St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-03-06

out of the pack will be plum willin to
give thanks and nay nothin. Some peo-
pie mought think they could raise them
all up to be great men. but / know .
whole lot better than that. They are
all Boys and all my boys-regular open
faced, stem-windin American boys.
"You see this here youngster, with
the pale and puny look and head on
him as big as . hamper basket. Rufus?'
says the old man, layin his hand on n
boy that stood about middle way of the
row. 'Well. this is my comm con-
gresham. The old lady she has picked
out two or three for preachers, and I
tell her that out Of the whole bunch we
had ought to raise one that will do TO
send to congress. So have picked
the winner, and this il him. will let
him take his growth natural and slow
for few years longer, and then will
put him in trainin to run with patience
the race set before him. don't see
how it would make any particlar diff
ference whether he has got any name
or not, Rufus, but anyhow, the name Of
our comm congressman Is Jeemes
plain Jeems."
~Thae BOY Jsens' In Training.
/ forgot to tell you in the outstart.
but anyhow, old man Cas- Garner was
one OF the best fixed men in all of the
surroundin country. He want to say
no ways rich, but he wore good clothes.
and rode q fat horse with a screakin
saddle. and had plenty Of everything
around him. It was some six or seven
years after that Sunday evenin when
the old man called up his fine bunch Of
boys for me 10 look at, and named the
winner for congress, and was over
there to see the Garner folks onct more.
I soon took notice that the family
looked ruther swunk up in size, and
went on to ask about the boys and
girls. 1t turned out that two OF the
girls had already took and got mar
ried whilst the others had went tn
havin company right tolerably con.
slant. Some of the boys went 20 the
city, and got in business, and thece was
two or three OF at college takin On the
finishin touches to preach.
"What about our comm congress-
man, Uncle Cas?" saysI !.
''Who, Jeems? Well. I don't try to keep
very clost up with that boy, Rufus, but
he is summus around the place" the
old man come back, and then he sorter
loosened up and went on to say:
'Ef Jeems amt plowin the best pair
Of mules on the place and layin by
swamp corn, reckon you will find him
runnin the wagon and haulin timbers to
build q new barn, or either down on
the creek clearin up new ground. You
must recollect, Rufus, am trainin
up Jeems for congress and learnin him
how to 60 in all the gaits. He is farm
in on shares with me this year. ] give
him q third Of what be can make, with
his board and washin free. If the sea
sons hold out good and no bad luck
comes our way, ! reckon Jeems will 80
to school some this comm fall and win
ter. 1t all depends on what we have
got left after the crops come in and We
count up and divide out. I will give
him the time providin he can rake and
scrape up sufficient money to pay his
way. He takes to books n quick and
natural as o hound dog to meat house
and would be in school Ill the time il it
was 50 he could.
'As to that, Rufus, you know good
and well am able to send the boy to
school for 20 years hand runnin, but
Jeems don't know that and it amt none
Of my business to tell him. 1t wouldn't
do nohow for = boy in trainin for con-
gress. He has got plenty Of speed on
him right now, but ! must work him
somehow and manage 30 As to put the
muscle on him and give him some stay.
in qualities. He has got plenty Of
sense, but it will take some hard work
to round him out and fill up the low
places. The upper machinery is per.
fectly MI right now, butin orderment tc
make him . dead sure winner an
bound to look out for the undcrpinnin
Jeems must learn his right hand from
his left, and stand alone and walk be
fore he can run . winnin race. don't
claim to know much about anything II
this world, Rufus, exceptin corn and
cotton and niggers and mules and
boys, but I'll be everlastinly dad
smashed IL / don't know all about
theml
snow the boys that my old lady has
picked out for preachers, they are on
at college. and our future merchants art
now clerkin around and doin about in
town. That is well enough and Ill
right for them, / reckon, but As t.
Jeems, the comm congressman, h<
must sweat for his feed and swim
without gourds, Rufus. It never
would do for things to come easy with
Jeems. I am not goin TO push the
youngster in his work. but let him take
his own gait and come down to his knit
tin steady and natural like. But wher
he goes on the track be il goin to show
down like thoroughbred, and-mayb<
you mought-well-at any rates. yor
can keep your eye on Jeems."
BAowing 0erong Hsanta
remained and tarried around ovel
there in the hill country about = weel
on that. trip. with my general head
quarters at the Garner place. And alonl
h durin Of that time I made it my bust
ness to watch that boy Jeems, which b
was then II years old past IS come mex
grass. The first night be come III
about dusk drivin = six-mule team. hi
wagon loaded with fresh cut timbers
Him and . niger boy then unloaded
and took ont and fed. After supper
crowd of the set1lemsn$ boys CONE =
gstbss spd blowsd " IT, degs aad wse'