The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1863-04-10
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HOW JOB WON The ss,5Oo.

,he lass for ha;ng trua a Ksntnctv-
morse drover hs;So * sogtb lcasoI;ns
WITH a drove hannsnsd totska The neigh
borhood of Can whose charec.
Ier. for iocksv;no and n,aDosvsriDc in
trade was mnch mora cslehratsd Than
his feats in arms TbaK antact;an hav-
inc a perfect acouaintanes vitEhis char.
acter. went to see him ~ sell him some
horses, or to swan. or 10 rnn q race as
the destinies might order'and decree'
He was one Of those caralass. nncon.
cernsd knock down and drar ont look.
ing sort of a fellow who could assume
Just as much simplicity Of countsnance
and address as might REQUIRE. He had
the appearance of twenty.tWo or twenty.
three years of age and. as usual, was
dressed in the blue mixed leans to hide
the dirt and wore a drab colored hat for
the same reason. u
General" said he, Unjust from old
Kaintuck, With powerful nice horses, and
may be you want some. Daddy told me
If l came on to your parts to call on
you and he reckoned may be you buy q
pair OF matches or helpsme in traiden
for ne said you had power Of money
and understood traden' to Scrib.-
Here's q letter from him, handing it to
him "And besides, / have as fine 9
pair or matches as you could shake 9
stick at, and as tight for quarter, Dad.
dy says as any in these parts; he says
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DEAR GENERAL take this oppor
.unity 70 write to you by my job, who
Is 1aken the nrst grove he ever driv, ant
L want you 70 roll logs a lettle for him
i !. 70 S ne sul.S sun you, JOBS JOBS spry enough
~ 1ome, 1It nasen't cls MS eye teeth yet
anu yCuIl lehu nun a nand. III 40 a
unucn ior any OF your ooys, II you haV'
so' auy, whatsoever they come here ira
u,usi VI any'nlng else' 80 no more q
P.esen., N, ou1 remain your aneeuonat'
''''nu I'LL uea'n'
fETER ToMpKINs'
The hero of our horse races cottol
bags, and sugar hogsheads thought ht
perceived o neat speculation, and actet
accordingly. Mr.. Job Tompkins wa
received with much courtesy; his maj
and boy were entertained with the bes
in the larder while his five and twent,
horses were not neglected, II is tru,
that the General had not the slightes
recollection of his friend and correspon
dent Peter Tompklns. He might hav
once known. him or not, it was the sam
thing. Here was Job a raw Kentuck,
stripling, with twenty FIVE horses as cas-
lily squeezed as a ripe lemon. II wa
not in his nature to forbear
In the meantime, Mr. Job Tompkin
made himself quite free and cagy, ant
swaggered about the costly furnishe
apartments as if he had been in To-
cabin. He viewed the silver.plate o.
the side board with much apparent as
tonishment, and a pair of silver snuffer
especial y excited his curiosity.
"Lord Gineral are them thar candl
snuffers' made ont of pure stuff l neve
seed any afore but iron ones, and nam
uses her shears. And them ar thing
on that big chiSt (the sideboard) is th
ra'al Spanish castins l heard talk {
this afore, but never seed it. Now if