Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-05-25
1.-THE old gentleman asked. .e,Ebat mart

tnc OH gentleman asked, what part
are you from, stranger 2" "From Laur-
ems, SIR" "Laurens! that's high up.,
How's the crops in that section ?" "Pret
ty fair, sir; how are they with you 2"
"Why, Jest tolerable-truck suffered for
rain right smartly with us one SPELL"
Peter row came in with the wood, and
IN laying it down, came near upsetting a
jar OF dried fruit sitting OH the hearth;
when the old lady, much agitated, cried
out, ''Mind, Pete, youth spill that-ttiliatt
truck, there" The fire being finished,
the landlord said, "Now, tend to the
gentleman's horse-but Stop. How will
you have your horse fed, stranger 2"
"Why, sir, as | have travelled very hard
to-day, | would not like to give him
much corn; | would prefer to have him
fed mostly on oats, if you have plenty"
"o, pienty--and that's very good no
ton, too give him eight ears of corn and
plenty of chopped rack"
Whilst Twas saying to myself--there
is track to make the fire burn, truck (corn
and cotton suffered for rain, dried fruit
is track, chopped oats is track, in tripped
a fine, buxom, rosy checked damsel of
about sixteen-"Pa, did you get ?"
Seeing me she stopped, blushed and sat
down. The old nan smiled, looked cum
nngly at the old lady, and probably
thinking some explanation necessary,
turned tome and said, eve are going to
have big meeting over here at -,
and have been to the store to get some
truck to make my daughter dress, and
some other little things"
The articles were now brought forward,
examined, admired, and talked over for
some time, when the old lady seeming
suddenly to recollect something, exclaim-
ed, "Oh, Jonny, did the Doctor send any
thing for Bobby's chill's." The old gen
tleman, drawing another bundle out of
his pocket, answered, eyes, he sent these
pills and this red truck in this vial and
said that it would be sure to stop them if
taken regularly. o, wife, did / tell YOU
about Nancy 2" "No, you didn't"
"Well, that tooth doctor she has been so
long looking for, came at last, and pull
led out two teeth for her, and scraped, I
don't know how much truck off the 9th
ers. "What sort of trick Jonny q"
"Why, it was hard, yellow truci--I
forgot what he called it. o, yes-what
makes me forget What sort of truck was
that the Doctor gave me last fall when I
had the fever that made me so dreadful
sick?" "What, tartar 2" eyes, that was
it. don't reckon it is the same truck
that they give to sick people, but that is
what he called it any how,
Supper being announced, we sat down
to the table and the old lady BEGAN to
pour out the coffee, but she suddenly stop
ped, put her hand up to shade her eyes,
looked steadily into the cup for an instant,
and then exclaimed, "Why, Betsy, what
sort of truck is this ?" "Why, the coffee
mill handle is broke, ma'am, and Jest
had to beat it with the shoe hammer" f"
The old lady seemed considerably troub-
led and said, 81 fear, sir we can't give
you good cup of coffee tonight" "O,"
said |, "don't trouble yourself on my ac-
count, l never use the article" "What,
never eat coffee 2" "No, ma'am, I prefer
milk at all times" From the smile that
lighted up the old mans countenance, I
thought he felt much relieved that I was
not disappointed about a good cup of cof-
fee. He ordered Betsy to hand the pan
cakes, and picked up decantet and hol-
ding 1T towards me said, stranger, take
some of this--what do you call it wife Z?
"Well, really I've forgot" "Well, no
matter it amt the common molasses, its
the truck that comes from the making of
the loaf sugar !" go, treacle," said l.,
"thank you, lam very fond oft"
These are all the ways in which truck
was used on that occasion but / have
since heard it applied in various waes,
and to various things and what puzzles
me, is to account for the fact that Mr..
Walker has given but one meaning to the
word-'struck, to traffic" He stands so
high as photographer, as to preclude
the supposition that he lacked truck in
the upper story. think it likely that
he never travelled much. Had he, in his
youth, bought some knives, scissors,
combs, calico, and other truck, and tray-
elled over the country to truck with the
people, he would have seen and heard
many things which he never saw and
heard, AMI would not have been SO green
about the word track g.
fIyleroille ~ ~ ~ Z.