The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-05-08
From The Lower Counties.


with face beemin with intellectual lite an
goodness kompletely captivated me. At
ter remainin thar fur day ur two, I con-
kluded to go to Perry kounty, thru by wa
Nv Henrivil an M Brig. l didn't no wun
foot Nv the rode. SO I Fad to make it by in
quiry. Well 1 moved it was a purity wild
kuntry, and I had on purity good close, so
concluded TO bora pistil. This I dun
without much difkulty frum wun Nv mi
frens, not KNOWN but what sum Nv them
backwuds fellers mite eroneously oonklude
that had thurtyfVe or forty dollars about
me sum whar. 1 met with no acsIdent
wuth 20 attenshun except the wheel craps,
that looked in fine groin order until l pas
sed Henrivil. 1 was ridin along refectin
on the past an listenin to the bithe churp
Nv the 3ricket. was thiukin Nv the kon-
trast between the kuntry was passin thru
and the home NV mi child hud. Yes, the
butiful and fertil hills and vallies its sill
van bruka an green meadows, in an around
Linvil, was all crowden on my memory
O, LinYil thou wunoe beautiful village
an How oft wood Unkle Sam
has cred 20 together like hen gath
e but ye wood not. Your
6od fte sgin the glorius
buIiful serafc daughters
Evenly influence in faver
SsS.y Febellion. No, they wood
ks with respect on the side
4nr IN lther parlers, nur they wood
about With them, nnr go to nun Nv
parties, nur Their stockade dances. No
Is + Ssun Nv en-. (exoeptin unknonsiderate
/ fu.) Well as was goin to sa, was ridin
along refeetIn on these past events, when
the rode begin to grow nifty dim, and
concluded I'd lost mi wa. After meander-
in around fur mile ur two, cum to
house an hollered, hello In response to
mi sonorous vOise. thar appeared very
large, feshy woman, apparently about half
a sentury old. A little cheTub Boy fOllered
in her wake down tn the yard gate.
Sec 1, ''Madum, will yu tell me the wa
to NJ Brig 90
"Well ken tell yu the wa mi ole man
allus went when he had to tend Cort thar"
| said she.
eyes um. of yu pless." SEE I.
well, be Just tuck this rode and went
round up the holer, and KEEP on up by Jas
Per's, an
"What Jasper is this, Madum ?" SEE I.
interruptin her.
why, its Jasper Hale mi sunin law +;
thst is, mine an the ole mans together"
she sed, shiftin her immense korporeal d.
menshuns frum wun fut 10 tother, can this
is over little gran SUM-" sed she, turnin to
her juvinile attendant, who upon fndin
himsel the object of my screwtiny. kom.
mensed series Nv jimnastik performances,
with big yaller dorg that formed one of
the trio, that was truly entertainin. EYES,"
kon tinued the ole woman, 'the rode forks
twise afore you git to Jasper's, but mi ole
man Jest KEEP on acrost the creek and up
by ole man Swanson s, and thar the rode
forks agin, but mi ole man jes KEEP strate
aorost the barens I'll he got to ole man Sims
and thar yoode better git direckshuns frum
him the balance Nv the wa"
''Well mi deer madum, what mought be
your husbands name ?"
"Why, hiz name is Jon, but most NV
people kali him 'Squire-Squire Penning-
tun," at the same time foldin her arms
acrost the upper region Of her immense
fude basket, an putin on a very grave ma
tronly air, she kontinued, eyes. he's been a
setin magistrate in this deestric fur the
! last fourteen years. He was elected jes
before our yungest sun was born, an he'll
be fourteen next Jinawary."
At this time 1 saw an ole gentleman ap-
proachin thru the field, when the good dame
remarked. with wOmanly pride, Wander
comes mi ole man now"
He cum up an told me hOwdy, when the
good matron told him that wanted to no
the wa to M Brig. The ole man went
thru with pretty much the came category
Nv eros rodes an names that hiz better half
had dun. Aud then sorutenizen me frum
he'd to fut, SEE he:
"Do 20 live in these parts %
''No sur, 1--we in Giles county neer
eva up thar Wei locker here want
70 to tell me about the Kuclux; I've hearn
so much talk about en- that rally want to
here the truth. an 1 no 20 no."
''No sur 1 don't no but nifty little about
EN- lao tina ar thar, fur I've seed EN-
twice, but never hsarn Nv EN- moiestin
eny body yit at least 1 amt much Altered
Nv um."
well" say the old man, II can't say
am afeard Nv EN- nuther. They cum TO