St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-02-08

whole shootin match. He ID the 0alyooS
Third party man in the lins. aod 70 .
man On the fence Or up tree II looks
like he won't move his pogs more foe
pure oussedness than anything else.
Naturally Of course 1t Amt ny
funeral. Rufe. but By gatlins the pro-
cession must proceed. It ain't fair and
It aint right for one sorry man like julie
Naboes to block up the business Of
settlement in that way. Little Busk
and Handy and the wilder and Tanee
etringer are al ready to move and
dead crazy 70 start and whilst
I ain't got nothin particlar to do With
the case am sick and tired Of % many
people fussin and foolin and hddltn
around on account Of julie Eabora From
last reports 1t seems - II julie has
rented land from old man Nose Tram
mel, and the onlyest reason he can give
In now for scotchi1 the procession -
that he can't get NO wagon and team to
move with. That 10 the news that come
to mo last night and I am now on my
way TO the hill country. When ! get
there julie Nabors he will move and the
procession will proceed" And Blev be
driv on.
II sas after supper that night whom
Blew como thunderin BY ON his rstura
back from the hill country, but I helt
him up and got the latest news.
''By gatlins, Rufe, moved him and
the procession can now proceed In reg
lar ofder." says Blew. "Jule made out
like hs want ready and tried his blamd-
eet to turn me back. He took the studs
and bucked and kicked and snorted and
cavorted. But told him It want no
use, / had come over to move him, and
he had 70 move. ! couldn't make that
long trip with . four-mule team fos
nothin, and dadburn him. moved him.
know 1t want my funeral. and you
mought maybe say took up = blame
fool notion, but 1t had to be did. Rufe--
It just simply had to b did"
will leave 1t for you 70 say - te
whether Blew WAS right or wrong II
takin the job to move julie Nabcrs. And
I will say that he was dead right about
one thing. It was my private opinion
that he had went and took up blanc
fool notion.
..Aa Uadesbls IL The Lefe-"
Years and years and years sgo-whs1
ve was only chunks Of boys-Andy Lu
cas- had rale nasty fight ono day q
school with . youngster by the name o1
Bunch Marlowe. It was . fair night
with nothin but tho weapons which
mother nature had give them. and thu
way they ns and scratched and chawsd
and bit was plum sight to SEQ. The
performance went on fast and fueioui
till finally at last Bunch bit plug op'
Of Andy's arm, and Andy he bit three
cornered slice out Of the other boys left
ear.
"Dadblame him. l put clean. smooth
uuderbit in his left ear" said Andy. q
We went on homo that evenin, "and
henceforwards from now on that II my
mark. If ever como mp TO b . MAJ
and have any stock around mo vii
mark every blasted one Of 'en With -
underbit in his left"
Time went on and Andy waxed biz
and strong and devilish accordin- By
and.by he married OF and settled down
and presently he got some stock around
him. It WAS now time for him 70 pick
mark and put his stock in 1t. and he
marked everything with IAN undefbit
in the left" The last time was ovel
to his house mo and Andy went eat r
tho lot and down in tho pastor TO 80 hi
stock.
II have now got thirteen hogs aud
nine sheep and twenty-three gosts and
four cows aud three calves and ono mau
in my mark. Rufe." says Andy, ''and
every blame ono Of 'em wears ~
underbit in the left"
Curious like. amt it7 know you
think %. Me too. But that II only ons
Of Andy's fool notions.
Remember now, and don't mako no
mistakes In regards to fool notions and
fool people. They don't como togethes
BY = whole tremendous big lot But In
this present day and generation mighty
| nigh all the people-particlar the
smartest and the best-most In gen-
orally always have some few fool no
tiona RUFUS SANDERA