The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1883-06-21

Cep II you mas crackers to 60 long wild
/ en-. Thanlxy, sab. 1 always lznowed
You was de free-handest one o. old mas
ter's boys. AK Marthy Ann eff l didn't
tole her so.
well, dat Sandy nigger he war sto'
clozei an he smoke seegyars ever
time could pick up ole stump on de
groun'
In dem days MIR. Waggintire use
to Keep q st0' in dis yer same town.
- Yes, remember, McIntire & Wag-
ner.'' af
''Yas, sahi denis UNI, only dey fell
out, an Mr.. Waggintire he tuck an
tuck the whole stO' to hissef9'
s'tWeh, Mr. Waggintire he had a
piece O. Ian, an he rent it to me an
Sandy for the 10th o. what we could
make on it. Sandy had two big strop-
Epml gals, named Ritter an Stlse. which
he low dey was es good a fieT hans es
Mr.. Anybody. He put hissef an dem
in, an l put in mysef. l was to git de
10 tn an Sandy was to have three-fo' tbs,
bekase he wuk three hans. Mr.. Wag-
glntlre vance for US.
Twaren't long fore 1 seed Sandy
was gWine to git de egwantage o. me.
Ever day he SEN to de sto' after
sumP'n ner'er. Marthy Ann low we
| better buy ever thing we wants, or
Sandy'd git it an. Sandy keep his
count in a little ole book; but ever
| time l buy dollar worth l make toll
| cradle long mark on the chmbly wild a
fire-coal. Eff it warn t dat much make
a sorter short mark, cordin' to de
| mount. 1 know my count was de
! kereckes' e~ -a
mo sooner we start to pitch de crap
de fuss begin. WANT to plant de long
| slpe by de branch in cotton, an Sandy
want to plant CON dar; l want to plant
/ de chaneyberry fieP in CO. n an taters
| an COOLERS, an Sandy swar by de pint
O his knife hit got to be plant in cotton
Me an him 'spiIte an 'spute about dat
tell Mr.. Waggintire had to come an
eide 'twix' us. An he eide jes' like
Sandy want it, too. Deze yer pardners
| dey can always git somebody to eide in.
favor o. dere side.
ever Sat'dy Sandy seem like he
| les bleeged to take holiday
Didn't You take holiday every Sat
urday, too?'
Yes, sab; but don't you see, ever
i time Sandy stop three hans stop;
when stop bit was jes' me one.
when we was layin' by de con de
! sun was powerful hot. / was plOwin'
an Sandy an his two gals was follerin'
/ 1t1C wiz NC IlOCS lLNGI lew minutes
| Sandy gwine to de branch after drink
o water. Den his two gals dey stop
an listen at de peckerwood tappin' on
| Gle dead tree tell he come back. - =.
*-f'' After a whilesI says, says j: Sandy,
( you must be got de tarryfy fever, ON
de way you drinkin' de branch dry
8 He low: You aim got no Iarnin'
/ Niger. Don't you know waters a
/ good Sude-er-ritter sudorifc1 for to
1 make YOU sweat am keep off de sun
stroke?'
q j says, saysI Eff you talkin' bout
Suse an Ritter, dey look mighty jack
an'-dipper Cunconcernedl leanin' on
| dey hoe-han'ls an de crab grass
CROWN. sr
"Wen, sab, dat niger like to bust
hissef latin. was a great mine to
make a rock ZoOn by his head, jes' to
let him year how it SCUM But I hilt
mysef in dat time.
$ After dat Sandy kick up a rumpus
bout sump'n nigh ever day Dey
warn't no livin' in peace wild him.
His wife she had to have a ham in de
fuss. She low my ole 'possum dog
suck her aigs. Marthy Ann tuck it up,
! an dey had it. When wOmens gets mix
| up ina 'spute hits bound to git wuss an
wuss My ole oman low l oughter
whip Sandy, but l amt payin no ten
! ton TO what she sayin'. bel1ase / knows
jes' how womens -is.@ 4Dey always anx-
ious for dey husbands to fight ner' er
man what dey 'spises, but dey don't
never tink bout ter'er man fightin'
| back E#
/ When we went to gether de con
Sandy says, says he: Look we're, [
wants to have ever thing far an squar
now and wants you to understand all
bout it
! "a low: Oats all right
g Well says e, 'you know MIR Nag
gintire gifts one fo'th of ever 'thing'
IL says, says 1, Il knows that says
/, AN gifts a ner'er fo'th, an you gifts
| the yuther three fo'ths.
Sandy ssorter smile to hissef.
- WELL says 'e, de way for us to do
when we hauls up de co n is Oput three
loads in one pile for me and you, an
one load in a ner'er pile for Mr. Wag-
II says, says j, What de use Of mix
| in mine an yone? Dat ies' be maxim
4 double trouble for nothin' Let me
/ vide this CON, an I'll vide it right
| GLOW you gwine vide it?' he says,
says e, s M .
Il says, says I, MIR. Waggintire gifts
\ Il ~ III ULl L SllS uGI CT 10 IN. Ever
] time we puts.a load on his pile we mus
/ puta load on my pile. Den all de bal
ance will be yone.
''He says: Dat won't do SAYS e,
'bekase dat er way you II git more n
1yo' share. You got to pay part de rent
same es me.
Il says, says /: L sees what YOU up
| to. You want to take out Mr.. Vaughn
tires part, an den YOU amt a gwine to
give me but the third. But Ise gwine
to have my rights, eff somebody nose
have to be mashed for it. ; I'D -
He says: Who nose gwine to be
| & 4 low: I speck you Il hal ter tur-.
nish.de nose. SIS HHEs es 81
1--WE keep 'sputin an sputinr.
One word brung ner'er, am after
while AIarthy Ann jine in, an de fus'
thing You know me an Sandy hitched"
you fought, did yOu?'
''Yas, sab, we fit-but l speck it 5
/ time for me to be knockin' long 'home.
Dis yer later look like hits done I
wish you mighty well, Marse Jimmie,
an I m hopes you an Mr.. Rumpless
II git along harmonikle-"
But wait. You havn't told me about
the fight. Who got the best of it?'
''Well, sab, Sandy he tuck an crOpe