And we wonder why we have so many variations on our surnames! Ouch! <grin> Allen (The [sic]s run amok with this one!) ______________________________________________________________________ CINSES TAYKUR KNEEDED Air cowntys groan purty fass in resent years and now in 1869 hits a hard an time consoomin job fur one feller to cownt all thez peepl. The fedal govmint wants us tew cownt all peepl whut has cum to the frunteers of Txsis so they can no whur evrabody is an peepl fer yers to com can fin who an whur thur and sesters livd an we kned sumbodee whut can rit reel gud and kan spel purty good is kunsiderd a ass set to the job. an hit wud be a hep ifn yew had a gud mul to rid fer hit is a fer pece to walk a foot tew dew this mpotunt okeepayshun. not jus enny body kan dew this here job. Hit tks sum body with a edakashun wich a gud meny peepl dont got rownd heer. If'n yew tak this mportunt job fer the Yewnited Stats uv Amuracus govmint, yew kin cawnt them peepl sowth uv town and ile cawnt them in the northe part ov tha cowntee. now theys a hole bunch ov thim Jermuns hav setled down in the sowth ind of this cawnty whut kant hrdlee talk amuracun ner kan they spel wurth nuthin so yew wil hav to do tha bes you kan with thim. Dont wury bout thim narweeguns down there, they all say they name is yohansun enyhow, yew jest kowntum and put sum ledders afrunt uv yohansen an sum nummber tween 1 an a hunert as they haint meny ovem liv much pas a hunert enyhow. bee reel keerful an git evarbode fer sum day sum body may wunt tew fin thur four bares an this wil bee tha plaze tew finum. sined: jHon Dayvuhsun Cheef Cinses Taykur Bayhar Cownte txsis ______________________________________________________________________ -- Allen Richmond • sciototrails@usa.net Scioto.org • http://www.scioto.org/ Scioto Trails • http://www.scioto.org/SciotoTrails/ OHGebWeb County Host Coordinator • http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohgenweb/county.htm In the asking comes sharing; in sharing comes knowledge; in knowledge comes wisdom which lasts a lifetime. --ar.