The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-04-10


quiries about the road, at Q small
log tenement, inhabited by q, sand.
hitler and family. A sign was
hanging upon the wall containing
ihe portraits Of the Presidents Of the
United States. | remarked, to the
ady OF the house that those were,
believed, the pictures Of the Presi
derts.
Y,s," she replied; "they is; and
I've hoern tell OF 'em long time. -
They must be geitin' mighty old, ei
some OF 'em amt dead. That top
ono" she continued, "is Gineral
Washington. I've hearn Of him
ever sence was gal. lie must be
gcttin' mp in years, ef he aint dead
Him and Giperal Jackson fit. the
British and tories at New Dreams,
and whipped 'cm too" She seem.
ed to pride herself CRAFTY on her
historical knowledge.
One Of these geniuses once In
formed me OF peculiar kind Of hook
he'd hearn tell on" that the Yam
KEGS had lie had forgotten its
name, but thus described II: "lt
told the day o. he week the month
come in on. IL told when we was
gwine to have rain, ane what kind
OF weather we WAS gwine to have In
general. May be they call it rain.
book"
replied that | had heard of the
hook, and believed that it was
called an Almanac.
you've eaid it now" remarked
the man. It's an alminick. an 1
I'd give half l's wuth to have one.--
Id know when to thko an umberell,
and i'll hadn't nary one, I'd know
when could go huntin without
gettin' wet. .. n.f
Two OF these semi savages had
resolved 70 remove to the West, in
hopo OF bettering th, ir condition.
One wished TO remove TO Arkansas,
the other to Texas. The wife Of tho
former wished To go to Texas, the
latter to Arkansas. The husbands
were desirous Of gratifying their
spouses, but could devise no plan
that seemed likely to prove satisiac.
tory, ill one day, when hunting,
finding game scarce, they sst down
upon a log, when the following dia.
logu cnsued:
Kit, Pm sort o. peetered about
Dilsio. She swars to Rsckensacls
she'll go, and no whar else. al
lers had u hankerin' arter Texas
Plague take hackensack, | say -
Efa man war thar, the ager and the
airthqnskes ed shake him ont on 1t
quicker'n nothin."
"When a woman's set on a gwine
any whar, they're gwine. lt's Jest
no use to talk. I've coaxed Minnie
more'n little to go'long with me to
Arkansas, and the more | coax, tho
more she won't go" .vf'
"W,ll, Kit, 'sposen VIC swap wo.
men"
"Wcll, Sam, what trade'Il ys
gin2'
20 a gentleman's trade, Of
c)urse.'
Sbucks, Sam, 'sposcn | had Q
young filly, an you an old mare,
J Oh wouldn't ak an even trade would
ye!' .HrN
mo; it nd be too hard. III tell
You what III do, Kit. Here's .
shotgun that's with ten dollars, Of
it's wuth IA red. III give it and that
ar bar skin bangin on the eide OF
my shanty, to boot, and say it's .
ira de-"
"'Nuff sod, ef the womeu's satis-
fed.
Home they went, and stated the
case to the women; who, after duo
elaboration, acceded to the propos-
ilion, having also made satisfactory
arrangement about the children,
and they all went on their way re-
joicing to their respective dcstina.
lions in that
"Amorican's haven OF eternal rest,
Found Il little farther West"
SEEING THE ELEPHANT.
On the Sabbath after the com.
plelion Of the Memphis & Charles.
to Railroad, a large number of tho
sand hillers can, to luka Springs,
to witnees the passage Of the cars.
Arriving too early, they visited a
church where divine service was
progressing. While the minister
was in the midst OF his sermon, the
locomotive whistle sounded. when
a stampede took place to the rail.
road. The cx)dus left the parson
almost alone in his glory. This
passing train causel tho most ex-
iravagant expressions and gestures
OF wonder and astonishment by these
rude observers. 1t was an era in
'hcir Ii Q. as
Olcr. while standing on the rail.
road, | observed a crowd of these
PEOPLE coming TO see the elephant
They came 40 near that | overheard
their conversation. One young
| So, OF sweet sixteen, with slattern
,lress and dishcveled hair. looking
up the road, which was visible tor
II great distance, thus expressed her
ut what sie saw
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