Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-05
FROM THE C. S. RAILWAY.
Muddy ROads-ViIIage Justiee-Bibu-
IOus OrthOErRphy = Work on the

Ronds. ..
TO tic Editors of the Chronicle
Drive my wagon long the road,
Sorry team aud heavy load"
AT was brawny, sable son of AT
RIGA, sitting aloft on a huge pile of
boxes, which boxes were in wagon,
which wagon was stuck tight and fast
in an almost bottomless mud-hole,
which mud>hole was located some
where between Cooper's Landing and
the G. S. Railway, With his almost
stentorian voice he was making the
woods ring again, but was not making
any remarkable progress in his 9 driv-
ing.n -u... FL. .s.r. d
" Halo, uncle who are you hauling
for?n
maj. Carlisle, sab" .f' ...i
"Can you pull out of that?'
"Yes, sab, [ guess so. Git up dar,
Dick Tom! You lazy brutes, you!
Git out OBJ dat! Whoop! crack! 'hur-
rah !" But it was no use he only
went in deeper. The wheels were In
almost up TO the hubs, with a down
ward tendency. ..'... .iA
"You'll have to come dow and give
them lift.n H.
Eyes, sab !" And the sable Jehu
descended and, laying unholy hands
upon neighburing fence, improvised
a lever and fulcrum, aud organized
himself into a practical philosopher.
Whether he escaped from the slough
of despond, know not; but from my
own experiences a little further on, /
shall always have doubts on the sub
ject. ..r
A little further on, i came to an old
man cutting brush and trees and piling
them at u place where many ways
met.
Halo! my friend; what are you
obstructing the road for?n
These confounded wagoners are
cuttiu' my land up so, | jist thought
I'd pile a little brush in their way.
They've made at least half-a-dozen
roads through my land, tore down my
fences, and piled my rails in the mud.
ConJOus9 'em, say ~ .....
"..Do they haul a great deal to the
railroad, Uncle?"
Haul much ?" and he looked up at
me with a shade of disgust, as he spit
in his hands and grasped his AK anew,
stranger, It's wuss nor Burnside's
Late in the evening, came to Wart-
burg and stopped for the night. Amid
the shades of twilight a Justice was
holding his court on the platform in
front of "a saloon. Some enterprising
genius had come 10 town, got on a
"bender,o and had broken "a show
case, for which the aggrieved plaintiff
demanded the enOrmus sum of one
dollar and fifty cents. The defendant
was eloquently pleading misnomer,
but obstinately refused To give his
name. In this dilemma, the plain
tiff was constrained TO call in the
aid OF limb of the law,
who was standing by. "Put him in
jail for contempt of COurt,n advised
he. 800
This had the desired effect, aud
judgment for cost was rendered against
the youth in twinkling. Slowly
drawing out two nickles he presented
them TO the Court, declaring with rue
fol cOuntenance that ii was all he had,
and that he must go to jail if this
would not suffice.
Warlburg is a place of considerable
business, since work has begun on the
railroad, Several new business houses
have sprung up, and are doing live
ly trade. Hands are coming in every
day, ard the spling work on the road
has opened with renewed vigor. Ri
ding along the line, one can not help
being struck with the number and fire.
quency of saloons. In the early part
of the day, we came upon a small hut,
perched upon a clay bank, aud an
nounced to the world in this wise