Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-07-09
WAR0G JW.
A Tehnessee Frolic.
IL" OF TENNESSEE

You may talk of your bar hupts and
ydar deer hnrts, and knoatin- tg6 6rs' teils
thru th>YSung-holcs of barrels, and cock
iitln, al lll that, but if regular built frol,
ic in the Tobs of "Old Knox" don beat
'cm all bind for fun, then I'm no Judge of
fun, that's ALL / said fun and [ saw it
again, from kiss that cracks like wagin-
whip up to a fitc that rouses up all ut.doors
and as to latin, why they invented lafn,
and the last laff will be hearn at a Mob
dapcc about three in the morning. I'm lest
getting so L can ride after the motions
made ut one at 10 Spraggin's few days
agO.
III try and tell you WHO'D Spriggins is.
He's squire, school comishoner, over
locker ot(a mile of Mob road that leads to-
wards Roody's still house, fidler, Judge
OF hoss, and hoss himself! lie can belt
six shillins worth pf corn juice at still-housc
rates aHf ftTavcl-can out-shute and out-l&
any fellow from the Smoky Mountinxfo
Noxvillc, and, if they'll bar one fellow in
Nox, Eli say to the old Kaintuck Line
can make more spinnin- wheels, kiss more
spiuners, thrash more wheat an more men
than any one-cycd man | know OH He
hates circuit rider, niggcr, and shot
gun loves woman, old slcdgc and sin in
cny shape He lives in log house about
ten yards squar: it has two rooms, one at
the bottom one at the top of the ladder
has all out owe doors fur yard, and all
the South furits occupants ut times. He
gives frolick onst in three weeks in plow.
IN time, and one every Saturday-nte the
balance OF the year, and only axes a fin"
for reel, and two "bits" fur what corn.
JUICE you suck; he throws the gals in and
o bed too in the hay if you git too hot to
locomotc The supper is made up by the
tcilers; every one fctchcs somethin sum
alick of mca sum middlin of bacon
sum ahen, sun possum, sum a punkin,
sum grab OF taters, or pocket full of
peas, or dried apples, an sum only fctches
sce theppetite and - skin chock full of pay.
the NJ dcvilray, and if thars been shutn
I,coi;h for beef the day before, why a leg
its way 80 JOS sure without any help
90 the balance of the crittcr. He gives
Dim Smith (thc store keeper over Bav's
Mounting) warnin to fetch skanc of silk
forfddle strings, and sum "Orleans" for
sweetnin, or not to fetch himself; the silk
aud sugar has never failed to be thar vet
Jo then mounts Punkin-s -slingerbar backed,
about three hours aforc sun down, and
gives all the gals item He does this a
lettle OF the slickest-jist rides past in a
pcart acksinging,
son. / met frog, with fiddle on his back,
"A ayin his way TO the frol-i-c?
Wla-a-he whit he. wha he . wha kc hc-kc-hc ~
That's cnuf! The gals understand this
so by sun-down they come porin out of the
woods like pissants out of an old log when
tother ends afre, jest " as fine as silk" and
full of fun, fixed out in all sorts of fancy
doins, from the broad striped homespun to
the suatlower calico, with the thunder and
lightnin ground. AS for silk, il one had
silk gown, she'd be too smart to wear it
to 10 Spraggin's, for the homespun wud tar
it offof hir quicker nor winlin, and if The
sunfowers didcnt help the homespuns, they
wouldn't do the silk cny good, SO you sec
thatsllk is never ratin about your ears at
a Nobdance.
1he sun had sot afore / got the things
fed ahbad Barkmil saddlcd, (you'l! larn
directly why [ call my pony BarEmill, lut
an owl couldent have uotcir rat aforc |
sYasli!lsite Of JOS with my gall, Jvle Saw
Yers, up Behind me. She hinged me nifty
1tc, she Was $50 fecred of fallin off that
firatted poly" She said she didn't mind
q fall, but itsmight broak her leg, an then
good bye frohcks-sho'd be fit for nuthin
but to nrrse brats oilers afterwards. |
Iiearn the fiddle ng-tqpg-dipg.domb. The
yard was full Of &llere, and two tall, fine
Io6kin gals was standing 10 the door, face
d iaco, ,holdin up the door posts with their
bs9ls julie, she bounced OF just Like q