M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-03-09
Traveller. : Hello, stranger.
Squatter. er.-Hello, yourself.

Traveller Hello, stranger.
Squattcr Hello, yourself
T; Can | get to stay all night witt
you9
1 s. You can get to go to Halifax
7. Have you any spirits herel
s. Lots Of EN-, Sal saw one lasI
night by that thar ole holler gum
and it nearly skorred her to death.
L. You mistake my meaning, have
you any liquor9
S. Had some yesterday, but Ole
Bose he got in aud Tapped all Nv it
out'n the pot.
7. You don't understand me,
don't mean pot liquor. Pm wet AMI
cold, and want some whisky. Have
you got anya
s. Oh, ycs-I drank the last this
morning.
7. Pm hungry, and hsv'nt had a
thing since morning; caut 20 give
inc something To eatI
S. Hain't darn thing in the house.
Not mothtul Of meat or a dust Of
meal here.
T. Well, can't you give my horse
something's "
s. Got nothing to feed him on. '.'
L. low far is it to the next housel
S. Stranger Il don't know, I've
never been thar.
L, Well, do you know who lives
herel '.... '.
S. Go. " ''.'
7. AS | Lam SO bold, then, what
might your name bel
s. 1t uight be Dick, and it might
be Tom, but it lacks darn sight OF
| it, s-''
7. Sir9 will you tell me where
this road goesl -
S.'lt's never been any whar since
I've lived here; it's always thar when
| git up in the mornin',
% T. Well, how lar is it to where it
forks. .a. ....... '.'
S. 1t don't fork at all, but it splits
up like the dell. .'
I. AS I'm not likely to get to any
house tonight, can't you lot me sleep
in yours, aud l'll tie my. horse to a
tree, and do without anything to eat
or drink. .. 4...' = .T'.
s. My house leaks. Thar's only
one dry spot in it, and me and Sal
sleeps on it. e.; And that thar tree is
the ole wOman's persimmon; you can't
tic to it, cease she don't want 'em
shook off. She alows to make beer
out'n um. -'-'-~
T. Why don't you finish covering
your house and stop the leaks2 -..
S. It's been raining all day, 10
7. We'll, why don't you do it in
dry weather. -s
S. 1t don't leak. ' '''- '.."..' 49,
T. As there sesms to be nothing
alive about your place but children,
how do you do here anyhow. J 20.
s. Putty well, | thank yon, how
90 you do yoursella ."o n..HN.l.
I. Il mean what do you do for a
living here2 .ar. .TE a.a''a".E'. ...
S.1lKeep tavern ard sell whisky
T.IWelb | told you wanted some
whisky. .."
s; Stranger! bought a bar'l morn
a week ago. You see me and Sal
went shares. Arter we got it here,
weonly had 5ittween US, and Sal,
she didn't want to use hern fust, nor
me mine. You see | had a spriggin
in:one eend, and sue in tother. Soshe
takes a drink out'n my eend, and
pays me the bit Tor it; Isnd then ld
take one out'n hern, and give her the
bit. Well, we's getting long fust-
rate, till Dick, darn skulkingI skunk,
he born a hole on the bottom to suck
at, and the ne1t time ! went to buy a
drink, they wurnt none thar. %.
" T. Pm sorry your whiskey's all
| gone; butt my friend, why don't you
nlaytthe balance of that tune29aa 3.
s: It's got no balance to litrs,, Id
7. / mean you don't play the
| whole oft. Il - aoiI ~ no
'ElQS. Stranged can you play the it'd
! duh 200 10 9gtit3 odl GiiH rgil I'll
j T,nYesua littlelsometimes. su la
sS. .You don't look Ikea, fiddlur,
but ef you think you can play more
onto that thar thuHe, YOU kin just gil
down and dtryN ,ghoY val
(The Traveller gets down and plays
the whole of it.)
! S. Stranger, take half dozer