, 1870-10-09
TWO SONG AND DANCE MEN,

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TWO SONG AND DANCE MEN.
BT F1EnEH1c wADsw0ET1 LoE1Hd.
From OIL and Mt Jor October.
We were IN the cars between White River |
Jul~ ton ald Concord. In tic seat beside me
VA fat man OF Earrulnus tendencies, who
A1u made several attempts at c1nveIsatlon
witt, ma all Of which lId aternly reprossed,
beiug cuEasei At the time in looking oFer
rome old newspapers containing my colo
brstel series Of articles on tho agricultural
Iest'ulces Of our conatEy. a. applied to tho
question Of apsotec.i~e falitf. Aa laid tho
La, paper down in nsr lap, the volce of my
fat companion VIE aEztu heard:
- .m tho m.n thai csn tell I'll about those
men. eis.-l made lLeu what they ats = and
la.ge l.and painted to the column Of deaths,
where rra1.-
AZ White River Junction, January IL,
1861. Thomas Knight, aged Is ysa1s, and
mouths
Who Thom,s Knight was, I did not know.
nor did undetstand how, by any possibilities
Of English grammar, lie could &,e alluded 10 as
t.thnse mem Accordingly l looked inter
TOE stisely at my comnanion.
l. You know vino Tommy Knight was, don't
you:" 1ic aekcl.
mo" ss,d tie sat man, interzupting me-
with tlcssec OF ast'crity that WAS entirely un-
called for, aud au iudin. .rence to grammatical
rules tha, WAS simply sl'nck'nG. 'ho want
knight Of knight i c Cettle, hc was. You must
hA,r known about u.c'"-
..Ny deAr rir,' replied, "to s.y that I
did not kuow ahont them, would be to say
thar had travelled through tho country With
ercry boa..,-tence from Portland to Peoria"
4sWel, SIR sAil tue fat rnan again.
1ua4io them boys what they tsas; aud, mill
They give mp performing, was the one to
whom tl.oy naturally turned for Hynpathy.
They was tho heet eoug and dance men in tho
country: and it WAS to ME tl.ey o~ed their
success. Them words waa Knight i, md like
vlhe Cotsle. also"
'sWhx. n,ade them stop performing7" 1
asked.
eunsy.
..ob, res w said l. "Driuk"
'.Nu, sir, you do not see," responded the
III ruau, Warm1r. '.Sor Has it drink A
ste.dies ctap than Knight never steppaj. ua-
lene it xas Co,tle; and 10th Of EN- may he
should Gull 'eln, ssr, ii allowed my choice OF
.sOui will. your s,o1y,r' said 1; al for 500
there is one, and that Foa aro dying t. tell
At
"Wru, 1t amt much Of = story, sir," said
the 1T man =" md, moreover, when tells !
thing 2lxa. tells il rambling; but it yoati
lk+ to near about EN-, til, Why, Tn roady 10
acc 1n1apdnto.
LIS good many years ago, sir, since run
st"'s along tue Nisslss'l'tl itIseE. VIC didn't
loc4tc III no one hput, stE, for no one spot
would pay very long; a1Ii We couldn't stay
mo1e'u r1outh in pia:a without getting all
cuswel up ia Gxlts- We did the feE lar min
st1el buriness. With our headquarters, for tho
mort Part, III New Orleans. We'll, ono dAy, We
wae to Natcbez- Ns.rhsz il pretty rough
place. -ir; about as bad III any place On the
river; and uue day thcrb, / found 4 little
sl1xer. about two fcet high. hanging around
the rt1g. door. "Wlat do you want hess r
sA5sl.
-'WhA: do you SUPPOSE xour father mud
mother will ssy Z" Says l.
~ ain't got no fatbs. nor mother to say
nothiug, LIE answere,i back again, as ahsrp
..What do ,ou do lGs living now7" Aaks
him.
