A BUSHMAN’S ORDER.

Shannon News, 8 January 1924, Page 4

A BUSHMAN’S ORDER.

A Brisbane friend has sent the “ Hardware Trade Journal ” a copy of a “ country order” sent down by aQueensland customer to a Brisbane storekeeper: — “ Dear sirs.—Please send this guds at wons. I "want them for karnivel time, (i pounds raisints, v them butes sent ainl the right butes, they is 9 and 1 takes 7; you must think I got feet like a dam black fellOAV's kanooze. I bag flOAver, 6 pounds sugger, 6, pounds rise. I<jhad had fire last Toosday, burning nearly all my grass and tritened the coavs, ole women ben sic cA r er sins, 1 pound bakin sodcr, 1 packet caAvn fioAver for grool, they gaAvn off there milk and wont feed, 10 pound bakin, good bakin, no dride orse, like larst time with a ide a inch thick. 1 bag sulfer, it gave pertickler el to the ltangaruse and wallerbees, burned em rite out, 1 tin trekle, 6, tins jam, tell the butcher to send 10 pounds rostin beef, and there bill, and I will seetil it when I cum in. All is well, baren the missus and the cows off there milk, and the two kids with the measles.

“ Opin your the same, as it leaves me at present, 1 box hanterbillyus pills, one packet spice, 1 tin pepper, and 1 coil barn wire, 1 grinstud, 6 pare bute lasses (strong wuns), 6 bound chees, ded cheese this time, last chees krorl orf the table. Tell the kemist to send bottle of kof cure for ole rone cow that is delikit. Jim fell yrf cart last iveek and burst his, trowsis, 1 tin korn mete, 4' bars sopa 4 pare socks, for big fete, fhebucket you send lekes like el. Yores trulee, 1 bottle panekiller.”