The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1867-11-15
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MY PURsNUL ixpEYUNsE CoNKrtDID.
BY MOzIs ADDUMs.

Tile Ease of nacher were changed.
was among my frefis, and my frens
maid me knewn to thar frens, and
went forrard like year old, with a
cuckil burner under his tale. Singul-
tuu were very bizzy; but he quit his
bizness, clapt On his hat, ketcht me by
the elbU; and IL wasn't two minnts be-
70 ole Mr.. Reip-he lives mex dor to
Albums, Singultun 81 Bukk-come 18th
with his Ease beamin like his own britc
tin-war, and me and him settild the ad-
vuttisment bizniss in no time. As we
went out, Singlltun says 'sthat's one nv
the best ole men you uvver see, and he
| done mo, for his means, for Cunfedrit
primers than emmy man in town.
Weu;'7 L says, she looks like that
| KIND Nv a'man, He's got him a good
ole. Honest Ease to his grey old hed:n
YES" he says, "you kin tell yo
peepel that they can't do no better than
trade with him. ..s
We dasht acrost the street to Carroll
'Addums q Neer-which Neer is neer
and deer rellatif NV Singultun-and we
| pusht our way thro' quarter NV mile
NV shoe and boot boxxis, piled up
highcfn o'hed, and way back yarnder
we foun them potners settin i'm pen,
with ballusters all roun; which it is d
fayrit way the rich merchants hay NV a
keepin NV the croud Of custlimmers
rum a suffakatin NV UNI to deth.
were told that preveyus to the bildin NV
| these here pens with ballusters a avridge
NV two merchants was suffocatid pn
dime, as the says in Latin, endurin NV
the blzzy seazun, and that its no UNI
kommon thing nowadays fer to find
a loose clerk or two layin trompled to
deth in tween the boXxis up in the LOFT
or down in the seller.
We didn hav no diffikilty with Neer.
but got his keerd to publish, and maId a
dart at ole man Walters, a overkote
and britches seller, but he were too biz
zy at the minnit, altho we jolted him q
goodeel, and he swubsekuntly give in
his keerd, saim as Neer. He certny
nave got quantity NV overkotes, sur
toots, weskuts, pants, and setry. NUT
TO dress every man and boy in Orrineh
IN span new suit. You go thar and
| see eff he amt.
Arfter interjuicinu me to the c=gnaw-
mus various NV Divrees q Co., Sing
ultun had to hurry back 10 his krokry,
levin me in the hands of Cappin Will
lis, a sqliarr-shoulderd young gentil-
mum, which fit calamity in our waw.
anuther-eye ee, flist-rate. lie had al
reddy Advertised, and his hous were so
immenehj and SO menny yung men
dartin up and down stars that were in
CRATE danger nv gittin lost. Whar the
pepel liyesand whar they git thar mum
ny irum fer to buy all them goods in
that thar hous, it is a perfoun mistry to
me. Maybe they git kreddt. dunno.
And then, agin, how the stokeeper NV
SIGH stO kin remembur one half the
things he's got, is anuther mistry.-
Maybe he gifts one clurk to remembur
one part and anuther nuther part, and
so on untwell betwicks UNI all they re-
members the hole NV UNI, tho they do
say that these bigg stokeepers has what
they calls Infunterry. which reckun
it is kind NV yung dickshunerry, con-
tanning NV the Mains NV everything they
got to sell. seen one of these fnfun-
tefrys; which it was got up very ku-yus.
1nstid Nv havin nv the Mains NV the
artukils themselfs, SIGH as brawdkloths,
kallyko, boss kottin, and sch, ther was
the Mains NV pepil, and they called it
"Drecktry," to keep strainjars from
findin out the price NV thar goods,
which was put down as the figgers NV
the numbers nv the houses NV the
streets NV the sitty. This saves the
truDbll NV markin NV the goods like
they doz in the Y Roads kuntry stos.
Frum one Cappin | got to anuther--
Cappln Ashby, NV the house NV Grim
doph d Sun, which he preuyd one NV
the bess frens l foun in Baltymo, bein
NV a man that'll do to tie to with
bubble DO gnot; and thro his lnfunce
got the keerd NV BoyG, Perree u Kos:
which Perree is avery dillibrit man,
and amt in no hurry to do nuthin till he
considers well NV it-(he'll suckseed)-
and also the keerd of Golesberry, Hem
ry & Buck, which they are yung men.
keepln NV q noshun sto over Boyd q
Perree, which Goiesberry 81 Henry
D,longs to the bess families in the Easten
Sho NV Merryland, and Buck bein akin
to Buck NV the firm NV Addums, Sing
ultitn d Buck, which the father NV the
Jcckun SAID Buck is one NV the incest
and best ole gentlemen that kin be
foun in Ferjinyer, which is sayin as
much as kin be sed for enny man, |
don't keer who he is. Ole Mr.. Rick
ards says so, and he knows; becos he's
one NV them kind NV man himselph.-
Golesberry, Henry d Buck sells No
shuns, and Boyd, Perree d 10. sells |
klothes, and eff you kin do better eny-
whar then at thar. stos, jest cum and |
tell me so.
l has ubzurvd in my yuth that i'm a
huntjn fer chinkapens or chesnuts. sltm-
ITEMS its long item befo you find the
fhst one; but artter that it gifts eezy
and eezier till you fill both pockits and
the sleeves NV your jackit, tied at the
wrisses, and kin play 'hull gull, han
FULL, OF "eyin or cd, agin emmy boy
IN skule. Eyin so in regard NV a git
ing NV Advertisements. The thing ar
20 git startid. Artter Singultun and
Ashby got me fairly under wey, slancht
nut fer myself, and got Selby 81 Dula-
ley-SelDy bein NV a bald hedded yung
nan that smokes constunt, and was
cktlf IN the Suthern Coz, enduring NV
ne WaW, playln7uv part that requide
Number l artekle NV grit. which he
idn get shet NV it all when the Con-
edresy went under, buI havs enuf OH
and fer peace proposes. His potnerara |
dark-hard yunggen-
Iemun, very dignifide; but not bortys
The quantity NV yune men In Balty-
10 that's at the he'd nv big biznisses,
nd the gravity NV thar maner, 'ston- ,
INT me mitely. | had idee that the /
unger man the hitler his bizniss.
nd the bigger u hous, the older and
lgger the man. Hamiltun Eestur | I
Npectld to see about 30 large cd yers ,
lie, and bout or s feet high; but | ,
)un nam the usyul statute. and not r
lutch older than Robbut Rine, which \
YES With him. j.. Eddud Beerd the }
ann Weys Pears to me that the new ,
hay crowdid out the ole in I
'alty mo pritty much, and this ahount. i
rekln, fer the sperrit and enterprise \