"Apo,her variety Of what you does" s.ys
Well, SIT, the long sud tho short OF 1t was
was 70 quick sou sea.-and 1 took him along
with us. This wss Knight, sir,-hina as Aftes,
warts went with Cottle. Well, lie picked up nc
end Of general information: learned to plaJ
tic banjo when his littla thumb want no big.
ger lAan a bean. tic: AND tho way ho dc
catch THE popular melodies up, sr, il
really wan surprising Well. sir, he run OF
cI1alde for us. and i1at1u himself rcaly autt
useiu' until. one day, shcn WIS sitting s1i
Hnetii'5tiug in the -h41e.-xe VAS at pi:uie
mine il,ch, which il aoout al rough place ~
there il on the river. sir,--1 ssss to mysclf,
.I.ook here. Buster" aays to myself, =
Buster not beitg my real name. which il
Hnegr. hut 4 nickname, which often u4cs ia
&C: .e,ainE viii, myne!f,-'t Look here, D:1st.
ter ! raye. '.donble,clog dancing il just =
sell. s:tirm.:i|e. ''Of coursa it IT, s,y4 !.
tt1l,c,,. 1,urter,'' 4ays, 4.if you ~ to nick
mp s>uu,c other little chap liic that Knight
thtse, and trsin him and Kuight to
!n,plt come to DO something really worth call
tnE dae art And alanped my knee and
rpsc u1,. and said l. - ri do it, We'll, l
called I1n,, and told him my plan, and Tom
lock to i wonderful an1 directed him to
Aunt ra lis oSn mate. 30 that ho might bo
sur, Of getting rome one cougenial. Con.
EeuiAlpcsh Is great thug, sir, -hothor in
Gusncrs partnerships or matl; lnuy. ia
alaut week after.-we Was in Cairo, Ill,
ttA u, e!sich is about the WORT plaza on tho
ri.cr, s..-ln ctlmo Ton viii, 1it.la fellow.
u].o aA-. without exception, the dirtiest aud
raEscdist AID tungries. looking little pill l
ctcr see Ard yet. sir ttat chap vas Cuttle
80 l rays 10 Tom, '' Wh"'s this Z"
"'lH ms 1A1le, says Ton, vers determined
Ike
10. seeing bis hcart Eas set on having Cot.
Tic, I lad 1ll1n cleaned up. nd begun to t1aiu
EN- 1rtlI. Well. hot1i Tom k,,isht and Charley
C'tstc. thcy tsck to tl.ir work loving. They
Nss loru dancers, eir, both OF EN-; but til ~
nertr would have fseen what tl:ey w.s, with
ont the educihon anti 1'ol,sIi they got from
mo. bad 'o1n III srEiuiEs over year before
!rnuc.t 'cn, teforn the public: pastIS to iu,-
psuse 'rn, IL much u l.osainle, and partly be-
csure tacy sas both sary yoaDS. snt I didn't
y7sl: 'n hss. them i'.Iurs'd by tho iaoonsing ot
daftry.
vtn, finally. ere night, hrnughe AN on
Gl~ rtaec II Hickssirg- which is as ugly a
plaen AZ there l. Oil thu river. hir--ard they
ac!aeFtd an unparalleled sVccces. don't
Mhen ti'tm tn3 hi:is pills stepped on tl,t
stare with their little red and ~i11to suits, and
brEun 'i.sir c1og ttxetl,et. The house it kep,
= AcAcori's AID es,cosing. till uas forced
fo' to z" on and beg them on: aud then We
tork M from the rtager wasn they xas
through. more than Fits tutIars in various de.
M u:iIatol,k CT cpin. no bowie-kntvcs, and /
lot Of faro cf:ip-, ess-"!:ich Wan h.ttering.
We'll. s1r. sho Scs!s i'a-sSed On. aud The boya
s'eu 'r. Snta.ns Ie':'. ss ii IL, sit. but il
either improves {. :. s;.scs down; Aul tneu
bn,r did ret 50 dlN:, 1t vAs Il traat tn eet
tm daEc.'. tlr. TLtv kiud OF sliled into on,
xtsosbcr'H soo'k.sps, ILL it seemed ~ shoust
y,.r, WIS seeing ,st' eo.iea Of ona man beror.
vnu Tt,ri, ,l,cv 10 .i;",. alike, tno, +is. The,
Didn't 1t f:bt, Int tei.E together constant 60
SORT of aneltoratch tin:.a 1ogesher. Its curl
oue. eir; bnt knights lt1ir. which MAS alnos
piraiGhf 1t frst. took Ia curling like Char!cy g
I'artiv this may have boom dre to the brsisl,
,ns. int 1,aIt1yit WIS o.1tg to The association
w.iI, As .hcy went on, they began to DO dou
lie sopEs .1,1el irto their dances, which i
ro1 very COMMON t'ut tfcy Was aboat th
tirrt ones at il. Eir. You mag lIave hoard 'eu
III ..tuurtins 'ntath the Moon. perlsls, til
knight rulllrl come la,tc1ng in ard slug
"Whv am aiu~ys -uGtng,
i-aI Fuch happy ca,ou: