The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-06-01
Thc 1emnrrat- Star
P%LUNKETT'S TALK.
Plunkett and Brown Discuss Old
Times.
"sarCe,n in Atlanta Constitution.

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"rhat's so," spoke Brown, shut |
can remember mighty well how
hard it use to be for dad to get we
boys up in the morhgs, and 1t
seems like | can hear his voice
now as he followed out Billie,
get up, son. Billie, oh. Billie, get
up, son and make err fire. 'Billle,
Billie, l say, Billie I'd hear eve
ry word he'd say, and hearh him the
first time he called, but | never
would say er thing, till pretty oon
he'd yell out 'Bill, Bill, you lazy
rascal, get outen that bed.o or Ill be
there and trail thunder outen you
in er minute! That alwas totch me,
and there halnt no boy that knows
how sweet sleep is lessen he's had
er dad to make him get up early in
the morning"
81 know all erbOut that 'possum-
ing business" answered Plunkett,
with a smile, "but arter You was
IL pand your face washed and jump
Ell Ground er little to take the
stiffness outen your legs, you felt
better and thar warn't SO many
doctors made er living them days
as there is now, and there warnt 80
much fthls going to town to clerk
ermong the youngsters, and walk
ing with a little walking stick. The
boys of those times like these sort
er things, but | can tell EN- that
they have never tasted of the joys
common to the boys who wore the
copporas pants held up by N gal
las, who saw the SUI rise from his
work in the field and watched his
dog alter the branch rabbit across
the plowed ground and listened 10
the melody of the songs that would
sound from adjoining fields and
the plow-boy's 'Wo--geer 'Wo-
haw 2 Git up, Mikep and such
thar's no such pleasures TO be had
in the cities.
''Folks had er plenty them days
and they made it at home, and
neighbors went to each others
houses, and they didn't feel like
not eating enough when they set
down at the table, and you didn't
see no little old tin pan with she'll
ed corn in it 10 feed the horses OH,
but great big ears Eel tumbled
into the troughs without any count
ing, and fodder was pitched outen
the loft as long as er torse would
eat. and | never tell of one of these
bales of hay.
"But they made the children
wait till the old folks got through
eating" said Brown, land the har-
dest feeling | ever had ergin any
body, 'cepting conscript officers
and Yankees, was ergin the preach.
ers and highhulin company that
would cause me TO have 10 wait.
I've watched EN- err many er time
through er crack in the dining
DON door, as they'd take the
chicken outen the dish and smack
their lips over the good things
when | be so hungry that | could
er eat er piece er dog, but I know
ed better than TO whimper, and 1t
was mightyseldOm hat ever me or
any other chap of my day got her
lick at the preserves-they were
ingenerally took often the table
when the chi!dren's turn come
Ground and kept outen sight till
the next meeting day.
1.-THE first aver l knowed OF this
shelled corn business" resumed
Plunkett without seeming to no
tice Browns interruption, "was IN
1S59-the year of the comets that
brought on the war. That was er
dry year IN Georgia, and there was
hardly any corn made and so in go
we had the first of this shipped
corn that ever | seed and l wish it
had er been the last. We didn't
make enough corn for seed, and we
had to plant the bought corn, and
it was called Lincoln corn,' and it
come up and tasseled outat about
knee high and er little old waller
nubIn that wasn't fit for turkey
bait, and / bleve that was the be-
ginning OF the trouble that I'm err.
feard I'll moi live to pass away
I've seed er many hungry person
since then and | never seed any
before"
"Cepting waiting children, "sug-
gested Brown.
II heard of er soldier" SAID
Plunkett, "that went up TO er house
in Tennessee and axed for some
thing TO eat, and the lady told him
certainly, but you'll have to wait
for the second table. as | have dis
tinguished guests 10 dine with me
today The fellow SAID he'd wait
and he took his seat on err bench
out in the back porch where he
could look right in on the table,
and al they begin to bring in the
good things and place EN- on the
table seed en- and smelt EN- and IT
was too much for him, he couldn't
stand il, so he jist walked in and
took one of the chairs at the table.
In er mint here come the lady and
her distinguished guests and thar
set the soldir as solemn as er judge
The lady begin TO turn red in the
face and 10 hum and haw, but the
soldier didn't let on and one of the
distinguished was without er
place to eat and he bad 10 turn
back and wait The officer what
set next 10 the soldier took er no
ton there was something wrong
erbOut the matter, so be turned 10
the soldier and axed him what COM
mand be belonged 10. The sol