San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1889-06-27
LOWLAND FOLKS.

Hines had dumped his wagon load Of
household goods down by tho highway
at n certain spot, built brush shanty tc
shelter his family for q few days. and
eventually erected rude log cabin. and
there he had stuck for the last fifteen
years. He had "brushed" over two or
three acres Of land around the house and
raised little corn and q few bushels Of
potatoes, and found him sitting on his
doorstep as good naturod and content as
house cat after O full meal.
Powerful glad to see yer-powerful
glad," he said as weshook hands. 1.-THE
stage driver was a-saying you'd be along
today, and was sorter on the watch.
You thar, jenny"
A woman appeared In answer to the
call, and the man said:
"Jenny, this is no 'un. Stranger, Jen's
my ole woman. We've got boy named
Moses, but he's Off arter roots. Now
come right in and feel home made"
Tho cabin consisted Of one room about
sixteen feet square. There was n fire.
place, two beds made of poles, rude
shelf on which wero few dishes, an old
clock which did not 60, rifle resting
on deer horns. few garments hanging
to pegs and photograph Of Cleveland
tackled to tho logs. Tho casl, Inventory,
outside Of the rifle, would not have been
$5. Iexpected to hear the woman begin
the usual "nagging" after bit, and the
man to start off with excuses, but moth
ing of tho sort took place. On the con-
trary, as soon as had been furnished
with bite Of cold bacon and corn bread,
and washed it down with q summer
tonic made Of roots, we went out for q
smoke, and Hines inquired:
"How ar ye findin' tho people along
tho road?'
"Much discouraged"
"Over what?"
"Oh, the weather and so on"
That's jis' fike 'em, the onery, fault
findersl When 1t isn't one thing It's an
other. Stranger. kin ye expect to find
better weather than this outside of
hcavenT'
Hardly"
That's what say. Yo found most
Of 'cm lazy and shuckless, I reckon"
"Yes"
"Well, It's nobody's fault but thar
own. Things don't look very peart
around yere, do theyT
"Well, no."
"Thar's reasons fur 1t. In the fust
place I'm n squatter. Can't tell when
I'll hev to pull up and git. Tharfore, ye
can't expect me to rush things. In the
next place we hev 'nuR to eat and war,
and that's all we want. We Is pore folks.
and wo is satisfied to be-"
There are very few that way"
"'Zactly, stranger, and that's what
ails this nashun. Thar hain't 'nuff phil
osophy about common folks. Now, then,
s'posin' the president should pint me
postmaster down at Red Bridge2 can't
read nor write, an I can't talk grammar,
an I'd jist feel onery mean all the time.
S'posen that Jay Gould should send me
down kerridge an hosses as O free gift3
Hev got airy place to stable them HOSES
an put that kerridge? How would /
look ridin' round these yero parts In
thousand dollar rig"
"Then you don't want to be richT'
"Yes, I do, but 'taint fur me. When
got growed up to 81. an found myself
pizen pore, an homely, an long shanked,
an ignercnt, knowed figures an riches
wasn't fur me. cut my sticks acordin'.
That's jist the way with Jen, too. Jen,
come out yere IN talk"
The woman came out. lighted her pipe
and sat down, and her husband con-
tinued:
"Jen, he'un thinks 1t mighty Quare
that we don't yarn fur bizness an riches.
Tell he'un how you feel about it."
"You was pizen pore On ignerent,-
she said ns she looked over TO him, IAN
I was all that billed down an mo-, too. !
knowed right of that riches wasn't fun
US, an 30 I didn't yarn fur en-"
And you are contcnt 10 live as you dor
"Pooty nigh. stranger-POoty nigh II
had hull pound Of sixty cent tea an
Eve pounds Of brown sugar in the cabin
al 10 once wouldn't trsdo places with
any woman In the state"
aye see. it's like tiis.- said tho hus-
hand C. lie dug up tho coil with . stick
IF We was wantin' we'd bev 70 hev q
fne house. Then we'd hev 10 furnish Il
an git hired help. Thea we'd hev 10 bev
ratcles an diamonds an sich, an good
,lothcs. an 80 70 the theatre. an travel
.rOund- an keep dressed up. an talk
yroet. an 50 whar' would the cou<<Ort
sons IMP It's too much % put On a pus-
.on's sisOulderz-
-He 'un l. jis4 right.- sdded the Sife-
Yves pore an can't git no better od.
What ws's cof usis got Whist us
lsvent gos dort hurt Dor hep uA-
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