The Rugbeian. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1881-1882, 1881-02-01

boss, and the young one too, and then l come down
to little board 'ouse they call hofice, and lad
long talk with Mr.. 'Uze | thought first it was the
head one, until came out and met the other Smith
here, who ad been up see the Yankee bosses, and
he says it's brother of the one in England who
wrote book"
"Why, of course faint the head man he don't
know half as much as he does, suppose, remarked
Smith, of Connecticut.
''Well, l can't say how that is, but know he
knows too much for me, for l can't make out any
thing of the talk I've 'ad with him" remarked the
other Smith
"Wall, that's about how l come out with the other
fellars," said Smith of Connecticut.
The chairman showed signs of uneasiness, and re-
marked with some severity of manner: "Well, gen.
temen, you certainly surprise This is the first
and only instance of complaint have heard of
any inattenton, by implication or otherwise, so to
speak, or remote suspicion causing the public any
uneasness, correlation of duties which may have
been imposed, as it were, upon either"
"Yaas, guess that's So" remarked Smith, of Con-
nectcut. g But rather kalkiate we don't egzacty
understand each other, and S fairs Pm concerned,
I'll jest state how understood the Rugby matter"
every we'll, sir, said the chairman, with dignity.
Proceed, sir"
"Wall, you see in the fust place Teller by the
name of Smith sent me pamphlet, and my wife
read it to me, or read it until fell asleep in my
chair = and - and wall, won't tell you what
dreamed but can say one thing: the hogs which
| did dream about didn't look no more like these
condem'd razor backs, running round in these
woods here, than Uncle Ben Smiths old barn looks
like your new meeting house down here. Wall, as I
said, me and my wife went to the city to see this
ere Smith, and we met him at big tavern and he
had suthin brought in, and, | swan to man. it was
good stuff WALL the upshot of the matter was, that
we all got to feeling rstrae, and my wife she sot in
that l must go anyhow, and SO I've come down.
Now l don't s'pose anyone is to blame but our
selves but the fact is got an idea and I'd no bus
mess to think SO nether-but thought the land
was all cleared up, and some good houses built on
good road to the station, where there was good
cash market for every thing that man could raise,
and that the company made up of rich men who
had got sick of making money, and gone into pard
nership to help poor folks; and so thought while
the thing was goin on I'd 60 down and take up
three or four thousand acres, and me and my two
boys and my two sons-in-aw would come down and
60 into the sheep business, and we wouldn't be all
lifetime grubbin' out enough to lay by for rainy
day; and SO you can see for yourself that nothing
these could say would make much if any differ
ence with me and, as said, don't find any fault
with anybody but myself but it II be good lesson
for me, and the old woman too"
suppressed litter ran round the cabin at this
frank announcement but it did not suppress Smith
of Greeley, who at once continued
~ think that is nearly the way ave been think
ing about it, only l thought the company was all
English Lords, who had got tired of pressing the
poor in England, an had come to America to start
the new way of life because it would ave the effect
of disturbing society if they done it there; and
thought they had built some nice ouses for poor
folks, and had some nice gardens made, and was
all ready to set any one at work. cheap rent es-
pecialy if he might be English born and Bred"
"Wall dunno as he'd be any better for that