Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-03-20
From the Savannah News.
THE 5sSNEI-,S ROOM
How Squire SkaGgS get Skinned
10y the s.f'harOah Men,

"You see SAID the squire, pitching
his voice to an exegeticaI altitude, cit
WIZ sorter this way. Last Chnesday
WIZ i week ago, [ sailed down from
Gwinnett to Atlanta with seven bags
of cotton AFTER [ sold 'cm | kinder
loafed rom lookin' at things in gener-
al an feelin jest ae happy as II please.
when who should | run agin bat kHrnt
Eiasscnmame. Me an the Eurnel used
TO be boys together, an we WIZ AZ
thick rs five kittens III n rag basket.
We drunk outen the same gOard, an
we got the lint snatched outan us by
the same bandy-legeed school teacher.
] WIZ gittin as lonely as n raincrow,
afore | struci, up with the kuil!rl, an
| wuz glad to see him-dnl ned glad.
We 'nocisel rom town right smartly,
an the flrnne! inter juaeu mo to Il whole
raft Of feIers- mighty nice boys they
WIZ too.
carter supper the kurnel says
Skag9s, less go to my room whar we
kin talk over ole times sOrter cOmfOta-
BILE an ondisturbed like.
"Graeable," says [, an we walked q
sGuar or SO an then turned into an
ally an went up Il narrer par OF stars.
The kurnel gin a rap at little green
door an sleek lJokin' merlatter pop
ped out an axed us in. He WIZ the
durndest perlitest niger u ever seen.
He Jest got mp an spun aroun' like a
tom-kat with her tail afire. The room
WIZ as fine as fiddle an full of picters
an sofys, an the cheers as soft as
lambs wool. an I thought to myself
that the kuruel WIZ Il lugsurlant cnss.
Thar WIZ lot of mighty nice fellers
laffir,' an q fall, in
quite soshabeI like. Apparently, the
Kernel wr1zent much sot back, for he
s0rter LATED to himself an then he
says:
"Boys, I hav fetched up fren'.
Jedce H;ghtower, this is Squire
Ska@rs of Gwinnctt Mayer Briggs,
Squire Stages, an so on all ar0un' i.
THEN the Lirnel turns to me an
says:
"Reely, [ w1zent expectin' company
| Skaggs, but the members of the Young
| Mems Christian Sosashun make my
room their headquarters.
Il up an says [ WIZ mighty glad to
meet the boys, as used to be prIm-
| tive baptis myself afore / :oot 10 ci,7..i-
| the Yankees, an l hav always had a
sorter hankerin' arter pious folks.
They all LATED an shook hans over
acin. an we all sot thar smokln' an
q chawin', lest as muchuel as IL please.
| disremember how it cum up but
presently Mayer Briggs got up and
| says:
s.Kurnel. what about that new par
Ter game u got out the other day.
'.Oh, says the kurnel, lookin, sortel
sheepish, that WIZ humbug, L can
make no head nor tail outen' it.
sTll bet / kin manage it, said Jedge
Hightower, quite animated-hke:
an show u how, with pleasure
Jedge," says the kurnel, an then he
went to table, unlocked box an
tuck out deck of keerds an whole
lot of little what-u' -may-call- ems, sim
ularIy to horn buttons, some white an
some red"
cit amt no use to tell you any more
When them fellers got through larnln
me that game I didn't have money
enough to take me down stars. L say
I looked a leetle vile, for when the
ledge closed the box he sed:
eve hav had q pleasant evenin',
snuire, U'll find the kurnel waitin
for u on the steps, an he'll CIV u YOU
money back
sJ amt never laid eyes on the kur
mel sence. an when I do thar's goin' t.
be a case for the kurriner-u' mind M.
words. I seed Rufe Lester next Gay
II know Rufe he's in the Leglslatu1
now. but [ used to give him popcorn
when he wuzen't SO high seed Ruff
an he sed wuz tuck in by the Pha
roah men. Tuck in amt no name TO
it. burned eff din't go to the bottom
an git skinned