The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-02-23

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scFgas his b1ck azlI wllat + -
knife, short handled haanmeF, Wffh O.
CLAW on, piece Of twine, ditto Of chain,
ana q lew peach kernels, have been seen
when he had use for such things. His
] cabin has porch with jessamine vine,
and q peach tree at each front corner. He
has no visible means Of support, except
that, winter and summer, he runs fish
trap at the mouth of some creek near by.
He hides his batteaa under the willow
bushes adjacent, and totes his paddle back
home. Suckers, catfish and eels are his
chief food and delight. Invariably he
walks with long stick, and never admits
that he is at all well.
ssDe rheumatics 'flicted" him when he
was q slave, and he will sometimes tell
you he feels snakes in his leg, when he
s'goopherd." Consequently he walks stiff
in one leg. If you are at work, perhaps
stacking or shocking hay, he is sure to
stop and tell you how to ''top the stack, :"
and how well he could do it when he was
young and could climb. Around the stores
he employs himself pulling out all the
nails he can find in bOx-lids, and securing
the salt left in the castaway meat boxes.
II he happens to haxe quarter he buys
few sugar crackers, some assaf@tida for
his fish basket, and, perhaps, if it's a
pretty day, a jewsharp. He believes in
the blue blood of his old owners, and you
can't insult him greater than to insinuate
that they were ''poor buckra" He wears
his hair plated and tied at the end with
white twine, and his breeches were never
patched with the cloth they were made
from, or of the same color. He has some
good ideas of a lever, however, and could
ng up prize that would overturn barn
fnd snalfisreenEgn st reeaEni a.. ..--s..s..--.,
to meet him coming from che s5pp6aahs p6lss Il be
ever early you may start.
He can beat Landreth raising collards,
and on a stick and clay chimney he is a
real artisan, always finishing up the job by
erecting at each corner of the top we'll
rounded daub of clay, like the dome on
our capitol to adorn the structure and eel
ebrate the completion.
He is apt to be a widower, and holds
the fair and dusky sex in total adherence,
believing that the deviltry of the women
from all time in past has been one OF
the chief troubles of mankind. If you
notice his boat, or more, his fish basket,
he never forgives you, and thinks you have
spoiled his luck forever.
A rise in tar may sometimes enable him
to have as much as ten dollars, every dol
lar of which goes into the pockets of some
sscungerin' doctor. Such is old Uncle
Pompey, the rheumatic link which couples
| us to the past. May he live twenty years
| longer is the fervent wish of
CUPID.
P. S.-'Cupid" most affectionately greets
| your correspondents from all points, and
especially your Pender, Asheboro and
| Cumberland scribes, for their kind men
| ton. When the leaves begin to fall, next
| October, let's all go to Raleigh and rejoice
and shake hands, and be glad over the
North Carolina Exposition. G.
Home Politics and Politicians.
j CoKE Down EAsT.-The Washington Ga
,xette reports the First District unanimous
for Coke.
6uonTuGHTKD.-We have no patience
with the shortsighted polittician Who op
i poses 6cales Tor dovaenor becanse he vote(
1or Randa1l Tor 6Peelke1 f1soa ~
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