The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-28
SOUTHERN INDEPENDENOE
A BeIicitous Illustration Oi
/ How We Rely on the
.f1 ar aaq1 North. -es.9ef asg 81

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/ = The following characteristic little
sketch IS from the Nachez Miss. J
Democrats wac ss1 ia
IL 'sIIallo, stranger, you seem to be
going To mTketI2 e Fnoa
Yes, sir, l am u
"Wtat are you carrying that ploW
along for?"
Going to send it to Pittsburg." "
"To Pittsburg, in Pennsylvania? ?'s
| /. you're. mighty right, Lam. IS
,'W hat are you going to send it
| there forY'
10 get sharpened.
'All the way to Plttsbug to get
sharpenedY' ,.r.s sn
You bet! We've starved our
/ blacksmith ouJ; he pulled up stakes
the other day and went to Texas
well, that's rather novel idea,
my friend-sending a ploRo 50 far to
get sharpened.n y 80 - -.
!. Not so novel as you heard it was.
We do our milling in StLouis." 81
rs that so?"
You're right 1t is. We used 70
have a mill a Puakinyine Greek, but
the owner got toe poorto keep it up,
and 50 we turned to getting our
grinding done at St. Louis" p - -
Il see you have a hide in your
wagon"
"Yes; our old COW died last week.
March winds bloWed the life out'ns
her, Sendin' hide to Boston to get
it tanned." rg.a -5r... eds
s'All the way to Boston? Is not
that rather expensive, my friend -
The freights viii eat the hide up.'aI
4That's a fact--cleaner than the
buzzards did what the. use ,bein'
taxed to build railroads 'thout you
get the good of 'em? Used to have
q an7yard over at Liekskilet, and a.
shoemaker, too, but they're keraam-
muXed." 3 aIe oI-I e .UE-G & n
H SKerflummuXednYhat' thatYs1
"1t9means gone up.R spout-and
twiXt you and me, that's mighty
nigh the case with souF. State. . g
'When do you expect to get your
leather2n Tat W. wo6s =.
Don't expect to get no leather at
alluexcept to get shoes, some day,
made at Boston or thereabouts." !
Rather misfortune to lose a 1
milk COW, my friend.'' .saais hl
"Not so much a misfortune as you
heard it was. Monstrous sight of
shucking' and nubbin in cow, and |
milkin' her night and mornin' and |
gettin' only three quarts a day."
"What are you going to do for4
millx?,.' M et sH U9 81
ASend North for it.'lus 81 VI
sSeRd North for milk?'a ?'aisE57J
Eyes; concentrated milk and Go
shen butter" Aia'.l - as.dw
%Oh! Isee the point.p a.-7ia
"Mighty handy things, these rail
roads-make them Yankee fellers do
all our jobs for us nowAdo our
smithin' and grindin,' and tannin'
and 1nillxin' and churnin'. .''aIa 4
sYes, we go our bottom nickel on
cotton. Sendin' it up to Massach
.usetts to. get it .carded, spuny and
wove Tme'lcome 1lsend /
it there to be ginned, thenawe'lf bel
happy. NonstTous sight of trouble /
running these gins.fF easspohf 4
Chat would be rather expensive,
sending cotton in seed" ~ SID
s-No more so than them Wester |
fellers pays when they send corn
East and get q dollar bushel aand
pay six bits freight. Beside as III
said, what is the use Of paying for
railroads 'thout we use the roads g'
You seem to appfeeiate the adj
vantages of railroads" ? :" en3Af : 3
81 think we ought-we pay
enough for 'em.p soI Fem5E Il
Il reckon you yfatten your own
DOl.k f'' 9fa rItEa or9ffi
i4WelI you recon wrong, stranger.
l get them Illinoy fellers to do that
for me. It's mighty convenient,
too--monstfeds sight oftrouble tot
ing aabig basketball of corn three
times a day to hogs ina pennespe-
cially when you hain't got none to1
tote it to- t'a l1'a lisi5
II should think son gab aa 4
i"Ther's one thing lacking,
| though, to mako the business COM
plete.n fsnsoF
W n0bf6 Il1dbE
"They ought to send them hogs
ready cooked, Cookin' and prepSi'in'
wood for cookin' takes up heap of
time that ort, by right, to employed
in cotton patch. was sayin" to my
old woman the other day if we
Mississippi folks got our cookin'
and washin' done up North and sent
by express, we'd be as happy as
office holders."
l"Your horse in the lead there
seems TO be lame" A3 81
no Eyes, needs shoein'. Ifhe wasn't
the only horse I've got, and can't
spare him, I'd send him up where
they make the horse shoes and nails
and get him shod. Can't get such
a thing done in our parts. Perhaps
/ can at the depot" -
How do you manage to live in
your parts, my old friend?"9 =
''Why, we rails cotton. My road
turns off here, stranger. Gee, Bail;
back, Brandy. I'm glad seed you,
Stranger.
Ex-Gov. Jno. C. Brown, and Hon.
Noble Smithson, of Pulaski, came
down to our town on Sunday, 3ist
inst, and returned home on the fol
lowing day. Mr.. Smithson made an
able and convincing railroad speech
on Monday evening, to alarge crowd,
though he frequently forgot him
self, and addres sed them as gentle
men Of the jury" Gov. Brown was
here to lay before the County Court
the petition for submitting the rail
road question TO the people. Both
/ Gentlemen expressed themselves as
highly pleased with the way every
fthing went of, and Gov. Brown es-
4 pecially eomplimented our Quarter
lily Court for the prompt and salts
/ factory manner IN which they
acted in the matter. We hope to
see these. two gentlemen at our BAR
/ beeue.- }yaynesboro Citizen. go Z
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