Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1876-01-13
A Chance Meeting Of Kentuclkiar
Who had Feasible" Memory.

toner. He vas as black as the &C
OF spades, and as he carelessly dus
ed off his stand with the stump OF ,
corn brush, he OCCASIONAL paused an
rolled his eyes. 'hungrily up and dow
the street. Sfl .o '-'';'''' .'''h ''
Presently, a TALL. raw-boned, mid
die aged man, with a considerable
length of goatee and not a littl
breadth of hat rim, stopped an,
glanced Mt the stand with some sho,
of interest. 77'
"Have a shine, boss p said tn
owner Of the, stand, giving his chai
a parting slap with his brush. ;"Shin
'em up in half a mint, sab. You'll
jist have time to glance over de NOR
ming papers, -- i" ~'.1
Without deigning an answer, tn,
lank chap climbed into the seat be
fore him.
"Whar yer a-rollin' yer pants to :?
was his first remark after the propri
etor of the stand .beganto operate.
"All right, now, boss. We musn'
muss 'em, you see. It's all feasible
now, sah."
"Wall, perceed to business.
"Is a-movin', boss; Is a.movin'
sub "
wall, see that you keep a-movin'.
ode people of de Souf," said the
boot black, cooking a cunning eye
upon his customer, ode people of dc
SoH,," [another look of the eye] mos
allus gives us pore culled boys an,
little feasible jobs dey's got"
"You thing I'm from the South p
"Is from de Soufmyself, sah."
Likely"
"rs from de Souf, sah-from old
kaintuck, sab"
Indeed ?"
"Sartin, boss. T. from Lex'nton,
kaintuck. sab" scraping.. away with
an old case knife at the mud OH the
soles of his customers boots.
"I'm from Kentucky myself, and
from Lexington said the man, be.
ginning to look interested. "Sc
you're from Lexington, eh ~
jess so, boss. Practically I was
horn dah, sah.'
Like you, ! was born thar
"Nicc ole town, boss"
Very
81 golly, boss, eff l didn't tink
from de fust dat | saw you de rale
ole Kentucky gentleman. You've
got a good deal of de cut of some o
dem law and mid'cine students dat
used to e about de ole Transylvany
Varsity but you's aged a little, boss
aged a leetle grain more dan was
de boys in dem days re
81 have often seen the old uniyersi-
v." .7s.s ~
at was a fine ole town, too. De
main street was more dan a mile
bong dar war BEAUTIFUL trees long de
streets, and de orphan 'sylum, an de
hagein facterys, de wire WORKS, an
de"
"The lunatic asylum
eyes, boss ; shore 'nuf, dar was
dc lunatic 'sylum."
"And the river"
"Au' de riber; golly, da. fust
big bend in Town Fork Of de Elkhorn,
up 'bove de city-practiclly dat was
a mighty feasible proposition for cat
fish"
'Amazin.
i say, boss, practically YOU never
happened to know culed boy named
Columbus Parsons, as lived out on de
road to'ards whar old Harry Clay was
borned-out to'ards Ashland--lid
yer, sah?'
81 knowed a colorcd boy named
Columbus Parsons that rode old
Woodpecker against Ploughboy down
at the Blue Grass course and won the
pusS."
"De Lord love us Was you dar?
De great hokey Practica ly, | am
dat same Columbus Parsons what
rode old Woodpecker an won de
puss down dar to Blue Grass
"The Columbus Parsons | knowed
used to be great fiddler played for
all the balls and parties tor miles
"Dal was me sab, | was de boy.
Now you's beginnin' to know me-"
"The Columbus Parsons | knowed
used to be a great singer-was light
ming at all the negro camp meetin's. >
Dat was me boss. I'm Identical
ly and practically dat same Colum-
bus Parsons. You's got de most feas
ible memIy dat ever saw, ,Sah.
"The Columbus Parsons | knowed
went down to Frankfort and ran on
the river as steward Of the Belle Wag-
ner."
"Yah, yah YOU knows me-you
knows me boss Yod knows me like
a brudder, sab, In dem days didn't
| put on de. apparel: Wasn't | at
tired? Practically, sab, you's got
de most feasible mem'ry dat | cher
saw y
"The Cplumb1, Parsons that |
knowed-the Columbus Parsons that
rode old Woodpecker, the Columbus
Parsons that used to sing at camp
meetin's, the Columbus Parsons that
was steward on the Belle Wagner
that Columbus Parsons busted open
the trunk of 4 passenger, and stole
thousand dollars, and was sent To
the State prison at Frankfort for FIVE
years
"Practically, boss, you's gotta pow
erful feasible memry, hut dare was
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