Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-31

more perkindickler to his stomach than
any Inc tother shings;an' he thes' let ont
on 1t ar them, an be astthe good Lord to
biess Lincy Coicr, all over her, all around
ner, from the top to the bottom OF her, an
that he didn't believe there were woman
llVin' could beat hereen rice an milk. AM
Ihen ne asst the good Lord TO bless Lucy
Coter, not only insher goin's out an her
comln's in, not only in her husbOn' an
children, but in her house an kitchen
iurnicher. Did you eyerf But it were
right funny,- solemn as it all were, when
ne praise Mr.. Gofer for havin' chosen me
! for wife, am all could do, on my very
Knees, as l were, all could do, to keep
from smilin' when he stop in his pra'ar
an say to Mr.. Cofer, THAT'S right, Dan.
Always pick out big yaller skin COW to
give good mIlk.' Did you ever? l were
the higher smilin' (which in course
know BODY oughtn't do right on their
knees) because | know sech as that
| ruther shock Mr.. Cofer, who say, to his
| opinions they is mighty little religion in
1t. But tell him never mind. Brer Hin
son amt pertec', but who is perfec'? That's
the queschIn."
His residence was near the boundary
line OF two counties, in both Of which
dwelt several men who were fond OF
horse racing, COCK fighting and other such
sports. At a place known until now as
the Battery, very near this line, conflicts
OF many kinds used TO be had. The an
nails OF border warfare have no names
more cordially true to tribe and clan than
was DIR. HlnsOn to the men of his ilk. He
had been so before he became preacher
de so continued when he assembled into
| the pulpit.
"No, no, MOI" he would say, often in
pious and patriotic tervor, II amt o. them
kind o. religion that bender people from
| STAMINA up to their own side, right or
wrong. Pm for them Bradfids, an Pm
agin them Alsans. Pm a minister o. the
gospil, now, an, therefore, | can't pit
chickens; but can pray; am l shall kin
, time to pray that Bradfids' chickens IL
| put the gatf in them Alsans every pop, an
my opinions is that my pra'Rrs heV been
ansered of'n and off'n, an hain't doubt
| they'll be answered again."
[ mention; parenthetically, that John
! Bonny, partisan of the Alsans, used to
| say, in his tOnguetied phrase:
"We wath alwayth glad when old Hin
| thon got down on his kneeth again. One
| fight we had at the Battery; the firth day
! we had bad LUCK thomehow, and every
| chicken we pit got whipped. That night
! old Hinthon put up one of hith blggith
| 1t were kind of camp meetIn' pra'ar or
| quarterly meetin, or thomethin' on that
| order of buthiness, and he thanked God
| Almighty that the Althins have got one
| good tholid whippen with he hoped am
| prayed might lathtem. Thure enough,
| the very neXth day our chickenth left
every one of therin dead in the pit, and
which 90 to thow me that God Almighty
| don't ever iithenS to seth prayin' nor
don't cOndethend to have nothin' to do
with en-"
Nearest neighbor to DIR. Hinson was
! Smith Brookins. Smith was from Vir-
| ginia somewhere, he did not and cared
| not to know exactly where; but he was
/ proud of a native country that had reared
so many illustrious men. He used to
! give as an excuse for not having become
! illustrious himself that mis- native State
| was so far ahead on that line that for one
he was willing 10 wait until others, es-
pecialIy poor old North Carolina, could at
| least make a stave, if without hope OF
| ever being able to catch up, MIR. Brook
ms either believed, or affected to believe,
| that the people in North Carolina spent
rawson, as he called it. Now. the only
use he had ever known rawson put to was
chewing. and of that he admitted that
from child he had been fond. He and
DIR. Hinson used to have many discus
sion upon the relative Importance OF
their native State. "The queschin 18th
me is" he would say, "what IN the
names o. all creation people wants 18th
| so much rawson. Do they jes do nOthin'
| but set down all the time, Mr.. Hinson,
| and chaw itv'
This question Mr.. Hiuson had answer
| ed thousand times, more or less, but
he kept on answering it until it ceased to
| be put.