St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-09-14
Uncle RcMiRS with the sOOf:l-
ache.
I (Atlanta Constitution.

AS soon rs Uncle Rrmus rut in an ar.
prar;nce yesterday his friends knew ht
had been in trouble. He bad IL rtd cot
ton handkerchief tied under his chin
and the genial humor that usually makes
hisagtd face it's dwelling place had givti
| way to an expression Of giim h,elal:-
chu!y. The Young n,ri, about ili'. ntft,
| We're inclined to chatf hnn i,ut il> lun!,
| rf suiltu resignation remained uli-
changed.
"WIlat revival did you attend last
ngl1 2" inquired one.
What was the color of the mule. that
did the hnmlnering ~ asked ,:'nthrr.
always told the old M III !nt it sub
E1'an chicken coop would fail nn him,
| remarked Sune"ne.
"A strange pig has been sqnealIug in
his ear suggested someone else.
But Uncle Ren,us remained unaS>ivt.
| He seemed to have lost all interest it!
| What WAS going nii around him, and he,
| sighed heavily as ne seated himself on
the edge of the trash in front of the
| "ifice. Finally someone asked in IL SYM
| pathetic tone:
WI hat is the matter, old man9 Yuu
! look like You'd been through the mill.''
Now y"u'er knockin' at de back do
>hn. Ell | amt bin thu de mill srnce dy
to- ylstlddy, den dey amt no mill in i,
| an'. Ell wunner dtze yer scurshnn
trains had lunurd over me conldn't e..
bin wuss oft. bin trompin' 'roun in
de low grOun's now gwine un seventy
fi'' year. but ain seed no such times tz
| dat wat | done spe'unSt NOW. Boss, is
emmy err you all ever rastled wild th
toOf-Hche 7"
"Oh, hundreds of times. The tooth
ache isn't anything"
Den you dts played 'roun' de aidges.
de underjaw. You mout had a gum
bile, but You amt bin boddered wild d,
toof ache. wuz sittin' up talkin' wild
my ole 'om;ln, kinder pnzzlin' round fer
ter SEE whar de nex' meals vittlrs
wus gwine ter cum fun, an feel a
little ache s0rter craWlin' long on my
jawbone, kinder feelin' his way. But
lie ache didn't stay long. He sorter
hankered round like an den crope back
wtar he come fun. Binieby | feel i'm
comm agin, an dis time hit look like he
come up closer-kinder skummishn'
'roun' fer ter see how de Ian lay. Den
he went off. Presently feel i'm comm
and dis time it look like der WIS anud-
der wun vid i'm. Dey crep' AN crep'
'ronn', an den they crop off. Bimeh>
dey come back, an dis time dey come
like dey wuzzent 'feard er oe surrounu-
ms, for dey tr"t right up up, onto dc
toof, sorter famine it like, an den trOt
all 'rOun' ii, like desc yer circunns lor
a.s. sot dlr mighty cam, but | spcct-
ed dat sump'n WAS ywine to hapn.'
"And it tnpI,"ned, did itF' asked
~"me one in the group surrounding the
,,!I man.
Boss, don't ynu fnrgit it," responded
Uncle Rcmus fcr>id!y. "W'en dem
aches gall"ped back de-, gal!np'd fer ter
stay, an dey Wuz SO mixed nj dat |
couldn't tell one tu:n de uh tr. All
night long dcy rackrh au' dry galInprd
and Wen dty got llitd rr r1Gkiu' AL
gallopin' dey all closed in on de ole tuol
IN thumpcd it AN gou2rh ut it twtll II
'pcared unto me dat tlty had got da jaw
hone iOosened ny an WIZ tryin' fer tri
fetch it mp thru de top er my head, an
out at der back or my neck. Az de,
got wnss mex day. Mars. DrvrnDnt,
Ellis, he seed ! WIZ 'slrarrrd, an Ii,
,ole ne fer ter go 'rouu' here. au' git N lars.
Eos. Chapman fer ter put suinp'n un il.
an Murs., he flowed dnt b..tter hay,
er draw'd, AN his wuls WIZ mi NOR,
"olc fo' winner desc yer wAtrty"ln,aH
ruIlunS-wunnrr dezr t!cntI>' III lis
had retctled fer it wild IL p..ir ut rnu-~
vat don't turn loose wen ssry ~k"lc!,t>
ii holt. You oughter seed d.r I.,pi. hos.
Hit wuZ WINNER deze yer - prom.
itllrrs. Eff she'd a crowd wrong "enn
out ards, Id y bin II bad niger lon.
alter jin'd de chu'ch. You !.e.uI IN.
non!