The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-02-20
SIMPSONS BILL ARP.


and my brothers they are all |
bows, | am boy, and mother,
sne is the girl sometimes; wish
one of the boys had been a girl
SO | could find out more about
all the girls in tina neighbor-
hood, who of them were smart
and had good disposition, how
many pleets they had in their
dress, what sort of feathers they
had In their hats and which
ones dipped snuff. I know she
would tell me sure IL she want
ed Inc to do something or go
somewhere with her, fo- they
get powerful confidential when
they want to keep something's
hid from you, or have some pu
pose in view. If | had sis ter
| sould be mighty good to her.
| would not tell her anything
on the other boys, for she would
be certain to ask me how |
found i out, and the Bible does
not say anything about getting
married in leaven. \ bad boy
and good girl make a good
match. He has got a plenty of
steam. has caught on to all your
sharp tricks and all she has got
to do is to hold him on the track
and he will do his own running.
4 pretty live girl and a goodie
boy. and she will spring woman's
rights on you every fire. Then
lac gets discouraged and has not
vim and energy enough to blow
his breath hard enough to keep
the spiders from building cob
webs aver his mouth. And she,
Lord have mercy, is worse than
a pepper farm, just touch her
and she will fire 4 whole COM
munity. Every wyer and doc
tor can see her further than the
old maid did the needle in the
gate-post, when she had stuck
it in there the day before, and
told her maid to 60 and bring
it when she saw her sweetheart
coming. Her eyesight was pow
erful. And when the sheriff or
constable goes to collect the
taxes he looks like a hound dog
The first time he goes to town.
Yes, girls, you had better let
womans rights alone if you
don't want to break down the
san City Of the law that is
thrown around you for your pro-
tecticn and change the descent
of property.
Marry some good, honest fel-
low. Let all your greatness be
centered in him, shove him for
all he is worth and rock the
cradle and attend to society, the
church, and Sunday-school and
you will be happy and have
some ebodyIo love you when the
balance OF the world will cast
you off.
[ have been working around
the garden and yard this week,
getting ready to SOW the cab
bage. garden peas, beans, rad
dishes, &c. Its mighty nice 10
have and the cost is so little
here in this glorious clement
South of ours we do not appre-
ciate the value, and [ am con-
vinced one girl is enough about
a premises. They can tell you
more things in a single breath
than you can do in a week
"You have not got that row
straight, dig this trench little
deeper, knock off those clods,
drive out the Chickens" ! must
} crop their wings in the morning,
shut up the hen house, fix the
!, cracks in the fence, fix that side
gate, cit don't swing good; [ want
you to 90 down town aud bring
me some sugar, coffee, -four
starch, soap and molasses, some
matches and a yard Of bleech
? ing, some black buttons and g
, spool Of No. 60, black thread,now
don't forget No. co." and yor
, hear 60 until you get out of the
? gate clear down town. You have
thought of sixty - much yor
forget the color and everythin.
else, but to stay down town til
plum dark
1 AS [ was coming down the
a street the other day [ met quit
n a little boy in a whole heap o
: trouble. He had a paper sacl
S full of rice and the bottom o
+ the sack was not pasted good
!, 1t began to leak, and the NOR
S it leaked the tighter he woul'
= squeeze it, and the harder b
d mashed the more 1t leaked. H
e struck a trot. The more Ii
/ would jolt the faster it wcul
run out. He began to cry, ru
and squeeze the bag and b
# the time he got to the gate, h
II did not have any rice in his ba.
T. hu. nice streak behind hin
ts He knew something was wronl
~ but he did nos know how
a. manage it. ] thought that that
N exactly the way the Republica
20 party was by the negro. The
20 had him in their arms but the
70 squeezed him so hard he a
: spilled out; and they are no
is standing bawling and railing
O. the South with the bag of i
Al L,