The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-09-25

by Columbus, without cent, ana noth-
ing but his claws tew get n living with.
He is one ov them kind oy persons
whose hide iz worth more than all tho
rest ov him.
He resides among the heavy timber
and cultivates the cornfields and nabrint
garden sass for sustenance, and under
stands hiz biznezs. Y iE
His family consists ov wife and thre
children. who 1.-Two with him on the in
side ov tree.
He can alwus be found at home durin
the day, reddy tew receive calls, but hi
nights are devoted tew looking after hi
own affairs.
He dresses in soft fur, and his tai
which is round, has rings on il.
| These rings are ov the same matters
that the tail il, aud are worn on all o
casions.
During the winter he ties himself l
in hard not, always lays down by h
freside.
When spring opens he opens, and so
out to see how the chickens hav winte
ed. -
His life IL as free f-.a labor az
penny, and if Fit; i ind sa .sa 'or 'ho d9Sls d9S1uls
the rest oy, Aiho the rackcoop ou'u
find pdyrseverybody else has losd dcaven
IsSearth.
r But the dogs tree him NJ the men
SKIN him and what thare isfeft ov him
amt worth a cuss.
lie is not natral aybond, like the
hedgehog and the alligEor, but luvs to
be civilized and live ,hong folks, but he
haz one vice that tHsmartest missionary
on earth kant REDEEM, and that is the
art ov steeling.
de IL sockopi only few the crow in
petite larceny. will steal what he kant
eat nor hide.
de will turn over barrel ov apple
sass just for the fun ov maulng the sass
with his feet, and will pull out the plug
out ov the molassis, not be kause he luvs
sugar emmy better than he duz yung
duck, but just tew see if the molassis
has got good daub tew it.
hay studded animal deviltry for is
years; ; be kause the more deviltry in an
the more human he is.
cant find. by searching the passen-
'ut l am willing tew bet 10 pound owe
mutton saggage that mister coon and hiz
wife conlnuted by stealing ride.
| never knu iackcoon tew want enny
hing long that he could steal quick,
Ennyboddy who has ever look cd n
coon right square in the face will bet WI
1 dollar that he iza dead beat, or under
i've hundred dollar bonds not tew ro in.
to the bizzlness for the next ninety DAYS.
L hav had tame coons by the dozen
they are az easy tew tame as child if
you take them young enpff, but kant
advise ennybNddy to cultivate coons;
they want as hpch looking after as n
blind mule ON apw- path, and there aint
emmy more profit ~ them than thar il in
stock dividend ohthe Erie railroad.
1 never waz out oNa pet animal since
kan remember till\
gone out ov the trade never; lately |
discovered that it was a pod deal like
making whissel out of a us tail ruin
k1n,a comfortable tale, an reaping q
Racpean whissel.
old if ,har7 IS liv tew be sixtyNc years
dops snng. t,. H., the society ov en- and
them die Ov old age. The NoS ov
TERN Sar Company are the crate u ss-
takers of the coon family v
1 feel sorry for coons, for with , "A
more brains they would make resnec,,
Die pettifoggers before justis ov III
peace but even this would not saw
them from final perdishun.
Nature don't make emmy mistakes ot
ter all she hits the bull right in tn
eye every time. When she wants
rackcoon with rings on his tail she make
him, and when she wants a pettifoaao
she knows how tew make him witbou
splicing good coon.
Prttifoggers, no doubt, have destin,
tew ILL., and they may enable a iustis,
Oh the peace, in cloudy day, tew know
good deal less ov the law than h.
otherwise would still for all this ;fI