Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-10-15
engaged the aforesaid h. h. in CONVERSE
ton. The family, 80 | learned from

central Kentucky, they were poor ant
e. gu0rant-not quite SO bad as the
Georgla white trash but bad enough
TO my mind Jack WAS infinitely then
superior. The brOther-in-ltw had Il dt
testable habit OF intermpt.ng me al
d every pause made IN a sente nee with
q nasal 'y-e-s sir. ~ lie would hang
onto the until nc seemed To b. on the
point OF sultocatiOn and then the sill
came out rs eAplOSlyely rs the snap of q
whip. / soon found myself stringing
words together fOr no other purpose
than 10 see how often ne would say
''y-e $ sir. Imagine the scene-a
rough, hewed-log house, uncarpeted
floor, unadorned log walls, IN old fash
Toned bed in one corner, "A big open
fire place, splmt-bo,tom chairs, two
White men and a Niger The con-
NerSatiOn between the white men had
degcncrated into something ike this
w started this morning (y--e-S SIR
about SIX o clock (y-e-S sir; 1T was
mlsting little (y--e-s sir when we
started " IS sir, but IN less tn an an
| hour Yes sir IL had turned iuto a
steady driZZle (y--e--S sir and it kept
up (y-e--s sir all forenoon YES sir.
We expected to get out here by noon
! YES sir but the road was SO muddy
! (y--e-s sir &c. &c. until dinner was
announced. Without thought OF
what WAS TO De the outcome, | said,
| come along, Jack, " and led the way to
the kitchen. The landlady evidently
had not provided for any such proceed
| ing Oh my part. Ii was my first expe-
rlence, ana supposed that of course
Jack would eat with me and from the
same table. The table, however, was
81 Int nd
expect TO wait for his dinner till / had
finished NINE, but Jack was there, and
10y my command, hence he had 10 be
provided for, ANA he lc0S provided for
too,-he sat on one chair and ate from
another, ana that, too IN the farGhest
corner OF the room. That was the last
time / said come along Jack, but The
poor fellow was accustomed 10 1t ana
seemed tO think nothing OF it. After
wards ne 'caited, or WAS sent To the ser
wants quarters 10 eat with the rest OF
the "nlggCrs.
Ny mp in 81 WAS to the Ozark
mountain diStrlct-frOm POlla to
springfield. l wish could give d wo ri
painting OF that country rs 1t appearCd
,o ne. IIe soil road is built along I'll {
eliminating ridge OF the Ozark NOUN
tdlAs. The scene was Ike 4 kaleidO-
scope. Oue view dissolved into another. /
ana each seemed to be grander and |
more beautiful than any that had |
gone before. suppose the OzarkS are |
sorry enough wien compared with the |
Rockies OI even the AlleghanieS, but |
they are the only mountains | ever Saw |
ana they are to memory most dear. In |
All my LIE / never saw such quantities. |
81 gaine@as saw there III twenty DAYS. |
light snOW had fallen just before my |
aTrlN al ana remained Oh the ground dur |
ing nearly the whole time OF my stay. |
IAc country IS very spMsely settled |
ana game oil all knds-deer, turkey. !
plcaSautS, QUailS, squirrels, and fab- |
bits are very plentiful. The country |
men WoG.d Oring tnlir game 10 the raIi- |
road, so / Ms told. for thirty and even |
forty miles Ola eaCh side. saw several |
caravans Of IoW and i've teams with |
co'c4cd wagons, tIat had come long |
distances Is was clearly evident from
tine ilcD ula. they renamed n town all
III. lie morning train intJ 81.
lpna ie2nuec several empress ears 10
ct.rN AL III, came that W., DrudghtFlnto
aUlg the Enc each day.
Know tiGS sounds Ike a ilSh story, bat
/ stated WAT ! saw cIactiy rs / Sdp H..
Among inc OZar. mountains Of Mo.
the barkNOOO, the simplicity OF the
0lacn times slnl reignS supreme. There
Is lp stJie pat Oh; or, - one old fellow |
put III. Nc Try 10 have plenty 10 eat
dI Wear. 81 goo Wamu fire in The Win
ter. bat we hunt much fer style So
i.I ass had opportunity for ODsery-
Hlg. tao women are good COOKS DUO very
Uuilu.. ! ..j not see a single Stove
tina. Nas G.4cs(u up, on the contrary.
all old ecc We're rusty ana dirty. | do
not recall having seen It single carpet
on tint lOol OF country house. | do
not rcmeMDtr TO have been in q Single
iuom no a country house that did not
have one o. more beds in it. In yarIa-
by the blankets and pulow-cases were
very grIWy ana did not look as if they
had been washed Tor weeks OF even
months. | saw no sheets. | reelected
that such were the homes OF Daniel
Boone. Davy Crockett, and others
among the noted pioneers. | do not
know II Michigan pioneer homes were
IKE that or not. In going abou the
country there. no one ever thinks of
ut door to ascertain if the
family are at home, whether afOOt. on
horseback, or III carriage, the travel
'r stops III 'front.' of the house and yellS
'hellO. III no response, he yellS he'll
0-o-o. again, and so on. louder and
stronger, until ne gets Il response or is I
satisfied that no one is within. The =
usual response is an opening of the :,
ioor far enough for head to be pro- u
rudcd and Il what doye wont?' Hos O
,itality Is unbounded and without price y
All you nave 10 dO Is to ask for what y
GA want. Time again have been
.,ked, rs soon as had stated my busi- II
TESS, To pat out my HORSES aud stay
otuuur o. aiinignt. / always profier-
I'd pay hut the reply invariably was;
"A,. Ne ask folks 10 stay. we don't
sege, ,o vmugc em anything but
3,i.g. ,...l, obey always seemed 10 feel
I'.It .WoIt "Htn / explained that l
sass tncrc uH business. that my expenses ~
,tic pHt 'y my employers. and that ~
nic thanked them Tor their kind ~
,eis. was not sponging my way. | M