Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1869-10-01
The Josh Bill,ngs Papers,
THE nAoooos AND THE pErrIroaaEa,5

country soon after it's discovery by Columbus,
without cent, and nothing but his claws tew
get living with. &
He IL one ov them kind ov persons whose
hide ix worth more than all the rest ov him.
Ho resides among the heavy timber, and
cultivates tho cornfelds and nabring garden
sass for sustonauce, and understands hiz biz.
ness.
His family consists ov wlfo and three
children, who live with him on the inside Of
tree.
Ito can alwus be found at homo during the
day rcddy tew receive calls, but his nights
are devoted tew looking after his own affairs.
He dresses in soft fur, aud his tail, which
IL round, has rings on it.
These rings are ov the same material that
the tail IL. and are worn on all occasions.
During the winter he ties himself up 10 O
hard not aud lays down by his fresido.
When spring opens he opens, and goes ost
10 see how the chickens have viatered.
dis life IL as froe from lAbor a new pen
ny, and if it wasn't for the dogs and the rest
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everybody else has lost-heaven on earth.
But the dogs tree him and the men skin
him, and what thare iz left ov him amt worth
cuss.
He IL natral vagabond, like the hedge
hog and the alligator, but luvs to be civilized
and liv among folks, but he has one vice that
the smartest missionary on earth kant redeem,
and that is the art of steclug.
He IL scckond only tew the crow in the
petite larceny, will steal what hc kant cut nor
hide.
lie will turn over barrel ov apple sass
just for the fun ov rnauling the sass with his
feet, and will pull out the plug out ov the
n,olassis not be kause he luvs sugar emmy
better than he duz yung ducks, but jist tew
see if the molassis has got good daub tew
it,
hav studied animal doviltry for lS years;
be kausc tho more devltry in an anilna, tho
more human lie is.
can't find, by sarching the passenger list,
that Noah had coon on board, but sm viii
ling tcw bet 10 pound oyc mutton assage
that mister coon and hiz wife committed By
stealing ride.
never knu rackcoon tew want eInyting
long that he could steal quick
Ennyboddy who has ever looked , coon
right square in the face will bet yu dollar
that he iz dead beat, or under Ave hundred
dollar bonds not tew get into bzzincss for the
next ninety days.
hav had tame coons by the donn--they
are az ensy tew tame as child # you take
them young onuh, but kant ldvise enuy
buddy to cultivate coons; they wlnt as mutoh
looking after az blind mule on a tow path,
and there aint no more profit ia them than
thar IL in stock dividend on tle Erie rail
road.
never was out ov pet an NAL since l
kan remember till now, but fav gone out
ov the trade forever; lately discovered that
it was good deal like making whisscl
out of d cats tail, running com bctable tale,
and reaping kursid mean whssl
Rackcoons liv tcw be sixty five years old if
they piss the society ov mon AMI dogs cnuff;
but tharc aint but few ov then die ov old
age The Northwestern Fur Company are
the CRATE undertakers of the coon family
feel sorry for coons, for with triae more
brains they would make respectable pettifog.
gers before justis ov the peace; but even
this would not save them from final perdish.
un.
Nature don't mike emmy mistakes after oil
she hits the bull right in the eye every time.
When she wants rackcoon with rings on his
tail sho makes him, and when she wants
pcttfogger she knows how tew make him
without splicing good coon.
Petsifoggcrs, no doubt, have destiny tew
fill, and they may cnablo a justiss Of che peace,
ia cloudy day, tew know.a good deal less cv
tho law than he otherwise would still for all
this, if was obliged tcw pray for one or the
other, I think now l should say, give US
little more coon and good deal less pcttifog-
ger.
If the rackcoon would only give his whole
attenshun to politics thar ain't but few can
beat him. He is Mt homo on tho stump !;
and menny on us old cooas kan rekolekt how,
in 1910, with nothing bat hard cider diet,
no swept the country from tho north to the
south pols like cargo oy epson salts. .--Ne,o
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