The Van Buren press., 1875-07-13
MISCELL LANY.
A Mississippi Scene,

The Natchcz Weekly Democrat has tn
following satire on the conduct of th
farmers of the State of Mississippi
which we think can be read with prof
by those of Arkansas, and, in fact, all tn,
southwestern states:
Halo, stranger, you seem to be goin!
to marketY
Yes, sir, am
What are you carrying that plow for
Going to send it to Pttsburg
TO Pittsburg, in Pennsylvania ?
You're mighty right; | am
What are you going to send it there
forr
TO get it sharpened
All the way to Pttsburg to get sharp
cncd 2
You bet We've starved our black
smith out; he pulled up stakes, the othe
day, and went to Texas
We'll. that's rather novel idea, my
rricnd--sendng plow SO far to get i
sharpened.'
Not so novel as you heard it was
is that so 2
You're right it is. We used to have
a mill on punkcnvine creek, but the own
er got too poor to keep it up, and 50 We
TUNED to getting our grinding done a
St, Louis .........,...
your grist all the way to St Louis b,
rail !?
Il didn't say nothing bout grst; We
hain't got no grist to send, but We ge
our -four aud meal from st. Louis.
Il see you have a hide on your wag
gon.'
Yes; our old cow died last week
March winds blowed the life outn ner
Sendin' her hide to Boston to get it tan
ned
AN the way to Boston? Is not tina
rather expensive, my friend The freigh
will cat the hide up
That's fact--cleaner than the buz
yards did the old critters carcass, Buj
what's the use bein taxed to build rail
roads, 'thout YOU get the good OF EN-
L sed to have a tan yard over at Llckskii
let, and shoemaker, too. But they "
kerAumuxed,'
ADMINISTRATIVE that T
1t means gone up spout-and, twlN
YOU and me, that's mighty nigh the cas'
with our State
when do you expect to get your lea
! ther?
Don't expect to get no leather at all
expect to get shoes, some day, maze
Boston or Whereabouts.
Rather a misfortune to lose mill
COW, my friend,
Not so much misfortune as yo'
heard it was Monstrous sight OF trou
bic shucking and nubbinnin COW, milk
in her night and mornin', and gcttin on
| ~ about three quarts day
What are you going to do for milk =
! Send north for 1T
Send north for milkr
Yes; concentrated milk and Goshel
butter
'Oh | see the point.
mighty handy things, these railroad
make them Yankee felers do all on
iohs for us now--do our smithln' an
rrindin' and tannin' and milkin and chur
MIN
L see YOU have bale Of cotton.
Yes; VIC 90 our bottom nickel on cot
ton. Sendin' it up to Massachusetts t
get it carded, spun and wovc. Time
come when we'll send it there to be gin
ned, and then well be happy. Mons
trous sight Of trouble running thes
gins.
That would be rather expensive, sen
ding cotton in the seed.
Not more so than them western lei
lers paws when they send corn cast AM
gcts n dollar a bushel, and pays six bit
freight. Besides as l said, what's th
use of paying tor railroads, thout W
use the roads Z
you seem to appreciate the advanta
ces Of railroads.
Il think VIC ought-wc pay enough
for en-
L reckon you fatten your own pork
.Weil, YOU reckon wrong, stranger
Got them Illiny felers to do that for me
! It's mighty convenient, too--monstron
sioht Of trouble totin' n big basket o
corn, three times a day to hogs IN pen
especially when he hain't got no hog t.
tote it to-
Il should think so.
There's one thing lacking though
What's thatF
They ought to send them hogs read
cooked. Cookin', and prcparin' WOO
for cookin', takes up heap OF time tina
ort by rights to be employed in the cot
ton patch. was sayin' to my old wo
man the other day, if we Mississippi