The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-03-26

towards us. Blackhead turned to Col
! Cox, and said "Col. Cox, this man
has been sick all summer. and lost his
crap, and his wife is about lowell,
won't say but you know when we call
the roll, and a man don't answer, some
one hollers out that he is watching his
bees to swarm. He would not been
with his'n till we get back. told him
the candidates would help him. / be-
lieve Duncan, Ware and all of the rest
has give him little help all but you
and Mr.. Smith. COL Cox, If you can
give him little, it would do heap oil
| good up here; TO- he Is gwine to vote
for you and Mr.. Smith; aud his wife's
brother Is gwine to vote for you both. y
Col Cox handed him fifty cents,
Black-head said ~ know, Mr.. Smith,
you will give him as much as Col.
Cox has; for you are the cleverest man
that has ever been in these parts.'
Smith gave him fifty cents.
Seeing that the farce was at an end
In our little crowd, Col. Cox and N.Y.
self moved towards the stand, where
we were met by two men, one having a
jug with rope over his shoulder.
The other, taking Col. Coxs walking
stick out Of his hand, said: "Col.
Cox, give Ile this stick" Col Cox re-
Piled: cannot part with my stick"
"Oh, just mako a present of i'll 1t has
sich pretty gold head" was re-
ply. L cannot part with it, sir, and
you must excuse me-" "Woll, Colo
mel, they tell me your plantation is
the best bottoms, and the most of them.
on Saluda. Come, buy this jug of
whiskey from this poor fellow, and
help him out. He made it on pnrpose
for the candidates" Cox looked
straight at tho man, saying:
:" Are you not tho same man
from whom I bought @ Jug a little
while ago x Ne Ne Colonel, it was not
me; I recon it. was my brother" ~. I"
You are very much alike" says the
Colonel. Yes, We are exactly alike"
The jug-man says: Here is Joe Nc
Kinney. Let's try him." Mckinney
was near the suffers stand, and they
went to him. The first says: Nc
Kinney, buy this jug OF whisky from
this poor fellow and help him out.
They say you have plenty OF money"
Mckinney replied: "Yes, yes, 1 have
enough to carry me over the river of
Stvx; but l know how came by it,"
10, Mckinney, just buy this to help
the poor man." I'll always buys my
liquor from the tapster. II know all
you fellefs up here, and you needn't be
after my money. You all said you
wanted member of the house from
up here, and l agreed to run and il
get my money, IL know what can
dol can stay ut home" Well, if
you won't buy this, let us have some OF
your treat, for VIC amt had any today.
Mckinney told the tapster to set
them out a quart, but just then two
men went to fighting and large part
OF the crowd3 gathered around them.
Duncan proposed that we should go
while their heads were turned one
way. I told him to hold on and see
the damage. One fellow came out
tangled, but said he was not hurt.
Patrick Peace threw off his hat, OPEN
ed his shirt collar, and swore he had
fought through seven States, and mover
had found a man he could not whip.
Dan Harrison was quiet, but signified
that If some one stirred him, he would
get hurt. jeff Ward gritted his teeth,
shrugged his shoulders, and said that
F" fighting hurts,' because he had tried
1T. Duncan and "slid off,"
Miss johnson gave us our dinner,
and we left. We crossed creek and
were going up hill when We over
took Capt. Billie Moon, who said
:. Duncan, let me ride behind you"
Duncan replied: MY dear, sir, this
is my brood mare, and I cannot take
double" We'll, git down then, and
let me ride" Il am obliged to ride
on and get home tonight" retorted
Duncan. "Well, Duncan, you 90 on.
l will pay you at the election. You
will not let poor old man ride this
hot evening. You shan't get vote if
l can help it."
We crossed Tiger River just as the
sun was setting, and parted-each go
ing to hiG own home much wiser from
the observations of the day.