Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-01-15
NOT THAT COLUMBUS.

was as black as the ace OF spades, and as
he carclessly busted off his stand with q
stump Of corn brush, he occasionally
paused rolled his eyes hungrily up and
down the street.
Presently tall, raw boned, middle
aged man, with a considerable length oi
goatee, and but little breadth Of hat
rim, stopped and glanced at the stand
with some show of interest.
" Have ashine, boss ~ said the owner
of the stand, giving his chair parting
slap with the brush. "Shine em up in
half mint, sab. You'll jist have time
to glance over de morning papers"
Without deigning an answer the lank
chap climbed into the seat before him.
"Whar yer n rollin' them pants to 9''
was his first remark after the proprietor
of the stand began to operate. u
"All right now, boss. We mustn't muss
'em, you see. It's all feasible now, sah.'
" Wall, perceed to business"
" rs movin', sab Is n movin."
" Wall, see that you keep movin'."
DE people of de Souf," said the boot
black, cooking a cunning eye up at his
customer, ode people of de Souf [another
look Of the eyel most allus gives us pore
cullud boys any little feasible jobs dey S
got"
"Y OH think I'm from the South ?"
"I's from de Souf myself, sah."
Likely"
4" is from dc Souf, sah from ole Ken
tuck, sah."
"Indeed ?"
"Sartn, boss is from Lex 'nton, Ken
tuck, sab, scraping away with an old
casebniie at the mud on his customers
! boots.
"l'm from Kentucky myself, and from
lexington" said the man, beginning to
look interested. $50 you're from Lex
ington, ell ?"
"Jess SO, boss. Practically l was born
dar, sah."
Like you | was born there"
"Nice old town, boss"
"Vcry."
81 golly, boss, if l didn't sthinl from
de fust dat | saw in you dc rale ole Kahn
lucky gentleman. You've got good
deal of de cut of some Of dem law and
medicine students.dat used to be about de
ole Pennsylvania Varsity, but yJu's aged
little, boss-aged lie etle grain more
dan was de boys in dem days"
1--WE often seen the old University"
at was a fine ole town, too. De main
street was more dan a mild long dar
war beautiful trees long de streets, and
dc orphan asylum, and de baggin fac
terys, de wire works and de-"
"The lunatic asylum"
"Yos, boss shure nuf, dar was dc lu-
natic 'sylum."
"And the river"
cam de ribber l golly, boss, dat fust
big bend in Town fork of dc Elkhorn, up
'bove de practically dat ar was
mighty feasible proposition for catfish"
"Amazin'."
81 say, boss practically you never
happened to know cullud boy named
Columbus Parsons, as lived out on de
road to'ards whar ole Harry Clay was
borned-out to'ard Ashland - did yer,
sab ?"
81 knowed a colored boy named Co
lumbus Parsons, that rode ole Woodpeck
er against Ploughboy, down at the Blue
Grass course and won the pus's."
"De Lord love US Was you dar ?
De great hockey Practically, | am dat
same Columbus Parsons what rode ole
Woodpecker and won de pus's down dar
at Blue Grass" y .......
"The Columbus Parsons knowed used
to be a great fiddler, played for all the
balls and parties for miles around"
''Dat was me sab. | was de boy
Now you's beginning to know me-"
"The Columbus Parsons | used to
know was great singer-was lightnin'
at all the niger camp meetings."
dat was me, boss. Pm identically
and practically dat same Columbus Par
sons You's got de most feasible meme
ny dat | ever saw, sah."
"The Columbus Parsons / knowed
went down to Frankfort and run on the
river as steward of the Belle Wagner"
"Yah, yah You knows me-you do,
you knows me, boss. You knows me
like brudder, sab In dem days did
MT put on de apparel ? Wasn't / at
tired Practically, sab, you's got de
most feasible Nom 'ry dat ever saw !"
"The Columbus Parsons that / know
ed, the Columbus Parsons that rode ole
Woodpecker, the Columbus Parsons that
used to sing at camp meetings Colum-
bus Parsons that was steward on the
belle Wagner, that Columbus Parsons
busted open trunk belonging to a pass
enger, stole thousand dollars, and was
sent to the State Prison at Frankfort for
five years"
practically, boss, you's got power
ful feasible mem'ry, but dare was anud-
der Columbus Parsons down dare bout
Lexin ton and Frankfort, partie larry
South Frankfort, cross de chain bridge
dat was a hoss rider, a fiddler, singer
and steam boater, an he was Il low
flung harum scarum, no account feller, |
guess he mout a been de Columbus Par
sons what you knowed, sah."
"You think so 2''
"Satin, sure, boss but don't say nuf-
fin about de fellow heah, sab. You see,
practically, it mout injure my good name |
sab. - Vtr1tnid Enterprise.
A Polish dancing master committed
suicide in Erie, Pa, the other day. He