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From: Su Jacobsen <>
Subject: [CASANFRA-L] Real Letter - Hutchings' (some humor)
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 12:21:37 -0800

>The following letter to the editor appeared in the November 1860 edition of
>Hutchings' California Magazine. Many apologies to the descendents of Mrs.
>Mary Mary Metwith, Mother-in law to Gudge (Judge) Swinem:
>
>San Francis, Sept 20, 1856
>MR. EDITUR:- My Deer Sur, - I did'nt rite to you, last munth cause I never
>do anything in a passhun. If I had rit then I sonld hev rit in a passun. My
>blud biled all over when I seed that ere letter I sent you, stuck in your
>Magazeen. I rit it to you pritit, just to give you a little frendly device
>and you hev went and printed it and put my name down in full lenghth at the
>bottom of it. What will my frends think of me wen they see it? I tell you
>what iit is Mr. Editur, you hev bruised my confedenc. You ghort to sell
>your book by xgbbiting my name as one of your distribiturs. You thort to
>make my name and my litterary reputation secure prescribers for Huthings'
>Callforny magazeen wihough fashon plates-I know you did. THen anuther
>thing, you sed you ment to onsult your Artis about sum fashon plates. Hev
>you ever dun it? Noi'll warrent you hevent. Now I can't ess no reason on
>airth wy you should be so different to your own good, unles you are an old
>bachilur and then I dont wunder at it. A marred man whould know how
>necessary fashons are to femails and women and that a book without fashons
>in it is no beter than a ship is that's lost her ruder, and cant no more
>make her way in socity than a woman can without cloths made in teh fust
>stile of fashon. Yes, the more I think of it the more I'm sure of it that
>your Magazeen aint suted to the litterary character of our femail prople nor
>never will be Ontill you put the fashons in it, and ef you Dont put em we
>dont dake your book-there Now-and I shood like to know how men is going to
>get along without us femails, us pecibly editurs. Youve got my dandur up,
>for surtin in that tother letur of mine and now you may put this unin if you
>like.
>
>I meen too, to find out wether you am a bachilur or no-for if you are, you
>can no more make a editur than you can anything else. I dont want to speak
>too discuragin, because I want to see a Californy magazeen, and as I am a
>littel anxus about its duing well I may try if I cant get sum rale Smart
>woman to marrey you, and then you and the magazeen will do fust rate, and
>I'll be bound she'll see that you'll hev the fashons.
>
>Mrs. Mary Metwith,
>Mother-in-law to Gudge Swinem
>
>P.S. - Would you just Ansew me wun questen Mistur editur About that bachilur
>bisness, and send it through the post directed.
>Mrs. Mary Metwith.
>
>Contributed as printed by Su Jacobsen
>
>

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