Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-07-03
A MiSSiSSinpi Scene.

The NHtcheZ Weekly Democrat has
the following satire on the conduct of
the farmers of the State of Mississippi,
which we think can be read with profit
10y those Of Louisiana, and, in fact, all
the South western States.
Halo, stranger, you seem to be 60
ing TO marketY'
Yes, sir, / am" ~ i
What are you carrying that pillow
along for p
Going to send it to Pittsburg."
TO Pittsburr, in Pennsylvania p
You're mighty right; lam"
What are You goingto send it there
for2'
ITO get sharpened.
All the way to Pittsburg to get
shnrpcned?' .I...
You betl We've starved our black
smith out; he Pulled'np stakes the
other day aud went to Texas
We'll, that's rather novel idea, my
Misunderstanding a pillow so far to get it
sllarpened. "
Not so novel as you heard it was.
We do our milling at St Louis"
Is that sol?
you re right, it is. We used to
have 4 mill on Punkinvine Creek, but
the owner got too poor to keep it up,
and so we turned to getting our grind
ing done at St. Louis"
You don { mean to say you send
your grist all the way to st. Louis by
rail2p z
81 didn'tsay nothing bout gris-we
hain't got no girls to send. But we get
our -four and meal from St, Louis"
/ see you have hide on your
wagon.
Yes; our old COW died last week.
March wind bowed the life out of her
Seudin her hide to Boston TO get it
tanned
All the way to Boston? Is not
that rather expensive, my friend =? The
freights will eat the hide up" TO-
That's tact-clcaucr than the
buzzards did the old critters carcass.
But what's the use bcin' taxed to build
railroads 'thout You get the good of
EN-? Used TO have tan yard over at
Lickskillet, and a. shoemaker, too
Bot they We kerilummuxcd."
Kcrfummuxed-what's that?"
1t means, gone up the spout-and
twixt you and me, that's mighty nigh
the case with our State?
When do you expect to get your
lcather?'
Don't expect TO get no leather at all
expect to get shoes, some day, made
at Boston or thereaboutS. Nd
Rather misfortune to lose milk
COW, my friend. >"
nat 50 much misfortune as YOU
heard il was. Monstrous sight of
trouble shuckin' and nubinin' COW,
and mllkm her night and mornin', aud
gettin only about three quarts day"
What are you going to do for
Send North for if,'
""Sehd North Tor milk p
Yes; concentrated milk and Co
shen butter.
"0h / see the point"
Mighty handy things, these rail
roads-muke them Yankee fellers do
all our Jobs for us now-do our smith
inh and grindin', and taunin', and
miikiH, and churnin'.n l'fsl ~
II see you have a bale of cotton"
Yes, we 20 our bottom nickel on
cotton. Sendin' it up to Massachu
setts TO get it carded, spun and wove.
Time come when wen be happy.
Monstrous sight Of trouble running
the gins
-1'hat would be rather expensive
sending cotton IN seed n
No more SO than them Western
fellers pays when they send corn East
and oct a dollar 4 bushel aud pay SIX
bits freight. BESIDES, as said, what's
the use OF paying for railroads 'thout
we use the roads agf tsgs..
"You seem to appreciate the adyant-
aaas of railroads.
II think VIC ought-we psy enough
for 'eIa." ssEre s,es e' spesi 81
81 reckenyou fattenyourowBpork7n
s'lTeli. You reckon wrong, stranger.
I sttheni lIlinoy fcilcrs to do that for
ms. lis mighty conveaicnt, too
raonstrous sight Of trouble totiu' a
bic basket of corn three times ? dag
10 hogs Ia a pen-especlally when you /
hafnt got 40 hog to tote Il TO-. :.
.rI shonialfhihil. so'
There 3 enc thing lacking, though, 4
to make the business complete I Hast