The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-03-26
From the Savannah News.
TIE KURNEPS ROOM.
How squire SkaggS got skinned By
the "PhaFaOh Men,"

"YOu see" said the Squire, pitching
his voice to an exegeticaI altitude, at
wuz sorter this way. Last Chuseday
wuz q week ago, sailed down from
GRinnett to Atlanty with seven bags
Of cotton. ATter sold 'em, kinder
lOafed rOun' lookiD' at things in gen.
eral an feelin' jest as happy as you
please, when who should run again
but Kurnel Blasengame. Me an the
Kurnel used to be boys together, an
we wuz as thick as five kittens in n
rag basket. We drunk Outen the same
gourd, an we got the lint snatehed
outen US by the same bandy-legged
school teacher. wuZ gitten as lone
some as q rain-crOW, afOre l struck up
with the Kurnel, an wuZ glad to see
him-durned g;ad. We knocked mum
town right smartually, an the Kur-
mel inteIjuced me to q whole raft of
fellers-mighty nice boys they wuz,
too. Arter supper the Kurnel says:
'Skaggs,' says he, less go to my
room whar we kin talk over tile times
sorter comfortable an' ohdisturbed
ike
'Greeable,' says l, an we walked
up q narrer par of stars. The Kurnel
gin little rap at q green door, an q
slick lookin' merlatter pOpped out an
axed US in. He wuZ the durndest per-
litest niger you ever seen. He jest
got up an spun aroun' like a tom cat
with her tail afire. The room wuz as
fine as fiddle an full of picturs an
sofys, an the cheers wuZ as saft as
lam's wool, an 1 thought to meself
that the Kurnel wuz q lugsuriant cuss.
Thar Wlz lot of mighty nice fellers
scattered roun' laffin' an talkin'
quite soshabel like. Aperient, the
Kurnel wuzant much sot back SOr he
sorter laffed TO himself an tten he
says:
"'Boys,' says he. Il hev fetched up
a fren'. Jedge HightOwer, this is
Squire Skaggs,' an SO on all rOun'.
Then the Kurnel turns to me an says:
''Reely, l wuZent expectip' cOmpa-
ny, Skaggs, hut the members of the
Young MeL's Christun Sosashun
makes my room ther headquarters.
HI ups an says / wuz mighty glad
TO meet the boys. l used to be q
Premativ' Babltis myself afore got to
cussin' the Yankees, an / hev always
had a sorter hankerin' arter piOus
folks. They all laffed an shuck hans
over Rgin, an we sOt thar smokin'
an a chawin' jest as muehuel as you
please. L disremember how it come
up, but presently Msjer Briggs gifts up
an says:
'Kurnel, what about that new par
Ter game you got out the other day p
"iOh,' says the Kurnel, lookin' sOrs
ter sheepish, that wuz 8 humbug. /
can't make no head nor tail Outen it,
"I'll bet / kin manage it, says
Jedge Hightower, quite animated
like.
"T'll show you how, Jedge, with
pleasure says the Kurnel, an then
he went to table, unlocked box an
tuck out deck of keerds an whole
lot of little whatyOumayealiems, sim
ilarly to horn buttons, some white an
some red."
Squire Skaggs paused aud supplied
bis tireless jaws with fresh quid Of
tobacco.
sit amt no use to tell you any more.
When them fellers got done larnin'
me that game / didn't hev money
enough.to take me down stairs. s'pOse
1 looked leetle wild, for when the
Jedge closed the box he said:
"tWe hev had q pleasant evenin',
Squire. You'll find the KuInel walt
in for you on the steps, an he'll give
you your money back"
81 amt never laid eyes Oh the Kur-
mel sence, an when do thar's goin'
to be q case for the KUrriner-you
mind my words. I seed Rufe Lester
next day-you know Rufe, he's in the
Legislature now, but I used to give
him popcorn when he wuZen't so
hight seed Rufe an he sed / wuz
tuck in by the Pharoh men. Tuck In
amt no name for it. burned ef ]
didn't go TO the bottom an git skin
ned alive"