Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-13
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How squire s;<asss got Skinned by
the ssPharOah sfsEs.'

How Squire sxasss got Skinned by
the ssPharOah Mem"
F-om the Savannah News.
you see,' said the Squire, pitching
his voice to an exegetical altitude, cit
wuz sorter this way. last Chuesday
wuz a week ago, 1 sailed down from
Gwinnett to Atlanty with seven bags
of cotton. AFTER l sold 'em, 1 kinder
loafed roun' looking at things In gen.
era1 an feelin' lest as happy as
you please, when who should l
rur asin but Kurnel Blasengame.
Me an the Kurnel used to be
boys together, an we WIZ "a thick as
five kittens in rag basket. We drunk
outen TIE same goad, an we got the
lint snatched outen ne BY the same
bandy-legged school-teacher. wuz
pitten as lonesome as a ralncrOw, afOre
/ struck up with the Kurnel, an l wuz
clad to see him-durned glad. We
Knocked roun' town right smartually,
and the Kurnel INTERRUPTED me to
whole raft Of fellors-mighty nice boys
they WIZ, too. Arter supper the Kur-
mel says:
"Skaggs," says he, ''less go to my
room whar we kin talk over ole times
sorter comfortable an ondlsturbed
ike"
"Greeable," says /, an we walked a
sduar or so an turned into a alley an
walked Up a narrow par OF stars. The
Kurnel gin little rap at green door,
an slick looking neutrality-suspicious.
an axed us in. He wuZ the durndest
perlitest niger you ever seen. He Just
cot I'D an spun arOun' like tom cat
with her tail fire. The room wuZ as
fine as a fiddle an full of pictures an
sofys, an the cheers wuz as saft as
lam's wool, an / though bit to mesef that
the Kurnel was lugsuriant cuss. Thar
wuz a lot of mighty nice fellers scat
ten ed roun' latin an a talkin' quite
soshable like. Aperient, the Kurnel
wuzent much sOt back, for he sOrter
LATED to himself an then he says:
Boys" says he, 81 have fetched up
a frien'. Judge HightOwer, this is
Squire Skaggs of Gwinnett. MaJer
Briggs, Squire Skaggs," and so on all
roun'. Then the KWnel turns to me
an says:
Rely. l wuzent expectin' company,
Skaggs. but the members of the Young
Mems ChIistun SOsashun make my
room Their headquarters.
ups an says / wuz mighty glad to
meet the boys. used to be a Prem
ativ' Babtis myself afore got to Gus
sin the Yankees an l hev always had
a sorter hankering arter piOus folks.
They all LATED an shuck hans over
agin, an we sot thar a smOkin' an a
chawin' Jest as muchuel as you please.
| disrember how it come up, but pres
emily Major Briggs gifts up an says:
..Kurnel. what about that new par
lor game you got out the other day."
ooh" says the Kurnel, lOOkin
sorter sheepish, that was humbug. l
can't make no head nor tail Outen 1T. y
III bet 1 kin manage it, " says
Judge Hightower, quite animated like.
'.I'li show you how, Jedge, with pleas
ure.'' saws the Kurnel, an then he
went to a table, unlocked a box an
tuck out a deck Of keerds an a whole
lot of little whatyoumaycallems, sim
ilarly to horn buttons, some white an
some red.
Squire Skaggs paused and supplied
his tireless jaws with fresh quid OF
tobacco.
1T amt no use to tell you any more.
When them fellers got done larnin' me
that game l didn't have money enough
to take me down stairs. / lay l looked
little wild, for when the Jedge closed
the box he said:
I'VE hev had a pleasant evening,
Squire. You'll find the Kurnel waitin'
for you on the steps, an he'll give you
your money back"
81 amt never laid eyes on the Kurnel
sence, and when l do thar's gOin' to be
a case for the Kurriner-you mind my
words. / seed Rufe Lester next day
YOU know Rufe; he's in the Legislator
now, but used to give him popcorn
when he wuzent so high seed Rufe,
an he seed ] was tuck in by the Pha-
raoh men. Tuck in amt no name for
it. Derned eff I didn't go to the bot
torn an oft skinned alive"