St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-02-06

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w~A@NA@S@w~ days. touchin
which now seat myself to drop you 4
few scatterin remarks, Hank Williams
was livin right there at the old Williams
place on the hill this side Of the creak,
whilst the Widder Biggers she was fv-
In over acrost on the other 81 le m0e
and . half. or maybe little better.
To Do About or Die.
At that time the Widder Big ,,ers wis
fat and fair and forty-already "broke
and bridlewise." as Brit Foster were
wont to say. But Hank Williams he
wns one of the most nervous and bash
fullest men that have ever scraped UP
an acquaintance with. He was jest
about good grown then-stood full six
feet in his socks and was man amongst
men. He had went through IS or 20
bad fights and always whipped his man
as easy as fallin OF of q wet log. But
when 1t come to the female generation
-wen, Hank Williams he want in the
fight any to speak of. I have seen him
git caught out amongst the women
folks, as it were, and blamed IL it didn't
look to me like he would have every
thing ON the sick list from . night
sweat to buck ager. I now recollect
one time when a gang Of ,rs boys toilet
Hank of to q break down dance over
the hill country and turned him loose in
the house where there was a tremendous
big drove Of girls and he was the onlyest
boy. and I'll be blessed II he didn't take
q student case of measles and break
out.
It was in the dead Of winter-some-
where's along between Christmas and
New Year-ard by this time Hank had
worked up . furious bad case with
the widder. He had sent her his fine
wo-ycar-old turkey gobbler to make
. Christmas dinner. and in hog KILN
time she had returned dhisdouble-breast-
cl compliments by scrdin him q big
mess Of backbone. and spare ribs, an,l
sausagcs, and the like of that. So fur
as anybody knows. Hank never did
fool OF any time writin love letters,
with plenty Of flowers and fancy TRIM
minis throwed in for good measure.
But yet still at the same time, any body
could shet one eye and see that he
meant business over ocrost the creek,
and the widder-wcll. she want gone
nOwhcres.
Finally at last in them days 1t come
to pass that big circus was comm to
town Friday night before New Year.
and the time had now come for Hank
Williams to do about or die.
sCut the Pot, Win Or Looe.''
That Wednesday mornin before the.
circus was to show ON Friday Hank
como by our house bright and early on
his way to town. had went out t.
when he rid by in . swingin gallop--
which up to that time never hail
seen him pass by before sunrise. nor
ridin faster than peart fox walk.
''Somethin's in the wind this mornin.
Rufus" says mother to me, when re.
turned back from the lot. Hank Will
liams is up and gone too outlandish
soon and ridin most to furious like and
fast"
But I didn't take any praticuiar mo-
tice Of what was goin ON till late that
evenin when Hank come back from
town. Then I could sec wherein moth
er had placed him dead to rights. He
was now ridin in spankin new buggy.
with bright shinin harness and q red
striped lap robe. Human nature is
most In general always human. and 50
I naturally went out in the big road
when saw Hank comm, and helt him
mp and called ON him to know what in
the discovered world was goin on.
"Nothin in particular, Rufe." says he.
"exceptin it il now or never with me
and the widder. The cards are comm
my way this evenin. and tomorrow I
will cut the pot win or lose. We have
made our arrangements to 60 and take
in tho show, hand in hand together,
end then If the weddin don't come OF
in pursuit Of adjournment. ] will have
to know the reason why. Rufe. you
have travelled all the gaits and covered
all tho ground. Sposin you come over
and sec me OF In good and regular
order"
Man sir. I can shet my eyes tonight
and look back and see Hank Williams
as he went forth that day to court the
widder Biggers. He wore . full black
suit of new store-bought clothes-line
- split silk and soft n the fur ON .
cats back-and likewise . bell-crown
stovepipe hat. In his outside left vest
pocket he carried anew open-fsee silver
watch, which you could hear it tick into
the next room. On one finger he wore
a gay gold ring. whilst the smell Of
musk was in his clothes and bear grease
In his hair. And when be went out and
driv on in his new buggy-with the
bright shiny harness and red striped lap
robe-I says to myself. says LII the
hamestring holds and the traces don't
break and the hreechin don't Ay up,
there Is plenty Of fun in America yet.
4 Tine Ter Ae0ssy ard Soe Teasa
In the mainline you must recollect,
young and gentle reader. that there Is
many . slippunce betwixt the old
spring down under The hin and the
waters bucket ~ ~ baek sAsl& Do