New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-10-21

1 'uID ter in tcI save LIS very sot FUR knowd he
nuysr pay IN Duiin but Iroizes. an fer lis age dad
war ,ho raos. p.omisE nan ye knowd or. Wall I
butoned up my pocket end dad eyed the clock an sez
be ter tho peddler: Stranger. I'd loike un Nv them
nightly but rocks! Is seecc jest now taint got cuy
three dollars in the wurle."
"Ta.u't sc I" said tie peddler; "van that's a al
fred pity; but bens yes nopstrus nicc sort O. men,
an beins oilers kind O took ter sech folk as ye is
ye kin hcv clock fur yer three dollns. But wouldn't
cell IN ter nary ubcs RED for that money how
wal dad tuck The clock. and the pcddler tuck the
money and moseyd of"
Dad got drr1 hgh or thot clock he took on overit
.ur al the wur,e jos, like ellie oyel new paytbn
He got up airlier en- SGT mp later then uyer knowd
him aorc Jest yeye il strike but arter few days it
stored st..k1. nuyer struck ngini Dad WIS sold
an sold, too, by a rantaDke:ors YaTkee; On dad
a,lers counted (bu mind. stranger. doani guV ths
ny Iir:on) thet Yankee or leetlc TIE measies.
cri,t,r in al creation. Wall. not more n month after
the, dad en- wus wuckin' IN the corn patch up
day VITO shud conc lore the road but TIC YanEcc ped
der As &c dad seed him re ter me- eoS lie:
r ,cls cn' tstors. Tom but thar tLet or.dacous
Yankee Now. Ell doan't strike better time on hiS
norTin then his dingnaon clocks uver struck in 81.
thar Ives IN pike sire: FUR kinCconcomo. ef hes ter
gwo a.oot" Biin With wrsth Cad roseyed fur the ped
dlor; be: he he'd Mt n GOT ipsde o hearn' fore
the Ynrhee bawlcd ont. "Isay. Mister yes got clock
as bongs ter me- 1t woat gwo an WANTS ter Get 1t.
an euv &c I'M wul gwo he'd Jest 'un bad one in tie
lot an'Ise bin sarchn nr mong nich ontor hurried
folks ps sold clocks ter an hnint found tyit &c mus
hov tucken il by mistake Iknovsye did case sees it ii
yer eye
Thct rellorea dad ter onst en- ter OWE the truth e
euy m< q scrt O. good 2iDion Nv TIC Yankee. Waii
dad an be svoppod clocks on the pedder stayed ter
dinner-an the cd 'udnt take red i1r T. he weg
90 taken with him. AS be vus swine ter leave the
peddler opcd the hind eend Nv bis saen. an tain
ont peck measure, Leapin Ian Nv whot 'peared tho
tales, oe:s thet uver crowd. he soa to nc. eeS he
Tom, ye an yer fnTd,r les bin marin clever ter me-
an MI ,cr lokcs be obligated ter no body 80 yeres
some the finest plantin oats ye uyer knowd on taxe
I'M; they grow ye nonstrous tai crop as big as
oak trees"
Now ye fee l bed four yea! old mar I'd raised mp
with my own hans l sot dreeul high on hsr an ehe
sot drci-ul high On oats. an I'd bin sayn up them
two dollar, spressy ter buy eecd ter make crop FUR
bar private eatn'. So. when seed thcm oa's o tho
pedders they filed ny eye, loike the camel Med TIC
cye Of the needle jn Scrptur. He hednt gum nc
nuI ter gwo no distance in plantin but tein be war
10 ccarous oise could Ut him ter guv more. SO
seq tor him: Granger. would ut &c SCI bushel o
them oats y
"Wan. Tom" be se,. "I,eins It's ye. en- 20 an ye'
farder is sech clever folk. doert know ou
I'd sell 70 the rAok I'm. fur the fact ar theys toc
hearty lokc fur my hoss 70 zee the elers got soi
9 weak stomach. an can't 'gost I'm guess tlAf
nigh on ter Eve bushe TN beins they haint Nv no Use
ter me yc sha he's the Who'll, um fur them 1.-TWO del
lars yorrn." Nov Ifgger'd on my fingers an iounI
thct warn moron forty cents trshel an oats see'
as var raised in dggins. an they Want 10 va!
nirh so nice as the-wcnt fur sixty 70 kin reckon
] tuck um an ye mought bleve IT rained big ff'sin
Oh the, reddler bout the tine lie druy Off He'd altered
my 'pinion O. tho Ynnfs pletoly an toe him he orie
mako hissof inter wild munagree, 60 irav the who!
Suthn kenry Jest ter show folk whs. the Yankees rna
Is; fur krowd Ct lie done IT they'd swap thar 'pn
ions Jest as bed. an th,t ye know would do
mighty hesp to'ards perpc r,Ta,ir' tie Union. Wei
after he war gone tuck the five bulhol later tie hous
an kivered u up kcer.nl in the cocklof bit, feein
mighty gcrrous ioikc. on 'count my big hnrgin
thort I'd guy the mer o Christmas dinner o tn
peek measure full put afore her. az shc sraelc'
on um rayernous rad for miDnet but tlen she iaret
Up hnr nose an wouldn't luck at nm agin"
she found them too hearty lcike. suppo'e." ]
said restraining stroog inclination to laugh.
Il 'sposo she did. an reckon they road hev bin
RATHER hard O ecsion. for they wcs SHOE rEes ."
shoe pegsr
"Yas shoe.persi TIE durnsiion Yankee he'd 4
scowrn tie lu deestic.. an found 10 'cn green huff
ter buy 'un. but me"
Amid the general lnngh which ersued. askcc
And how about the clock how did tina, turn oct =
"'Twus wuss nur rother-it nayer struck onst
We'll that Yankee Was smart" said the Captain
" 1t takes q smart one TO get head you Tom."
"He didn't git ahead Nv me-" replied Tom with comic
ind lgnation. Il WIS three dollers inter him when
got shut o them oats Ye sees to.ed 'uEnier Pike
VILE an sold um fur whot they raay vus-shoe pegs-
an got hye dollars fur the lot. The pedder mouGht he'
done L. Of lie could onyho hev brought his mind TO ac'
honest but he'd rutLcr cheat fur half price nnr trade
far fur full pay An thet's the sort o. Yankee yeve
sent 'morg u.s. stranger. They's done heap toard'
cuyin U, bad 'pnon onye. an brungin on THE war;
Il know they have. blush 30 think was born on
tho sane planet with some Of them But Ton.
about getting down from tho moon How did you do
tha.r
why" replied Ten. with sars field that was per
fectly irimable. Il Jest waited til the moon como
round the yerth agin on when Got bout over dads
doadnin. let myself drap. an landed siuar in the
yam patch. sound as yc sees Lie. poseycd fur
home. an told dad whr ia bln ! an uh'
sea ter me- SEA be, Bully fur ye. Tom; yer a
raal chip o. the old block ye kin ,ray or spin yarn
nigh up ter yer fader. an thet sayina heap An II
war sayin heap. for dad could Lie lo.kc parson."
AFR the merrlment which followed Toms stories had
subsidized ! said TO him:
Speaking Of riding round the moon in that kerrige
90 Lac coffin. reminds Of travelling in coffin
myself"
| An low WIS II. stranger asked Tom; Dye
blievc 70 kin tell bigger story than tibet about the
moonr