St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-05-22

i Udu " IVPC0s oAAS
Al dost. took and got
E~ married to another
-% man one day last
IL ~E Isl week. Old m n
& ~ Lish Mnlligan and
- the Wilder Barker
!: :; !: !; :; !: ::
don't make = blame
blessed bit Of diff
ference with me. So far as l am
concerned old man Lish is plum welcome
to the widder, and so far as everybody IS
concerned the widder is more than well
come to old man Lish SO long ~ life
shall last. You must recollect never
said that had spit on the bait and set
my hook for the Wilder Barker. But
/ lowed in truth and soberness that she
was the onlyest wilder woman in my
general acquaintance which / would
marry il l was necessary compelled to
20 forth into this wide and wicked
world oncst more and tangle up with
another bunch Of ribbons and calico.
Cause why? From the simple fact
that her first husband-Newberry Bark
er was his name-went OF somewheres
out west two or three years ago and
about the next news we got from him
he had been hung by the neck till he
was dead for stealth horses. Conse-
qucntially l don't reckon Misses Null
ligan, as she is now. will be forever and
eternaliy throwing it up to old man
Lish about what a marvelsome great
and good man her other husband WAS.
In a general way the wilder was right
tolerable good woman anyhow. and,
by gracious. she can't make no volup-
thus big brags about Newberry Barker.
"Ain't Worth = Dam Now
Mother went out the other day. pc
rusin around and about through the
settlement lookin for q settin of fresh
turkey eggs. And bless your sweet
soul, honey, when she returned back
home late that evenin she was foamin,
furious mad. with her fightin clothes on,
For my natural born life l couldn't tell
where the storm had riz, or what in the
thunder was the matter. anyhow.
"Rufus Sanders" says she, 81 want
you to mount your horse-right now
immediately-this minnit-and 60 over
to the mill and give old man Charlie FL
lington the worst and most severes'
beatin that any white man ever had te
tote outen these woods"
Now. to tell the Bible truth about it
7 - I art 1COLsn rrr ~
little odd jobs like that this spring
in the first place me and Charlie Filing
ton went to school together. took many
and many a lickin together, run horse
races together. and went gallin together
back there in the golden days Of boy.
hood. And henceforwards after that
we have been neighbors and fellow
| many years. And. what is more. old
man Charlie amt no SLOUGH for 4 man
himself, and If he ever takes ickin
from one mortal man you can bet Ill
your free silver that the other fellow
will be kept monstrous busy in the
mainline.
"What in all this green and naughty
Charlie Ellington. mother7" saysI
HE cussed-he cussed. right TT me
| that's what" says shes sai1d bless the
heavens if her eyes didn't fash the ma.
tive fire Of her righteod5 firth.
"What was Charlie z 3rlsin about
mother:" says !.
"Nothin in particularly says She
''onIy for pure meanncs4 II reckon.
met mp with the wicked old wretch in
the road and>askel him36 h1sind neigh
Eborin way how he was gettin along over
ixat the mill. And whaSllo you reckon
he said:
-'Yon can tell eseryB66dS over in that
end Of tbs. seit;eWfB that ! amt worth
dam now-straight goods, Misses
sanders III. mrlf'rint worth .
DAM And with that he driv on. but
if had only been clost enough would
Of spit in his face, SO help mel"
"Mother. dear, sweet mother" say,
l. soft and gentle as could. don't you
recollect the tremendous heavy foods
we had last week, and don't you recol-
l.ct that the waters fell in such great
Il ScES 0isN SiuiNCS eil AhCv W0OuCu INV
Charlie Ell;ngton's mill, and then even
washed AWAY the damn"
"Yes, Rufus. ! did hear the news
about shat
"Now, then, it seems to me like Char.
lie has but only told you sad and sor'
rowful truth in his own blunt why
Kaley right now the poor man ain't
worth dam"
What did mother do? Laughed Z
little and cried a little, and then went
to bed and soon dropped of to sleep.
So runs the world with women in II
But she wouldn't run any At all scarce
~ with the women ont.
The Parson Was Thankful.
The trouble and the fun we had
about Charlie Ellington and his cusl
word brnng back to my mind good
Cne they Used to tell on old Parson
Brittenham. It came TO pass why back
there in them plain old days when peO.
pie had to ride on stage coaches instid
Of railroad trains as they do now.
And from the way the story come "a
me. it would seem like old Parson Brit.
tcnham and Maj. Wash Collins had
beth took the stage coach for Bells
Landin. and from there they would