The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-11-07

flowed she knOwed ia reas0n they
never left a blossom whar them
come from.
The lassrs WAS bilin' mOnstrous
pretty, and we'uns stood around
and watched IL, aud passed com-
pliments, aud pap aud Squire Rob
erson lowed ii minded them Of way
mp yander in Tennysy whar they
bild up the maple TO sugar, lowed
they had sot up many night tel
midnight awaitin' for the "stirrin'
off,"
Miss Robertson dipped up some
OF the candy in gourd aud poured
it in big blue aige dish, but 1t
wasn't done, and all run back to
lasses. Little jackson Gates WIS
INDUSTRIOUS frisky, aud Sammy Good
en- lowed "Look at Jack, fuss thing
you know you'll tall backwards into
them hot lasses.n Cap Dewberry
lowed he wished he would, 1t
mought k'yore him of his manish
ness, tryi1 TO show of tore Miss
Betsy. "Gals,' says gran'.mdw
Robertson, APE alters hearn il said
"a watch rot never biles, these here
lasses taint a.gwine to turn to no
candy while you'uns Matches 1t, go
long out ysnder under them trees
aud play your kissin' game aud let
these lasses cook.h
Buddy he stirred up the crowd,
be hollrred out, "all OF you'uns 20
to yam tree, and Miss Caledony you
he the witch,' then be hollered out,
"Mollie, Mollie Bright, three score
aud ten. Can | get there by can.
die light Yes, If your legs are
long aud light. What o'clrck old
witch n "0ne.' "Look out for
the old aitch is on the road.' Aud
when we got tired OF that We play.
ed "it rains and it halls and its
cold cold stormy weather, in comes
the farmer drinking of the cider.
III be the reaper, you'll be the bind
er, lost my true love and where
shall | lind herfr We stopped
singin' u minute aud hearn n horn
blow over the mountain, aud there
come pack OF hounds a barkin',
aud up rid a passel OF town boys
that had been "a deer huntin'.
"Then boys must IN reason n smelt
them than lasses u bilin'," says
Sammy. "So they never nuther'
says Jackson Gates, they hearn oil
the lrolic aud they jist wants to
fetch theyset here whar they haint
wanted.' "0h! ho, Jacky" says
Sammy, "l knows what alls you,
you thinks they mought cut You
out'n Miss Betsy, you think you's a
mighty man, and you air mighty
bigoty but them town boys will
show YOU that you haunt bigger'n a
chaw terbacker," aud with that
Jackson hit him and they hitched
aud tit all over 10 pile OF sorghum
cane. The town boys lit on TO their
critters and Mr.. Sprigsins he march
ed right up to me aud axed me TO
lucept of the pleasure of bis CON-
lmny to pull candy, and when me
aud hlm locked arms aud peruse,l
around to the sorghum mill, don't
know which was the mad,lest Cap
or Jacky. Cap he pulled candy
with Cousin Pink and Ky Rober-
ron With Caledony. Thar a Pos.
sum Valley boy pulIih' with Dvsh
Williamson, aud hearn him say,
''here Miss Dosb, take holt er one
ecnd of this candy aud IN take
t'other, AMI we'll eat tel We meet
and then we'll kiss"
Some of then town boys tho't
they was mighty smart aud strung
candy MI over them gas heads that
had all them artiticials and all
them merry Colds and bachelor
buttons in tber har. Me aud Cal
aud them kept out'n that mess kase
we seed some OF 'em was tight.
It's pity some boys thinks they
cant go to a trolic without to,in' of
"a greit flask OF whisky in their
pockets. Mr.. Spriggins he wasn't
a drinking but lay never gives
no more candy. Him and me pull.