The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-25
Southern Independence"

From the Natchez Weekly Democrat.
"Hallo, stranger, you seem to be going
to marketT
Eyes, sir, am"
"What are you carrying that plow along
for?"
'Going to send it to Pittsburg."
"To Pittsburg, in Pennsylvania"
You're mighty right; am.
what are you going to send 1t there
for2n
ITO get it sharpened."
IAN the way to Pittsburg to get it sharp
ened.
"You bet! We've starved our black
smith out; he pulled up stakes the other
day and went to Texas"
"Well, that's rather a novel idea my
friend sending pillow so far to get 1t sharp
ened." u
"Not so novel as you heard it was. We
do our milling in st. Louis"
rs that SOP"
You're right it is. We used to have a
mill at Punkinyine creek, but the owner
got too poor to keep it up, and so we
turned to getting our grinding done at ST.
Louis"
"You don't mean to say you send your
grist all the way to St. Louis by raj!
II didn't say nothing about gris--We
haint got no girls to send. But we get our
-four and meal from st. Louis" ;,
II see you have hide on your wagon;
Yes; our old COW died last week.
March winds bowed the life out'n her,
Sendin' her hide to Boston to get it tam
ed"
IAN the way to Boston? Is not thai
rather expensive my friendE The frelghts
will eat the hide up"
THAT'S fact-cleaner 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 EN-
Used to have lanyard over at Lickskille
and q shoemaker too. But theyre ker
hummuxed."
Kerhummuxed-what' that?"
1T means gone up thespout-and twix
you and me, that's mighty nigh the cas'
with our state.
when do you expect to get your leath
erg'
Don't expect to get no leather at all
expect to get shoes some day, made
Boston or thereabouts.
Rather misfortune to lose milk COW
my friend?" L.
mot so much misfortune as you hear
il was. Monstrous sight of shuckin' an,
nubiu' in q COW, and milkin' her night an
mornin' and gettin' only about three quart
a day.
"What are you going to do for milk =?
Send north for it.
Send north for milk?"
Eyes; concentrated milk and Goshe
butter
'Oh! / see the point"
mighty handy things these railroads
makes them Yankee iellers do all our job
for us now-do our smithin', and grindin
and tannin', and milkin', and churnin'."
IT see you havea bale of cotton"
Yes; we 90 our bottom nickel on cottor
Sendin' it up to Massachusetts to get
carded, spun and wove. Time'll com
when we II send it there to be ginned, the
we'll be happy. Monstrous sight of trot
BILE running these gins.
That would be rather expensive. senC
ing cotton in seed,
mo more so than them western Teller
pays when they send corn east and get
dollar bushel and pay six bits freigh
Besides, as said, what is the use of pa,
ing for railroads 'thout we use the roads
You seem to appreciate the aeyanti
ges Of railroads,
Il think we ought-we pay enough 1,
'em."
Il reckon you fatten your own pork?'
We'll, you reckon wrong, stranger.
get them lllinoy fellers TO do that for N
It's mighty convenient, too-monstrol
sight of trouble toting big basketful
coru three times a day to hogs in pen
specially when you haint got none to to
it to-"
Il should think so. B."
There's one thing lacking, though,
make the business complete"
What's that?"
''They ought 10 send them hogs rea,
cooked. Cookin', and preparin wood I
cookin', takes up heap Of time that {
by rights to be employed in the cotto
patch. / was saying to my old woman Z
other day, il we Mississippi folks got o
cookin' and washin' done up north a
sent by express we'd be as happy as ofhc
holders"