The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-06-21

idee dat he'd gin up runnin' d iesslasus. an wuk up skeme fo' thin de norf- pole imsef Sam usser say dey vasnt hunsin' in de right spot fo' dat pole, 'ease dey couldn' be no sich gehswkin' goin' on as de ert whizzlin' roun' an roun' wid- out disl'iutin' marers, an he darfo' knowed de pole wasn't whar Adam fus' stuck hs. So Sam he ief de legerslafer, an sot up hunters cabin out in de wild'ness, an dey say dem sen',ors an hon 'ables wux dat sad bout Sam's leabin' da, dey ~as gwineser disban' de bizzness.
 Well, de fus' ting da, Sam sot to when he settle in de woods was kerlec,in' bars. He fence in holler m de noun tains, an he line de fence wid dis slippy- yelm bark, so dat ef de bars tried ter re- sign f'om de congregation. 6ey'd slip back whar dey come f'om, an twasn', mon year 'fo' has dat place cram wid bars. Nobody know how he co,ched 'em he'd jis' dribe out wid wheelbAr- Ter, an come in wid de wehickle cram full wid live bars. Ebryone wanser kpow what he gwinter do wid so many bars. an sometime he say dc gub 'ment pint i'm ter take de senses, an 'nudder time he say he wanter gib pet to his mudder- in-law. an he wanter fin bar wid de longes' claws SO dey won't hab no van tage CT wunner nudder But, boss, de hull idee O dat Sam in congerga,in' dem b'ars was iis' ter fin ou, which am de bes' climber, eaze be want i'm ter ciim' der norf-pole wen he fin i'm an ef da, menagerie didn' tu'n out de smartes b ar, den hain', gwine grease my soppygus wid anuddei roas' coon.
 Why, boss, l begs yo' pardon 10 tellin' yo' anyhn' dat sorter makes yo' tink dar's mo inger-rubber in dis uufe Jan " at yo'm us,er, bu, dey tells me dA, bar coulder farnt lessons ter ~unner desc pedigrees dat teaches school Hit am fax, sab. Why. he'd dig gyardin' an cook de yittles. an men Sam s ward robe, an split wood, an mop de pea11er, an he got dat kyearful pou, his ways dat he tA'riy couidn' y chewin' ,erosrkrr ei he didn' hab shpiehune along sidem. An longer dat, he'd run errants, an russle de washbo'de, an take up kerleck- shun in clutch, an mine de babies. an bimeby he got so dat when Sam wasn't feelin' peart, dis bar so, dar on de front shchupe an read littychoo an udder newspapers to i'm. At las hi, kim ter dat sittywation dat de bar reach de smartness dat was necery fo' de eashion, an Sam ser to i'm one day
 ". Bubby Bushyb'ar. Is go,ter errani fo' yer dat's might impo',an,.'
 ".pa Sammyel. Is dyin' ter sarve yer ser de bar. Wat am de 'cashion .
 "'De 'cashion am.' ser Sam, .da, dar's pole somewhars dat's call de norf pole an I'm jis' whar l oahn't do any 'greeable hshin' widout dat pole, an wan, yer ter ko h0iis ss up ici ihC-
 "' Wat am de sym'toms, Pa Sam myel!' ax de bar.
 "' De symtoms am, 'spon's Ia Sam- myel, dat yo' goes on twel yo' comes to bars dat's got har like de moonshine, an dat am as pale as de drippin's ob a whi,e-wash bresh, an ax dem whar's de pinss dey gibs yo', dat's what yo' mus, fotch back an femme me know
 "' Ef dar's sich a bar, Pa oammyel, ser Bubble Bushyb'ar, an he kin fin sich a pole, de contrack1l be fetched out, sho'. Oryvoo"
 An wid da, de bar skipped offen de bar an lit out. Wei, de days pass an de days pass, an Sam he wuz tuk dat lonesome dat he halter diverse imse'f wid countin' his chillens, an sometimes he'd go in 'mongs' de bars an tu'n somersess an sling fapdoodles an de liker dat, twel fn'ly he 'clar' dat he natter go hunt out Bubby Bushyb'Ar, an of he went. He walk, an he walk, an he walk,
 
 but he hain't i'm wat he lookin' fer :; den he tramps on furder, bu, de 'fo'said war jis' ar nowhars az ebber, an lonesome, Jis' when he make up he mine dat de bar musser got ter de aige ob de urf an drap orf, he kim ter de place whar some kyarpenters wuz bildin' a house, an dere wuz long pole s,ickin' out de mid de, an nigh de same, on piler shinklers, sot de mos whites bar dat 20 eye esber lit on. His h'ar shined like dc crus' on weddin' cake, an dey war'ns nc ghos' ebber talk on sich spic-span gearmints as dem. Sam wuz dat s'prired da, he couldn' wuk his mouf Jis' den. but soon es de Jawbones got sorter hmbered agin he bruk out wid