The Portland daily press., 1874-03-10
TERMS $500 PER ANNUMIN ADVANCE
(From the Savannah News.j
The Kernels Room.
nv" SQUIRE sKAaGs GOT SKINNED BY THE
PHARAOH MEN"

vo,oa aIa !" Sc see said the Squire, pitching his
'o.'e ~ an exegetcal altitude, at WIZ sorter
'nis way Last Chuseday wuz a wool .oc
sa"ea do"n from Gwinnett to Atlantv viii
seven bags OF cotton. After I so,a g..
kinder ioafed roun' lookln' at things in co.,,
eral an feelln' jest as happy as Won n,asan sea-
"hen VINO should run agin bat Kurpel Ria
sengame. Me an the Kurnel used to be bovs
tosether, an We wuz as thicS as five kittens
in rag basket. We drunk outen the samo
goad, an we got the lint snatched outen ns
by the same bandy-iegged school teacher. I
wuz Sittin as lonesome as rain-crow, afore
struck up with the Kurnel, an wuz clad to
see him-durDed glad. We knocked rom,
town right smartUally, an the Kurnel inter-
juced me to whole raft of fellers-micbty
nice boys they were too. Arter supper the
Kurnel says:
''Skaggs," says he, 'less 60 TO my room
whar we kin talk over ole Times sorter COM
Portable an ondisturbed like"
"Greeabe," says |, an we walked square
or so. an ,urned into alley an walked up
narrer par of stars. The Kurnel gin a little
rap at green door, an a slick lookin' merlat.
ter popped out an axed us in He wuz the
durndest purlitest Niger you ever seen. He
Jest got up an spun aroun' ike a tom cat
WIN ner tail atre. The room wuz as fine as
hddle an full OF pcturs arr soiys, an the
cheers wuz as saft as lam's wool. ALI, 7
thought to mesef that the Kurnel wuz Iucs-
ur:ant cuss. Thar wuz lot of mighty nice
fellers scattered roun' q Jaffin' an a talLin,
quite soshabe like. Apeient. the Kurnel
wuZent much sOt back, for he sorter LATED to
himself an' then be says:
Boys, says he, 81 hev fetched up a fren'.
Jedge Hshtower, this Is Squire Skaggs of
Gwlnnelt. MaJer Briggs, Squire Skaggs,'.
an SO on all roun'. Then the Kurnel turns
TO me an says:
Freely, l wuzent expectn' company.
Skaegs, but the members of the Young
Mems Christun Sosashun make my room
ther headquarters
Il ups am says wuz mighty glad to meet
the buys. used to be a Prematiy' Babtis
myself afore l got to cussin' the Yankees,
an hev always had sorter hankerin' arter
pious folks. They all laffed an shuck hams
over asln, an We sot thar Il smokin' an
chawin' jest as muchue as you please. I
disremember how it come up, but presently
Majer Briggs gifts up an says:
I "kurnel, what about that new parlor game
you got out the other Jay ?'
"Oh," says the Kurnel, lookin' sorter
sheepish, ''tEat wus humbug. 1 can't
make no head nor tail outen it''
.'Pn bet kin manage it," says Judge
Hightower, quite animated like.
~ hOW oSuSOi WIN pitdSuTt,
says the Kurnel, and then he went to table
unlocked box an tuck out deck of keerds
an whole lot OF Little what you may callems
similarly 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 fellars got done larnin' me that
game didn't have money enough to take
me down stairs. lay looked leetIe " lid,
for when the Jedge closed the box he said:
I'VE hev had pleasant evenin', Squire.
You'll find the Kurnel watin' for you on
the steps, and he'll give you your money
back"
/ Il amt never laid eyes on the Kurnel
sence. an when do thar goin' 10 be case
for the Kur-ner-you mind my words. l
seed Rufe Lester next day-you know Rufe;
he's in the Legislator now, but used to give
him pop corn when he wuznt so high-I
seed Rdie an he se1 wuz tuck in BY the
Pbaroah men. Tuck in amt no name for
it. Derned et l didn't 90 to the bottom an
git skinned alve.'