Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-12-13

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some people do; NV course they re me-
cessity-lust as men are. Nv course If
there want no Wimmn folks there
W0uldu be no men folES-lcastWlso
that's what the mcdibil books say. But
Inevcr wu2 much on discuSsin humin
economy. What l hey allus thought md
said Wuz that Wimmin folks WIZ Il kind
Nv luxury, nd the best kind too. Maybe
its hcviuse hahn t he'd much to do with
'em that I'm sot on 'cm. Never did get
veal well acquainted with moron three
OF -four Nv 'cn i'll all my life. Seemed
like il Nu2 meant that | shuuldn't hev
'em round me as most men hCv. Mother
died W heu | wuz little tike, nd Ant
Mary raised me till | wuz big enu1f to
make NY own livin. Down here in the
southwest, You Sec most NV the girls Is
boys. There amt meme NV them sivilizin
Influences folks talk uv-nothin but
flowers nd birds nd such things as
poetry t. Us about So ] kind NV growed
up with She curis notion that Winlmin
folks Nuz too good for our part NV the
County. nd hewitt quite got that no
ton ,r, n my head yet
ono tImo-Waal, | reckon tWuz
about four years ago-I got a letter
frum ole Colonel Siblcy to come up to
SAM luucy nd consult with him bout
some stock int 'rsts we had together.
Railroad trayelin Wuz 10 new thing to
me. I he'd been prutty 'osperous-hcd
got past hcyin to ride III cabhoOse md
git out at every stop to punch up the
steers He'd money in the HOost n bank
md use to go to Ichicu-o oncet Il year
He'd let FIJI A1mer md shock hands
with him. md oncet the city papers he'd
columo article about my hcin Il mil
lionairc Nv course t warn't So but
feller kind NV likes that sort NV thing,
you know.
Tile mornin after / got that letter
from Cu.0h | S3ibey I started for Saint
Louey. ! took IA bunk i'll the Pullman
ear, like 7 he'd been doin for six years
past, nd reckon the other folks must
hev thought | Vuz heapuv man, for
every han hour | give the niger haf II
dollar 10 Lroeh me eft. The car WIZ full
NV people-rch people too, l reckon, for
they wore good clO'es nd criticised the
scenery. jest across frum me there WuZ
a lady with Il big, fat baby-the prutti-
est woman / he'd seen i'll IL month NV
SuHuayH' nu tne n''py-"Hy' u"SS"ne
my ohIh' WIEN uZ" Fay ~ H'On,S W
'he Niger u''iiou IL l uiun ~. 'llVio
Natcnih me plS' lat H'tlo cuSS' HAo ne
"uZ 'he "hIy pauy l ever seen am
much Of IA hand at babies, cause | hahn t
seen many NV EN-, nd when it comes
10 halldllh em-Why' 'lat ""nld hl'ak
me ali up no IKE NOT 'Woul"
orc"A the napy al up 700 but 1t mas
ai1uS 'een my hptioH 'n"u l'N ~ 'ie
WlhIn'lh luIhS paples W"H J0HI "p""'
the n'ceSt Things Oh ear'h. 30 me more
luuAed at 'hat Dig TAT NIUE papy Se'-
Vih III It's mother zap cross 'l'e way
She more l wanted TO look, seemed IKE
Wnz hn'H!oleu by me ht'le 'lke' hu 'n'
hrSt hlHg J Knew there WuZ water III
any eyes Don know why IL IS put II
aIIuS makes me klld NV sop over 10 set
nd watch baby COON M playln III lts
mother lap.
Look a hyar' sam, says L 10 'he
nlgger, come hyar nd breSh me on
agln! why am you tehdln 10 nlZhlss;
But 1T didn't do no good t all. Per
tendln to be cross with the Niger might
fool the other folks i'll the car' but II
didn't fool me- l wuz dead stuck Oh
that bahy-goi durn his plctur. AND
shere the little tike set on Its mother
lap, duuhin up It's lists M tryln tC
swaller EN-, nd talkin like to its moth
or III lingo L couldn't underStan' bu
which the mother could, for she talked
back to the baby III ii soothh lingo
which ] couldn't unders'an' but whici
liked to Lear, ma she kissed the bahI
md stroked its hair nd petted 1t llk'
wimmin do.
1t made mo mad to hear them othe
folks III the car criticism the scenery NJ
things. A man s III mighty poor blznes