Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-03-31

op Hollerback Tidd O. Sugar Swamp"
Never heerd on himv exclaimed the
Squire. why, recomember him durn
WE'LL"
"Recomember him" said the Old Set
tier, looking disconnected. why, gee
whizz Squire! He's ben dead these
eighty year an betterl'
Don't keer!" said the Squire. THAT
hain't my fault. kin recomember
folks that's dead, can't l? Tina hain't
no law .ag'in it, is tina? Hollerback
Tidd! Why, it don't seem no more'n
yist'day sence me an Hollerback usety
gallyvant together. An nice, clever
chap he were, too! Histry hain't never
did Hollerback Tidd iestice yitl"
"Squire" said the Old Settler, sternly,
snake fun o hist'ry, if We wantcr, but
don't make fun O. facts Hist'ry kin
stand it, but facts is skeerce an strug-
glin', an orter be inkerridged! | dunno
what bist'ry mowt n did to lIollerback
Tidd or what mowtn't a did, but the
facts in the case is that he want nice
clever chap, not by jugful Tha
want nobody ez ever got along better
ez to ketchin hollis things ez come his
way than Hollerbacl1 Tidd did, an tina
want nobody ez ever could hold on
to 'em faster arter he ketched hold
onter 'em, nuther He had the name O
bein' the meanest man that ever sot
down in Sugar Swamp, less it mowt a
ben Balaam Bonutt, and BALKAN were
Hollerback's mos p'tic'lar friend. lie
said he liked Balaam, cause Balaam
had the right idees o'things. Balaam's
leadiu' idee were that cats was made
jist a-purpose to ketch rats an mice,
an fer nothin' else, and that conse-
kently if they didn't ketch rats an
mice enough to keep 'em alone they'd
hef to starve to death. TO carry out
this idee O. his'n he allus KEEP a lot O.
cats shet up in his cabin, an ez tina
want no rats an mice az thort so
mean O. theirself ez to hang around
Balaam Bonutt's OF cabin, the cats had
ter foller out Balaam's cheerin' idee
an starve. Then ez fast ez they'd
starve Balaam d sell their hides an
their bones to keep hisself in rum an
pork, and then he'd lay in more cats to
keep his idee a-workin'. Even arter
Hollerback got married-fer, mean ez
he were, he got married. Seems to me,
b'gosh, that the meauer man is the
more he wants to get married. He
treats his bosses mean an he treats
his dog mean, but that don't suit him,
He wants to git sumpin' that he kin
treat a little meaner than he kin his
bosses or his dog, an so he hunts up q
wife. An the curio'sest part O. the
hull business is, he kin allus git one,
an gener'ly good un. So llollerback
Tidd got one She were a Blazer
Phillesy Blarer. Phillesy were an or
phint an had clearin' She were a
gal that were allus afearG she'd dc
sumpin' an folks wouldn't like it. One
day Hollerback 1idd stopped al
Phillesy's clearln' an says:
"Im out lookin for WIFE
"Yes?' says Phillesy.
Yes says HollerbaclS. You're
bout the right heft, says he, to pull
in harness with me. Come along he
says
"Phillesy were 'feerd Hollerbacl
wouldn't like it if she didn't, an so she
put on her things an went along an
married him. But she didn't pull ir
harness with him, or at leastways Hol
lerback didn't pull in harness with Phil
lesy. She pulled single, b'gosh, and Hol
lerback druv.
$50 even arter Hollerback got mar
ried him an Balaam Bonutt was CT
thick ez ever, an he usety hang 'rount
Balaam's cabin an argy the cat ide,
an other idees similar.
"Durn it, Balaam,' Holler back usety
say. Cattle gifts along fust rate OF
chopped cornstalks an buckwhit bran
an it's cheap fodder What's the rea
son folks cant?'
"'They could if they only thunk so,
says Balaam.
"Hollerbaclk died pooty student on
uuY, dh SOlllO lOlho via
he'd ben tryin' to work out that idee c
his'n bout cut corn stalks an buck
whit bran bein' good enough fodder TO
human folks ez well ez cattle, but 9th
ers thort not, cause if he had, the,
said, he'd tried it on his wife. Thes
folks thunk that Hollerback died 'caus
another idee O his'n hadn't worke
right. If tina were anything more'n ar
other that he were dead sot ag'in it wer
young uns. An more ptic'lar ag'i
twins.
"a young un, Hollerback usety say
is wass'n sniffies in sheep. An twins
he says, iswuss'n holler horn in cattle
AN in them days of Sugar Swan
snifiles in sheep an holler horn in ca
tie was wuss'n the plaques O. Egyp
"'Twin brothersy Hollerback uset
say. An twin sisters! An twi
brothers and sistersp he usety say
What is tina to 'em, anyhow? Now
says he, If some on 'em would onl
fetch along couple o. twin cousins c
twin uncles, he says, larfu, 'zif thi
were one O. the best jokes any bod
ever heerd, 'tha'd be sumpin' in it, al
wouldn't mind dickerin' for EN-
Twin uncles, he says, I'd jist tickle m
to death! But don't let nobody com
round me tallin' about iist twins, Ji'
twins, he says, wants to keep shy
mel
80 when Phillesy up an fetched
couple O. twins to Hollerback one da,
faint likely tina were ever madden {
a rampageiner man than he were. Al
he KEEP a gittin' madden an ran
pageiner every day fer month. Al
then he took sick, an fore long foil
heerd that Phillesy were wilder. Al
Hollerback KEEP up his rampagei
arter he were dead, fer in his will |
give Phillesy the orfullest kind o Fl
fer fetchin' twins st purpose eau:
she know'd he were dead sot agin 'en
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