Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-05-04
M(istellaueous,
An Unfortunate Individual.

The fact is; Jake, must have been born on
Friday, for Pm the most unlucky man born
in old Pike. Well, the fact is, ! mint had no
luck since you lett here, and how in the
thunder I'm alive now is more'n can tell.
About the END Of December, the old man told
me to take eight bales o cottun TO Montgome.
ry und sell it, aud eff wanted to get any little
traps for myself to do it. Well took the
cotton to Montgomery ami sold it fur ten cents
pound, and it 'twant two hours after that, l
mt Joe Sparks, who had sold fourteen bales
of wus cotton than mine fur eleven cents q
pound-et he didn't III be darned Well,
strayed round about Montgomery fur two days
seeill the sig hts, and at last Joe and me meets
up with Ben Wescutt. AS We were agoing to
leave for home next morning., we thought we
would have gu'd lime Of it that night; so
we went to r,lstyrant, or whatevers the
name Of it, to have good bit of suthin to
eat \ tall Tcller, with IL sheet tied on front,
come into the stall where We @us settin, and
commenced bown and scrapn and GRIMM,
aud handed Ben program. Ben ,hunded it
to me cause he couldn't read, and l made out
to read "shad," right ON the top Of 1t. Now,
Jake you needn't laugh, for never seed a
shal in all my lie till then, AMI allurs took
I'D an i!ea, that shad We're FISH about the
size of pyrc!, an could eat half u dozen
ryrch any time, and reckoned Ben and Joe
coul,l do the same; SO | just told the fellow
with the sheet on t,bring along eighteen shad,
and have them fried brown at that Well, we
set there and talked aud talked and the shad
didn't Come, till bineby joe STATED to go call
the lvller, when he met three niggers comm,
and each uigger had tray with six shad in
it. Great Gnlly, Jake, # the lcctlest of them
shad srtnt Il tont long. lpish lmay be dern'
Ell! Say. IMk here. s'TaHssri whni dp spu
rnll them uref"
"shad," says be.
"Shad !" SAYS |.
! ayes, sir" says he; "aud fine ones too
first ut the season, sir.
whats the tax on em?' says |.
asa apiece says he.
Jake, was you ever kicked by mule? If
you was, you mUught know about how felt.
Says L
"Boys, I'll pay for the fish; but ef eat
emmy Of 'e.n hope they may choke me ~
gave the Teller S54 outen the cid man. s
money, and as was goin out, he hollered at
me aud told me to give him call next time
/ came back to Montgomery. Jake, you know
I'm not very stout man, but Pm reckened
some up in Pike, and if he'd been thar, in.
stead OF Montgomery, there's no tellin how |
might have dishgured that face of hisn.
We'll, lett Ben and ice setting thar, and
went to the hotel and got into bed. That
night. somebody busted open the door while j
was asleep and took my breeches and every
darned cent of the old mans money. Thar |
was, Jake, with no money and no breeches,
and what TO do l didn't know. was afraid
to 60 home without the money; the old man
would have never got over me. sent for
Ben Wescott, and borrowed twenty five dol
lars and a pnir of breeches from him, and took
the first bout for Mobile, and | be darned if
Id stop this side of Texas, if cou d help it.
When we gut down to Selmy, it was night,
and went ashore while they was takn' in
cotton. Just rs the boat was startin' fel'
Ter steps up and sez he, "mister, wish'd you'd
give me half dollar for two quarters"
give him the half, took the two quarters, and
the boat started. looked at the quarters as
soon as got into the cabin of the boat, and
Jake, be dosonn'd if they wasn't both five
dollar gold pieces. didn't soy word t
nobody, but reckon struck line for my
state room about as fast az anything yor
ever see, for fear some one Bould come ant