The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-08-11
For the Hartford Herald.
HOW WE DO THINGS OUT HERE.

"Going to send it to Pittsburgh"
"What,to Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania"
"You're mighty right is that"
"What are you going to send it there
for?"
"Why to get i. sharpened. Don't you
see how dull it is? Amt had it sharpened
this year. All the way to Pittsburgh TO
get it sharpened. You bet am"
"What might be your name, stranger"
"My names Lewis, and live in Folly
Hollow. over Eere in Baystown. If it
pleases your honor, what might be your
name?'
my name is Taylor"
"Why, God bless you Harb, is this
you? Give us your hand" (They have
hearty shake, and in SO doing give
each other the grip.).
81 am glad to form your acquaintance,
Mr. Lewis. :"
$50 am l glad to make yours, Harb,
for I've always hearn you's bully fel-
low"
whats the news in your town."
Nothing more than we have starved
out one of our blacksmiths, and tother
one is, you know, selling goods for u.s.
That all accounts for me having this
plow along"
"Well, that's a newell idea, to send
pillow to Pittsburgh to get it sharpened."
mot so novel as you might suppose.
We do our milling in Evansville"
ais that so?'
you are right, it is "
"You don't mean to say that You send
your grist to Evansville"
81 didn't say anything about grist to
send, but we get our flour and meal from
there"
81 see, Brother Lewis, you have hide
on your wagon"
Yes, our Old COW died last week. The
March winds blOwed the life out'n her.
am sending her hide to Boston to get
1t tanned"
"All the way to Boston! Amt that
rather expensive, my friend? The freight
will eat the hide up"
That's a tact-cleaner than the buzz
yards did her carcass-but what's the use
to be taxed Tor railroads 'thout you use
them? We used to have tanner, but he
sold wet leather, until he got able to sell
dryer goods. go he quit on us and jined
on speckerlation."
"What are you going to do for milk,
now?'
"Send North for it where we can get
it directly from the manufacturer (the
cow and save the expense Of the middle
milk man"
"Oh, see the point"
Mighty handy things, these railroads.
We can make the Yankee fellows do all
our jobs, SIGH as milkin', smithin', grind
in turnin' and merchantmen"
81 guess you fatten your own pork?'
"Well, | guess you reckon wrong. We
get them Illinoy fellows to do that for us.
1t wont pay to lose time outen our 'bacco
to be totin' corn three times day to hogs
specially when we amt got no corn to
tote, nor no hogs to tote it to. There is
one thing lackin, though, to make the
thing complete"
What's that?'
They ought to send them hogs ready
cooked. I was sayin' to my Old woman
t'other day, that if we could jist git ouI
cookin' and washin done up North, and
sent to us by express, we'd be as happy
as Federal otiice-holders, and would
knock out all the middle women, &c
boot"
Your horse, there in the lead, seem:
to he lame"
eyes, he needs shoein'. If he warn
the only one I've got, and | cant spar,
him, I'd send him up to Pittsburgh, where
they make the nails and shoes. and gi
him shod Can't git such thing done
in our parts, for you know one of oul
smiths has quit, and the other starved t.
death sharpenin' plows at a nicke
apiece"
"You have some eggs, see, too
IL 'lAnf
TO get pound OF soda at the depo. Il
there any there now"
mo, sir; we've starved that rascal o
a merchant out, and you'll have to sen,
them to our agent at Louisville, and he'll
send you the soda back at eight cents"
"Only eight cents Why, that rascal!
merchant at Cromwell charged me tcr
cents the year before last; and would you
think, went down there the ether day
and he wanted me to give him my mote
at ten per cent. for the account Tha
shows what swindlcrs they are. woul,
not do it, for learned that the ten pei
cent. law had already ruined this country
and we don't intend to stand it. We r.
guine TO change the constitution and stol
litergation, so these fellows cant sue us
reconstruct the doctors, quit the use o
lawyers, stop commerce, knock out the
most of the officers, and let the remain
der work for the glory of the position, pu