The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-08-14
ghost of himself to win a wife. This is
an Ger true tale.-Cfncinnatl Times.
How Tennessee was Settled.

How Tennessee was SeLJleo.
eyes," said Tom, "there she is" "W no"
said /. "Dd never tell you" said Tom,
''about that old woman you see over
there buying snuff and calico at the cor
ner grocery? Well, you know this part
Of the country (West Tennessee was
settled originally by old Virginians and
large sprinlsling of people from the State
of Buncombe, in North Carolina; you
know the State of Buncom5e, don't you?"
We confessed our ignorance of geography,
and Tom went out of his way to tell US
that Buncombo was situate in thatregion
of Tar river which burnt up some time
ago, and consisted of four counties known
as Upper and Lower Hog Thief, Promise
Fair, and Never Pay. "But, as I was go
ing on to tell, the way this part of the
country happened to be settled was this:
Some families from Virginia, in moving
out West, passed through the State OF
Buncombe. They all had regular old
fashioned covered road wagons, the hind
wheels of which were, as usual:
much larger than the fore wheels A
wagon of any sort was something new
in those parts and everybody turned out
along the road to see them; a great many
followed them, expecting every moment
to see the big wheels overtakc the little
ones. In this way. they kept on until
they got clear over west of the mountains;
and not having over sense enough to get
back, settled down right there" Look
here, Tom," said one, you don't intend
we should believe that ?' "Pledge you
my word it's true as preaching-yes."
sBut what about the old woman, Tom p
said one of the party. "Well," said he,
"she was one among those first ones who
followed the wagons from Buncombe.
After she had been out here about ten or
fifteen years, her father died in old Vir-
ginia and left parcel of negroes to be
divided among his children. There war'nt
many negroes in this settlement, and
those who did have them were looked up
on as sort of aristocrats. So when that
old woman heard of her fortune she at
once made arrangements to get the chat
tells, and one Monday morning, bright and
early, she and the old man harnessed up
the only horse they had, put their best
feather bed in the bottom of the wagon:
and started for Virginia TO bring their me-
groes home. After weeks of travel they
reached the old homestead, and secured
their share of the common fortune III the
shape of an old negro wcnch by the name
of Nancy. They placed her right in the
middle Of the big feather bed and hauled
her all the way back to West Tennessee.
They of course had 10 walk: but that was
nothing; they were the proud owners Of
slaves and could afford to doa eatmany
things that their poor ncighbors could
| not
"When they arrived home the old wo-
man was so proud of being called Miss
Bctsey' that she wonld 60 to the door OF
the log cabin and call to Nancy, who was
in the kitchen, N-a-n-c-i-c; and the an.
swcr would invariably come back. what
do you want Miss BotseyY Nothing al
all; only want to hear you call me Miss
Betscv. Fact" said Tom, "and one time
l was there Just after they got home. Eli
and some more Of us were going UP on
the crooked fork of Little Sandy to fish,
and stopped TO get little water to mix
with something one Of the boys had in q
Jug. Nancy was down at the spring just
under the hill doing the washing, and the
old woman went out in the back yard,
and yelled at the top of her voice NAH
c-yv and way under the hill | heard the
answer, 'W-h-a-t do YOU want, Miss
B-e-t-s-e-y?' Then the old woman sung
out again, 'Oh, nothing, | only wanted to
hear you call me Miss Bctsey from the
s-p-r-i-n-g?"
By this time everybody was laughing
fit to kill themselves, except Tom, whose
face was without q wrinkle. eyes, SIR
said he, II believe in ancestry; nothing
like knowing where we all sprung from.
Come, boys, if Judd has any schnapps left
let's take drink. IN 0. Crescent.
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