The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-13

blieve he is. It's wurse stumpy than
the tater patch, when dad run away
with me an the hornets. Ben has
stumped his little toes, an his big toes,
an he has stumped his shins, an he run
agin big high stump an cum nifty
nigh stumpin an out'n that tother good
eye Of his'n. Ben, yoa see, is more
likely to stump hisself than mos other
people, cause he's got but one eye, an
can't see on his bline side. Some foxes
in Bienville says that Ben is a one
sided ole petifagoger: but dont't blame
him for not seein things IS mos people
do, cause he aint got but one eye an
can't see but one side at time. Itjist
seemed frum that letter that Ben was
orful mad at the judges, an railrcdes,
and foxes what won't drink 'spensery
Ticker, an everybody in perticler. He
didn't seem to have a kline word for
anybody that he wrote about in that
long letter to the boys in the Legislator.
swell, I don't blame Ben a drafted bit
fur bein mad. If them jedges would
'cide the cases like Ben wants 'em to
'cide, why, Ben, he wouldn't git so
alfred mad an write sich mad letter,
wosser nor mad dog bitin' an snap
pin and snarlin at everybody. These
same jeges, esays, has been 'cidin an
'cidin 'ginst him evry time, an Ben
wrote the boys that he wusn't goin to
stan it any longer, an they mus 'lect
some other chaps to be jedges who will
'cide Ben's cases the way ne wants
'em. Ben, he knows law when he
sees it, and shows in that long letter,
(Sal, she says piss,e) that he knows
more law nor all the jedges put to-
gether. Ben's boys said they was goin
'lect jedges as would suit him. I saw
some of them fellers then, what wanted
to be Ben's jedges, goin roun an akin
the boys to vote fur um. None Nv
um looked like they wus nifty smart,
an one feller IN perticular, who wus q
little feller with a broad brim wool hat,
an stoop shoulders, an a little moostash
that curled up like mam's pigs tale.
They said his name wus What's, an
that he wus lookin fur Jedge Hudsing's
place. Ben, he don't like Jedge Hud-
Hudsing, cause he went 'cide 'cordin
to law. This felier What's don't look
like he'd mex much Nv jedge, butt
recken Ben knows him, an eff Ben says
he'll do, why its go, an its nobody
else's bissness. Sal says she knows
him an she wouldn't be willin to hich
in bubble harness to trot thru life with
no sich alookin critter. But then Sal
oughta't to talk that way, cause as how
he suits Ben an will eide cases jist as
Ben wants him, an he'll git along .
heap easier nor dad did when be was
playin steer, and the hornets made him
run away with me.
'Then, agin, Ben is as mad as blue
blazes bout the railroads not payin as
much tax as he wants 'em. Ben says
the railroads nor nobody else has eng
right to say anything bout their taxes
sides him. Now Irecken Ben is right
bout this tax bisness too. I had ter
pay my tax, which wus dollaran five
cents. A dollar for my pole taxan five
cents on ole Loud. Ole Loud is nifty
good for 'possums an feas. Mans
tax wus only fifteen cents. Nam don't
pay no pole, but she had ter pay on the
steer what died before he got ter be 9
steer. Now if me an mann bas to pay
what Ben says we mus, I don't see why
the railroads an everybody else
mustn't. But Ben says the railroads
wouldn't pay as much ashe wanted
them to pay, an they went before these
highfalutin jedges an they wouldn't
eide the way Ben wanted them. an
now Ben, he says they must all be
descalpitated an fawmer jedges 'lected
SO they will 'cide 'cordin to Benss law.
Now somehow or other I can't git over
that stopped shouldered, broad brimed,
pig tailed Whats bein jedge. He:
don't pear to me like he knows much
more law nor our Sal, but recken I'm
wrong, for Ben says he'll do like Ben
wants him. Why the boys'l jist 'iect
him quicker nor dose of salts. Then
Ben went on with the letter and rote
how he wanted the boys to FIX the.
'spensary law. He was orful mad
when he was writin bout that 'spen-5
sary bisness. He said the law mus De
fixed SO nobody mds drink any Ticker
'cepin he got it from the spensary, an
he said the railroads an everybody
else who was foun to have any licker
that hadn't cum from the 'spensary,
muss be put to jail. I didn't like this
part of Ben's letter one bit. We are
all pore foxes in Bienville, but we like
TO have our dram, and like to get it
where we can git it cheapest, an it.
amt fur frum Bienville over to Suryaa-s
ner. whur we can git better an cheaper
licker than we can frum the 'spensary,
an Til be dad ldrapt if I don't believe
I'll rebel right here. I tell you. mann
an Sal won't take my dram frum me
an I don't believe Ben has any right
to take it either, law or no law. 1 tell
you that's takin away a feileT's rites,
an Pm beginin to bile over, lam gitt.a
as mad as dad wus when he run away
| with the plow, an had no shirt on, an
he wus covered all over with hornets,
| an each hornet seein which could do.
dad the wurst in the least time. Dad
drapt ef I don't wish them same hor-
nets every one uv um could catch Ben
! without a shirt or hat on, an would do.
about his patral body right brisky till
Ben would say, boys, for the Lords