The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-02-23
Berry BAKER.
Hrs Experience st the Bottom Of Mud
E0ie With Basket Of Eggs.

Hrs Experience ct the Bottom Of a Mud
Eolo With Basket Of Eggs.
If the audierce will be seated
and give me their attention tor q
little While viii finish up my nara
tive as butter and egg peddler.
The readers of sthe dear old CITI
ZEN, 30 disparagement TO the
editor for be is comparatively
young man, but got mighty old
head vii remember the last
|glympse they had of me, was just
merging into view heading to mar
kes With the above commodity,
tli!ed 0ith sanshiday anticipations
and enalloyed expectations, feeling
as consequential as the milk-naid
looks in the blue back speiler in
her first act. But | am forced to
| say that mans tondest hopes are
aoe always realize q and neither does
his expectations always come to
perfection, neither is woman's, SO
Sally says. Tie mud hole above
spoken of yas reached, tackled
@ithout hesitstion or ceremony, my
mule cautiously ficking his way
trying TO step 0 tao rails at once
ard aiyidieg tbe difference and
missing both, W The performance
began with overture executed'in d
demi-semt aver summersault by
The mule and q Eoyal octave plunge
by his ri&or in5o the fathomless
slush. a eta sa up WIGS uDavoida-
bic. 1twas 10 be, had to be and
vas die, arc il could not have hap
9eDad at any oaaer time, III any
other place. Betore the act re-
eeiyed the finishing touch, that
ioale and had It up and down
ant down al up, until l couldn't
FOR tic life q las tell which we did
tie rest OF; us there is an end to
aii things o& p the grocers' 3ills
and ones poor relations. My rec
objection is ttat re came out about
even, enc ne TO every down, with
tie iaat up Sc sur favor. Man is
so ungratefll ~ be never appre
ciates good uca un1il he is overta-
ken by misiaslupe. If my ances-
tor had not met 8ith a similar re-
verse i woa.d Tow in all probabili-
ty be q nil! 0naiEe. 1t is not in
the power q human TO imagine my
thought or realize my feelings, IN
less "he's bin thai When ] and
that mule emerged from that mud.
hole and witt 1uruve gla1ce be-
detd lie Wre : @. fortune In EN-
| hryo anG p what decline ant
fell oil there nae been "a the butter
and egg trade, it vas almost enough
rs make ga experienced trader
1 fec uucom EtabIe and have bad
\ -thoaaItts. the good Samaritan
at,aad i5ssssd lhat say he could no
53lssHes old ~ eli was the muddiest
n3s ei CT my butter anc
eg recon my mule hat
EiIe e,asen sill IS he gas the big
sassssssSsssst : Daia make him enLie.eG
lie rihbon. All the tableat
fansaAsisof hcipg compete, was some
'ssa TO applaQd ard do the laugh
some fresh water to wash my
fbutter, and fire to cook broker
| eggs. After al necessary apollo
| rtes ard returning ny compliment
10 my mule % the part he had 81
noisy performed in the program,
rc-entefed tie butter and egg mar
6et as vel as tbe mud hole, coiiec
Ted the scattered merchandise, over
aaaied tue same and put 1t IN 8.
good shape ~ my limited facihtie'
would aslen boarded my mnie Ant
weng on my way. | Iamenting owe
tt dgs cor Old and unclean. I'wat
81 2 haEnsll conglomerated ant
| iHcofalG Sibie contaminatet
conQltlon and 50 was my merchan
die and ansportation from a!Dh;
10 oIaega. just imagine muddy
by niue 0r0lamIng the beautifu
city Of Puiaski for some one Il
whom he could sell. My ware
wsrs ia sueh au untidy condition
soon st8ijzea hat me ana my null
wtfe the on@S butter and egg deal
eIs IN Tie city ard US only seconC
hand. rcshipped my gooda
stunning al appearances of evil, G
well IS roc iag over prem onition
shat lat ssRe had untboughtedI.
sacrificed ~ position as peddle
ard taaa ny good name would b
ssisnat.ged and csst out, and be
come s. synonila and by word TO
lhe inexperienced boys of the back
woods, | gos back to the goo'
woman's. spoke my piece, turne'
over my stock without invoicing
, colleclea my two dimes before men
tiore0, struck out across the bal
rens 10 my mammals, quit the but
ter and ogg business, returned t
2 private life, and have since tried |
} make & living at other callings to-
= tedious to mention which were nc
so risky. I felt bad q long tim
for collecting them two sdimes an
9 always thought the good lady di
\ 500, by her department toward m
ever afterwards. BERRY BAKER.
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