The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-17
SAW THE SIGHTS.
Old Milton Meets Several People and
 Especially Meets a Hotel Man

Milton Ticknor IS deeply colored planter. Among his aoq iaintances he is known as 'Possum Milt; not on account of any fondness in which he holds the 'possum, but because it is well known fact that old Milt would sell cat, or any other small animal, with 'possum pre- tense. It is stated that some time ago, one of the judges of tue supreme court of Arkansaw, in arranging for great dinner which he purposed to give, ordered sew eral 'possums from old Milt. He may have faithfully carried out the contract but the subsequent discovery of several dog skins, together with the fact that several dogs, belonging to the neighbors were missing, somewaa. tended to throw the dark SD ots of uspicion upon Mt, Mill ton Ticknor.
 The other day, as old Mil, was coming down the street, gentle nan stopped him and said:
 "Uncle Milt, understand that you went to see the Yelled P.ophets in St. Louis"
 "I did, sah did fur CT f4cx."
 "What did you think of what you saw ?'
 Wall, boss said old \ t as he care fully parted his coat-tail and seated him- self on box, " neher did see so many sigh,s at one time erfose in my life. Ii put me in mine O bein ermong a passel O good lookn wimmin yer doan know which ter look a, fust. Wall, tuck wife ''rildy an Tory long wid me. Da hadn seed nothin' sense de bap; z'n' down at de bayou, an 'cluded dat de trip would do 'em CT powerful chance O good. When we got dar we went ter CT hotel dat wrz kep' by CT fat, bluffy lookin' nigger. He axed me ter put my name in CT big book dat he showed ou.. 1 done i., far ken write dis ole name O mine gwine an CT comin'. When had got through wid de writin' he looked at wife an de chillun an he says, says zs: Three dollars, please gin him de money an axed him in CT hurry ter show us ter de room case dar wuz sich CT crowd dat wuz CT feerd he'd change his mine. When we got up dar, says ter my wife, says
 "Dis is erbout de cheapes board eber seed. Dat nigger knows me, an he knows bout how long we'se gwne ter stay an we'se gittin' our board at de fus, cost. Wish dad hurry up an git break fus' ready, fur I'se ez hongry a, CT peach orchard shoat.'
 "' Breakf1s' is ready says my wife, fur seed folks CT se,tin' in CT long room CT eatin' fit ter kill darselves.'
 "'Wall, den, come on,' says I, 'an' we'll hit de table CT few licks dat yer ken heah way down in Arkansaw'
 We went down. I neber did see sich perlite niggers. It 'peered like da couldn' do ernuf fur me. When we sot down CT slick buck nigger showed CT piece O paper out an axsd me whut would we hab.'
 "'Oh,' says l, fetch us de bes' yer ken git up He 'peered ter be pleased at dis, an erway he went, grimm aa' CT nod din. He fetched us in CT fine breakfus', an thought in my soul dat we'd all kill ourselfs CT eatin'. When we couldn' eat no mo, de slick buc K he come CT roun' an 'gun,er tamper wid CT piece O paper. Den he put it down an seed de f ggers stood fur six dollars.
 "' Whut's dis fur ? axed.
 "fDAt's how much yer owe.'
 "'Whut fur?'
 "'Fdr yer breakfus''
 l'se dun paid my board heah.'
 @'Yer's dun paid fur yer room, but yer aiA't paid fur yer meals. Dis hotel is cn de European plan
 q wuz riled, bat dar want TO hep fur it, so paid de scoun'rel an got out Wall, sah, de big blowout come at night when de streets wuz 1oomenated. I had tuck seberal drinks, an when seed all dem lights, thinks ter mysef, thinks I, Great L,wd, is dis de way da. shisky's gwineter do CT stranger ciapped one ham ober one eye. but dar wuz de lights, like monsuous punches O grapes turned up side down. Jes' ez fur ez yer coul' see dar wuz de lights, sretchin' out an out tell Ena atlu Ia faHAH sr