The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-03-22
An Arksases Farewell.

hl An Arksasas Farewell.
j., "Persinmons. junior" in the Spi,
a IL Of tic Times, gives an account q
y the parting Of Old Ben Winnie, c
!, Arkansas, with his con Joe, VIII
: was leaving home for business il
Z Texas. The old man was accustom
8 I'd to deal in euchreism, and hi
3 discourse is enlivened by simile
that tho smoking.car passengers ol
/, some of our longest local railwa,
, trains will understand. Thus th'
story runs:
In course OF time Uncle Winnie
7 eldest son, a boy Of some eighteeI
years Of age, vas most Unexpected.
, invited to what was then the new
, county of Texas. A distant relative
: who desired an assistant offaret
, great inducements, aud Winnie, jun
ior, a chip of the old block, and 4
real bonor to Arkansas. made hi,
! preparations for the frat time t
, leave home. His mother treated the
J thing good deal as mothers do, and
filed up the time before his depart.
ure with crying, packing up trunk
and making "cake tixins." Old
Winnie took a most grasping and
philos 'phical view OF the matter
He remarked that life was a pack OF
cards, and that your success depend
ed upon how they were dealt out
He said hs knew fellers who never
could get above a four spot, and
never enough OF them to make more
nor q pair. He'd knowed others,
again, who always had their hands
full Of queens and aces; and even il
the deal runs low, they wonld get
two pairs, or three duces. that war
even better in this case than "pic.
ters." In short, Uncle Winnie said
somo mon had luck, play as they
would, they couldn't in fact help
winning, whether they set down
with green ones, or took a shy at
"the tiger"
At last the "boy" was about to
take his departure; his mother gave
him her last kiss, and her most fer
vent blessing, and Uncle Winnie
accompanied him to The wagon that
was to take him to the steamboat
landing. The moment Of leaving
came; he had held up wonderfully
all through the prelininarles, but
now his heart was too full, and he
broke out as follows:
"Boh, you are about leaving home
for strange parts. You're going to
throw me out OF the game and 90 it
alone. The odds is agin you, Bob,
but remember always that industry
and perseverance are the winning
cards; they arc the bowers
"Book larning and all that sort of
thing will do to fill up with, like
small trumps, but you must have the
bowers to back 'em, else they aint
worth shucks. lfluck runs ngin you
pretty strong, don't cave in and look
like sick chicken on a rainy day,
hut hold your head up and make 'em
believe you're flush of trumps; then
they wont play so hard agin you.
1--WE lived and Travelled around
some, Bob, and I've found out that
as soon as folks thought you held n
weak hand, they'd buck agin yon
strong. So when you're sorter weak
keep on bold front. but play eau.
tious; be eatisfied with a pint
Many's tho hand I've seen cnchrcd
cause they played for too much.
"Keep your eyes well skinned,
Bob; don't let 'em mig on you; re.
collect the game lays as much with
the head as with the hands. BE
temperate; never get drunk, for ther
no mater how good your hand yor
f, won't know how to play it; boil
bowers and the ace won't save you
, Tor there's sartin to be 'misdesl
, or something wrong. And another
thing, Bob, (this was spoken in a low
, tone and in Bob's ear) don't 60 tot
much on the women; queens is kind
er poor csrds; the more You have o
'em the worse for you; you nigh
have three and nary trump. don
say discard 'em all; If You get hol,
OF one that's trump, it's all good
=, and that's sartain to be one ont O
I four.
"And above all, Bob. be homes,
never take n mans trick wot dom
! belong to You; nor slip cards. 10
= Mig for then you can't look you
man in the face, and when tina tn
case there's no fun in the game; it,
= n regular cut throat. Sonow, Bob
farewell; remember what | tell you
: and you'll be sure to win, and il yo
!, don't, serves you right to get skunl,
u ed"
{ Old Winnie's feelings now over
y came him, and with tears in his eyei
y he cOncluded:
o Good bye agin, Bob. and Go
D. bless you! BE man, and do hone
to your native state, and never be 9
g mean as to run for the Legislator,
y or try to get into Congress-; to d
~ ~ either is worse than keeping swe'
ie cloth at { mule race, or thimbl,
q rigger at negro camp meeting"
- Here the old man fell upon Bob
~ ~ neck; the two wcpt together an
70 parted.
W
he ON the Island OF False River
Louisiana, is found frog, called Il
up "egg frog" from it's great hankerir
be after "hen frnit." Being unable
ng break the shell Of the egg, it Is sws
ad lowed whole, after which the fr'
he climbs a tree and tn, n precipitat