St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-07-25
A Baa .Faaily Rse.s."

tell it. But the truth il mighty and
bound to leak out, and here lately We
have had the dadblamdest and most
gonelyest family rucus and confusion
ment goin on in the settlement that
ever went down into ancient history.
II somebody's dog had but only
sucked the egg that brung forth the
chicken, which is now old Misses Clan
cy's speckled hen-or II the railroad
train had but only run over the spotted
hound dog which broke up the specified
hens nest down by the cow pen gate
the Clancys and the Wigginses mought
be good friends to-day, and the whole
entire settlement would be better on.
But in them days it came 70 pass that
old Misses Clancy had set her speclsled
hen on 10 eggs down there by the COW
pen gate. That very night old man
Billy Virgins fine spotted hound dog
which he could run forever and then
turn to buckskin," to hear Billy Wig
gins tell 1.-THE was perusin around in
the still and solemn hours, and then
when the risin sun painted . bobtail
flush acrost the eastern sky, ~ 1t were,
the old speckled hen she was still . set
tin down there by the cow pen gate
ON hatful Of shells but marry egg.
Consequentially old Misses Clancy
went down to the cow pen that mornin
singin some lively little snatches from
'Amazin Grace" and "Abide with Ne. !"
Put on her return back to the house
she come weepin and wailin and smash
in her teeth. She was mad. white peo-
ple-ravin, bilin, foamin, furious mad
mad with everybody in general and
anybody in particlar TINT would own
u suckegg dog. Yet still she didn't 60
down there and tie any strings to the
speckled. hen to break her from her
nest. 1nstid of that, when the sun went
down and the gold of evenin met the
dusk of night onct more. you under
stand, that specified hen was holdin
forth at the same old stand-down
there by the cow pen gate settin on
one egg, land hit chock full Of Rough
on Rats"
at don't make . blessed bit Of diff
ference with me who owns the dog,
will put the mortal hxments ON him
tonight" says old Misses Clancy that
evenin in tellin mother about the gem
eral circumference Of the calamity.
sixteen fresh eggs amt nowheres to
. hongry dog, but when he makes It
seventeen I'll lay he win have plenty
and some to spare"
Bright and early the next mornin old
Misses Clancy she lit out and went down
to the COW pen gate to zee If It had
come to pass. It had. The speckled hen
was settin ON marry egg. The dog was
dead.
II lowed he would have . plenty and
some to spare when he counted seven
teen" says the old lady in tallsin around
amongst the neighbors. HE didn't tote
the last egg moro than 20 feet before he
was took down with . mighty hurtin.
I'll be blest If he didn't throw up every
thing but his tail, and made IL At
tremendous loose"
Well, that spotted hound dog be-
longed to the Wigginses. whilst the
speckled hen belonged to the Clancys.
And between the two they brung ON
that bad family rucus.
Their Do1hls-BssastsA Ceaplinsats.
The next time them two plain old f.
male women met up together it was 1t
= singin match over at Bark Log church.
Naturally, Of course, they brung up the
question Of speckled hens and spotted
dogs, which the moro they discussed,
the faster they talked, and the hotter
they got.
In the general run Of that furious
confabulation Misses Virgins called
Misses Clancy everything she could lay
her tongue to except q gentleman and
. scholar, and the old lady Clancy che
returned the fire with her double
breasted compliments.
About the next news we heard was
to the extent that two yearlin boys had
got up the question Of speckled hens
and spotted dogs at school one day. IL
would seem like Gus Virgins bad Anal-
~ at last jumped ON Pate Clancy and
give him one Of the most severest chas-
tisements that white boy ever toted
out Of these woods.
Whereas, when Gus Virgins come
by the Clancy place that evenin on his
return back from school the specified
hen had quit her nest, but old Misses
Clancy she was settin down there by
the cow pen gate-settin, bless your
life. and settin for Gus.
/ am sorry didn't come along there
in time to zee tho twistincation between
the old lady Clancy and Gus Virgins.
But life q Ne live il in this vain and
Aeetin world il full Of sorrows and dis
appointments. At any rates, from al
] can pick up amongst the neighbour,
when Gus got home that night he Was
70 bad scratched and tore mp till he
looked like he mought have rode
thrashin machine through . hurricane.
Up to this time old man Billy Virgins
and old man Uriah Clancy had walked
tho. chalk line Of law and order, and
kept the peace and dignity Of the state
like friends and fellow citizens. But
the family rucus had went on from
bad to worse, and more and more Of Il.
The day and hour had now come when
they couldn't stay out OF the game 10
longer.
Over there on Little Wolf creek old
nan Clancy runs . water min. And
down the creek . mile below the min
old man Clancy runs farm. The
next moEnin sfesF Gus Wiecfns wsat
houe weasi1 % his youthful counte-
nance such 4 ssca1dlouD disAeuremant,
old NJ Bfuy h put out and want ovor