St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-05-16


and natural as a new mectin houae to
me-"
"lBy Hook and Mercfook."
''It is all in the family anyhow, Rvi.
fus, and I don't mind tellin You that
Dink Ashcraft is Jest a l-e-e-tle bit
shaky in regards to his church rela-
and the settlement of his
store account. Bcs when it comes to
politics, and standin BY his friends in
times Of trouble, he Will do to count on.
He showed that by the way in which he
stuck to Jerry Rutherford through the
heat and burdens of the fight
"Now, in them days, tolerahle soon
after Dick had made his famous flop, il
come to pass that there want more than
three or four men in the Panther Creek
but what was out aud out
for Jerry Rutherford. One of the scat
term few was old man Sandy Cowlin.
and presently Dink and Jerry they
went in together and fixed up private
scheme to pull him around in line. So
by hook or mercrook it happened That
Jerry was putin up at Dink's house
one day, with his horse hitched at the
rack, when old man Sandy come along
on his return back home from trip to
the river country. They hailed him as
he rid by and he made out like he was
in a monstrous hurry, but he final
ly at last got down and went in. Now
Of course Jerry he went down
into his saddlebags and come forth with
his bottle. He ask old man Sant y to
jine him, and the old man was moro
than willin. They talked along shout
the weather and the crops and the like
Of that till Jerry and the old mar had
changed their breath three or four { mes
sayin q word to Dink. It was
Jerry's whisky, you understand, and
he could treat it out accordin to his
own way. Dink he looked mad and
said nothin and took the slight as hest
he could till Jerry and old man Sandy
had nibbled Mt the bottle four or five
times, but torectly he got up and shook
his fist at Jerry, and told him there
was the front gate and out yonsler waa
the big road.
"'You can't come right here in my
own house, Jerry rutherford, and fling
your insults in my face without hearin
the news from me- says Dink. If you
think you can treat oil your whisky
away on Sandy Cowlin right here be-
fore my face and never say turky to
me. and still git my vote on election
day, you are simply barkin up the
wrong tree. would see you dead and
buried face down. So when you
scratched out you would be Mt home.
first. Your horse is hitched at the
rack. and the sooner you head him
away from my house the better it will
be for everybody
'Well, Of course Jerry he couldn't do
nothin but git up and 60. But by this
time, you understand, old man Sandy
had bit OF several plugs Of Jerry's
whisky, and whilst he want no Ruther-
ford man to start with, he was now
Jest about ripe enough to pull.
"'Let the game stand right there
jerry says old man Sandy. If Dink
wants to quit let him quit, and by gat-
Inns where he takes out will come in.
When you lose one voter you win an
other. Sandy Cowlin aint gone no
where's
"And old man Sandy took Jerry home
with him and made him stay all night,
and right along there is where the littl.
private scheme got in its work. When
election day rolled in Sandy Cowlin
voted for Jerry Rutherford. So did
Dink Ashcraft. And old man Sandy
couldn't tell you till this day how tho
thing turned out the way it did.
A Man Anongst Men.
As told you in startin out, Rufus
Jerry Rutherford is . man amongst
men and politicioncr from long taw, y
that dear. delightful old soul went on to
say. "He works over all the ground
and works il clost. You will notice he
most in generally always cuts his cards
20 ~ to get mixed up with the men that
are for the other fellow. He went to
spend the night with Dink Ashcraft on
the grounds that Dink was one of the
mainest bellweathers In that Beat and
dead square agin him. He has got
. mighty way of pickin out the men
that are ON the other side and can hurt
him. Then he will make it his pressiu
and particlar business to go and see
them very men, and talk pleasant to
the women, and make much of the
children, and break bread with the
family. And in that way he is SO nat.
ural and homelike and sociable till
them that Amt for him can't have the
heart to do him no harm.
If Jerry finds out q strong leadiu
man pullin too hard at the wrong end
Of the rope he don't mind courtin some
Of the women folks and gettin himself
engaged to marry in or1erment to bring
the old man over on the right side oi
the tight. Why. they tell me that he il
right now engaged to about two-third,
Of the young women in the deestrict
They say he went 10 far with Fannie
Jo Virgins, one Of old man Charlie
Wiggins'es daughters, ~ to buy her 4
6ne finger ring and settle ON the wed.
din day. I reckon the rascal would
Of s,ourted me by this time but for thu
fact that Ill the men folks Of our fam
ily was for him anyhow.
II don't zee how Jerry could marry
Al the women he has eeurted II he
wanted to. A man that u forever run.
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