Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-18
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southern undergraduates"
Natchez Weekly Democrat.
"HalIo, stranger, you seem to be going
to msrket?'
ayes, sir, am"
"What are you carrying that pillow
along for?'
"Goiug to send it to Pittsburg"
"TO PIttsburg, in Pennsylvania?
"You're mighty right; am"
"What are you going to send it there
for?"
ITO get sharpened."
IAN the way to Pittsburg to gel
sharpened?"
"You bet! We've starved our black
smith out; he pulled up stakes the Othel
day and went to Texas"
hWell, that's rather novel idea my
Misunderstanding q pillow so far to gel
sharpened."
mot so novel as you heard it was
We do our milling in st. Louis"
"Is that sO?"
"You're right it is. We used to have
mill at PnnBinville creek, but the
owner got too poor to keep it up, and SC
We turned to getting our grinding done
at st. LGuis.n
"YOu don't mean to say you send YOU
grist all the way to ST. Louis by rail?"
II didn't say anything about gris-we
hain't got no girls to seGd. But we gel
our flour and meal from st. Louis"
~ see you have hide on your
wagon"
Eyes, our old COW died last week.
March winds blew the lie out'n her,
Sendin' her hide to Boston to get II
tanned
San the way to Boston? Is that not
rather expensive my friend? The
freights will eat the hide up"
CHATS fact-cleaBer than the buz'
yards did the old critters carcass. But
what's the use bein' taxed to build rail-
roads 'thOut you get the GoOd of 'emI
Used to have lanyard over at Licks'
killett and shoemaker too. But they're
keTflummuXed."
"Kerfiummex thst?'
at means gone up the spOut-and
tWiXt you and me, that's mighty nigt
the case with our State"
"When do you expect to get you
leather?
"Don't expect to git no leather st al
expect to git shoes some day, made a
Boston or Whereabouts"
"Rather a misfortune to lose a milk
COW, my friend"
mot so much q misfortune as vol
heard it was. MOnstroIs sight of shuck
in and nubin' in COW, ana milkin' he
night and mornin' and gettin' only
about three quarts day"
"What are you going to do for milk"
"Send north for it."
"Send north for milk?o
ayes; concentrated milk and GOsheI
butter"
"Oh! l see the point"
almighty handy things these railroads
make them Yankee fellers do all on
Jobs for US noW-dO our smithin', ant
grindin', and tsnnin', and milkin', anC
| churnin'.n
81 see you have bale Of cotton"
"Yes; we go our bottom nickel on cot
| ton. Sendin' it up to Massachusetts t
get it carded, spun and Tove. Time'l
come VIXEN Well send it there to b
ginped; then We'll be happy. MOnstrou
sight of trouble running these gins"
"That would be rather expensive
sending cotton in seed"
| No more so than them western fel
lers pays when they send corn east ant
get dollar a bushel and pay six bit
| freight. Besides as l said, what is tn
use OF paying for railroads 'thOut W
use the TOads?"
you seem to appreciate the advan
tages Of railroads"
al think We Ought-We pay enough
for 'em."
81 reckon you fatten your own pork {?
Well, you reckon wrong, stranger
l get them IIlinOy fellers do that for me
| It's mighty convenient, tOO-mOnstrOu
sight Of trouble tOting big basketful Q
corn three times day to hogs in a pei
Especially when you haint got none t
tote it to
81 should think So"
"There's one thing lacking, though
| to make the business cOmple.e."
What's that?"
"They ought to send them hogs read!
cooked. COOkin', and prepsrin' WOO;
for coOkin', takes up heap of time tina
OFT by rights to be employed in the cot
| ton.patcn. l was sain' to my old WO
man the other day, if we Mississippi
folks got our coOkin' and wsshin' don
up north, and sent by express, we'd b
as happy as Office-hOlders."
"YOur horse in the lead there seems t
| be lame"
Eyes, needs shoein'. If he wasn't tn
only horse I've got, and l can't spar
him, I'd send him up to where the.
made the hOrse-shoes and nails and &c
him shod. Can't get such thing don
in our parts. Perhaps l can at the de
pot"
Chow do yop manage to live in you
parts, my old friend?"
"Why, We raise cotton. My roa
turns off here, stranger. Gee, Bail
back, Brandy. Pm glad l seed you
stranger"