal only Broke
2 off his ribs i was lukky anuff to sea a yung wumman Drownded in the
sirpintine wich she wood hav Savd her life if it hadent Bean for 1 off
the umain sasietys men Geting intangld in her petty cotes & keping her
hed too lung under Warter allso sea a hold wumman nokt Down by a noo
polease & 3 men kild by Safety cabs to say nothink off hacksidents by
homini-bus wich is no wunder seaing the number they Cary wich yew no
Siting down 13 is unlukkines itself allso Bean pressant at a Dredfull
drunken row in a coart in pety france wich master and me Geting into the
Coart end we was quite jamd in & in Devvaring to cut our Lukky receevd
sevral Unlukky blos but at last the noo polease Arivd & evry Sole tuk to
his Eels & as master laffably sed insted off the Batl of a Gin court
turnt out the Batl of Runnymede but deerest Feby doant Bleav in the midl
off al this plessuring nayther master nor me is appy in lunnun i asure
yew we ar quite Contrayry & artily Repent as evver we Consentid to becum
parliment men for West stafordsheer wich befour we was hindipendant
members we cood Do ass we likt But now just Revers & ar quite tide by
our 4 legs master as Bean admitd at crokfuds a notoryus hel but poor
feller he finds hisself quite out off his Hellyment & indede boath him &
me is quite at a Los without our old friends the Cows & shepe & yew &
missis & al the rest off the beests ass we hav Bean ust to al our lives
& master is grew quite thin in consequents & Bleav me Feby tho i doant
Take in my waste cotes so menny oles i mis yew quite ass much ass master
missis missis we spend al our Spar time in Smith feeld wich is the only
rele plessure we hav Smith feeld is just the same ass 1 of our own
feelds in West stafordsheer only no gras nor no eges nor no riks of hay
nor no Stiles to sit a coartin on But ful of orses & cows & carves &
pigs & shepe & other Beestly sites O them deer pigs ow Glad i was to ear
there wel none vices it quite put me in mind of yew & deer Butermilk
villige & i rely cood have Stade a earin them squele al day Lung wich
deerest Feby doant Bleav wat i say about the pigs is al Gammon we hav
got a Bewtifull ous in pel mel & the yung ladys ar verry Gay mis Jewlia
is verry fond off Sowlogical gardning & gos evry day to Studdy the
hannimils at the regency Park allso mis Jawgeny rides out evry mornin on
her pony with James the noo sirvent beind on 1 off the hold coch orses
wich as Bean clipt & his tale Cut thurrow bred for the okasion the
sirvents is al very wel & my duty to yewr farther & ow is yewr sister
Suzn & poor litl nock need Nely & abuv al deerest luv Ows yewr muther
Respecktiv cumps to al yewr old felow sirvents & Pleas exept yewrself
deerest Feby
from yewr adorabl
JOE COSE.
P. S. O Feby Feby wear al in a huprore sins Riting my abuv we hav found
out mis Jewlia only went Sowlogical gardning for a xcuse to mete her
luvver & is boath loped away gudnes or rather Badnes nose wear Allso the
same of mis Jawgeny & James the noo sirvent ass i told yew off but Bles
yewr art was no sich thing but only a luvver in disgize & wen we al
thort him a Real lakky turnt out nothink but a Vally de Sham.