The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-11-11
"Pisen" Literature.

Old Zeb Wilson came to the city yes
terday, and, entering a book store, said:
as yer got any Ingun books heah!"'
The clerk handed down several yellow
covered collections Of thrilling escapes.
The old man examined the pictures and
remarked
81 want one 90 desc heah pizen cooks.
| Gimme one what tells o. blood from de
fust word !"
"Here's a bad one,' said the clerk, as
he had down "Savage-eved Nat, or the
Slasher of the Prairies."
500 hit tell bout men hab oeen tore
all ter piecesl ?" asked the old man.
eyes, together with wolves and
bears"
"Gin me one wild a hornets sting in
ebe~y word. Do de champion in dis book
git kotched and den git away? ?"
eyes; his escapes are marvellous
"Yas; well, gist gin me n whar de
champion gifts snake bit, steals IA gal,
choaks a wolf ter death an hits his
school teacher with a rotten aig. Yer
can't get nuthin' too pizen for a niger
90 my understandin' =
"Why do you want such poison books,
old man. If you have a family l should
think hat you would like to spread a
better class of literature before them"
"Dar's where you miss hit. Oars
whar We gifts often de track of recon
struction. Lemmy tell yer, rs got two
grown sons. 1 sent EN- bot ter school.
Arter a while da tuck ter readin'. Ike
he tuck up de-what word did yer use
jis now, boss, when yer spoke 90 books!'
Literature"
"Dat's de word, a pizen one, too. Tie
try to member hit an fling hit cross de
table at de ole 'oman, when l gifts home.
Wall, Ike he tuck ter readin' lie soft
literature-ur he. Use hit down finer
den silk. He got books what told bout
good boys an all dat sorter thing. Jim,
he took up all de pizen books. He
wanted Injun in his'n. Now, what is
de 'zult? Why, Ike, of de soft Boss,
yer'll hab ter gin me dat word agin."
Literature"
"Yas, literature, pizen word, too.
Ike, what read de soft literature, tuck
ter preachin', while Jim, what read de
pizen stuff, tuck his AK and went ter de
woods an chopped cord wood. Ike is
SIGH a poor preacher dat de folks won't
listen ter him. | heard him las Sun
day. He said dat Judas S. Gait was, at
one time, a cirkit rider, an afterwards
tuck a situation on der Little Rock per
lice force. He said dat Joshua handed
his daughter ter stan still while he
washed her years wild a cob, an kase
she wouldn't do hit. kicked a hole
through her. He went on to tell how
Abel was killed by a stear, an how Cain
stole a mule an went ter Chickago an
married "a yaller oman. Now yer know
dat sorter preachln' will bring down de
chunks oh annuity. Wall, o as ter
jim, what read de pizen."
"Boss, I'll be dinged eff yer doan hab
ter let me take dat word a minute"
"Literature," said the clerk, anu the
old man scratched his head and contin-
ued
"Dat's de hardest piece Of guology l
eber heard. Wall, Jim what had been
readin' the pizen literature got fifty cents
a cord fur his wood and now wars black
clothes while Ike has ter so ter bed ter
hab his shirt washed. Jim jumps outer
bed of a morning, grabs his ak, yells
like a Ingin an pitches onter a tree like
KILN OBJ a snake. Use got IA nuder son,
a young one, an Use gwine ter give him
de pizeu stuff. So de champion in dis
book gets snake bit do he
"Yes."
"Den gin me four OBJ de same sort.
"Wouldn't you rather have different
kinds ?"
mo, sab 1 wants dem all oh the
same sort. wants dat boy to git hit
down fine. An now, boss, eff yerll gin
me dat word agin. I'll quit ye."
Literature" said the young man.
Literature" repeated the old man,
and he bundled up his books and left.