The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-02-01

\ kcntucktam's Logical Bout
with an Arkansas Darkey.

NrntucHsNuH IOStcol tOu
Y with nm Arkansas Darkey.
Arkansas Traveller.
! A kentuckisn, who was travelling
: through his district for the purpose O.
Stimulating political sctivitv, drove into
the big woods near Franklin. Discover
, ing AZ old negro, who. sitting on q log
~as anxiousIy gazing inioa tall tree, III
called out: "Ilow are you, old man p
|l"Do, sab; 'hleeged ter YOU" II say,
how are your" "Fust rate, sab ;'blccged
ter yer, ssh. Good day" "Ilerc, old
man. | don't want any Of your foolish
ness. and do not propose that YOU shall.
dismiss me with such uncercmonions
lodging. What are you doing here ?"
"Wall, sab, IL wstchin' fur er coon"
|" Where Il he r." up wander in dat tree. z
How do you know ~ Gaze my dog put
him up dar bout two hours TO day bre x. =
l"Hsve you been here ever since r.
l"Yas, sab. has dat" "Whcre is your
ldog?' DE triflin' scoun'ul lef' me"
LEFT you ~ "Yas, sab. lef me. Run
de coon up de tree, staid we're erw lie, an
den went of down yander in de bone
yard to eat some kyarn - some o. de flesh
10 er dead hoss. Oar oughter be err law
ergin SIGH er perceedin' ez dat. ton,
| tell you. Man raise er dog like he
wuz err chile, III den he 'gleck his bizness
an run OF after strange meat Dat dog
mount er knowd wanted dis yare coon,
but. stead o. dat, be traipses of down
ysnder." "A young dog. l suppose"
NO. he ain't young. He's plenty ole
ernuf ter know better den do SIGH err
cAper ~ dis yere. Come iftin' er mans
specktstions up dat or way, an den fling
in EN- down. Spite fur any foo; thing
ter ack dat or way. 1T he'd err staid ware
an' KEEP his eye on dis coon | couider
gone on erbout my buzness, but
stead O. dat he got ter 90 or
down ysnder an drag the i'ints o. dat
ole hoss all erroun'." "What do you
want with the coon, old man ~ II
wants his hide, sab dat's whut wants. ~
"How much IL the hide worth ri
Bout twenty-i' cents. Glow
long have you been watching this
tree!' Bout five hours" "What
IL your time worth an hour ri
Daughter be worth ten cents" "Well. at
the rate you have given fifty cents worth
Of time for twenty-five cents worth
Of probabilities "How's dat ~ "Why.
YOU say that the coon skin Il only worth
IS cents" Eyes. sab" sAnd you con-
,lude that the five hours time which
you have already spent in watching for
he coon IL worth so cents" 'Yes,rl
Well, then, at that rate. even If you had
he coon now, you would have lost 25
'ents." Oats all right rum or money
Pint O. view, but whar's de principle n,
I don't see that there il any principle :
involved" "You dosn see dat?v 'sNo.
do not" ''Didn' nv dog tree de 'coon!'I
1 suppose be did ''Doan the coon
Inow it?v "Yes." "Wall, den, cf II
70 on erwav an leave dis coon, doanl
'nu think dat cher after dis he'll think h.
ten outstick err man an darby cause err
nan to lose principle ~ Nonsense Y
Oh, It mout be nonsense wild you hut I'll
int wild me. FL we gifts or coon up er
rec it's our duty ter see dat we gifts
i'm down. dats I'll "Oid man. there's J
n election to-day and you ought tcl
ote." * lint hep il, -ah Is after d.
;oon." ! have friend who Is runniny
or commonweslth's attorney, aud i'll
on'lI vote for him will more than nevi
on for he coon skin and the time which
gu have spent Al this tree .M,gniyi
God offer. sab, but de principle Is stiil h
l stske." "There is no principle in
olved." mot fur You, but dar is tur
ne. wy, Ssh. ef | wuz ter 20 arway
rum yare now. dat dog neber wud hab
% mo- comterdeuce in me. He cud 90
ong or treein' IN know dat neber wud
tay dsr but er little while. Attcrw'ileI ,
ed TOOL me jes fur de fun o. de thing.
n after er time l couldn't put no con-
esdence in what he sed would like
er vote fur yo' man, boss; like ter COM
rdate you, but dis var thing D. principle
uts er broad swath IN our curmuniiy."I