Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-10-11

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would put nie out. This Is Tree
country, and Use agwine to Stfas-
burg tonight, SO you might as
well take your lantern out Of my
facc. - - ssse 81
"But, madam, my orders" be-
gan the picket. .s
"Don't tell me nothing bout or
ders I'don'tcare nothing bout or
ders; and you needn't think, cause
that Tennessee man got out, that
Use gwine to get out cause |
amt. Amt / got three sons in
the army, a great sight larger than
you is, and they fit at Manassas,
and they amt no towards, nuther
is their mother, and | amt agwine
to get out of this stage this night,
but I'm gwine to Strasburg, whar
/ was born and raised" &
The poor man looked non
plussed, but with another effort,
he tegan, "My dear madam"
81 amt none Of your dear mad
am l'se just q free white woman,
and SO is Kitty Grim, and we amt
no niggers TO get passes, and Use
Igwine along this pike to Strasburg.
Now Use doue talking sA
With, this she settled herself
|on the seat and leant back with a
most determined air, and the dis.
Icomftted man shut the door amid
peals of laughter from within and
without. In q few moments We
were quiet again, and all began to
settle themselves for sleep, when
the silence was broken by our her
oine. ~ ssTe ss - sses e :,
"Kitty, is you sick p
"No," said Kitty. skas
"Well, it is a wonder Gentle
men, can't one Of you take Kitty's
seat and give her yourn? She
gets mopstrous sick when she is
riding with her back tothe horses" "
There was a death-like. silence,
and my curiosity was aroused TO
know how she would manage that
point. After q few m5ments She
began again. al 81 q sisr. Ga a,e.
kitty, is you sick?''' -
. "No, not yit,' said Kitty.
"Well do wish one Of these
gentlemen would give Kitty his
seat. xMs NNk
I Still no reply. All was becom-
ing quiet again, wien she raised
her voice
"Kitty Grin, is you sick 2. 7
"Yes, iast little," said Kitty.
I knowed it, / knowed she was
sick, and when Kitty Grim gets
sick she in general flings up.
f.
4 The effect was electric.
"My dear madam" exclaimed
both gentlemen at once, stake my
seat, by all means tax. my seat"
The Methodist clergy man being
nearest gave up his seat and took
hers. The change was soon effec.I
ted amid the most nproarious
laughter, all feeling that they were
tairly oufgeneralled the third time
A writer in the Memphis
Ledger, in a Communication Of
ponderous length and mouldy
with parallelic references, mona
mates Col. John H. Savage for
Governor in1875. Col. S. is a
very clever, high-toned, chival-,
rous gentleman, with fair a.
mount of executive and admin
istrative ability; but we appre-
hend he will never be Governor
of Tennessee. His sufnsiye
love for the people, as set forth
in the Memphis paper, is not
widely enough known and suf-
ficiently appreciated to- give
him the ghost of a chance for
the nomination; and without a
nomination he would be sent
like our friend, Hon. Dorsey b.
Thomas, to the limbo of lost /
politicians. And, if Col. Saw
age is to be the candidate, what
is 20 be done about East Ten
nessee's claim 10 furnish the
man for 7S76?-Atkens Post.
1t is a remarkable fact which
we cannot explain, that the boy
who does not know the gun is
loaded. is, nevertheless, always
to be found at the safe end of
the gun. Providence ought to
look after this little arrangement
and reverse it occasionally.
At dinner OF a provincial law
society once, the president called
upon the senior solicitor present
to give as toast the person whom
he considered the best friend of