The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-10-20
THE SOW WAS ALL RIGHT.
How An Old SquA,,er Succeeded in Nus
 leading the Officers.

How An Old Squat,er Succeeded in Ats-
 leading the Officers.
 There are ssme sections ot Arkansa~. which like some sections oi Kentucky. arc Tar removed from the active enforcement of the revenue laws The la~s of the state are respected. and even that part of the national statute which does not pre-. soube restraint on the enttieities of personal liberty. nor make suggestions follow Is regarded b, the natives as. not " ail right, bu; as something ihatil sof- ter da." The natives ot these sections regard disullins AS the common ught ef all men. an l the la~ which torbids Il is simply an cnaC;mcn, intended to opprcss the people, ooasrq lently. iiliel; distillefs are sheltered by people who take no active part nor receive no revenue from this unlawful kind of manufacture. \ revenue officer is regarded as an enemy of the people. and any one who can succeed Tn misleading h,m and throwing him oil the track. is ever eommemotated m the annals oi net shborhood tradition n a man of grea, intelligence and worthy of emulation.
 Several days ago. party of revenue men stopped 4, the rude house of a "s9Ia,ter. Railroads and other eivlh- fing influences had from tune to tune driven the " sq9a,,er before them until he had at last bltlt his home ln the mountains where he iwcd m deh,nce of progress. When the men stopped. he sa~ al glance sho they were and when they called to h.n. he Ilmped ou, to the fence -llmped. fur the "squat,er," like the old negro. always has an actse en- Ioymeni with rhru nitism or a memory of I, ,ha, senously in;erferes with his locomotion.
 Row d,yoa d.. ST :" sad the com riandcr ot the squad We were told that f SC com. here you could g,vc u, some inform ttiea cba ,efnlng the lands of this nelgh bofh>oi as ~e wish to pui- chase tract" as,lm,ns the guise ot m migrants with vle1 to m. sleailns the old fellow.
 Patty well. thank yer. Won't yer ligh, an hitch =
 No, we are Tn soneth ns of hurry. What ,s q ,od Ian .sarfh
 Il dunno
 Don, you live here -
 Yes. sor,ef"
 And don, you kno. the pt,ee of good land =
 No
 '" Tha,s singular
 ]" |, mogi be Ter some fo.es, ba, Il am, ter me Say thar, inn turning to his son. drive the sow olten the house fu, she mout ,afn over the sugar ,rof an spill the young un
 How is f you don't kno~ the pr,ce of land =
 "i to e Af. t3- %At+* thAt ps AsA4.
 Il never st,d ! didn, kno~ Inc prioe 0 good Ian an dan, case thar amt TO good laa in this here cur muniy
 uuderstani nos Well. wha, does average land bring = Brings about an average pnce
 Hha, woeld yos call an average price
 "Wha, would yoa cal. an average lan':"
 Well, hardly kno~.'
 Wal, hardly kno~-
 ' Do you know a man in this neighbor- hood named Bob Blakemore
 "ls he the son 0 ole man Biakemore =
 les, think SO
 -ls he go, sofi 0 moon eye on one side an sor, O ralny day eye on luther =
 That's the man, believe"
 Sotter ~Alks like he d,dn'. kere whar he ~as g~ine. do h.. -
 "Ies. from what l know of him he does"
 Sorer whlnes xhen he talks, like he vas iongln' fur suthin' he am, got.
 He's the man, l have 20 doubt"
 "Wars par O shoes what was made by Josh Simmons. wi;h one heel ,hiser way an luther thater way" making signs ~i,h his hands.
 That's the individual. Where can ind him!'