Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-01-19
OUR GOOSE CREEK CORE
SPONDENCE.
Hesekiar Jones Trip to Nash
Vile.
He Visits the Clubs and Winds
up at the Maxville House.


Editer-Jeems & me arriv home yester-
day all right-found Nancy 6 the children
& the baby all right-they had almost gin
us out. We sold out our load, oxen and
all, TO the butchers for smart little sum.
Jeens hated the worst you ever seed to
let old Buck and Ball go, but 1 told him
the boys was braking new yoke at home
and Buck & Ball was sore-footed. We
tuck the boat round to the mouth of val
Ter bone s. then up that to goose creek.
Mister Editer, wanted to write to Nancy
while was in your big town, the post
master said there was no offs closer to
my house on goose creek than old Dab's
grocery, and that was shut up now by or
der of the Ku-Klux, until he got better
whisky.
Mister Editer, me and Jeems saw lots
of sights while we was in Nashville, but
we was not zactly kalkalated at first to
stand it all. tried to keep Jeems from
not noing so little bout town fxings. We
went to all the clubs. l will name few
of the ones we went to. Masonic Club,
men, Red Mans Club, White Mans
Club, (Pale Facet Black Mans Club,
Horse Club, Dutchman's Club, and a
thousand other clubs are here. The only
one that seemed to look upon me as a
member was the Farmers Club. They
was pretty good looking fellers; looked
more like Goose Greek men than ever l
saw; they looked wise. One of EN- in
vited me and Jeems to take a seat, and
another big likely looking chap hollerd
out they was ready for bisness, and Mis-
ter Editer, this was the time for all kinds
of talking, and for every man to talk all
his might. One Teller would tell which
side of the plantation to cut the ditch on;
not to pillow the ground when it is so
hard froze you cant; how much
more work a white man
Qike we uns) can do than niger;
how much to pay niger, and allow
him stealage, to get him to do as much
as a white man, and so on. One teller
said he went on shares, but never had bin
able to get his share. rose to put a
question, namely: How much broom
corn in bale at one dollar an aker,
and if the seed wouldn't do make bust
head Yankee whiskey2 One teller
Jumped up, stamped, foamed at the
mouth and spit hacker juice, and said the
member from Goose creek is trying to
ridicule our club. Jeems said it was not
30, and he could whip Order, order,
hollered some teller. Take him out, cride
one. Jeems and me was Citing ready to
pitch into 'em, when teller with brass
buttons said we would have to pay q big
price to fight here, and he wanted the
members from Goose creek to be re-
spected, and he would let US off at half
price, but not to say nothing bout it. The
cost was dollars for membership and
10 if we staid any longer. We left to find
place toroost thatnight. We were tod TO
60 TO the finest hotel in town, to the Mix
well house, tell you they do mix things
thar sho-this house is big enuf to hold
all the methodist and baptist on goose
| creek. Well me & Jeems went in to sup
per, teller pinted out table for US,
then the rafting of yearthen ware, NOV
ing of cheers, jabering of 800 men all
commenced at once, like the devil had
been let loose, niggers with apron on run
ing for every man to see which would git
| thar fust & coming back with an armfull
of doll baby dishes like they was trying
to bait you to find out which you ike the
best. We finished & started for bed,
the landlord give us key & told US we
would be elevated to our room. Jeems
wanted to know what he ment, told him
to keep a skined eye 6 watch out for
tricks, these town fellers will play the
devil with teller if they get chance,
but think this old landlord looks pretty
| honest. We were carried into nice little
squar room with seats s. looking glasses &
the door was fastened, we expected to have
to set here until some teller had time to
show us our room, imagine our fright
when the whole room commenced going
up. Jeems hollered stop, stop, the whole
house is being blowed up. l prayed for
Nancy s. the children, s. asked the
man how far we were above town.
| Jeems looked out g. seen the houses
passing s. said we was then about a
mile up. l think the teller that was in
the little room with US was skeered too
for thar was no way to git cut. We at
last stopd s. stepd out of the dore.
/ Jeems swore we was in mother hotel.
Everything & all our bones being sound
| oLlOA kOlL9 uP III tAO AOO111J q oeh1oJ AOOh-
ing darkey, which we would have wal
loped but didn't want to sturb the family,
showd US to our room. He told us that
teller in the helevstor had took
US up s. down half dozen
times, s. had landed us in
another house, we told him it made no
difference, for we was bound to stay all
night and would pa the bill in the morn
ing, Jeems jumped in bed and l think
Mr.. Editor he bounced about ten feet
right up. l looked under the bed to see
who it was, hollerd for the Niger, he
cum and told us the bed was on
| springs and that it was the best bed in the
house, it was made specially for married
folks, but we kuld stay in it tonight,
Jeems and me had to hold each other in
bed all mite, the niger put out the lite
for we had no use for them air lights you
all have down in your town, give me the
old taller candle, like Nancy makes; we
got up early in the morning, got brek-
fust and left our saddle bags in pond with
landlord till we cum back-we did not go
to any more clubs. think all these clubs
ort to be made into wun big club and not