Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-11-30

"Gin Me Dat Word Agin' old zeb
Wilson Makes q Purchase.
Little Rock Gazette.

Old Zeb wilson came to the city
yesterday, and, entering book store
said: '1s you got any Injun books
heah?"
The clerk handed down several
yellow covered collections of thrilling
escapes. The old man examined the
pictures and remarked:
81 want one OBJ dess heah pizen
books. Gimme one what tells OBJ
blood from the fust word!
Here's a bad one, said the clerk
as he handed down Savage Eyed
Nat; or, The Slasher of the Prairies."
''Do hit tell bout men had been
tore all ter pieces?" asked the.old
man.
eyes, together with wolves and
bears" It5sE 4
'sGimme one with a hornets sting
in cherry word. Do de champion in
dis book git kotched and den get
away?"
eyes; his escapes are marvellous"
eyes; well, gist gin me one whar
de champion gifts snake bit, steals a
gal, choaks wolf ter death, an hits
his teacher with rotton aig. Yer
can't get nuthin' too pizen for
niger of my understandin' !"
"Why do you want such poison
books, old man! IF you have a
family, I should think you would like
| to spread better class of literature
before them"
t'Dar's whar you miss hit. Oars
whar yer gifts often de track of recon-
struction. Lemmy tell yer. Use got
two grown sons. I sont EN- bof ter
school. Arter while dey tuck ter
readin'. Ike he tuck up de-what
word did yer use jis now, when yer
spoke oh books?"
Literature"
ssDat's de word, pizen one, too.
I'll try to member bit, an fling hit
cross de table at de ole oman, when
I gifts home. Wall, Ike he tuck ter
readin the soft literature-ur he, Use
got hit down finer den silk. He got
| books what told bout good boys, an
, all dat sorter thing. Jim, he tuck up
all de pizen books. He wanted Injun
in his'n. Now, what is de 'zu'tf
: Why, Ike, OBJ de soft-Boss, yelIl
hab ter gin me dat word agi1."
s.Literature."
'Yes, Literature, pizen word too.
Ike, what read de soft literature, tuck
ter preachin, while Jim, what read
der pizen stuff. tuck his axe and
went ter de woods an chopped cord
t wood. Ike is such poor preacher
t dat de folks won't listen ter him. ]
7 heard him las Sunday. He said dat
Judas S. Catt:w was at one time crikit
7 rider, an afterward took a situation
/. on der Little Rock perlice force. He
; said dat Joshua 'manded his daugh-
5 ter to stand still while he washed her
years wild cob, an ksse she would'n
l do it, kicked a hold trough her. He
went on ter tell how Able was killed
by stear, an how Cain stole mule
) and went to Chikago an married
: an yaller oman. Now yer know
, dat sort preachin'll bring de chunk
: of annuity. Well, now as ter jim
Q what read the pizen-Boss, I'll be
, dinged eff yer doan bah ter let me
i. take dat word a mint"
> Literature" said the clerk, and
l the old man scratched his head and
2 continued:
Q "Dats de hardest piece Of guology
8 I cher heard. Wall, jim, what shad
!, been readin' de pizen literature, got
fifty cents cord fur wood, and now
D wars black clothes, while Ike has tel
Q goter bed ter hab bis shirt washed
: Jim jumps outer bed of morning
grabs his ak, yells like an Injun
p and pitches onter tree like killen Of
a snake. Use got a nudder son, 8
p young one, an Use gwine ter give
= him de pizen stuff. So de champion
a in dis book gets a snake bit, do he?'
:. eyes"
" aDen gin me four OBJ de smart
q Sort
0 "Wouldnt you rather have diff
9 erent Hnd?"
4 "No, sab; l wants dem all of de
|. same sort. I want dat boy to git hi
t down fine. An new, boss, eff yer'll CIR
= me dat word agin, I'll quit yer"
|, Literature" said the young man.
, "Literature, repeated the old man
n and he bundled up his books ant
left.