Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-09-29
SOL RoaUs,
Goes Fishing and Attends a Dance.
CnoyroN Ky, Sept, "A, 'S5.

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afOre this, John Payne, from your
town, cum down an me an him an
Jim Nixon NV this place, fixed up
our traps, an started fishm an hunt
in way low down on Pom river. We
had bin layin off all Summer tn 90 on
a Fall fshin an huntin, so we wuz
all in nifty gud sperits that mornin.
| Il f0rgit whether IL wuz Old Rie or
Tennesy spirits we wuz in) | nodiced
John KEEP shutin off his gun at gras-
hopcrs an sich as we went along, Just
like little fcller irum little town
will do when he just gifts out. Ever
wunct an a while he'd stop an cum
over a sayin' like this: "Es the Guv-
ernor nv North Gardiner wunct sed
tn the Guvcrnor NV South Gardiner
an sowe forth. Well sir ii seemed
that Jim Nixon must node what
he ment better'n me, fur when John
wud git crlong about the wurd "Guv-
erner," Jim wud cum clusser tn
him than he wus jist aforc that, an
I'd never see the pint till the disrcs-
pective Guverncrs. NV these two
seXions had squard of. Arter about
ate ours ride we cum tu big
hole NV waiter an thar we lit an
cummenst iIxin our takle. We wuz
all settin thar watin fur sum utler
kind NV bite than a sketer bite
when we hearn the bresh a brakin
awful just ahind us, an lukin round,
Idiskivcred Everhart Gray cummin
towards us. lie didn't cum towards
us till he seed we uns had seed him,
an when ho cum up he luked awful
sneakim, but didn't AK him what he
wuZ q doin out thar, fur node il
were no youse. Inodised Jim Nixon
wuz a iishin by a CRATE big log that
del, ctcd fur sum distance into The
waiter. all at wunct had idee Tie
swar did y krept up on tother
side NV the log an takin forkid
stik Ircplicd II to the forAid eend tn his
line an felt dOwnwards till | hung
lis huk. Jim must a felt me feclim
round To git II hot on the huk, fur
when luked kautiously over the log
at him he wuz pale as deth an shakin
in every lin. "IIolc on boys, fur
Gods sake" scz hr. "fur | jest then
got u nawlul bite Wv corse hell on
--tl the huk, but thot l'de wale a
while afpre the grand tablow sat in.
Fur a fu minuits we wuZ all still as
deth. Thar wuz nuthin hearn ceptin
the hourse cr0kc NV the gentleman
COW frog, an Jim brelhin like OK
on the the luther side NV the log.
Suddenly Civ site yank with my
pole, AN | seed that Jim had a CRATE
q mind III u jcrked. All at wunct |
throwcd INV hull wate on the pole.
Well sir yude didc. ''llelpl help!
I've got red hOss ! scz Nixon. "lIold
him jim till git thar, seq Hart Gray,
an in tryin tn Git over the log he
crened round sum way an tell in
whcr It WIZ over his he'd. Just then
| slackcncd up leetlo an Civ his line
a little more pla. "llelp boys, I'm a
wurryin Nv him to detI" scz Jim, but
| jest then Hart Gray in swimmin out
seed me holdin nv pole down in the
waiter an / node the Joke wuz busted.
As the shades NV mite wuz creGpin
in, we went up III ole man SINNERS
IN git login. Es he wuZ sune tu be
my daddy-in-law / guess | felt more
at home than the uther boys did at
the start. saw the gals wuz tixin
IN 90 summers, an cum TO find out
they wuz going tn speritnalest
meeting tn be hell that mite at Meas
ley's school house. Nuthin wud do
but we must go with 'em so arter
John Payne had commed his he'd IN
suite his self, VIC all started. When
we got thar everything wus still as
deth, tho there wuz house full NV
people. After we had got our seats,
| | nodised a feller settin a ritin an
ever wunce an while he'd AK sum
wun IN the augicnce if he wanted to
talk with emmy nv thar ded friends.
All at wunced he axed in curious
sort NV voice if Sol Rogus wuz pres
ent. Es have never bin erquainted
with the feller who they called a
megium ur sumthin like that. i
was erstonishcd, but managed tu git
up and answer that wuz thar. lie
sed sperit up yonder had axed him
if wuz thar and he wud proceed tu
put me in communerkashun with it.
Arter placin his fingers on the table
and performin round GURUS like fur
while, he suddenly razcd his finger
an | hearn voice that l node like a
buk. 1t wuz the voice ur my cuz-
zin, Eli Rogus, who dide with the
waller ganders ten yers bak. Sez he
'HIIello Solw Sez /, "IIello Eli" Ses
he, "Do yu no me Sol" Sez l, Il du'
no ye Eli" Sez he, blows time
down thar Sol ?" Sez l, GLOVES time
(referin tu Mr.. Howe, the jeweler Al
: Hopkinsvile), but saw that WI,
maxim a pun in conversashun will
the ded, so l added, "pretty gud, ole
feler, how is it with you% Sez he
"Sol, is bruther Bill doin emmy bet
tern he wuz when l youst TO bt
down thar?" This kind ur stumpet
me fur l hated tn tell angel abou
how bad its bruther wuz doin, so
studdyed a mint, an then sez l, "Yel
bruther Bill Rogus is doin very well
l guess" Sez he, "Sol, yer tryin fl
fule me now, I've had sum bad lul
/, sense I've bin here. l can't git {
drink emmy whar an lost nuthel
string off NV my harp Yesterday, bu
I'd put up with all this If jest nod,
: that Bill wod quit maxim u jack o
hisself an pickin up little thing
about at phases where he gose. l car
see everything frum up here. | saw
Bill watchin the ole sow he ri
about in his last letter, an sumtime
think it wud bin best fur his fami
ly if she had chawed him up thel
an thar. / feel like bruther TO
wards Bill, yit but when ! seed HI
wuz spendin what mummy he cud 81
goin to Dorson an sich phases, an
warein billed shirts and sich, giv
him up as a goner. Say Sol, yu tel
Bill that / forgiv him fur claimil
them ole butes NV mine that | aimee
fur bruther Sam when dide | lik
wize furgiv him fur exposin hissel
about that echo at Dorson, but l can
furgiv him fur ever marryin gut
wummon and blastin hur life furev
er. The voice seesed an the blamet
table on which the feller had his fin