The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-02-10
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the stump 81 corn brush BE- occasionally
paused aud roIlcd 81 eyes bangH9 up
and down the street.
Presently i tat, raw-baucd, middle
aged man, with a considerable length of
goatce aud uot little prca,Nh of bat
rm, stopped and glanced al the stand
with some show oi ntcrcst
Have a shine. b1ss5 ssid thc owner Of
the stand giving bis chair parting slap
With bis brush Shine 'em up iu half
mint, sab Nouil U.t have time 70
glance over de morning paper
without deiguus sn answrr lho lauk
chap climbed into The seat beiutc him,
Whar yer a.rohu' them pants taf Was
bis first remark slter the proprietor of
the stand began 20 operate.
An right now, boss We mustnt muss
'em, you see. li's an feasible now, sab.
Wall, perceed 10 business.
l's a.moyin', boss r. a-movin'. sab,
Wall, see that you keep n-moyiu.
De people Of de Souil' said the boot
black, cooking cunning eye upon his
customers de people Of de sout (auothcr
look OF The oye) most alias gives pore
cuHud boys any little feasible Jobs dey's
got
You think l'm from the SOUTH
Il from de Soul myself, sah.
Likely.
Il from dc souf, sab from ole kaiu.
tuck, sab.
Indeed?
sariin, boss rs IRON Iexiulou, Kahn
tuck, sab, scrapng away with an Old
case-knife at the mud on the sulcs Of lbs
customers boots.
Pm from kentuek myself, aud from
Lexington, said the man, beginning to
look interested So you're from LcNng-
ton, ch?
jess 50, boss. Practically was born
dar, sab.
Like you, ! was born thar.
Nice old town, boss.
Very.
Goly, boss, ef ] didu't think from dc
fust dat saw IL You de rale ole haiu-
tucky gentleman, You've got good
deal OF dc cut of some o dem law aud
midcue students dat used 70 be about
de ole Transyvany Varsity but yons
aged little, boss aged a le-etle grain
more dan was de boys ia dem days
I've often seen the old university.
Ii was a fine ole town, too DE main
street was more dan milo long; dar
war beautiful trees long dc streets, aud
de orphan syum, an dc Doggln moterys,
dc wire works, an de-
The lunatic asylum.
Yes, boss shore 'nuil, dar was de lu-
natic 'sylum.
Aud the river.
An' dc ribber; golly, dat iust big
bend IN Town Fork of dc Llkborn, np
'bove dc city-practically dat was
mighty feasible proposition for catfish.
Amazing.
| say, boss, practically you never hap
pened to know culIud boy named Coz
umbus Parsons, as lived out on the road
to'ards whar ole Harry Clay was borned
--out to'ards Ashland did yer, sah2
knowed eolored boy named Colum-
bus Parsons that rode old Woodpecker
against Ploughboy down at The Blue
Grass course and won the puss,
De Lord love Us! Was you dar2 De
great hokeyl Practically, an dat same
Columbus Parsons what rode old Wood
pecker an won dc puss down dar TO
/ Blue Grass
The Columbus Parsons knowed used
TO be a great fiddler; played for ail the
balls aud parties for miles around.
Dat was me, sab. WAS dc boy. Now
I you's bcginuin' TO know ne!
Tie Columbus Parsons ! used 20 know
was a great siugerwa lightn at all
the Niger campmeedu'-.
Dat was me, boss i'm identically aud
y practically dat same Columbus Par-onsl
You've got de most feasible mem'ry Dat
: ever saw, sah
j. The Columbus Parsons ! knowed went
}. down to Frankfort and ran o. the river
d as steward Of the Belle Wagner.
Yah, sab; you knows mU-you knows
: me, boss You knows me Ike brud-
der, sab Ia dem days didn't I put ~
a dc apparelY Wasn't ] attredy Pfatic'
ally, sab, you's got dc most feaaibIc
a mcm'ry dat ever saw
The Columbus Parsons that knowedI
l. the Columbus Parsons that rode old
4. Woodpecker, the Columbus Parsons thai
used 10 sing al camp.uceiin's, Tie Co
lumbus Parsons tbat was steward on tht
!. Belle Wagner, tilat Columbus Parsoni
e. busted open the trunk Of passenger
stole Thousand dollars, and was sent t.
"a the state Prison at frankfort for hy'
years,
Practically, boss, yoa's got powerful
"A feasible uem'r}, gul a1re 9oa l-exin'
lou aid Fmnki0rt~p ~paruclahy soatl
4. sraukion, cross 4 chain bridge ia
vas hoss4dder, a fiddler. q singer, sni
tea.ub1ater, an be- WAS i0w-hnng
e. hafum scefeia, a0-aocoaui teller; gues
er be mont biu De Coiumbas Pafson
,le what you kB0wed, sal
la You thiuk ~
ar saflin, sue, b9s Jal doa't sag Dailt
he bout DC fs,ier beahi fab. 700 sFe, pfae
tieaHy, i mout iujufs nv good nan'
sah.
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