The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-12-09
SARGE PLUNKET'T.
The Old Man Has Trouble Regulating
His Friend Brown.
BECAUSE OF HIS KICKING
Sarge and Brown Have Little Dis
agreement-A Lecture on Con-
ceit by Plunkett.

pie gets pulled up in their own conce1t
they are more than apt to run to "digging'
as it WERE and the backband should ne
moved link or two to regulate anu
keep matters balanced.
I nave to use my prerogauVe 10 reg
ulate my old friend several times OF Iate
and he kicks strong or weak according 70
his conceit in the matter. He is painting
now about "A little matter and got so up
perty as to argue with me-
Il know I'm not smart, SAID ne
You ought to-" said /.
This work would so on just as well
without me-" said he. in an injured tone.
yes" said J. "thls work will 80 on
when you and me both are in heaven"
My agreeing with him made him madden
than ever. 1t took him by surprise. L
have been In the habit of petung him
out of his spells" but this time was
determined to let him know that he was
more of an object Of charity than ne
cessity to my welfare.
Il have put no with you for a long time.
Brown just because 1t was you" / sug-
gested, Sternly.
1T was dinged small pay" said he, land
| have worked and worked and waited
ana waited just to see If you wouldn't raise
my wages just little. but not a raise,
not cent more for month after month
and year after year-encOuragng, mighty
encouraging"
Folks generally get pay according TO
their merit" / suggested.
Then / must have dinged little merit.
said he. with u firt out TO the water
bucket.
When the old fellow returned to his
seat l read him a good lecture on his
conceit and shamed him about putting his
Judgment against mine. and IN the IAN
2yuage Of the great Robert TOOmbs, told
him if he did not like il he could pour
IL back I'm the jug. lie liked It when he
saw that J was in earnest, AMI began
90 smile and changed the conversation
of to Mr.. Toombs
What would Mr.. Toombs have thought
If he had been in Atlanta on Chicago day.
said he.
Don't know" said T.
''YoU know that ne said once, upon hear
Ing of the great Chicago fire that he was
ready to donate "a stack of fodder ana
a pen of shucks to the COW that kicked
over the lamp, and we all throwed up
our hats and cheered the sentiment
This sorter softened me toward Brown
and put me to studying upon the frailtics
of human judgment and of how the sen
timents Of the general pubic may change.
We little thought in those days OF EVER
Witnessing such scenes was present
on the occasion Of Chicago day AT the
great exposition. Grand old Toomhs, loved
/ above them ALL thought to be wiser IMAM
any, how mistaken he was. The great
city that he has held as a modernSoqom ana
Gomorrah turns TO claim the praise anu
receive a welcome that has seldom been
eaualod and never surpassed in the hrst
great city of Georgia
Brown had a great Time with the Him
ois people He was in his glory, for they
never tire listening TO stories of the 'oia
south" He told them all about his having
once been an overseer and now
ne strapped the negroes and run
them with dogs, never once tell
ing Of any good things that was here in
those, days And the Illinois people told
as many things about their country. lhty
laugh at our small mules and wonder now
we can make a crop at all with the nipple
meuts we use. The tools OF an ILLINOIS
farm would cost more than the farm II
self in Georgia. This is praise TO the
old hills of Georgia. whether they intended
il or not. for with our slack methods II
the south was not the best country IN the
world we would all starve.
The contact with all these people Will
surely learn Us much that we did not
know and / hope it viii be for the best
Especially was our folks Interested IN
what they told OF how the girls of their
section 40. Their girls hire out as COOKS
and servants i'm the households Just as ne
groes do here ana nothing is thought OF II.
Girls with well-to-do homes of their own
hire OUT would like to see you set a
Georgia girl worth twenty thousand dol
lars hire out as q servant But j am not
quarrellng with Georgia nor with Geor-
gia folks In fact the more ! hear oil their
great countrics-"God's country some OF
them choose TO call 1.-THE more 1 love
old Georgia. From all that ] can learn
of Chicago it IS a city Of foregners-mighty
little Of old time America there. And all
OF the great state OF Illinois smacks OF the
foreigner Some OF them told us that we
are improving improved greatly since they
were here before. especially in our man
ncr Of receptions.
But we have seen many others besides
+ Illinois and Chicago people. AlaDamians,
I NissisSippians. North Carolinians and oth-
+ ers nave been among us In abundance. We
! are at home with these. We know how TO
act and talk with them and they seem
like old friends. 1t is wonderlui to noie
Z the attachment OF these people To the
great and grand Atlanta Constitution. All
( these southern people look upon The Con
stitutiou as their paper. | think they feel
toward the paper about as the old confed-
I crates felt for General Lee. / think this
is riEht-l may be contracted but l never
want The Constitution to wane as the
great southern paper. with southern
1 I'm italics. During the war the newsboys
( of Virginia would cry, Here your us
/ patch, Examiner, Wing and Enquirer til
/ every soldier was familiar with the cry
and il wells up today as q mellow old
4 song. Dispatch, Examiner. Wing and IN
ouirer will ever call up memories sadly
i sweet to the thousands of Georgians in
/ the Virginia army and they cherish the
"song" as something very near To the
/ confederacy and TO the cause OF the south.
/ don't know if any of these old papers
/ still rum but. anyhow, The Constitution
has taken their place and thrills with en-
thusasm and fills with confidence all the
people from the Rio Grande to the Poto-
. mae and my prayer is that il may ever
be thus and worthy the honOrs.
South Carolina has been well represent
ed around here OF late and 1 would like
( to say the very incest things about the
people ana state, but il would be like
/ bragging on my own kin. SELF praise IS
hair scandal and l suppose il would be
/ wrong 10 brag on kin folks. 1 was never
( there. but Abbeville district seems almost
{ as near TO me as Pike county in Georgia.
Al the way from Greenwood village TO
/ old Hamburg seems Il familiar road, for
MANY winter night l have sat and lis
teuod TO my old father tell or the days
! when ne Wagoned upon this road we
/ have many kin folks in the old state till
vet and modesty forbids my Dragging on
them. We are getting in trim TO meet
the Texans and are happy IT, anticipatons.
but / doubt if j shah brag on them or
1 Arkansas much, for our young people are
TOO much attached to that section already.
Kentucky has been down in numbers, but