The Van Buren press., 1895-12-07

but some people have 1t whole lot
worse and give up to it sight more
than others.
Remember the Stribblln Place.
II it ever comes to pass that you
mought run down into the Rocky Creek
settlement-and then if you want to
find out everything about every body in
all the regions around, go over on the
jackson Trail road and put up and spend
the night with old man Asey stribblin.
What little old man Asey don't know in
regards to the general history of the
country and the people must'of been
tore out of the books forty years ago.
And if you amt too tired to stay up late
and listen the old man will tell you all
he knows before you go to bed From
general appearments the old folks put
in to raisin some mighty pecurious
children about the time old man Asey
was born, and sometimes he talks a
whole passle jest simply because he has
got somethin to talk with.
But if you want to git all the news
don't forget to spend night at the
Stribblin place. Old man Asey can
take me up one side and down the other
and tell you blame sight more about
my family records and my general repu-
tation than you ever could find out from
me. He is more than probable to tell
you about some things concernin which
l don't want everybody to know. If it
so happens that have ever got myself
mixed up in any scandalations and
flirtationments in the settlement old
man Asey can give you all the facts,
with a few extry touches and fancy
trimmins for good measure. He is gem
eral headquarters for everything in that
line. He can tell you to mats heel
how much money l have got, or how
much | owe-when | got it, and where
got it, and who holds the waverly notes
agin me. He can tell you how many
horses and cows and hogs and pigs and
chickens and children we have got in
the Sanders family. Sometimes | won
der in my soul where the old man gifts
all his facts. So far as me and him's
concerned l would see him sick abed
with a fever and ten miles from water
before / would tell him anything, But
if there is any news in the settlement
particlar If it is right fresh and ruther
dirty-old man Asey can most in gen
xpa m nara az In Ocly h.
up ''comin and a-gwine."
Late along last summer got rich and
reckless and went up into Tennessee
and bought me a good saddle horse.
horse back home through the country.
The general facts in the case had already
leaked out in the settlement before we
landed the new horse at home. Bright
come bilin over after the news. Bless
gracious, he was at the front gate before
got through breakfast. He come over
in such tremendous hurry and furry
till, by gatlins, he was sweatin like a
free niger on election day And he re-
mained over and hung around till way
in the shank of the evenin tryin his
level blamdest to find out what / had
give for my saddle horse. He saw me,
and he saw the horse, but that was all
so far as me and him's concerned. But
yet at the same time, if you want to
know whore got that horse, and who
got him from, and what paid for him
to dollar and cent, don't forget to
put up and spend the night with old
man Asey Stribblin. | have never told
him--I have never even told Andy Lu-
cas-but I'll bet the horse right now
agin the sorriest steer calf III the set
Element that old man Asey can tell you
all about it. He has got the facts in
the case before now II he had to write
on back to Murray county, Tennessee,
and ask the man which | bought the
horse from.