Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1859-08-25
NO. 7T2
Inclined 20 be QuarrelsOme.s.I


We heard that prince of stOry-tellers
Tom Galloway, get off the following,
amidst bursts of laughter, tie other nighs.
Squaring himself and stretching out ais
legs, he began: 10T
There was once a little. slim-builr fel-
low, rich as a Jew, and independent as
the devil, riding along highway, In the
State Of Georgia, when lie overlook a
man driving a drove Of hogs BY the help
of big, raw-bOned, six-feet-iwo spcci-
-IRsn Os humanity. Stopping The last na>
med individual, he accosted him: -.
i say, are these your hogs 2
NO, sir, I'm to work by the month -
'Wha. pay might you be getting,
friends 2 s'o .
Ten dollars month and whisky
thrownin.' .....
Well, look here, I'm a weak, lillle, IL
offensive man, and people are apt 10 I'M
pose me, d'you see! Now, I'll give you
twenty-five dollars a month to ride along
with me, and protect me, was. Mr. Gard
ner's re ply. But he added, as a thought
struck him, how might you be ON the
fght?' ..t
Never been licked in my life,' rejoin-
ed the six-footer.
Just the man l want, lis bargain,
queried Gardner.
Six-foOter ruminated. Twenty-Five dol
lars-double ages-nothing to do tdl
ride around and smash fellow mug oG-
casionally, when he's sassy. .Sx-fcoter
accepted.
They rode along till Just at night they
reached village. Dismounting at tire
door, they went in. Gardner Immediate
ly singled out the biggest man in lhe
room, and picked fuss with him. After
considerable promiscuous juwing, Gard
ner turned tohis fighting friend and'inu-
mated that the licking of that man had
become a sad necessity. Six-fOOter peel
ed, went in, and came out first best.
The next night, at another hotel, the
same scene was re-enacted; GaIdner
getting into row with the biggest man
in the place, and six-footer doing the
fighting.
At last on the third day they came to "a
ferry, kept by huge double listed man
who had never been licked in his life
Whilst crossing the river, Gardner, as
usual, began to find fault and "bIow. -
The ferryman naturally got mad, threw
things around kind o. loose, and told them
his opinion of their kind. Gardner then
turned TO his friend "from the shoulder"
and gently broke the intelligence TO him.
"that he was sorry, bat it was Absolutely
necessary to thrash that ferryman." Six
footer nodded MS head, but said nothing
1t was plainly to be seen that he did not
did not relish the job by the way he
shrugged his shoulders, but there was no
help for 1t. So when they reached the
shore, both stripped and at it they went.
Up and down the bank, over the sand, in
to the water they fought, scratched, gou-
ged, bit and rolled, till at the end of an
hour the ferryman caved. Six-fOoter was
triumphant, but it had been. tough work
Going up to his employer, he scratched
his head for moment. and then broke
forth.
Look here, Mr. Gardner. your salary
salary sets mighty well,-but-I'm-of
the-opinion-that you are inclined TO be
quaTreIs0me. Here I've only been with
you three days, and I've licked the three
biggest men in the country / think this
firm had better dissolve, for you see, Mr..
Gardner, Pm afraid you're inclined to be
quarrelsome, and / reckon III draw