Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-03-22

the ole woman allus carries the puss, In
coursehe bad it.
Well, 1 sot the bar'l agin one side Of the
room, and shortly arter, the ole woman
sez: sSupposin' You tap your end of the
bar1,' and I did; and she bought drink,
and paid me a picayune. Pretty soon, be-
gun to get dry, and says l: ole woman
spczen' you tap your end of the bar'l!' and
she did and then she sells me drink and
the way that picayune has travelled back
ards and for'ards over the bung of that
bar'l, is a caution to them as love 'red-e,e e.
But stranger, losses is apt to come with
every business; and me and ole women
has lost some in the grocery line: and I'll
tell how it was The boy, Bill, our oldest
son, be see how the ticker was goin, and
be didn't have nary red to jine in the re-
tail business; so one night he crawls under
the hose, and. taps the. par' atwixt the
cracks in the puncheon-foor: and ] rally
believe he's got more than me and the
ole woman ither; the good for-nothin' vag-
abone, to come the tgaiff over. his material
born parents: it's 'enuff to make man
sour again all creation; that boy II be the
ruination of US yet. He takes to trickery
jist as material as hungry 'possum takes
to hen roost. Now, stranger, what on
yearth am 1 to do? He beats me and the
ole woman entirely
Traveller: 1T would be difficult for me
to advise in regard to your sen, as 1 have
nc family of my own. You say it is ten
miles to the next house; the big creek is up;
the bridge carried away; no possibility of
fording it, and seven miles through q
swamp to the only bridge in the vicinity |!
This rather gloomy prospect, particularly
as the sun is just down; still, my curiosity
is excited, and as you have been playing
only one part of the Arkansas Traveller
ever since my arrival I should like to know,
before l leave, why you don't play the
tune through!"
.Ark. artist: 'For one of the best rea-
sons on yearth, old hoss-I can't do it,
haint larnt the turn of that tchune, and
and drat me if believe l ever SHALL
Traveller: 'Give me your instrument,
and I'll see if 1 can't play the turn for
you
ARK. Artist: Look o'bere my friend,
do you play the turn of tchune!'
'Traveler:I believe can."
.Ark. Artist: Lite, lite, old hoss we'll
find place for you in the cabin, sure
Ole woman Ia 'hallor within the shanty
was the first indication the traveller bad of a
human being on the 'premises) the stranger
plays the turu, of the 'Rackensack Trave-
ler.' Ny friend, hitch your boss to the
tsimmon-tree, or any where else you please.
Bill III be here soon, and he'll take keer Of
of him. Ole woman, you call Sal and
Nancy to go into the springhouse, and cut
off good large piece ov bearsteak, to brile
for the strangers supper; tell Sal to knock
over chicken or two, and get out some
-four, and have some fourdoin's and chicken
fxen's for the stranger.-(Bill just heaves
in sight, twenty-four hours earlier than be
was expected half hour before. Bill!
o Bill! there's a stranger here, and he
plays the turn of the 'Rackensack Traveller:
go to the corn-crib and get big punkin,
and bring it to the house, so the stranger
can have suthin to sit and skin 'taler'
long with me and the ole woman, while the
gals is gettin' supper: aud Bill, take the
boss, and give him plenty of corn: no nub-
bins, Bill: then rub him down well:
and then, when you come to the house,
bring up dried hide and bar skin for the
stranger to sleep On: and then, Bill, reck-
on he'll play the turn of the 'Rackensack
Traveller for u.s.
The 'punkin' was brought; the 'taters'
were 'sknied' and eaten; the turn of The
Rackensack Traveller was repeatedly play
ed, to abundant edifcation, and the gals
finally announced that supper was ready;
and although instead of 'store-tea.' they
only had 'saxifax tea-doin's without milk,
yet the repast was one to be long and
gratefully remembered. The traveller re-
manned all night, and was piloted safely
over the big creek early the next morning.
Of truth, music has charms to soothe
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