Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-31

body to lay hand upon him to remove him.
He came in and submitted himself ouce
about some shooting he'd been doing, and
! the sentence of the court was for him to pay
fine of S25 and be imprisoned in the coun-
ty jail three months.
ANOTHER SHERIFF..
"He paid the fine and walked on out the
door with Newt Hays, who was Sheriff then.
When they got down.to the corner he turned
around ond said to Newt: Look here, II
you've got any business you'd better go and
tend to it, cause I'm going about mine
I'm not going to no Jail, and Newt Lit oui
and came back to the Court House."
Our talk fell upon the moonshiners and
said would like to meet some Of them on
their native heath.
'They are Just going to hold a revenue
trial down at Justice BleviI's Office, and il
you'd like to see it, I'll take YOU down"
said the sheriff. to which I gladly assented.
Ali the time we had been talking a curl
ous and slowly augmenting crowd had been
gazing-at respect ul distance-through
the door and windows. whats that wo-
man a doin' In thar?" whats Mackin-
turf got that woman fer?" whats she
been doin'?" heard them asking Jerry.
"Some horse ste lin 'er revenue busI
ness" said Jerry, ''I dunno jest what"
And now, as we went out the door and
down towards the Justices office the crowd,
still augmenting, but still at respful dis
tance from Mr.. Mackinturf, drifted after
us.
QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT.
The moonshiner in the case was a long,
ose-jointed negro, of the severest African
type, and his good humor, ingenious re-
plies and remarks to the witnesses-the Mar
shal and men who had arrested him while
making a run OF whisky in little "dug-
out" in the laurel-kept us all laughing.
"Well," said the justice to one witness,
"what sort of whisky was it-pretty good?"
"Naw, didn't think 'twuz very good, I"
said the fellow, whereat the darkey dis
played every tooth IL his head and we all
rodred in concert.
When the Sheriff and I came ont the
crowd, which had seen through the windows
my introduction to the justice, but had
heard none of the proceedings, iollowed us
again. When we walked past the little
shanty Jail, they hesitated and seemed sur.
prised, and when we separated at the Court
House, the Sheriff, raising his hat to bid
me good evening, they looked blankly dis
appointed.
20, reckon she's give security" said
Jerry as passed them, and when he came
home to supper he was chuckling with de-
light over his joke and seemed to exaect
would be as much charmed as he was.
AT BAPTIST MEETING.
The next day 1 went out to the "Baptis'
Association, goin' on on Little Rock creek,
the Sheriff sending me his beautiful bay
mare to ride. crossed the ridge and rode
down into the valley where the settlement
lies-a little handful of a valley, emerald
green and gushing with springs and crys-
tai creeks; "Vocal with the song of running
water, shouting with thousand rills, 1
thought, as tied the mare and went into
the little church. 1t was quite iull; the day
was about as warm as we ever have in the
mountains. Some of the women wore sun
bonnets and calico dresses, but evidently all
who we're possessed OF such things had ON
worsted dresses and hats or bonnets of felt,
or straw or velvet.
One poor woman sat beside me in grass
green dress which was learfullY and won
derfully made, upon some plan which was
beyond my understanding. 1t had rusty
black fringe sewed upon it in irregular lines
and figures, and large purple silk buttons
were spotted about on these, according to
the dictates of an erratic fancy. A tidy
folded handke-chief-wise about her neck,
and on the front of it was large bow of red
ribbon which had been washed and ironed
stiffiy.
ALTOGETHER WONDERFUL
Her dress was q little short aud, as she
sat, she showed her coarse shoes and red
yarn stockings Upon her head was sim
structure; the frame work
(evidently homemade OF pasteboard), was
covered with blue cotton velvet, and
adorned With some bright colored flowers