Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-09-06
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!" Talkin' OF sperrits reminds me ofSny
lexper'c 'cnee in that line. said Sntlei
gravely, shaking the ashes from his pipe
=. Let us hear It, = said !,
a With the greatest pleasure cap ZEN
j NY father, you see, has been under the
lturf a great many years He " ASH q
bad man bysno means kinder heart
.lnever beat nor his but he was oneotl-
mon fond of terhaeker He'd stnokelthe
day out and the day in, BE hadn't an
equal in that way. except old Sam II lints
our nearest neighbor, and he was just
about his match; andtthey used TO smoke
and tell their tough stories eyenins artet
evehin, but thatwas afore my father died
.'.My material susceptibilities bein' dne,
| 1 felt rayther bad when the old gentleman
stepped out. used to lay awake night
arter night, aud think on't. One night in
the fust Of the eyenin'. arter had turned
in, heerd strange kneckin' on the WIN
der.sill, and didn't know what on atrtht 70
make ont.
"Who's there 90 says l.
Your father.' says voice.
cit can't be posserble !" says |,
cts nothing shorter" says he.
How do ye like as fur as YOU We gotG
"I'nl not not over and above pleased.
says he.
"I'm sorry tohearit." says |. whats
the trouble?"
!" It's e'nermost impossible to get any
good smoking terbacker," says he IN 9
detiected voice.
That's melancholy says /, :" Can
"Nuthing 10 brag on" says he, but
You'll obleege me by layin' a good piece
Of pgtai on the winderssill, when you SO
to bed nights
"1ll do it,'' says 1.
q I'll feel obleeged," says he.
"Not at all.'' says "but if it's q
fair question. I'd like to know how you
pass your time up there 2"
''It's no offence. at all, sonny. sch :
on sunbeam most of tho time, playing
on the jewsharpa'
:" 1t must be very amusing, 2 says II,
'' Have you got the old thing with ye :"
81 aint got nothing else, says he.
!" Play US up atane, then, contina.
ed.
With pleasure" says he; and So 50 ho
struck up
That's rayther melancholy" says !.
"I know it," he said but it's all ON
account OF the tcTbaGRer.
sRyS1.
livelier, next limo. Good night, sonny
he added in more cheerful tone.
Come agin," says l.
" You may rely ont" says he. ~
"Good night. them" says !. Don't
hurt yourselfdoin' the miscellaneous work,
and I'd recommend you to bring a better
instrument when you come agLn. And
with that the old gentlemen hurried away.
Did you place the pigtail on the win
dow sill 2" l asked.
7" In course did-thc raal gincwihe.,s
"And did lie come after 1t 2"
GAS reglRr as the night came. never
knew him to fail, and hntonconhmon sight
O. tie stuff he made away with. II all
my relations had come back, and used rs
much O. the weed rs lie did, ] should la'
been dead broke"
(" And what kind of tobacc did Sam
Flint smoke at that time ?" / continued.
Pigtail -nothin but pigtail, jest like
that used by the old gentlemen" said
Sutler, with a look irrcststibly comieal,---
Glow was it about your fathers
ghost?"
l said, one day, to sutler, aS wc woF
alone.
"The fact O. the case was" he replied.
{" / found it took off tho change like al
natur' to keep my father in terbacker SO
told Flint all about it. and asked him IL
he couldn't supply the old gentlemen
with plug or two occasionally, for old
acquaintance sake.
al couldn't think Of IT," says ho Ego
large family to support. and use an
awful sprinklin' o. the weed mpself. But
I've got pound or two / ri sell Sc cheap"
What kind isit?" asked.
PigtaiI." said ne.
Bring it over" says /.
With pleasure" says he. And SO
the next day he brought Il over, and
bought it. Well, come n loolit over,
found some Of the identical plugs whichI
had laid on the window sill for the old gen
tleman. Upon careful inquiry, / larned
that he'd sold several pounds o'the staff
10 the neighbors. and seemed TO have pien.
ty o'the same sort although, afors thst,
he used to be hard up on terbackeT. for
he was poor as Job, and uncommon snlo.
ker. AFTER that time, didn't lay any
more plugs on the windsr.sill, thinking it
best to let the old gentleman depend on
his own exertiOns for supply o pigtail."
IgoEsrous TEsTE.-A Yankee Ia one
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