The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-03-13

lA Peace OF MIND IRON "lsuOlh ''5"
VI Take it easy! for at best,
Life is but a sorry jest.
M pouel TO aCaptain RiCe's Treat"
few years since, a gentleman not a
4 d miles from this, travelling in the
oring State Of Arkansason a collecting
,on, had occasion to call upon a 'custo-
- whom we shall call John Smith-not the
tai John Smith, Jun who writes for the
nper, but in all probability a relation OF
eat original, whose portrait hangs upon
against the cabin wall.' Being as he
b the neighborhoOd, but not knowing
gly the whereabouts Of the aforesaid
Smith, he accostsd a copperas striped
en- Of the old North Carolina State, who
lhef l~istlessly at work in front Of a cabin,
! an axletree for an Ox-cart from a pine
geter-Go0d morning, slri VIII you have
Odness to direct me to John Smiths?
n Carohnian-Certainly sir; if there is
Ing il this world | do know, it is the
John Smiths, Why, John Smith and
~ pc ont together from North Carolina
! out that new road leading across the
and over that bill. We
NJ UelT-But, sir, will you have the kind
} direct me to the place where he lives.
2 4 C,-To be sure | will, as | was saying, il
Ma Is any thing in this world / do know, il
lRI road to John Smiths. Why, sir, John
and me married sisters, and he has gol
artest wife in all these parts. She
I ptlsr-No doubt Of it, sir, but want t.
p, and have nothing to do with the gooC
' ? es of his wife. Will you direct me?
Gel Co.. course ! will, as | said before, i
,lml 8 anything in this world | do know, it i
pei ay to John Smiths. But as | was Oh
'isil g, his wife can spin her six cuts a day
$ attending to the family fixings.
zen vsaer-she may spin sixty for all | kuo,
lcD z, but that has nothing to d. with m
on wish to find her husband, vii
lUSl Il me where he lives!
Twill tell you where John smit
% v well that's a good one, | tell you
coll MAJ Il there is any thing in !his world
W. w, Il Is where John Smith lives. VIII
W sand before, we came from North Car
a''q ge'her And he has ayoke Of the true
zen 0zenin all these parts. His negro m,
ID .h%esmauest--
to 'faeray dear sir, it's growing late, al
ALL . GET on, if you can direct me, vi
ny 10y dolts Task you again, will you t,
III J way 70 John Smiths?
,pdp Haven't | told you a dozen times
5 BAL Y any Thing in this world | DO know.
slp E'e'ohn Smith lives? Haven't told v
Of sB 'scane from North Carolina togetbe
Ter eaNl'g Of his boy Jim--he can D ok @
'olap "ulsa welghtcf cotton a day, and sh
'utn Ct corn for milp at night and
unbV Besides, sir,
e beg asr--Aounds, sir, what have to
us uls cotton, or his corn? ha
cry 'sS : question, which will ask !
heaa mere OF is there not, such a man
CO is NN'Og inthis 'section,' and if y
eel q ssslo his house, will you poin
", you please?
vsi9a ZV-And POUNDS. man. haven't I /,
can 'gSa ~ The time, that there is sucf
nd q Az 'n'h living in these diggin
ha's L any thing in the world |
InIhs way to his house2 tell
. vs. 0nly come from North Caro-
~ 'us out that new road togetI
oooi mat branch and over that
4 io9 sOua Smith has one Of the smar
(Wbe ~ you ever saw. She has {
ad) q ,sao'l two years, and has got as IA
4 res oonlound his daughter and
9 d r urself. d. 'alnk you have got
Cher Which u, Tusa ! ask you a plain q
o. YOU IN wv answer IN halt ado
ssos nes,oa p'n me 2 long yarn about 70
M Ssa S's r. 0xon' and little girls. No,
\ Il N .'l'0w' iusttalk a little more
bsso y, w world, and show me the
NOS C-Don,t ~,
sbs,s you confound Johns 4,
II, my niece, and 4