Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-03-01

al Tito learn the precise fashion Of his faith.
er's knot; and when At last Bill was STRUNG
mp at tiptoc to 4 limb, and the whipping
commenced, Simon's eye followed every
movement Of his fathers arm; and as each
blow descended upon the bare shoulders 81
his sable friend, his own body wrlthed and
swriggled' in involuntary sympathy.
dts the devil-.-it's hell, said Simon 70
himself, to take such wallopin' as that.
".Why, the old man looks like he wants to
get up the helen, if he, could, rot his pic-
ter. It's with at least fifty cents, ie-cminy,
how that hurt!-yes it's worth three quar-
tiers Of dollar TO take that ere lickin -
Wonder if I'm predestinated, as old Jede-
-diah says, 70 get the fellef to il? Lord,
how daddy blows! l do wish 10 God he'd
bust right open, the dnrn'd Old deer face!
If 'twant for Ben he,pin' him, I blicvc
I'd give the I'D dog iilssle when il comes
for my turn. 1t couldn't make the thing
no wuss. if it didn't make ii no better
Drot it, what do boys have daddies for,
any howp faint for nuthin' but Just to
beat 'em and work 'em. There's some
use in mammies--I kin poke my Singer
right in the old 'oman's eye, and keepit
thar, and If | saw il amt thar, she'll say
faint thar too. l wish she was here to
hold daddy off If awan't so fir, Id hol-
Ter for her, any how. How she Would
cling to the old fellows coat tail!''
Mr.. Suggs let down Bill and united him.
Approaching Simon, whose coat was of,
.come Simon, son." said he, sscross them
hands, I'm <wine to correct you." riiliF
at 'aint no use, daddy" said Simon.
"Why so, Simon?"
s'Just bekase il amt. I'm gwine to play
cards as long as j live. When ! 60 or to
myself, I'm gwine to make my livin' BY II.
So what's the use Of beatin' me about ii?''
Old Mr.. Snggs groaned as he was wont
to do in the pulpit, at this display Of Sia
mans viciousness. # 8a A@a
''simon," said he. ayou're poor ignnnt
creetur. You don't know nothin,s and
you've never been no whars. If ! was to
turn you off, you'd starve in a week"
!, 81 wish you'd try me- said Simon,
'sand list see. I'D win more money in a
week than you can in year. There amt
nobody round here kin make seed corn off
o. me at cards. I'm rale smart" lie added
with great emphasis
"Simon! Simon! You poor unlettered
fool-Don't You know that all card players
and chicken fighters, and horse-racers, 60
to hell? You crack-brained creat,ir' you.
And don't you know that them that. play
cards always lose their money, and"
"Who wins it all then, daddyP" asked
Simon.
"Shet your mouth, you imperdent,
slack jaw'd dog. Your daddy's : .trtin'
to give you some good advice, and you're
r:-i:->, up Lie 4s.e>-1- - 49, =
osshsrp,, IS wen; o%s u RRs ssdsy lived sa
cold hundred dollars worth Of cotton for
lis daddy, and some Of them gamblers got
Linn to drinkin' and the very first night he
was with 'em they got every cent Of his
money!" j, toitss1i sa Id 88,
s.They could't git my money in a reek, !"
said Simon. "Any body can get these
here green. fellers' my; .them's the sort
Pm gwine to watch for, myself. Here's
what kin fix the papers jist about as nice
as aay body" fl sds II
"Well, it's no use to arsify. about The
matter" said old Jedediah; "What saith
the scripture He that begetteth fool,
doeth it to his sorrow" Hence Simon,
you're poor, miserable 'fool-so cross
your hands!
.sYou'd ,iist Is well not, daddy. ! tell
you I'm gwine to follow playin' cards for
lsin', and what's the use o bangin q Teller
about it? I'm as smart as any Of 'ern, and
Bob Smith says them Augusty fellers cant
make rent off O me- wy.
The reverend Mr.. Suggs had once in
bis life gone to Augusta; an extent Of travel
ii those days was little upusaal. His
consideration among his neighbers was
considerably increased by the circumstances
as he had all the benefit Of the popular in
ference that no man could visit the city Of
Augusta without acquiring vast superb
ority over all his untravelled neighbors, in
every department Of human knowledge
Mr.. Suggs then very naturally, felt ineffa-
blys indignant that an individual who had
never seen any collection Of human habita-
tions larger than lighthouse village-an
individual, in short, mo otheror better than
Bob Smi.h---should venture to express an
opinion concerning the manners, customs,
or anything else appertaining 10 or in. any
wise connected with the ultima Thule Of
back-woods Gecrgiaiis. There were two
propositions which witnessed their own
truth to the mind Of sMr. Saegs-the one
was. that man who had never been at Au-
rusta. could not know any thing about tha.
city, or any place or thing else; the other,
that one who had been there must, Of
necessity, be not only well Informed as 70
all things connected with. the city ITSELF
butperfectly au fat upon all suhjects what
soever. Il was therefore in > tone N
mingled indignation and contempt. that he
replied to the last remark Of Simon. !
aBcb Smith says-docs he? Andwho'i
Bob Smifh1 Much does Bob Smith know
about Augustyl he's been thar, lreckon
Slipped OF yearly, one mornip, when no
body ssarh'I nolicin', and get back af3rs
night! lis only one hundred and fifty mile
az. W. Bo6 Smith knows Ill about \! y
ant nesef been 70 Augtsty--I cculdn'
find The rosd thar, 4 seckorA-hs! hal Rel
-Ssi-thl The eternal stink! il he wa
only 10 lee enc o. them fine gentlemen j
Autusty, with hi fine broad cloth and bel
crown hat, ana ash6e boots : shinans ~