The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-08-08
Bfy Experiences.

We found on our table the annexed epis.o-
larry account of some experiments in stump.
drawing worthy perusal, tho experimentor
proving neither a DENTS. or a draughtsuan
As specimen OF the profits derived from the
"sohoo!-mastcr. abro,d,' twill be found inte.
esting enough tobe placed with Maj. JoNEs'
efforts, though the Major seems 70 be more
proficient in the "Phonografc" art. For The
instruction of our readers, we will but state,
that the directions were for the benefit OF
settlers in the "wider country" west of the
Mississippi, where trees TO not flourish ,s,
Mister Editcr: / see in the Banner sum
time ago, derecsnns hcwtc git all the stumps
out oy the ground by twistin cm out ov the
ycth-So "thnks TO myself lie Jest try il,
awhile an so lie now Civ you my eperiance
about it.
| calls up my man 10, an scs-I sees in
the paper here 10, how we cangit up all the
stumps. allows dat massa!" so reeds il
out TO him, an splans the mattcr,-"fIa! ha.
hah! ses 10, '.twllnever do in de world.''
Why 10, its here in print an mus be So
Now 10 is pritty kutc nigger, an bceve
has a little more seMs than me, but ! don't
like to noledge IT, that's a fac. "Wel scs
10, WHARF we git the red elm from" "Oh, I
don't no. but CESS it don't make much dif.
iidencc bout it, we'lltry tc-ood one" so
oil we goes an gifts one, twenty-too feet, fore
inches an hall, long. "Wel, now ,nassa
WHARF me GIT de yoak ofoxin, kase | don't no
any but one yoak, whats way down on Puldin
Swamp, IN dat totlier yoak what mas Wade
is gninc to brake next winter" "Wcll, 10,
we will try the Jack mule, an old slip horn,
she is gentle an spec we can git the eecr on
her, but tell en- 10 milk her terst, kase hard
puilin an stralnin mout spilc The mIk.'-
well, massa WHARF the lock chanc come
from kase haint see ouvn neb,r sense YOU
lend It to dat cripple man long time ago
"Well take them new traces, bot tother day
says i' an twis them togethcr,"-So nrter
wc mad fixed all things ready, 10 mounted
the mule an whips old slip horn an we takes
a sortcr sirkcmbendibus round an round, old
slip horn didn't much like to opull, she kent
soTter like wantin TO hook at the old mule
howsomeycr artcr awhile wc gifts ON tolnoye
n leetle more majestic like, kreck, krcek.
the chanc gins to titen, tell yon-hup, hup,
hup Sir say Jo,-l brings my whip pop
an spang- g-woah wo-massa is de s,ump ctm.
no Jo-but the chanc is broke-but the ole
Stump is jest fast as cver-stop Jo-let
me read them dercctshons agin--sit would
better cut OFF the horizontal and latcrel Roots
before you begin" well massa what is them
zontals an atrum roots so had spIanc il to
Jo-an 1t took me sumetimc, arter was
dun splalnin it well says hn I'le Jest take
Old SLIP horn to pastcr, an feed do mule, for
twil take all day to cut OF an git out, all
dem latrIi an zonill roots--So arter he fixed
the beasts left him to dig an cut the roots,
an was hardly gone, an 10 had deg down in
when who should ride over 10 our house but
neghber Tatan,-wy 10 what are vou tlo;n
there says he, an whats that long pole for
ha ha lah says Jo---(now that was sorter
impedcnt in Jo to laugh at me) Massa guine
twiss al! dem stumps-twiss. The dogs foot
what put sich stuff in your masters head
on sir he sec cm in print sir, an say il must
be so-wel Jo didn't think your master
was such fool, why half the oxIn in geornv
cant pull up that stump--an they have fncc
ones there: now 10 tell me this when comes
back-says ! 10 he didn't say was n fool
did he,-fes Aiassa clare he did-WeIl Ia
bleve he is bout halfrit that's fac--but 10,