The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-01-29
SLsEPI HoLLER, Jan'y 5.


pale mi ,Leene an had nuthin left,
maid or pore cra1g NV korn fu taters
an no tur9sps. Then it we're power
ful I;dsT an I got very leetal wheto
slowed an ther outlook is pore an not
incm,igin hit amt Hit seems hard
ter, tel how or body is ter feede thor
ole CONAN an children.
Mr.. supply Shylock when I pado
him up, sed thanky an gin me up
ther morgidge he he'd on my ole hoss
Blaze. an on ther cow on calf On ther
ole ram sheep an tho chickins and
wash pot and battlin stick an on ther
hous hole an citchin truck, he did.
Now my wifi jawed sum she did cause
l. nxt her ter sine this saim paper
cause moast Nv ther things wus bern
an he tuck me in OH gin me or dram,
he did, IN I went hoam an tuck nuth,
in fur or Krismus frolio an Mrs. Ned
ther pashunt good kretur she sed
nuthin an he'd ther big he'd frum
drinkin Shylocks bad ticker, an
sunkt OFF tor bed IN pertended tor
sleap Hit wus er onrestless sleap,
hit wus. l konsidered hit oil twisted
hit ah turned hit evryway. Hit wus
no Use tor derny ther outlook fur an
uther yer wus not incuragin hit
warnt. An I got up in or mornin an
ct taturs and watur fur brekfust-
wes quit havin coffy us has all as hit
wus ranin I sot down bi the ole DOM
an an Mrs. Ned on me we konsidered
ther situwashun in kermity NV ther
hole, we did.
: Now Mrs. Ned, she is not er high
laruin CONAN she aint but she kin
reede en sifer an she is like most nth
2r cunt1y wi1nin thinkin an prudent
an ekornomible an savin she is,. An
she sod she did.
How many pounds wv cotin did
you hev Ned?
785 pounds ses +?
How many brot or doler ses she?
10 pounds says II
:. Wei now says she, 10 pounds
av cotin at or 81 would by 18 pounds
NV bakin. Hit tuck q lbs to pc fur
evry pound Shylock sole you
last yer on a leene---1O pounds Nv
cotn or 81 would by one IN a half
bushel NV korn. Hit tuck Is pounds
to pa fur one bushel bot on er leene.
10 lbs Of cotin er 81 wuld by 2 bounds
Nv terbaker, hit tuck 20 pounds ter
pa fur evry poun yu bot on er leene-
vile STUFF hit is, yer men foalks ort tor
quit hit an yer chawin an spitin on
yor cloas, 10 lbs NV cotin er 81 wuld
by me ther nisest kaliller dres in
Greanvil. I pado fur my Sundy kali
ker with spun truck, I did, an Ned
yu hev not left me er lok NV cotin ter
spin. That's CT fact Bitsy ses I, ole
Shylock got hit al
Now Ned, ses she, eff YOU vii tnik
my advis, you an me vii stny ter
hoam an do ther best we kin. You've
bin maxim craps fur Shylock long er
nuf. EYry fal he gifts al yu maik, an
yu m me an thcr childrin wurks M
slaVs an goso in rags. / seed that
saim man Shylock when he wus er
boy goin barfootid an plowin er oxin
on rented Ian, I did. He's got ter
town an got er stoar, IN sells on leens
III evry fal he gifts ther cotin an truck
yu nm sich likes es yu maiks. He
gifts wun dolers wurth NV corn an ba-
kin frum er Charlstown or Balty-
moore man on credit an sells it ter
you er ther likes Nv you mt 3 dolers
Oh or leone Now an then he luses
sum but in ther mane run he kcrlects
more thsn doubel, an maiks / } doler
fur evry doler he puts out, an ole
man he dus al this outen sich pore
pepul as Us is, Shylock is like thsE
man L reeded ter you bout, in that
good book Jeel Blar. Ho wus Pore
House Leeper, he wus, an his survent
bragin on his master, sed he wus al
ways doin fur ther pore, an ther
moar mummy he spent on ther poro,
ther richer he got--when he spent 10
sents on ther pore he cleered 20 sents
Now that man he moved how ter
wurk Rithmertic, but supply Shylock
can beat him al holler. He let's you