Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-08

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Jim Stewart, sometimes called the
Commodore is the most noted darkey
in Erie. He is q good-natured, shrewd
sort of a fellow, somewhat addicted to do
ing business now and then on the Jeremy
DiddIet Style. as theF fOII0wing0 Incident
viii testify :.tl1A8 EAOFIA
Living near the residence of the Hon.
Morrow &. Lowry, he was frequently EN-
ployed by the latter to do odd jobs around
the house and in the garden. One day
Mrs. Lowry concluded that the peccadil
locs of a worthless tom-cat, long attached
to the family were such as demanded the
inf1iction of capital punishment, and Jim
was cali upon to play the part of execu-
toner. 'Fs iA sIT5"ahA zNi
After a long chase The victim was cap
tured and put in a basket, over which IAN
old basket, over which an old shawl was
fastened. The next move was how to dis
pose of the prisoner.
Mrs. Lowry suggested drowning. but
Jim, with tears in his eyes, protested that
he could no more drown the cat than he
could drown himself; that we're he toT do
SO. his conscience. acting on a naturally
tender heart, would trouble him so much
at night that he was sure that he would
never sleep Il wink thereafter.
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mind, Mrs. Lowry compromised the mat
ter by giving him a dollar, and directing
him to dispose of it any way he pleased,
so hat she should never see it again..
Putting the dollar in his pocket and the
basket under his arm, Jim started down
town., He had not gone out of sight of
the house when he met Morrow walking
along leisurely towards his home, and the
following colloquy ensucd
Morrow-nallo, Jim, what have you
got there?
Jim-One OBJ de celebrated Rocky
Mou ntain cats. sab.
Morrow-A Rocky Mountain cat?-
Why, Jim, where did you get him, and
what are you going to do with him?
JIM golly, sab! Didn't you heah
OBJ de big bunch oh dem cats cum to town
yesterday from Kalforny, sab? Best
mousers in de wurl, sab, and dis is de
biggest and hes one OBJ de lot, sab. Dey
are guine to give me foah dollars for him
at de Reed House, sab. ~
Morrow (recollecting the general "cuss-
edness" of the family cat)-Jim, we want
a good cat up home, and l guess I'll take
this fellow, but-but don't you think
four dollars is steep for a cat?
Jim-Why, all de res sold for fvo
dollars, sab.
This decided Morrow, sonhe paid the
price asked, and told him to carry the
Rocky Mountain cat" up to Mrs. Lowry.
Jim had, however, very important bust
ness elsewhere. and he begged Morrow to
take tho basket himself, viii ch the latter
consented to do.
Arriving at home, he took the prize in
to the sitting-room, carefully closed the
doors. slightly lifting the basket-coyering
and smiling benevolcntly at Mrs. Lowry's
apparent astonishment, remarked:
My dear, I've bought you a Rocky
Mountain cat-the best mouser-"
At this moment the cat jumped out of
the basket. and commenced rubbing him
self against his masters legs, Morrow
stopped short, while his wife broke i'm
patiently:
La me, Morrow. Why, that's the
same cat | gave Jim Stewart a dollar to
drown not more than ten minutes ago"
What followed we know not, but q few
minutes later the Hon. Morrow b. Lowry |
mighthase Eecn noticed ON the streets of
Erie, armed With a walking stick, and
wondering .'why a man can never find
that niger when he wants to see him
badly"