The Caucasian. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1874-1875, 1874-05-09
refer to q lot in a burying ground

refer to a lot in a bnrying ground
He observed, "All right"
remarked, "There are lots of
lots, Amt there, not including old
Lot, whose wife wasa well-preserv-
cd woman 2"
lie observed, eyes; but rcmcm-
Der there are 1900, 100000 people
in the world.0
REMARKED, "Inclnding the Smiths
and the town Of Hampstead z"
lie OBSERVED, Including every
body"
remarked, care. you prepared
to make q small bet on that Z"
He observed, III never bet"
l remarked, "Well, 1 kind
o thought, if you were prepared to
back up your statement that there
are 1900, 900, 900 people and folks
on this here sphere, pd 60 you the
Drinks that you are at least l2O out
of the way"
lie observed, elbow could VIC
prove it!"
l remarked, "I'd let you count
'cm."
He observed, 81 was going to
Say, with such q vast number Of
people in the world, how tow-Row
very few of us would like to take
the risk of being born over again.
How slight would lie the chance of
being born u Victoria or Il Gar, and
how fcartully great the chance
would be Of our being born John
Chinaman or u nigger!" O
Says !, 'That's SO. Speaking of
being born reminds mo Of some
thing I have at home"
Says he, "What's thatW g
Says I, "Street music"
Says he, "What's street music
got to do with it!'
Essays /, "My street music is a
baby. Ii you should hear it yell
for its paregoric nights you'd think
it was street music enough for one
family"
Says he, ~ will observe, you are
a remarkable man."
Q Says l, III will remark, you are an
observing man."@ ,.'
A MAN WITH a GUN.
1t was tllas we parted. | spicd q
fellow with a gun standing 10y him
reading (tle fellow was reading not
the gun.) dislike to see anybody
read too much; it hurts the eyes.
So l went over abe felt of his gun.
1t had two barrels, and loaded at
the handle, and / was puzzled in my
mind to tell whether to address the
owner Of i as Mr.. Buffalo Bill or
Mr.. Lockport Joe. Says /, "Gotan
otherw q.
Says he, eyes sir ! ! have moth:
Says I, II didn't say u mother. I
said another gun"
Says he, "No. sir.'
Says 1, "rhat gun has a very
large borne" "a o O
ID, Says he, lit ?as, but not as biz a
bore us you are
Says I, ""Goiny a cunning, I
gucssw %
Says he, "You Guessed right sir"
Says l, 'What you going to
shootW @
y Says he (not soto rncc.) "Butter
flies and grasshoppcrs, sir!'
Says |, ~ guess you got sour SUI,
gar in yours this morning.
| left him and went over and
unused, and unused about the time
[ used to go a-gunning, when |
turned out in the New Haven Grays
aud Blue | felt awful big in those
Gaincr clothes. | felt then that cv,
ely gal in town was in lsyc with me
and us walked up to the armory !
sNclIcd with glory, and Iuo believe
that if ] had been detailed all alone
to go and fight Europe while the
rest OF the company were, thrashing
Asia it would have beef rough on
Europe. In those days Terry be
longed to our company, and we
used always to go up in front of the
Tontine Hotel to display and turn
around, so as tie strangers would
see us, and know what difficulties
they wonla labor under il they ever
attempted to take New Hagen. Ter
ry used to be called plain H1f. Terry,
now he is called BAgadicr General
Alfred III, Terry, u. S. A., head
quarters at st. Paul. We carried
tliht-lock muskcts, and the manual
contained such orders as oopen pan,
prime, shEt pan," &c, Tell a sew
Rfcntl, regiment fellow to-day to smut
pan, he'd take it Z, mean stop con-
vcrsing, and kn@k you down. 1t
was obnoxious to go cunning for
game in those days. ] used to
start with powder enough to fiji Il
<@al scuttlc and send am OK team
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