Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-11-25
PARIS, ME-, FRIDAY,

"onan scE Supposin' yoa tap your end
81 the bar1s' snd did. and she bought
drink. and paid me Picayune. Pretty soon.
began O. get dry. and SAYS Ole uo-
man. spoEen' you tap your end of The bar'ls
and .hc did and then she sell me a drink
and the way that picayuns has Travelled
back ards and for'sr,i. over the the bung Of
barl - a caution % them a. love r~d eve.
Bot stranecr. losses = apt % come Nth ev-
cry business and M and the old woman
has lost some IN the grocery line and tell
you how t-as. The boy Bin. our oldcs;
son. b. see how the Ecker vas COIN. and
be didnt have nary ri % jine in the retail
business 50 one night he crawled Under
The house. AMI taps the harl at~ixt the
cracks in the puncheon-foor. really believe
he's got more than ne or IN ole woman ith-
er he good for nothin' vagabon'. o. come
the gaif over hi. natural born parcnts.
u's cnuf % make a man sour acin al c-ra-
ton thar bowl be ;hc ruinrion Of us vet.
Iie takes o. triekery jis, A. natural as bun
~ r-ossua take. O hen roo-t. Now.
sirangcr. vhai on vearth an 20 dos lie
beats me and tie ole woman eufirclv.~
Traveler 1T would bs aiHrult E.- me
% advise IN regard 10 your son. and have
no family - nav own. You sav it'. ten
miles o. the next house The bis crcek is
uP the bridge carried away no possibility
oi for,ling Il. AM seven miles through
swamp 90 the only bridge n the vicinity,
'This . rather a gloomy prospect. particu-
h-iy a. the sun j. about down: uin. nv
curiosity . excited. and a, you have been
plarias only one part % the Arkansas
Traveller ever since my arrival. wouidlike
20 kno~. before leave. Why yoa doat play
The tune firouyss-
AK Artist. . Fo- one of th. tc.. r~a-
sou' in The World. OF ho.s-I amt do it.
htint learnt the tarn 81 that tehune. and
drat me fI believe 7 shall.
Travcler: Give nv YOUR instrumsnt.
AMI I'ii see Il I can't play The fu-a for YOU
Ark Artist Look o'be-r. ny friend.
ID you play the furs of that ;chunes-
Travclcr % I believe 7 ar.
Ark. Artis; Lite. lite Oh hos. 80
s,'R hni pla-c f,r you in the cabin. sure.
Olc woman "a 'halIo- within the .hanty
-as the hr,t inlicatiou the Traveller had %
any other hdnan beng ca the pr-usi.>.)
stranger plays the fsrr. ofthe Ra~t~asret
Ir1r~'er' Nv friend. bitch your hos. 20
The 'simmon tree. Or any where else vou
please. BHIi bc here soon. and he'll take
k-er q him. Oie woman You call Sal and
Nance uP from ihc sPring; tell Nance 90 g
into The spring-h house and cut ~ cooi
large piecr o. bear steak. % briis for The
strangers supper toli Sal 60 knock over
chicken or t-o, and ct out some aour. and
have some aour ioin's snd chicken fxins
f1r the strangcr (BiH inst hcavss IN si-hf.
tvcutv-i1ur ho1rs earlier than be vas ex-
pccted haf hour befoSe) Bu. % Bin.
there's stranger here. and b. PLAYS the
f,ra 20 the Rarkensack Traveller g %
tbe corn-erib and. get q big punkin. and
bring 70 90 the house. - the stranger can
have saihin o. 80 on and skin later With
ne and the ole wonaan. whns the ral. b.
getting supper ani B.lI. take the ho.s and
give hiln plenty 90 corn no nubbins. Bill.
fheu rrih bin dosn ~eii and 'hen. when
you cone % the house. bring up a dried
h.ie and bear.kin. f1r the stran-er %
sleep on and tl>l. 1911. reckon beTl play
the ta-a Of the Eackcusark Trayeicr.' br
us
The "r1nkia- -ss broagbt; "ta,ers-
ser, 90 Skinned ani esten the 90 turn of
ihe " Raekcnsack Travcier~ ~hs repeatedly
played. 90 ab1niint eiif-a,ion. and the
gal fnaily anrourced tiat supper vas
ready ind ilfhoagh instead of.' stor--tes ~
thcy only bal .. sax ifras tca-doin'.. sitb-
oat uiit. yet o. rr1as, vs. orc to t. long
sme.fsr.I T'. f-rt.'.- r.n1r-,l au
ri-'f. a.f sa. p...t.l safely over thc '.big
..,.a carly ihe next morning Ofa truth.
'. ml.i. bal. charms to soothc o. savage
breast -Kniekerboeker Ma-ns.re.