St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-09-12

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and BLOWN and pantin and sweatia
over his work till would feel rale on
easy about him. Many and many's thu
time have got sorry for him and felt
Ike maxim him stay in the house and
do nothin. But no, says to myself
. right smart, steady. honest work
amt goin to do the boy no harm if he
can stand up to it, and it may be the
maxim of man by and by. He has got
rough and rocky road to travel and
hard fight to make, and it will take
a stout heart and strong nerves and
tough muscles to pun him through.
Training Up Farmer.
The second year after little Jimmy
come to live with us put him in train
In for farmer. l give him q cotton
patch for his ownest own, you under
stand, and told him he could. work II a
odd times and between drinks, as It
were, when mother didn't have him
bumped and hustlin around the house.
In the meantime let the hands pillow
right on through his patch like it was
mine, and he didn't have nothin to do
but to hoe and pick it out.
That fall when the crops were all
out Of the fields and the cash was in
the old sock me and Jimmy had to settle
up, and after considerable figuratiop it
to the extent Of seven dollars and six
bits. So we then had settlement on
the spot and paid him every cent in
full that was comm to him. And il he
lives hundred years he never will be
as rich as he was that day. He was rs
proud AZ q young rooster with his first
tail feathers. have knowed folks that
would give their boys patches to work
and call their own. and then along in
the fall the money would get mixed up
with the general family funs and never
reach the boys pockets. But that amt
right. The way to make somethin ont
of boy and make him feel like he is
somebody from somewheres Is, to give
him boys chances and tote fairwith
him. If you don't want to raise a
sneak you must treat the boy like the
world is countin on him for the maxim
of man some of these days.
Little Jimmy took his money AMI
put it away where he could look At it
oncst In awhile, and kept it two or
three weeks before he said anything
about spendin of it. When we settled
up told him the money was his Tho
had worked for it and yearnt it with his
own hands. and he could git the good
OF it any way he wanted to. He could
save it for luck, or he could spend IL for
Christmas. and it was nobody's bust
ness but his. But one mornin he showed
up all of q student like and wanted to
know what would take for that little
heifer calf, which our old dun cow had
died and left the summer before. Now,
that calf was about three parts Jersey
and come from . family of fine mixers,
and lowed she was worth ten dollars
of any mans money. But bein as it was
Jimmy and could size his pile told
him he could take her for seven dollars
If the figgers suited him. Right there
we closed the trade and Jimmy didn't
have but only six bits left. But he
lowed that was enough to buy him
new knife and some little extries for
Christmas. The next day we went out
and put the yearlin in Jimmy's mark
a crop in the left ear and underbit
in the Highland she was his hence
forwards and forever after that.
Tbs BOY to tn. Front.
When Jimmy was 10 past. II
next grass hArcommenced holtlin the
pillow handles tolerable regular. He had
lOr:mp,aat wiggle powerful at first,
like one Of those old Jacksnappers with
b String tied to his leg. But it want
SO YE1ong beforehe worked his hand
IL 81 HE har )of it. and then It
was smooth and easy sailin.
~ II. thflA. straysorphant boy. could
pillow a straight furroW and put as much
fresh dirtlbehind hint in day rs any
man, white or blaGk,ip.the settlement.
We would give HIN q little schoolin
in thenHiqtsA and 80 turn him loose
pm the farm. Things rocked along
bouasslD>&alshttle;1Aihmy was IS years
Did. and 4 5isht s9lTt chunk of a boy.
takiR; 0Ayf}1h general shape of a man.
About that time I made another trade
with HIM TO rim the farm three years,
end when the time run out the boy had
about $500 put away in one of his last
years socks. He likewise also had
eight cows, with four calves and four
yearlins, maxim 16 head of cattle-all
grade Jerseys, too-in his own pri-
rate mark, the whole entire herd havin
come from the little orphant calf.which
the same he had bought of me for seven
dollars. So the boy was COMM to the
front as a farmer and a man, and what
tickled me more plentifak etllete was
on his arms and legs which
looked like jack rabbits under the skin
BY gatlins, the medicine was workin
like a charm and the weaklin was wax
in strong.
Whipped the Fight Hands Down.
Well, little Jimmy he whipped his
fight, and whipped it hands down.
About three miles down the road you
will pass by the prittest farm in all these |
-egions round. The house sets back in |
| big patch of oak trees. 1t is painted
white with green trimmins and q light
sin rod on it On the left hand side Of
he road as you 60 you will notice . big |
FASTER, with a spring branch runnin |
through it and q fine herd Of cattle graz |
n around or Resin under the shade Of |
he trees. Every cow and calf and year
in in that paster is marked with . crop
n the left ear andsa underbit in the
light. They belong to young man by |
he name Of Scruggins-Jeems Sanders
or little Jimmy, as he use
0 be. When he was free, white and 81 |
give him the reins and told him he
must now wiggle for himself, and he
las kept up a tremendous wigglin from
hnt good day to this blessed hour.
After buyin the land and buildin his
age he caught bird to mate with him. |