The Opelousas courier., 1896-06-13

day to clear up and Glenn off the track
and git them trains away frch, the
gravel cut,
The railroad people then put in and
Mad old Misses Garner arreSeeed on the
general chars;e 81 trespass and pure
m%eaahess, and she likewise also took
out papers Of complement on the rail-
road claimin damages for thirteen
chickens, seven ducks aud one turkey
hen-"and her a settin on fourteei,
Eggs"
The trial come eff before Justice
l3oogih> Tine court maintained that il
as big a thing as a railroad coultlh't
hold its own when there was hothin
but enc old widow woman at the other
end of the game they ought to take ont
costs on ths railroad and Misses Garner
wsht forth oncst more a free
There was some talk around in the
settlement to the extent that the. =,
would have to go on up higher. But
l ruther think the raiirbad is tnnte
than within I'd play 1siits. iet still at
the SAINT time when the,E git rale non
cry to see the old lady Garner they will
know where to find her. She is right
there at home IN the bluffs of the gravel
cut-red-headed and hhrd to handle
"16 hands high and heavy as bhckshHt::"
"THo Fools i Fightln."
II the fool killer had only been out
On the spring circuit last week the re
would now be two men missin from
around Rocky Creek-me and Mart
Mayo. We pitched in, we did, and had
a fight, which do reckon it was way
,yonder the most alloverest fool fight
that has ever come to pass in all this
pleasant strip of country.
FROM all the general experiments il
would seem like Mart had went to town
that day to a political ratification IT
some sort, and in the mainline lie had
climbed up Oh the outside of hore
sperits-of-cats-afghtin, of and on, than
was comm for his share. At airy rates,
when he come along by our house on
his return back home from town he was
tanked up to a ratio of about sixteen
drinks to spoonful OF brains, and
jest naturally one-sided and spilin for
il fight.
Hitwas now way into the shank of the
c~venin, and l had went down in the
oats field looking for dewberries and
guinea nests, when old Mart hove in
sight. He was ridin his mule in a swing
in gallop. rcelin and rockin and whoopin
and cussin to beat six bits. He rid out
to the fence and waved his hand for me
and 1 went on down to see what in the
round created world was the matter
with aim.
"Rufe Sanders" says Mart, soon as I
got up in talkin distance, 81 would love
to have a fight. BY gals, l do rally want
to have a fight. Dadburped if | amt
jest naturally got to have a figlt!" says
he, in a loud voice. And then he len,
way over on his mules neck and shet
one eye TO see for certain that there
want more than one of me.
81 am with you, Mart, right or wrong.
and if you need any help you know
right where to send and git it," says 1.
"Who is the other MANI"
"You!-you dadburned double-jinted,
boN-ankled idiot! Your he has
come" says Mart. and with t,at he
rolled off of his mule and crawle4 right
On out of his coat.
But me and you have always been
good friends, Mart" says l, land b far
is l know there aint nothin fopsus tn
fight about" an
THAT don't make a continental durn
bit of difference with me-" says Mart.
Il am 40 years old, I weigh 1853 pounds
and I use to live in Texas. 1 want to
fight, and fight l must"
By this time Mart had got his bristles
up and was foamin at the mouth, and
seein that nothin would do him but a
fight, l pulled off and we pitched in.
Naow Mart is a whole lot the best man
between us two for common, but OWN
to the sperits he had put under his Sun
day shirt it was six with one and about
half a dozen with the other.
So there we had it-up and down
and over and under. 1t was who should
and who shouldn't-which was which
and who was who. Presently Mart he
backed under the shade of some sweet.
gum bushes in a jam of the fence and
called for time.
"It is too burned internal hot and
sweltry to fight this thing out to n
finish this %evenin, Rufe," says Mart.
"Spose we %rejourn the meetin tenn
porarily?"
AS to me, I was only goin through the
motions to please Mart, and the wealth
er was, scandlous hot. So we both lai1
down our hands and quit.
Familiar quotations.
I Andy, Lucas-Free silver is n Of
them things you hear tell of SO durn f1c-
quent, and see SO durn never.
Aunt Nancy Newton-The more 1 see
of men the better I love dogs.
Blew Scroggins-It is better to play
the hands we hold thar draw to others
we know not of.
Bunk Weatherford-There is some.
thin wrong with a man when his re-
ligion makes him sorry and his politics
makes him mad. RUFUS SANDERS.
Napoleon's Change of Manner.
There was something seriously amiss
with the central figure. He was often
even hysterical. To calm his nervous
agitation the court physician ordered
warm baths, which he spent hours in
taking. Then again he was irregular
in his habits, being often somnolent
during the daytime, but as frequently
hreakinp his rest ut midnight to set the