I was researching some archived list messages, gleening bits and pieces of old information when I came across this posting. It is suppose to be an actual ad, a recruiting article for Census Takers in 1869, Bexar Co., TXThe original poster failed to include the link or source so please just read it for the humor and not the "god's honest truth". If this is a real newspaper or handbill notice, it's a wonder any one has a surname spelled correctly. ;-)CINSES TAYKUR KNEEDEDAir cowntys groan purty fass in resent years and now in 1869hits a hard an time consoomin job fur one feller to cownt all thezpeepl.The fedal govmint wants us tew cownt all peepl whut has cum tothe frunteers of Txsis so they can no whur evrabody is an peeplfer yers to com can fin who an whur thur and sesters livd an wekned sumbodee whut can rit reel gud and kan spel purty good iskunsiderd a ass set to the job. an hit wud be a hep ifn yew had agud mul to rid fer hit is a fer pece to walk a foot tew dew thismpotunt okeepayshun.not jus enny body kan dew this here job. Hit tks sum body witha edakashun wich a gud meny peepl dont got rownd heer.If'n yew tak this mportunt job fer the Yewnited Stats uvAmuracus govmint, yew kin cawnt them peepl sowth uv town andile cawnt them in the northe part ov tha cowntee.now theys a hole bunch ov thim Jermuns hav setled down in thesowth ind of this cawnty whut kant hrdlee talk amuracun nerkan they spel wurth nuthin so yew wil hav to do tha bes you kanwith thim.Dont wury bout thim narweeguns down there, they all say theyname is yohansun enyhow, yew jest kowntum and put sum leddersafrunt uv yohansen an sum nummber tween 1 an a hunert as theyhaint meny ovem liv much pas a hunert enyhow.bee reel keerful an git evarbode fer sum day sum body may wunttew fin thur four bares an this wil bee tha plaze tew finum.sined: jHon DayvuhsunCheef Cinses TaykurBayhar Cownte txsis
It may have been someone's idea of genealogical humor. The original posting of this was 1998 so it is VERY old by Internet standards. Still, it is funny regardless.
Out of interest I just check the 1870 census of Bexar County, Texas. There was no John Davison, Davidson etc. listed. Of the names I spot checked all appeared to me to be readable. Just my 2 Cents.
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