The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1869-10-16
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tnste1 rtHtRs eq Ameflea he eHil.
Tfslei isv ihia country seea siist
Its discovery ly colsmbu.. sIihout
q cent, snd nothing but hlz claws
isv es' a living with
lie "a sne ~ ihem Kind sv
persons SHORE hide IA worth more
tlau oil the fesi ~ him.
lie resides among The heavy
iIml,er, and eul,lsates the sofnGeIds
aud nahfing rssd.a sass ior sus,en.
anee. and understands hiz biksnc.s.
IIiz family consists ov a wife and
three children. who Nv with him on
the inside ov q tree.
lie can alwus DO found at home
during the day, reddy tew receive
calls, but biz nights are devoted 10
lookcng after his own affairs.
lie dresses In soft fur, aud hiz tail,
which Ia round, haz rings on Il.
Theze rings arc ov the same ma.
ierial that the tail IL, and are worn
upon oil occasions. h.L
During the winter he ties himself
up into bard not and lays down BY
hiz fresidc.
When spring opens, he opens,
and goes out tcw see how the chick
ems hav wintcred. .t. l.fl
Hiz life " az free from labor az a
new penny, and lift wasn't for the
dogs and the'rcst oy mankind, the
raccoon would find what everybody
else haz lost--a heaven upon earth.
But the dogs tree him and the
men skin him, and what there IL
left ov him amt worth Q cuss, M.
He IL not a natural vagabond like
the hedgehog and the alligator, but
luysto be civilized and liv among
folks; but he haz one vice that the
smartest missionary on earth kant
redeem, and that IL the art NV steal
ing f.. g4ao p.,,f
He IL seckond only tew the crow
in petty larceny, and will steal what
he kant eat nor hide. ..,..,..t.
He willtip over a barrel ov apple
sass just for the fun ov mauling
the sass with biz feet, and will pull
out the plug ov the mollassis not be-
kase he luvs sugar emmy better than
he doz young duck, but jist tew see
if the mollassis haz got a good daub
to it, ...4.f 9t.4.
| hav studded animal deviltry for
eighteen years, bekause the more
deviltry in an animal, the more
human he ". a... 5,st
I cant find, by searching the
passenger list, that Noah had a coon
on; board, but | am willing tew bel
10 pounds ov mutton sassage that
mister coon and hiz wife committed
By stealing q ride, ... ,ea,. ,s,,s
| ! never knu a raccoon tew want
ennything long that he could steal
quick. 49,
| Ennybody, who shaz ever looked
a coon right squareih the face, will
bet yu a dollar that he IL a dead
beat, or under five hundred dollars
bonds, not tew go into bizzness fol
the next ninety days. aailnls
ri hey had tame coons by the dog
zens, they are az eazy tew tame a.
achild, ifyutake them young enuff
but Lkant advise ennybodyto cult
vate coons, they want az much look
ing after az q blind mule on a tow
path, and thare amt emmy NOR,
profit in them than thar IL in q stocl
dividend on the Erie Rail road. I
iiI,never wuz out ova pet anima
since I ken remember, till now, bu
/ hav gone out ov the trade forever
lately / discovered that ii waz
good deal like making a whissel
out ov kats tale, running a com
Portable tale, and reaping a kursi'
( mean whissell. ie 'a II fA3i g
Raccoons liv tew be 65 years oil
ifthey missthe sosiety ov men an
! dogs enuf, but thare amt but fey
',Iov them die ov old age the north
4 western fur company are the grea
undertakers ov the coon family /
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II Virginia papers state that the ne
, gro population y: rapidly leavin
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/, Twelve Kentucky Democratic ps
: pers oppose the Louisville Couris,
7 Journafs proposition to drop the d
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