Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-04-08
LYNCHBU RG. FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL s. 1889
nailp a'lr9inian.
An Unfortunate Individual.

An Unfortunate Individual.
The fact il, JAKE, must have been born on n
| fAdny, Tor ! m hr mrst unucky man now living
in oil PNr Wen. the fact is. | amt had no luck
stnte Neu l't thar. and how in the thunder Pm
alive nes is mnro'n can Tell. About the end OF
Decent er the old man told mc to take eight bales
o'e"tt"a 10 Montgomery md sell it, and il
wanted to get amy little traps for myself, TO do il.
Well took the cotton IL Montgomery and sold it
tnr ten cents pound. and It 'twant two hours
after that, met Jo Sparks. who had sold fuurtccn
bales Il wnSs cotton than mine fur ckcn cents
pound he lidn't he d,el. Well. s,raycd
round about Montgomery fur Two days srein' the
sIshts aud AT last ne aud Joe meet up with Ben
Westro,i, As We were nc"iu' to leave Tor home
the neN muraIng, we thought Ms thong we would
have good time Of II thnt night, 50 went To
tusty ant or whatrvcr's tho nn,nc uf - to have
good lii 81 >uthin' 10 cat. tall teller. with
sheet tied ,n in front, cum int, the >tnll where he
wa srttin', and commenced II howin and scrapin'
nnd GRIMM and handed Ben programme. Ben
hHndel II 10 me. cause he ,onldn't read, aud |
nale ont 10 read 'shnd." ri ,ht on the tap of it.
y Nv. Jake yeu needn't laugh, E'r never see II
sal IN al NY lie i'll then. aud | airs took up
~ ,l"' hat Nhad were II h,h about the size ot
I."e', H'i know | eouli eat h"lt
dRrn r'yetch nny time, and reconcl Ben
and - c1uil do the same. u, JUS, TODD
che 'ci' " with theslect ON Ia bring along ehccn
thal uil have 'cia fried brown Mt that Well.
We ,ot there aud alkcd, and talked, nnd the shnl
dI,nl rone. I'll hmehy 10 started 10 goto call
TIE ;e}l,t. when h. met ihrcr higgins acamn and
aud each gter had n tay With six shnd in it.
Great God Jake IF Ne hhNesf Of hem Shad
wa'M too' lo0g. / IRISH Imay te 8qrnei Snys
|, lpA here stranger, what d You call
thcm ere
'-ShYl .ay~ he, "an'l fac onos, 'oo first Of
tie sra.en. in
'WhttS t!lr tax on en-" say. l.
"e3 apiece" says h.
Jake was you e, ~ kickcl 10y male? If you
w.s ,ou moneht know alb ut how ielt Says |,
"r"}i III pay f.r the h, but if | eat any oi
, cm h'lc they may ,hoke me-
, ! s,gc the cllcr S5l nu,cn theol mans money,
and ~ Was n,oin' out he hellered nj me aud
told nae to give him rnl next time came bnck
To Mount y,uerv Jake Vru know I'm not II very
stout MN, hut I'm rcelone some NJ IN Pike, mn
If he'd h"c1 thar instead Of in nni -omcry, ,,hars
na cin how might have 4 ii - rel that face
orli,'n.
, Well LEI, Ben and Jo t. ,ettin thar, aud went
! 'o h" hotel and < into bod That night, some.
body busted open the door: while war asleep nnl
tuck my brcechcs aud o,cr} 'lntnca cent Of the
| old MAJ, nonry. THAR wa .Inkr with no mon
oy and y" h;errhcs. aud wha, to do didn't know
wnS afraid 80 90 home Without the money; the
! 81 nam wou'l have never got nycr mo. ] sent
for Ben Nrsrott, am 'orrNr twenty-five dollars
nnl pair of hrrrrh'. from IN. and tuck thc la a
/ hant lpr N,lilc nnl hr t.rnrd if III stop ,iF
| side # Irtas if ! ccult lrp il. Whom We got
lown to Srlmy, ii WI. night. and | went ashore
while they va, tahin on cotton, jest nS the boat
was II startin' lrllcr steps up and ees he. mis-
! ter, wish'l You give me nali dollar for two
qunrtcrs" give him tlc half tuck the quarters
and the boat started. 'kca al the quarters rs
s,Sp rs - nto the rabin q! the lont, and Jake.
| be doeonn'l if they wasn't beth FIVE dollar gold
! pieces, liant say II wJrl to nobody. but |
| reckon struck line for my statcro about ns
! fast us anything Nou ever see for fear some one
| would couo and clam the money. Next mornin'
! went to the bar aud tuck drink. by the by,
Jake. they krcn nifty nrc lickcg or the boa.
drunk he wto>hey and slapped down one of my
/ gold piece. ard told linn had nn smaller change.
! The irl,or lookrl nt the money SHARP and ookeI
II, me sharper, and himely he says, sortcr snv-
ogeoue lfc, Look here, stranger, wherc did you
Kit that
Well. | WAS afraid to tel; Linn how got il.
aud 10 Gays |, boldly, Il got it N MountSomc-
| ry.'
"Wcll, its n counterfeit" says he. "it aint
| worth cent"
| run my hand in my pocket and tuck ont 'toth-
| cr gold rie'e and showed it Ia him. AMI wish
mny be dnned, Jake, if they wnrn't both counter
! feit
| II was no use tnlkis': knowea I was inno
| cent. but then there was two conntcricits, md
! they swore ! was tryin to pass spurious money.
They run I, my state room - search my baggage;
| they list sworc wasn't all right for they said II
! man rs is all right and squar', don't ginerally
| travel all the way from Pike county 10 Texas with
| ont some baggage The harkecpcr md the mate,
anl the captain and the c""k, all rared and charg
( ed and rot The passcn gors together and they held
| n runflh and finally agreed to be easy on me-
| Ticv wnnl,l'nt take me to Mobile and put me in
| in L. but they iist the boat ncin the lank, mt
| on, n plank and told me to make nngraph time
in gctiin' otf. Jake ! knowel | was innocent,