The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-08
z. N. PEPPER
Sprinkles Himself Over Matters and Things
in General and in Particular.

Sprinkles Himself Over Matters and Thing
in General and in Particular.
| Did you ever notice how long il
took an old-fas hioned fiddler &c
tune up his fiddle at a couCtrr frol
ic? Well, l am out of tune, but
get your places and hands around
| used to could tune up and com.
menee right away. used to could
But rolling years will changea man
-anno domini will tell. recon by
the time l die l will begin to real
ize that | am not what used to be.
Oh, it is sad to think that we are
getting old. But an honest confes-
sion is good for the soul, and it
must be true for oar school mates
are few and far between now and
what few are left are widely scat
tered. "How the roads Of life do
FORK" and some take one and some
take another. We are all like pick
cts, and one by one get picked off
ourselves by the common foe. l
had like to have got picked off my
self not long ago. But l am COM
ing right now and am about as
happy as l was born to be, but yet
not so happy as you town folks
seemlto be. Everybody in Pulaski
seems to be as happy as niger
used to be of a rainy day, 'but l
amt made that way" used to
think that it was mans heart that
made him happy Or miserable, but
don't believe 1t now. 1t must be
something else. Yes, l see it now
A mans heart may be SO diseased
that he Is liable to drop dead any
minute and it don't have any effect
on his good nature. 1t must be his
stomach for when his stomach gets
wrong he is as cross and devilish
as she bear, and he may be as
drunk as fool and yet look like
he had sinned and had just been
forgiven. Then it can't be his
head or his heart that makes him
happy or miserable. l am so glad
| thought of tnat The stomach is
the thing then to look after if you
want to be amIab!e and happy. 1t
must be 50. If remember that the
scriptures read about bowels OF
mercy and bowels of compassion.
Oh, didn't that man that wrote T.
J. Duncan that card have wonder
full bowels. | never thought of it in
that way before. He meant it for
good. l heard OF man once who
was fair exponent of his princi-
pies and intelligence. A dog was
trying to bite him and he bad to kill
the dog to save himself and after
the dog was dead he wore himself
out beating and stamping the dead
dog. A gentleman came along and
SAID: my friend, what are you
doing all that for? Don't you see
that the dog is dead?" Eyes, but a
dog-on son of a B., | want to
punish him bit just to remind him
that there is little hell hereafter.
Let me congratulate you gentlemen
for having such distinguished ply
sicians who have found out the Sc
cret of happiness and paid SO much
attention to your hygiene and rege
men. But remember, doctors,
there is such a thing as doing too
much. If this thing continues the
epidermis of their cuticle will not
be able to contain their oleagenous
corporosity. l used to think sorter
like our friend Hill, that doctors
didn't know any more than her
folks; but / am like Sam. johnson
now when he used 10 curse before
Jim Smith. by bollie, squire, |
take it all back" / used t. read
about Scion and Seneka being al
ways such amiable and happy men
but never thought about how il
was. When 1 get to Pulaski | see
SO many bright eyes and smil-
ing faces, so amiable and serene,
that i5 seemed to me that they bard
ly know when they got reigion
and more charity for the misfor-
tunes of other people than a Nett
odist preacher. My respect fol
, amiable and happy people Las ber
f greatly enlarged since / made theil
more intimate acquaintance.
Well, joking is joking, but p king
, a crooked stick up straight mai
, is provoking. I'll quit. We |, tn,
thing is all over now; let's b I'VE
little fun over 1T, everybody be con
tented and satisfied with what b,
has got and we that got nothing
5 will be contented with what W,
: havn't got. Laps. told US all tina
e this thing was going TO be this wal
at first but then after it was al
a over don't think he ought to hav,
got up on a stump and howed hi
' horn, "Toot! foot! tost!" and SAT-
D Il told you So" His voice, yol
y know, is a peculiar one, not on C
:. but great, big, honest, deep, bass,
profundo. | heard his foot but
felt sor,er like the old Baptis
brother. Years ago way back il
e Old Virginia the old Baptist took il
all their members on their expe
u rience. A young girl giving IN he
s experience said that after hearin
|, voices and seeing the devil, sh
q gave up and heard Gabriel blo'
IS his horn twice. A good old Rar
list brother, (sorter like l am J sait
81 don't believe it-she neve
a heard It," but his old woman ST
:, ting by him said, do pray, oil
man, shut your mouth: you're a
!, ways saying things you don't kno
. nothing about. May be she d
hear him give to2st Of two We
whether the girl beard Gabriel to-
IN or not, we heard Laps. toot, ar
III now let's all do like Sut Loving
good said his dog used TO do. s.