National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1867-11-08

/ 1Our," counting tiic hI'HlbtIS pres
ent) fourteen hot whlskey punches
and box of cigars. All John,
fifteen hot whiskies, General Walk
er, YOU are Just in time. General
Richardson, you will read the min
Utes of the last meeting
The completion of the reading
found the Board warmed externally .
and internally for the transaction of
business. Under its auspices organ .
ization and enrolment progressed .
rapidly. The Territorial Governor /
(Denver)iSsued a proc ma i o II
against it but proclamatiOns were
cheap and plenty, and his We're un-
needed. There were frequent ru
mOrs that he was about to promote
, its leading members to the honorS
. of martyrdom by arresting them,
2 but, once begun, he could hardly
, have stopped without arreSting the
whole population of Kansas. So he
confined his warfare to paper bul-
lets OF thebrain.
WESTERN PROVINCIALISMS.
In Kansas one heard the slang
and proyimcialiSmS of every section
p Of the country, beside some indigo
b nous to the soil. me lmportatlohS
were chiefly from Missouri. which
had furnished more than half the
l. entire populations Most readers have
: heard Ohioaus spoken OF as Buck
e. eyes. Or0m the buckeye tree) Hi
, uniluS MS .SuckrrS.' IndianianS as
'ltooslerS, ana 4IichIgamderS as
: 'Wolyerines.' Early CalIiorhI'hS
, rimiSt>ncd as 'PHkrs' the lnme-
- grants from Missouri, declaring that
. they had yomited forth from that
- prolific state. And however shock
ing to ears polite, the appcllation
has adhered to them ever since
. MssourianS tranSplanted into Kan
? SaS many of their pet phrases. Onc
: morning a Squattcr host OF mine
, remarked:
. 'Thcse m0la~ScS is sWcetcr than
D any maple molaSscS | ever seem
This unique use of the NATIONAL
! Sarchdrlnc only III the plural oIl@i-
y mated in Pennsylvania. | heard
p another MisSowan reply to inqul-
\ ricS touching his health
e j had the shakes last week, but
F., now have gotsbut OF them
/. \ thirl, asked concerning hS
n crop Ct corn. responded;
e .YcS. | caised power of it. |
= have ted a heap to my cattle, and
e got right smart chance left
Rural Mis>ourians never carry
burdens, but always 'pacN or tote
% them. Among other provinelai'3mS
4 through the Sol!tllNeSl 'ae use ',3i 1i
Il 'crapped (a corruption OF ere Cppea)
- is sometimes drol ana staItllhg.-
. General Marcy tells OF an AikahSah
who, pointing to a niue man WIN Il
!. huge wife, inquired;
# cap, don't You recon that lha'
there httle man mas NIUE over
+ crapped himself
The use OF 'heel' as the singular
OF 'ha ewes, nearly ooSoIr'' through
the East, IS common 'ne W eNtGrn II
II farmer saying l nave just sol" "
X beet
lu The New EnSiaAotF SHOUTS 70
ViNt'iiN Hl'H
III The Southerner or eS'tll'eI CRIES
,u I'nn,ioronts o,U' U,t from thp East wer,
id cow, ,',,, ,,n7.,r- at thn cxnrnsc OF thci
or Missouri ncighborS. In aStrretdiS
.ty cussion a loungcr was defending as
lc' correct the rural Southern phrases
AT .Wc'2ns' and 'you'unS. One o
,b- the bystandcrs asked him:
for Are YOU a grammalrm
iN- (which 2 was his beW.ldercd III
en quiry.
VI Are you grammar I"'
i'm why, no; I'm a Mi~~out1'h
my 1t WAS distinction WIN " "'''g'
IRE ecnc. }ut the fun IS not All OH on
lat side. remember an eld N'SSour
=. an who was brought in contact Wlt
I'VE many Eastern men by theestl'I'Nl
m mcnt of a new stage i'm tufouS
lta- his neighborhood. SAID he:
'"It I've lived on the ironj'rr a'' III
llS' life. ! know Engllsh ana ,"' ~
hg' language, and have picNeo III!
ne Smattering OF ffep."' 9p''''n .,
Inle Choctaw and I,eia"3l' p9' VI VI
mp language | can't QgGeiN'9nI' ~ ~
hu that is this lnlelnai Ne" i"lh h'
eoi cuage.'