Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-15

"Pdp, tell you IL aDds Liza PeTdue."
ully tied him. And eat Let me tell you.
One time passul Of us at log rollin
'gunter talk about eatin, and John San
derson, the one that married Sis Per-
due''--
"He married Liza Perdue," Mrs.
Bradshaw mildly suggested.
"The one that married Sis Perdue,
the old man repeated.
"Pap, I tell you it was Liza Per-
due, f0r I recolleck mighty we'll the
day they was married. I was standin at
the big gate, and here come Sam Har-
giss on the old mar that he afterward
swopped to Sol Faldin and lowed, he
did, that jeff Hawkins had split his
foot open with an ak and that John
Sanderson had jest married Liza Fer
due. I Irecolleck it jest like it was yis-
tidy"
"All right" said the old man.
"Have it yo' own way, for it don't
make no difference nohow. What I was
goin to say is this: A passul OF us
'gunter talk about eatin, and John San
derson"-
"The one that married Liza Perdue,
Mrs. Bradshaw observed, slightly in
clining her head toward the visitor.
"Waal, ding it all, the one that mar
ried Liza Ann Perdue"-
"Her name want Liza Ann, pap. It
want nothin but Liza. You are thinkin
bout Lizzie Ann, the one next to the
youngest.
The old man was silent for few
moments, and then, stroking his beard,
said: 81 wish may die if I ever seen
the like. Confound the Perdue family
anyhow The old man borrowed bull
tongue plow from me once, and wish
may never stir agin if he didn't swop
it for shuck collar and pair of
names. But" he added, nodding at the
visitor, "what I wanted to git at is
this: A passul of us was at log rollin,
and the question Of who could eat the
most come up, and John Sanderson
flowed in sort of offhand way that he
did reckon he could eat mo- roasted
goose eggs when he was right at himself
than any man he ever seen. Now this
was O leetle grain mo- than Pete An
drews could stand, bein high strung
sort Of feller, ap5 lie spit his tobacker
out of his mcuth, he did, and says, Are
you right at yo'self todayP And then
John Sanderson sort Of felt Of himself
and studied awhile and lowed that he
reckoned he was. We'll, then, said
Pete, about how many do you think
you can chamberf' John studied awhile
and lowed that he didn't know exactly
how many he could chamber, but that
he would eat agin Pete and have an un-
derstandin that the one that eat the
least had to pay for all Waal, they
pitched in, and Sanderson swallowed
II, but Andrews he raised great shout
of victory by swallowin IS. 1 tell you
be want no common man even in them
days, when great men was heap mo
plentiful than they are now. SO you
want no kin to him?"
"No; I have no relatives in this
state"
"You live away off yander some
whar, reckon?"
"Yes; along ways"
"Don't look like you been uster doin
much work."
"Pap," the woman interposed,
"don't talk thater way. Everybody
don't have to work themselves to death
like US.
"Waal, 'Lizabuth, sholy didn' t mean
no harm, for I had an old uncle in
Moth Klina that never done no work,
and be was putty good sort Of fel-
low, too, I'll tell you.
The visitor laughed in 80 good ma
tured a way that the man laughed, and
then from the outside there came q tit
tering that caused the old woman to
hasten to the door. "Miss Madam,
what's the matter with you and Little