The Van Buren press., 1872-11-26
An Interesting Missouri Girl. 1'. . :.
\ correspondence Southern Missouri

A correspondent.in.S Southern Missouri
gives the following,.dclightful picture of
society in that detachable region;
Driving along the road we encounter
ed slender, sallow female, with arms
bare to tho shoulders, not much clothes
on if we except the eopperas colored pet
tieoat, was working a.smal patch OF to
bacco. The work was that of pulling
off the shoots which are known as suck
ers' and crushing the monstrous green
worms
/ Inquired if we could get a drink cf
water. She spat out mouthful of to-
bacco juice with chrt, = and said
"Thar's the spring over yander, and
thars the gourd in it,
Having saked my thirst with draught
of highly medicated fluid, which tasted
strongly OF old horse shoes and hoop
iron, | sought to strike up eonversa
tion. In passing to the spring | saw a
man with q very red and scratched face
and two fearfully bunged eyes, sncaking
off in the corn.
as that your husband back thars ?" l
inquired.
Him not much | reckon NY old
mans gone down to the bottom % see if
he kin kill mess O. squirrels or may be
young turkey. Teat's Arkansaw Jim,
The ornarist, trihingist, good, for nothing
est whelp this side o the nation He
hangs around and helps my old man with /
the horsoJ, but he amt worth his salt
Come out O thar, We burned galoot, and |
show yerself Yesterday he TUX a COW
down to Bresh crck we sold to Ferris, |
and got holt o some whisky, and got
drunk as matter of course Then he |
got into fight, AND the other feller ruth
er got away with him guess i wish
he d killed the blasted beast "
What is that truck" inquired in
nocently, pointi.ig TO the tobacco.
" Wei, stranger she replied with a
erinklo in her black eyes, " you must be
awful green not to know that Whar
have you been livin' all yer life Why
that's tcrhacker. We raso little for
our own usc. People may say what they
please but terbacker's great comfort. |
co didn't got along without it. | say
strange, have yer got any store terback-
sr about yo? I've got plenty O twist,
but like navy the best
Unfortunately don't chew, hut offer
ed her a cigar
a seegar Well | generally smoke a
pipe, bat don't miad tryin' your cigar
Jest for change
She wiped the gum of the suckers GU
pettcoat and took the offered cigar,
while srHck match Afterss,,a few
pulfs-she said
"Well rather like this, It's one of
hem what yer call Ilaysnners, amt it.
Mighty nice tasted, but it don't 60 to the
spot like the pipe | say, stranger,
est hitch yer horse, and tell the nigger
o come in out o the sun and I'll blow
he horn for him to come up
! mildly suggested that | was afraid
at " the old man might get jealous
hat men with good-lookipg wives were
III cct to the complaint
+" Jealous I'd like to see him try
hat on me I'd give him sumthin to
,e jealous for. He knows burned well
hat I'm all right, and that | won't have
my a rs put on over mo E2 for being
rood Ivo seen the time, stran
ger, when you might hcv said so, and
,old no lie, uuther But hcvin' tho aGer.
md raft of young Uns, and liyin' like
his, takes the starch outsl young gal !
mighty quick. | tell you. This is "A iine
,ourtry for cows, but its hi on VIM
men. Morning stranger Next time ye
see patch of terbacker you won't hey
20 ask what il is.