The Osceola times., 1875-07-03
A Mississippi Scene.

II tIlo, Stranger, you seem 10 Dl
gong 10 market!
Yes sir, am .- -..
What are you carrying that
plow along forT
Gong 10 send il to Piusburs.
TO Plttburg in Pennsylvania 2
r~ You're mighty right | am
what are yoa going to sent IT
there for
To get il sharpencd.'
All the way TO Pitlsburg to get
at sharpencd ?
you bet. We've starved our
blaeksmiih out; he pulled up stakes
The other day and went to Texas
g. f'WeH, that's rather novel idea
my friend-sending a pIow SO far
to get ii sharpened.'
Not so novel as you heard it
was. We do our milling at st.
LOUIS
is That so p
You're right il is. We used to
have a mill on Punkinvine creek,
but ihc owner got too poor to keep
IT up, and SO We turned to getting
our grinding done at st. Louis.
'lou don't mean to say YOU sead
your grlst all the way To st. Louis
by rail ?
Il didn't say nothing about girls
we haint got no grls TO send. But
we get our flour and meal at st.
Louis
q see you have a hide on your
wagon
Yes, our old COW died last week,
March winds bowed the life out'n
her. Sending her hide to Boston
TO get it tanned
'All. the way to Boston? Is not
that rather expensive my friend
the freight will eat the hIJe up
That's Il fact cleaner than the |
buGzards did the old critters car
cass. But what's the use of being
taxed to build railroads 'tllout YOU
get the good OF en-? Used to have
lanyard over at LicksklIlet, and |
shoemaker too. But they've |
Kcrflumixcd.' I
kerflumlXed-what's thatY
r ~ means gone up Il spout-and
twixt you and me, that's mighty |
near the case with our state
when do yon expect to get
your leather
Don't expect 10 get no leather
at all-eXpect to got shoes some
day, made at Boston or therea.
bouts.
Rather misfortune to lose Il
mills COW my friend
Not 50 much OF Il misfortune AS
You heard 1t was. Nonstrous
sight OF trouble shuckin and nnb. |.
hInln COW, and milliin her night
aud mornln, and gettln only about
inree quarts OF milk IA day.
Nv hat are You going TO do for
milk ?
'Scnd north for it,.
'Send north for milk"
~ os; concentrated milk and 60.
fheh butter
'Oh, | see the point
Mighty handy things these rail.
roads-make them yankee fellows
do all our jobs tor us now-do our,
smithin, and grndin, and tannin,
and mlklL, aud churuIn.'
4 see you have Il bale of cot
ton.
'Yes, we go our bottom nickel
on cotton. Sendln it up o Massa.
chusetts to get it cardcd, spun and
woSe. Time'll come when we'll
send it there to be gmncd, and then
we'll be happy. Monstrous sight
OF trouble running these gins
That would be rather expensive,
sending cotton in seed
no more SO than them western
fellows pays when they send corn
east and get Il dollar bushcl and
pay six bits freight. Besides, rs
SAID, what the use OF paying for
railroads 'thout we use the roads >
You seem TO appreciate the ad.
vantage of railroads.
J think we ought, we pay enough
for them
Il reckon You tatten your own
porkY
Wei, you reckon wrong suan.
ger. ] get them Illinois lellcrs to
do that tor me. lfs mighty con-
NenIent, too-mOnstruus sight Of
uouble totin' Il big basket OF corn
three times a day to hogs in pen
especially when you haint got no
hog 10 tote it TO.
Il should think So
'fhere's one thing lackin' to
make the business complete
What's that
'Ihey onght to send them hogs
ready cooked. Cookin and prepnr-
in wood for cookln takes up heap
OF time that ort by rights to be en-.
ployed IN the cotton patch. | was