The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-07-07
Mississippi Scene.


the following satire on the conduct of
the farmers OF the State of Mississippi,
which we think can be read witlrpro-
fit by those Of Louisiana, and, 4in fact,
all the Southwestern States :1iss,7astl g
"Hallo, stranger, you seem to be 60
ing to market :" n.fafss, ~
'sYes, sir, i ann. 9ssl4 81 3a ~
"What are you carrying that plow
along for ~ t7gt ~ "A. II! gtl iyian Ii
"Going to send it tosPittsburg."anf4
3..To Pittsburg, in Pennsylvania Z" 4
d"sYou're mighty right, am" ,sas II
I, "What are you going to send it there
for9n a 81 ra'a
ITO get sharpened." e u
"All the way to Pittsburg to got
sharpeneds"4 lssif SIS a3 alF.;atz sa
ssYou bet.3 We've starved our black
smith out; he pulled mp stakes the
other day and went to Texas aH
swell, that's a rather novel idea,
my fliend-sending o pillow SO far to
get it slarpened." u iag .'l'4sa OF 8
"Notso novel as you heard it was.
We do onr milling at st. Louis."o sos.
"Is that so fns@p aadf ~ .@g,ess.f
"You're right it is. We used to
have mill on Punkinyine creek, but
the owner got too poor to keep it up,
aud SO we turned to getting our grind
ing done at St. Louis" be- 11 ,.tcpf
II ""You don't mean to say you send
yonr grist all the way to St. Louis by
rail7" aH2 ~ ~ 1q
I II didn't say nothing bout gris--we
hain't got no girls to send. But wesget
our -four and mealfrom St. Louis.'1
81 see you have a hide on your
wagon" aHle}sq Tra waia - s.
dyes; orr old COW died last week.
March winds blowed the life ont'ni her.
Sending her hide to Boston tolget it
tanned.n .HsI $40 ge2iit III
laAll the way to Boston4- Is not
that rather expensive, my friend The
freights will eat the hide up" q
"That's fact - cleaner than the
buzzards did the old critters carcass.
But what's the use bein' taxed to build
railroads Thought you get the good
of 'emq Usedsto have lanyard over
at Lickskillet, and shoemaker, too
But they've kerfummexed." aaia4
Observation-Disclosures that f"
cit means, gone up spout-and
twixt you and me, that's mighty nigl
the case with our State"
"When do you expect to get your
leather {" ia d
"Don't expect to get no leather al
all--expect to get shoes, some day
made at Boston or tlereab0uts." SO
ssRather misfortune to. lose milk
COW, my friend I" gf
aNot 80 much q misfortune as YOU
heard it was. Monst;ous sight of trou.
BILE shuckin' and nubbinnin' COW
and milkin' her night and mornin'
and gettin' only about three quarts {
day. ,5 ,,ss.s !. vs,.-,s.,-.,se r
"What are you going Ito do fol
milk9" a Y
"Send North for it,"
Ascend North for it :"
ayes; concentrated milk and Goshen
bntter.",
ooh / see the point"
"Mighty handy things, these rail
troads-make them Yankee fellers DE-
all our jobs for US now--do our smith
in, and grindin', and tannin', aul
nsilkin', and churnin'."
81 see you have bale of cotton"
9 ayes, we go our bottom nickel OF
cotton. Sentlin' it up to Massachusetts
to get it cartled, spun and wove. Time
will,come when we'll send it thar tx
be ginned, aud then we'll be happy
INDUSTRIOUS sight of trouble running
these gins ~ s9e
seTliat would be rather expensive
sending cotton In Seed"
mo more SO than them Western fel
lers pays when they send corn East
and get dollar bushel and pay sil
bits freight. Beside as / said, whats
the use of paying for railroads thou
/ we use the roads 7" IS
"You seem to appreciate the advan
tages Of railroads." aas E}sfa
II think we ought-we pay enough
for 'em." aigs $40 l 1FfIti
"reckon yon fatten your own pork.
swell, you reckon wrong, stranger
| I getithem llliny fells to do that fol
me. It's mighty convenient, too, mon
strous sight Of trouble totin' a big has
ket of corn three times day to hog
in pen-especially when you ham
got no hog to tote it to-"
81 should think so.n
"There's one thing lacking though
to make the business complete"
whats that I" 1890 :.
seThey ought to send them hogs read.
cooked. Cookin', and preparin' woot
for cookin' takes UP heap Of time tina
ort by rights to be employed in the cot
/ ton patch. l was sayin' to my oil
| woman the other day, If we Mississippi
| folks got our cookin' and washin' don,
up North aud sent by express, we'd b.
as happy as office-holders.p ~
| "Your horse in the lead there seem
| to be lame" 3e 8 ,. ass aoo
eyes, needs shoein'. If he WASH
1.-THE only horse I've got, and Iecan
spare him, I'D send him up where the!
made the horse shoes and nails and &c
him shod. Can't get such. a thing don
in our parts. Perhaps / can at tn
depot ~ sSs4siIs f,If.i{.s.;5f .et9
hHow do you manage to live in you
parts, my old friend2" siia ;ta.s.. IS
"Why, we. raise cotton. Ny roa,
turns off here, stranger. Gee Ball, bac'
brandy. Pm mighty glad I seed you
stranger" SIS as
| sf J s,ffsEs,
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cent. Multiply the principal by the mum
Der of days, separate the right-hsnd fgur
from the product and divide by nine.
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