The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-07-08
SOUTHERN "INDEPENDENCE," I"
Natchez Weekly Democrat.

Natchez Weekly Democrat.
"Hullo, stranger, you seem to bego-
ing to market?"
eyes sir, I am."
"What are you carrying that plow
along for ?"
"Going to send it to Pittsburg."
"To Pittsburg, in Pennsylvania ?"
"You're mighty right; I am"
"What are you going to send it
there for?"
ITO get sharpened."
"All the way to Pittsburg to get
sharpened p
"You bet! We've starved our
blacksmith out; he pulled up stakes
the other day and went to Texas"
"Well, that's a rather novel idea
my friend-sending a plow so far to
get sharpened."
"Not SO novel as you heard it was.
We do ourmilling in St. Louis"
"Is that so p
"You're right it is. We used to
have a mill at Punkinvine Creek, but
the owner got too poor to keep it up,
and so we turned to getting our grind
ing done at st. Louis
"You don't mean to say you send
your grist all the way to St. Louis by
railY
II didn't say nothing about girls
we hain't got no girls to send. But
we get our flour and meal from ST..
Louis"
II see you have a hide on your wa
gon."
eyes; our old COW died last week.
March winds b]owed the life out'n
her. Sendin' her hide to Boston to
pet it tanned"
Gail the way to Boston? Is not
that rather expensive, my friend
The freights will eat the hide up"
"That's a fact-cleaner than the
buzzards did the old critters carcass.
But what's the use bein' taxed to
build railroads 'thout you get the
good Of ,em Used to have a lanyard
over at Lickskillett and shoemaker.
too. But they're kerfummuxed."
"Kerfummuxed-what's that ?"
ut means, gone up spout-and
twixt you and me, that's mighty nigh
the case with our State"
"When do you expect to get your
leather"
"Don't expect to git no leather at
all-expect to get shoes, some day,
made at Boston or thereabouts."
"Rather misfortune to lose milk
COW, my friend"
"Not so much a misfortune as you
heard it was. Monstrous sight o.
shuckin' and nubinin' a COW, and
milkin' her night and mornin'.- and
gettin' only about quart a day."
"What are you going to do 70,
milk?,
"Send North for it.
"Send North for milk ?"
Eyes; concentrated milk and Go.
| shen butter"
"Oh! I see the point"
mighty handy things these rail
roads-make them Yankee fellers dc
all our jobs for us now-do ou,
smithin', and grindin', and tannin'
and miIkin', and churnin',"
II see you have bale Of cotton"
"Yes, we 60 our bottom nickel on
cotton. Sendin' it up to Massachus
etts to get it carded, spun, and wove
Timell come when we'll send it there
to be ginned, then we'll be happy
Monstrous sight of trouble running
these gins; ).
"That would be rather expensive
sending cotton in seed."
mo more so than them Wester1
fellers pays when they send corn cas-
and get dollar a bushel and pay
six bits freight. Besides as I said
what is the use of paying for rail
roads 'thout we use the roads ?"
"You seem to appreciate the ad
vantages of railroads"
Il think we ought-we pay enough
for 'em."
II reckon you fatten your owl
tporkr p
"Well, you reckon wrong, stranger
I get them Illinoy fellers to do tina
for me. It's mighty convenient, toe
|-monstrous sight of trouble toting
big basketful of corn three times .
day to hogs in a pen,-especiall.
when you hain't got none to tote
to-"
II should think 80"
"There's one thing lacking thoug]
| to make the business complete"
"What's that 7"
"They ought to send them hog
ready cooked. Cookin', and preparin
wood for cookin' takes up a heap Q
time that ort by rights to be employ
ed in the cotton patch. I was sayin
to my old woman the other day, il
we Mississippi folks got our cookin
and washin' done up North and sen
by express, we'd be as happy as o.
fee holders"
"Your horse in the lead there seem
to be lame"
eyes, needs shoein'. If he WASH
the only horse I've got, and I can
spare him, I'd send him up whe1
thev made the horse shoes and nail
, and get him shod. Can't get such