The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-07-09

An Illustration with a strong Practical
Moral.

Moral.
The Natchez Weekly Democrat has the
following satire on the conduct Of the
farm r. of the State of Mississippi which
we think can be rea' with nront by those
OF other Southern states:
HALO, stranger, You seem TO be going
to marketY"
les. sir, ana.
What are you carrying that pillow along
forfr
"Going 10 send Il 10 Pittsburgh
"To Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania ~
you're mighty right; am"
"What are you going 70 send IL there
forfi
ITO get shaI pened-
"All the way to Pittsburgh to get sharp
enedg'
You bet. We've starved our black
smith out he pulled up stakes the other
day and went TO Texas
"Well. that's rather novel idea my
friend-sending plow 50 iarto GET sharp
ened''
Not so novel as you heard il was. We
DO our milling in 81. Louis
lis that so.''
You re right ii is. We used to have a
mill AZ Pmkinvine Creek. but the own
or got too poor 70 keep IL up, and SO We
turned 20 getting our grinding done al 81.
Louis"
You don't mean to say Won send your
grist all the way TO 1T. LOUIS by rdl.'
didn't say nothing about grist-we
hain't got no girls 10 send. BUT We get our
-four and meal from It. Louis
II see you have hide on your wagon"
yes: our old cow died last week.
March winds blowed the life our n her.
Sendin' her hide 10 Boston 10 Get il tan
ned"
IAN the WAY to Boston, l. not that
rather expensive, my friendg The freights
viii 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 'tnout you get the good Of 'em
Used 10 have a lanyard over AT Lick skillet
aud shoemaker, too. But they're kerr
I flummuNed.n
kerflummuxed-wha thatgr
1T means. gone up spout-ami twixt
you and me, that's mighty nigh the case
with our State
when do you expect 70 get your
leather
.Don't expect to git no leather at all
expect 10 get shoes. some day, made AZ
Boston or thereabouts.
Rather misfortune 70 lose milk COW.
my triend.n
Not so much a misfortune a. you
heard it was. INDUSTRIOUS sight OF shuckin
and nubinn' a COW, and milkin' her night
and mornin' and gettin' only about three
quarts "A day
"whar gre you going to do for milk r.
"Send North for it,
Send North for milk 2"
Yes; concentrated milk and Goshen
butter"
"Ohi | see the point
Mighty handy things these railroads
make them Yankee fellers do all our
! jobs tor Us now-do our smithin'. aud
grindin', and tannin', and milkin', and
churnin'."
II see you have bale Of cotton.-
Yes. we 90 our bottom nickel on cot
ton. SendiD' il up 10 Massachusetts, TO
get il carded. spun and wove. Time'll
come when well send II there TO be- gin
ned, then well be happy. Monstrous
sight Of trouble running these gins
"That would be rather expensive, send
l ing cotton in seed
mo more 20 than them Western fell
! lers pays when they send corn East and
get a dollar "A bushel and pay fix bit.
I freight Besides. a. | said. what is the
use OF paying for railroads 'thOut we use
the roads.'
You seem to appreciate the advan-
tages Of railroads.
think we ought-we pay enough for
EN-
II reckon you fatten your own pork -
"Wcll. you reckon wrong. stranger.
get them llnoy ielicrs TO DO that for me.
/ It's mighty convenient. too-mon-trous
| sight Of trouble toting big basketful OF
corn three times a day 10 hogs IN pen
especially when you hain't got none 70
\ tote IL to-
81 should think so.r
"There's one thing lacking. though. to
make the business complete"
whats that n
They ought 70 send them hogs ready
cooked. Cookin', and preparin' wood for
cookin' takes up heap Of time that ort by
rights 10 beempoyed in the cotton patch.
was sayin 20 my old woman the other
day. II we Mississippi folks got our cookin'
and washin' done up North and sent by
express, we'd be as happy as ofiice-hold-
ers."
"Your horse in the lead there seems to
be lame.''
"Yes. needs shoein'. II he wasn't the
only horse We got. and can't spare nun.
IA serd him up where they made the
horae-shocs aud nails and get him shod.
Can't get such thing done IN oar parts.
Perhaps can az the depot
"How do you manage TO live Ia your
parts. my old friendg
why. we raise cotton. My road turns
off here. stranger. Gee, Bail; back, Bran
J dy. I'm glad 4 seed you, stranger"