St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-10-25


Said the young dog, oh, dear.
How did he get in here?
The footmau's neglected his duty that's clear :
And he growled as he walked away stately and
slow:
"Oh, Socie tvs come to a terrible lss ~
Fer how in the world was the young dog to know
Twas himself he had seen in long looking
glass! -W5de Aarake.
-o-
Aunt Tilda and the Billy Goat.
'Kin l cum INF"
"Of course"
Hes yer got dat air ole billy goat
chained, Miss Mary
Hes in the back yard"
'Is yer sLore2' cautiously looking
around and hobbling as fast as her poor
old limbs would permit her to where was
sitting.
Quite sure"
ooh, good Lor! but dat ole billy COST is
de berry debbil fur shore"
"Did he brighten your"
''He did fur fac"
"When?"
GOOD Lor', Miss Mary, didn't dey tell
you muffin erbout itf''
OF course had heard of it, but wanted
her to tell me, so said: "You tell me. "
"Well, yah, yah, hes ter larf now, but
I was we'll night scared ter def den; yer
see dis Is JUS how it WIS De oder ebenin'
came Ground wild my bag ter fine eout eff
dar wus emmy ole bones er rags lyin' 'roun'
loose, an | was walkin' erlong jus es
quiet, when dar wus dat ole debbil billy
goat-he was JUS in my way. sed get
eout uf may way, yu ole goat yu;' he jus
didn't min me er bit; an so sed. Dus
yer hya1e me talkin' ter yu?' an de billy
goat he neoer said er wud. 'Hows l
gwine ter pass eff yer don't get eout er my
way3' sed; den he riz his head an
looked Ground, but he didn't move er spec.
"I amt bit fraid Nv yu, said, so
yer hes jes' got ter get eout Nv my way. |
is onny ole niger oman, but is es good
es billy goat emmy how an | amt er
goin' ter guy yu de right Nv way But
dat obstriferous ole goat didn't mine me no
morn l wusn't talkin'. is yer gwine ter
give me de right Nv ways' ses, fur yu
know, Miss Mary, | member hyarin' ole
marsa sayin' de ladies to de right an de
gemmen to de lef', so | wus boun' ter
make dat ole goat guv way-'sides dat, |
wus gwine up Upwards de back yeard, an
ups ter de right too, an so knowed l wus
in de right, an l JUS stood dar, an de
goat he JUS stood dar too. Yer amt no
gemmen, no how, sed l, fur eff yer wuz
yer would let or poor ole niger oman
like me pass'-but de ole billy goat he
nebor sed er wud dis time heather, but
JUS kept on eatin' grass. Den l wus get
tin mad, an sed ergin, is yer gwine ter
move aside2' Den he riz his he'd an
looked eroun' ergin. Oar amt no body
lookiu', sed, so yer JUS better git eout
Nv my way, an l went close ter him an
begin pushin' against him wild my bag.
Good Lori de har on his back all riz up
Straight an his little tail jus er twickered
two or free times an he bent his led
deown an guv my ole tag little push
wild his horns.
"Yah, yah, yu ole foole w. sed l, 'dus
yer tink yer is stronger dan isT l is
gittin' pretty tr'lbul kinder ole now; wus
makes me or bout hundred an 1eben by
dis time, but wus strong oman in my
day, an ef it warn't dat l has been run
ober an broke up so, would be strong
yet but emmy how kin wash eout tub
OF close yet, when feels like it, SO JUS
larfed fit ter kill at dat billy goat when he
guy me dat little push; den l pushed
harder, an de goat he JUS stopped all Nv
a sudden an l fell kerfiop ON de groun',
den when | wus deown dat ole debbil goat
he JUS riz on his hine paws. an JUS cussed
me fur eberythin'. | knowed he WINS mad
cause he cussed, an l knowed when he
cussed he wus mad, an so I got scared.
but it warn't no use, he JUS rig up an sed
bu-u-u-ble- lubble-lip, an cum deown on
me JUS as if I wus huffman den he riz
up ergin an tried right spry to git up on
my hans an knees. but yer know l is
little stiff in de jints, an JUS es I wus er-
bout ter riz up he cum deown in hurry
an sed ergin, bu. u blelublelip, an guv me
such bump dat | jes' roll ober like
ball. Den gun ter boiler fur help, an l
tried ter git er hold Nv my stick, but dat
ole debbil wouldn't femme be JUS reched
eout to me, an his eyes wus JUS like fab,
an his mouf wus stubborn, an de har on
his back wus like er saw, an good Lor', l
thought it WINS erbout time fur Gabriel ter
cum erlong an blow his horn fur me ter
scend de shinin' stars, cause wus tired.
All dis time de ole goat he wus cussin'
like sailor, de same wud all de time,
emmy cherry time he sed it he sed it wus,
an cherry time he dig erway at me he sed
-blelubblelip. What dat mean,
wonder, Miss Mary dus you know9"
laughingly replied that was not
linguist, and could not tell her. Then she
continued:
"Well, he JUS dug erway at me twill l
wus 'sausted. Den long cum Marss Uncle
Jack, an he JUS got er hold dat goat an
flung i'm ober ter de oder side Nv de yeard.
Den he helped me up, an tell yu eber
since dat wants ter keep clare oh dat ole
goat"
well, you had hard time of it."
"Warn't NO sof' time, no how; but den
he'd one satisfaction, ennyhow."
:'What was that ?" questioned, for to
my mind there was no silver lining to this
dark cloud of mishaps.
II got de right NV way, ennyhow got
dc right Nv way."-N. 0. Picayune.
Detractols have had much to say abou
the depopulatipg effects of prohibition
but the fact that the census returns o
Kansas show population of 1850, 600 a
against 996. 600 in 1880 ought to foreve