St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-05-15

deeds done and the whisky he drinks
is sometimes buried with his bones.
Raley and truly, didn't mean to do it,
but oncst upon = time-in my young
and magnolious days-when was feel
in my feed and gallin around right plen-
tiful and promiscus LIKE busted up =
whole campmeetin. And oncst upon
another time busted up the biggest sort
Of a weddin match, when I wouldn't
Of done it a-purpose for the finest young
mule in the settlement.
<Nho shoula ana who Sho1ldn't.
That was years and years ago. be-
fore me and mother ever took up no
tion to walk together in the ten COM
mandments and work in double harness
for better or for worse. 1t was way
down in the old Panther Creek settle
ment, where the Sanders generation Of
people had made their clearins and built
their cabins in the first settlement Of
the country.
Campmeetins was all the 20 in them
good old days, and indurin that partic-
lar summer Observation-Disclosures.
Baptis.s and all went in kersnooks to-
gether and got up one of the biggest
campmeetins you ever heard tell Of.
They struck camp in . big shady grove
over on Patsalagy ridge, and the people
they come for miles and miles around
come in wagons and on horseback and
afoot-till it did look to me like every
body was there.
Now in that day and generation most
everybody had to live at home and board
at the same place. They made their
meat and bread and raiments at home,
and even to the highristocracy Of the
land most in generally wore homespun
clothes in summer and winter and the
whole year round. And ~ for M boys,
i took our level blamedest to climb up
In suit Of store-bought clothes oncst
= year.
But, Twas goin on to say. right about
that time l was keepin clost company
with Miss Susy Ann Stringer and cut
tin the pigeon wing around her every
Sunday the Lord sent, and two or three
nights in the week for good measure.
At the same time my fellow servant,
Bunk Weatherford, he was payin his
most fervent regards to Miss Rosebud
Castleberry reglar and constant. Well,
II you have ever travelled along that
road You can see how it was. It did raley
seem to me like was about the finest
loolin youngster in the settlement and
I felt certain that Miss Susy Ann was
way yonder the most loveliest girl in the
whole created human race. Naturally
Of course Bunk Weathcrford had took
about the same sort Of fool notions in re
CARDS to Miss Rosebud and himself.
So in the fullness Of time - between
the two pai-s-we had worked Up fu-
rious big rivalment as to who could and
who couldn't-who should did who
shouldn't. Now, to tell the gospel
Truth, Bunk and Misc Rosebud they
had got the bulge on me and Miss Susy
Ann along in the spring Of the year. BY
some shift or turn Bunk had managed
20 as to buy him bran-spankin new
suit Of store-bought clothes, and Miss
Rosebud she had likewise broke. out
in fresh place with two or three white
muslins and poker-dot calico frocks,
with hat and ribbins and plenty 81
fancy fixments to match. They then
took in all the picnics and barbecues
and big meetins together, and cut such
high and mighty swell everywhere
they went till they laid me and Miss
Susy Ann. and everything else for miles
around, way back in the shade.
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