The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1876-06-23
BUSINESS" IN MISSISSIPPI.
EN IRWIN RUSSELL.

. iehE VIII you IN hcorSa, time we all was
refugees.
know you would | alluz tells dc people
white an black,
Dat you raal gen man, AMI dats dc lbin
fac
else but true
An all dc cullud people tinks mighty heap
oh you.
Look hcah. sab don't you want to buy some
cotton: Yes, you lo;
Dcrc oder parties wants it, but rd raider sell
How much: Oh, jcs' balc--lat on de wagon
in dc street
Dis hcah's dc sample--ds is cotton mighty hard
to beat
You'll fin it on de paper what dc offer is da,'s
made:
Dey 5 all dc same scditions half in cash an
half in trade
Dcy's mighty low, sah-Comc, now, can't you
prove upon lie rates
Dat Harroi Brudders offers only twcb an
scbcn-eghts:
Lord; Mahs'r johnny, raise it. Don't you
knows dat Is frcn'
An when has dc money | is willn for to
Spcn
My customs wuf a heap sal, les YOU buy dc
pere didn't ncbber nobody lose muffin off o
me.
Now. what's dc good oh gwine dar an a-zaminin'
Wien people trades wild me-, dcy alluz gifts Il
homes sale;
aint no han fer cheatin' ; | bclicbcs in actin
far
An ebcrybody'n tell you dat dcy alluh foun'
me Sluar
isn't like some niggcrs | dcclar' it is n
shame
De way some oh en- swim les what dc cotton
aiut dc same
As dis dats in tic sample Well I'm blcyt sab.
if it's!
Dis hcah mus he my bruldcr's samrlc--ycs,
sab, dis is his.
If dat don't beat creation IIoah I've done
been toiin roun
\ sample diff rent from dc cotton. I-wil-bc
- consound
Mahs'r Johnny, 'nu mus scusc nc Take dc
cotton as it stah's,
An tell me if you re willin for to take it off
my hans.
Sho ncbcr min dc auger, taint no use to
De bale is all 'lc same as dis hcah place lie bag
gins tore;
You oughtn't to go puln' out dc cotton dat
away,
1t srilcs de beauty oh dc-what, sab rocks in
dn. You say?
Rocks in la, ar cotton: How de dcbil h" dqt
be?
packed dat bale myscf-hor OH a mnnit. le
My stars must he crazy MahS johnny, dis
Is gone an hauled my brw,llcr's cotton in in
stead eb mine
lr'S a BoY'-Onc evening rcccntl.: :s,I,\
friends of Il married couplcsS, &: o'NH ,,5o'4
determined to s,i,Aya SssyHiISd sfSy HiIsd. ','|,''
md ;Ss Ii%' Tot 'SS sss2y $A $as ~HS-
L,c ,ncn appearance before the house ,
lbout O'clock, AS they came up to the {
loor they saw the gentleman standing in )
The alley way with his ovcrcoat on smoking !
!, cigar, and the parlor all lighted up. This
struck them as rather singular, but the ""
leader grabbed the door-kn0b and they :
rushed hilariously in. The gas WAS burning 5
rightly, and six dignilicd old ladies were
sitting around the stove, looking as solemn
rs grand inquisitorS.
"Oh, my where's Matte - shouted one
cxhubcrant young lady, sitting her basket
on the piano"
shes up stairs. said an old lady. look
ing over her spcctaclcs with solemn acri.
mony.
''Lct's have her down. screamed half Il !
dozen girls in chor;:S rs they made break
for the hall
"IIcrc, girls girls, DON; go up there -
and the old laji,, made hasty attempt to
check the prc posed raid.
"Why. what on carths the matter here
anyhow?' inquired the inpatient darlingS.
"Wcll. believe its boy :"
"Oh, lets 90.
And that company Of nice young men
and women moved away ike Il soap bubble
in hurricane, and the girls never stopped
for beau or baskets, but stuffed their hand
kcrchicis in their mouths to hold their
breath down until they were safe behind their
own doors, and not girl in the Fourth
Ward knows where Matte lives.
WHAT'S IN A NAME-Thc new editor
Of the New York JIorhI, VIM Henry Hull
bert, is South Carolinian by birth, and
brother Of Gen. Stephen IIurlbut, Re-
publican Representative from Illinois. The
latter insists on writing the family name
lIurlbut while VIM. Henry adopts Hurt
hcrf 50, the cd English tau.iiy name. Gon.
IIurlbut distinguished himself aS an officer
in the last Indian war in Floriada and was
n hrigadcr in the late civil war
COWS Mother ?" asked the Prince Of
Wales after he had kissed his wife and ba-
bics all around. "Tho IIcmprcss il wcll,'
replied Alexandria. "Hcmprcss be ';ngcd."
rctortod tie Prince she ought to ave
Knocked around linda as Hi ave, and